Billy Graham’s body to ‘lie in honor’ at U.S. Capitol

[dfwgator]

   Firm Believer in the Separation of Church and State, but whatever, I got no dog in this hunt.

Just what "Church" did Graham belong to?

[dfwgator]

When all is said and done, here's what matters:

I'm not the most religious person in the world, but that was a nice cartoon.  Billy was one of the good ones.

[corbe]

    According to most Briefers @dfwgator a 'Religious' one.  I cannot in good conscience continue this conversation for 2 reasons.
    Religious discussions are frowned upon here
    As I said in my first post, I got no dog in this hunt, if they can lay Ted Kennedy or Robert Byrd there, by all means lay anyone there, it's just not relevant to me, personally.

 

[IsailedawayfromFR]

   @IsailedawayfromFR

    With all due respect to my Christian Friends here, allowing an Evangelical to 'lie in honor' in the U.S. Capitol causes my disconnect here. SURE, he served his Country in the Military, as most of US here, have.

    *I just haven't overcome my dislike for the Bakers and Swaggarts of the world and yes, I know I am painting with a broad brush.

of course you can dislike certain people if you wish; however, what has that have to do with what you call the separation of church and state?

[corbe]

   On further consideration @IsailedawayfromFR, Besides Optics, Absolutely Nothing connects the two.

[Fishrrman]

I sailed wrote:
"however, what has that have to do with what you call the separation of church and state?"

I'd "call it" a leftist lie, twisted words that no longer embody what the founding fathers intent was...

[roamer_1]

   @IsailedawayfromFR

    With all due respect to my Christian Friends here, allowing an Evangelical to 'lie in honor' in the U.S. Capitol causes my disconnect here. SURE, he served his Country in the Military, as most of US here, have.

    *I just haven't overcome my dislike for the Bakers and Swaggarts of the world and yes, I know I am painting with a broad brush.

If Christians knew the affront and assault of laying that man in state under the capitol dome, they would be far more offended than you.

For anyone interested, research the term 'apotheosis' and find out why our leaders lie 'in state' in that particular place.

[verga]

Billy Graham is the fourth private citizen to lay in state at the Rotunda.
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Jacob J. Chestnut, Jr., (1940–1998) and Detective John M. Gibson (1956–1998)
Officer Jacob J. Chestnut, Jr., and Detective John M. Gibson, died in the line of duty protecting the U.S. Capitol from an armed assailant. They were the first private citizens to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda.

Lay in Honor: July 24, 1998

Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
Rosa Parks, an African-American seamstress whose act of civil disobedience in 1955 galvanized the U.S. civil rights movement, was the first woman and the second black American to lie in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

Lay in Honor: October 30-31, 2005

[mountaineer]

Is lying in honor different from lying in state? I suspect so.

[musiclady]

And is lying in honor the same as lying in repose and less than lying in state?

I know that lying in state is the highest honor, and descends from the tradition of having kings and queens lie in state.