COMMENTARY
Where did we get the idea that the church should be a place that makes people feel comfortable?
It’s interesting when a teenage agnostic and a federal judge understand the nature of the church better than do some church staff.
A plaintiff known as Doe 2 recently said that if s/he had to attend a high school graduation ceremony in a Christian church, s/he would be "forced to submit to a religious environment that … will make me feel extremely uncomfortable and offended."
Doe 2 (as in "John Doe") was one of five plaintiffs who sought an injunction against Enfield Public Schools to prevent them from holding the graduation ceremony in First Cathedral, a Christian Church. The judge granted the injunction, in part because she agreed that there was the "likelihood of irreparable harm" coming to the plaintiffs.
That phrase—"the likelihood of irreparable harm"—made me laugh when I first read it, but after examining the ruling, I understood.