A MARTA bus driver in Atlanta has been suspended after he allegedly stopped the bus and told passengers to pray. LeRoy Matthews stopped the bus on Nov. 3rd at 7:30 pm for the impromptu religious observance.
in a complaint against Matthews, he stopped the bus suddenly and then stood in got out of his seat to ask all of the passengers to hold hands for a brief prayer. The prayer lasted five minutes.
It is assumed that most of the passengers were praying for another bus driver.
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How big a story would this have been if the bus driver had been a Muslim and he had all of his passengers bow towards Mecca and pray??????
Hmm, False Imprisonment sounds like a starter. But what are the real damages? Amen,
Amen I say unto thee (you) or Amen amen dico tibi.
Luke 23:43
43 And Jesus said to him: Amen I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.
Well, its like a lot of things and one person heaven/paradise is another ones hell.
MARTA- Moving Africans Rapidly thru Atlanta.
If you’ve never prayed before ride the MARTA and you will start even before you get on the bus.
Would this be considered a state action or not? Arguably, the driver was rogue. What are potential causes of action against the driver in tort?
MARTA gets a bad rap from people who never ride it. the city that’s too busy to hate is really just too busy hating to function.
Me, I was praying for that interminable, harmony absent, verbiage redundant video to end
Human progress can be seen offtimes as an oxymoron.
Like I said, people pick and choose which parts of their religion the actually follow.
http://www.thebricktestament.com/the_teachings_of_jesus/on_prayer/mt06_05.html