Letters to the Editor

Last Friday, Mr. Thackeray provided us with yet another letter to the editor regarding the graduation prayer at Montana State University-Northern. In it he trotted out the tired notion that prayers can be censored by Big Brother.

The core of his defense is the desire for people to think that "freedom of religion" means instead "freedom from religion." It is a tiresome argument, but one that is being proffered with renewed tenacity. If you get a good enough echo chamber, people will accept an untruth as truth. Let history be my witness.

On a personal note, since my name was mentioned, I would like to update the record.

In my June 1 column, which addressed this non-event, I inferred that the Constitution did not contain the phrase "separation of church and state." I have recently found where it is located and would like to correct my partial mistake. "The church is separated from the state, and the school from the church." This is can be found in Article 52 of the Constitution of the United Soviet Socialist Republic.

Rick Dow Havre