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Major newspapers across this country use front-page, “above-the-fold” articles for important, timely news. On June 9, The Times Leader placed a headline (“Activist seeks to send message with ‘secular invocation’) and an article referring to Mr. Justin Vacula’s issue in that space. What possessed the editor to do that?
A “secular invocation” at a city council meeting is not exactly an earth-shattering topic. Nor is it important to the majority of subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, let alone Luzerne County.
Also, Mr. Vacula might need to review his studies of history; discussions regarding religion have been taking place for centuries. If people on the Wilkes-Barre City Council seem to be disregarding his passion on this subject, it might be because prayer has already been a national debate several times! After a while, it just gets old and tired.
Remember: Your right to practice your atheism ends where my right to practice theism begins!
Ann Anderika
Wilkes-Barre