From The Humanist Magazine During a virtual union meeting I attended as a shop steward in the spring, one of the facilitators launched into a prayer midway through the session, spewing “Father God” this and “Father God” that in full Sunday revival mode. After she finished, I expressed my objection as a secularist and humanist. Needless to say, my comments elicited backlash and heated debate about the role of prayer in work-related settings. During the discussion, another woman of color sent me a message in the private chat agreeing with my objections. She did not, however, vocalize her unease to the rest of the group, and the general chat box soon blew up with “Team Jesus” shoutouts, gushing about how prayer was needed now “more than ever before.”
