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PAGE 19 - The Georgia Bulletin, July 19, 1990
Praying Judge
Is Target
Of Civil Liberties Lawsuit
BY DENISE SOBIERAJ
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) - North Carolina District Court
Judge William Constangy, a Catholic, begins each court session
with a prayer he wrote, but soon another judge will decide
whether his praying is unconstitutional.
The North Carolina Civil Liberties Union and five Charlotte
lawyers have sought an injunction to stop Constangy from
praying in court.
“It’s important for all of us who believe in God to acknowl
edge God in what we do, in public and in private, but especially
Charismatic Renewal
Moves Headquarters
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) - The National Service Commit
tee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal will move its headquar
ters from the University of Notre Dame to Washington to be
near the U.S. bishops’ headquarters.
Bishop Sam G. Jacobs of Alexandria, La., the committee’s
chairman, also announced that its annual conferences would be
held in various locations in the United States rather than on the
Notre Dame campus, beginning in 1991 with a meeting on Long
Island, N.Y.
Those moves, the bishop said, would enable the committee "to
work more effectively ... with the bishops and key church
leaders. It will enable us to serve the church more effectively as
we work to bring this renewal into the ‘heart of the church."’
in public we really have a
responsibility,” Constangy
told the North Carolina Cath
olic, newspaper of the Ra
leigh and Charlotee dioceses.
“People have thanked me
almost every day for opening
with prayer,” the judge said.
“Only two people have
ever objected,” he said, “not
about the content, but about
the principle of prayer.”
Those suing say it violates
church-state separation.
Before he starts a court
session, Constangy says, “Let
us pause for a moment of
prayer.” He bows his head, closes his eyes and then prays" “O
Lord, our God, our Father in heaven, we pray this morning that
you will place your divine guiding hand on this courtroom and
that with your mighty outstretched arm you will protect the
innocent, give justice to those who have been harmed and mercy
to us all. Let truth be heard and wisdom be reflected in the light
of your presence here with us today. Amen.” It lasts about 20
seconds.
He said in the interview that anyone is free to leave the
courtroom if they object.
Constangy and his wife, Debbie, converted to Catholicism last
year and are members of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Charlotte.
"We discovered we were Catholic and that our views coalesced
with the views of the church.
“Faith has greatly strengthened us in this process,” he said.“I
appreciate the support of our friends in the church community.
I want people to be encouraged rather than discouraged to take
a stand for what they believe in.”
He added that he views ‘ ‘the church as a firm rock withstand
ing the tides in modem society. It provides a strong basis for
conveying values and faith to our children. It provides nurturing
values and faith in ourselves while so much of the world is
abandoning them.”
Constangy was appointed to the bench in March 1989 for a
four-year term. He began the prayer in May 1989. The lawsuit
was filed last November.
On May 16, Constangy appeared before U.S. District Judge
James McMillan, who will decide whether to ban the prayer,
which Constangy has continued to use pending a decision.
The plaintiffs claim the judge’s praying represents a govern
mental endorsement of prayer.
Constangy says his prayer has no religious purpose but rather
expresses reverence for God, preserves an American tradition of
opening deliberative sessions with an invocation and sets a
proper tone for the court.
Constangy’s lawyers, in his defense, cite a 1983 U.S. Supreme
Court decision that legislators may open with an invocation and
that such an action was deeply imbedded in U.S. tradition and
history.
Constangy has said his reference to God is the same as in the
phrase “In God We Trust” on coins, in the words said by the
U.S. Supreme Court marshal before the justices are seated, “God
save the United States and this honorable court,” and in “One
nation under God” from the pledge of allegiance.
Judge Constangy
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