and in pretenders tonight, cave man, lincoln chafy, rhode island governor, took a stand on the separation of church and state with a holiday tree in the statehouse. a holiday tree, really, governor? what s a tradition of a holiday tree? where does the holiday tree come from? did you have to go to public school and have to say the lord s prayer in public school? i did. and get this. first, we had to say pledge of allegiance, which is good. but then all of us had to say the lord s prayer. but then the supreme court ruled that that should not be. that all students, nonchristians, have to say a christian prayer. and there was outrage, just like there is now with this tree. but now you look back on it, and think, of course, you can t ask nonchristians to say a christian prayer in public school. so these controversies, you
people off. you want people happy, they re not happy with you, governor. do you remember, did you ever go to public school and have to say the lord s prayer in public school. i went to catholic school and okay. okay, well, i did and get this, first we had to say pledge of allegiance, which is good, but then all of us had to say the lord s prayer, our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name and the court ruled that not all students non-christian have to say a christian prayer and there s outrage just like with the tree. now you look back on it, you think of course you can t ask non-christians to say a christian prayer in public school. so, these controversies, you generate them here and they shouldn t be controversy. and the public i think two different occasions though. no, not at all. a christmas tree is a symbol. it s not a symbol of religion, nothing do with religion. this is secular building, and. the lord s prayer is
people off. you want people happy, they re not happy with you, governor. do you remember, did you ever go to public school and have to say the lord s prayer in public school. i went to catholic school and okay. okay, well, i did and get this, first we had to say pledge of allegiance, which is good, but then all of us had to say the lord s prayer, our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name and the court ruled that not all students non-christian have to say a christian prayer and there s outrage just like with the tree. now you look back on it, you think of course you can t ask non-christians to say a christian prayer in public school. so, these controversies, you generate them here and they shouldn t be controversy. and the public i think two different occasions though. no, not at all. a christmas tree is a symbol. it s not a symbol of religion, nothing do with religion. this is secular building, and. the lord s prayer is
all due respect. there s a tradition to the christmas tree. it s there in context. so guys like you come in and the previous governors i am sure there are people in other places. we don t want the christmas tree tradition any more. that s what t s people off. you say you want people to be happy they are not happy. they want a christmas tree to be a christmas tree. there s no holiday tree. there s no tradition of holiday tree. did you have to go to public school and have to say the lord s prayer in public school? i did. get this. first we had to say the pledge of allegiance but all of us had to say the lord s prayer. but then the supreme court ruled that that should not be that all students non christians have to say a christian prayer. there was outrage just like there is now with the tree. now you look back on it and you say of course you can t ask non