South Carolina Gubernatorial Hopeful Defends Christian Prayer At Council Meetings

The Palmetto Scoop yesterday reported that South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster who is running in the Republican primary in June 2010 to become the state's next governor has released a web video strongly supporting the right of city councils to open their meetings with sectarian prayer. Referring to a suit brought by the ACLU on behalf of a Wiccan high priestess against the Great Falls, SC Town Council, McMaster said: "we told them that we would fight for them. As I have said, under the Constitution, you are allowed to pray the way you want to pray. If you want to pray to Jesus, which of course many people do, then that's the way that you ought to be allowed to pray." McMaster added: "one day, I believe the U.S. Supreme Court will recognize that they've gone off the deep end with their rulings against prayer...."