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GU
IDIN
G P
RIN
CIP
LE
S F
OR
IN
CL
US
IVE
PU
BL
IC P
RA
YE
R
Lead
ing
oth
ers
in a
gro
up
or
com
mu
nit
y p
raye
r p
lace
s a
spe
cial
resp
on
sib
ilit
y o
n t
ho
se w
ho
acc
ep
t su
ch a
tas
k.
Wh
en
fu
nct
ion
ing
in a
se
ttin
g in
wh
ich
it m
ay b
e r
eas
on
ably
ass
um
ed
that
th
ere
is a
div
ers
ity
of
ide
nti
tie
s, o
ne’
s ac
tio
ns
are
sig
nif
ican
tly
dif
fere
nt
fro
m p
riva
te b
eh
avio
r. I
t go
es
wit
ho
ut
sayi
ng
that
be
hav
ior
that
may
be
ap
pro
pri
ate
in p
riva
te s
ett
ings
is o
fte
n u
nac
cep
tab
le in
pu
bli
c,
wit
h t
he
rev
ers
e b
ein
g e
qu
ally
tru
e.
Th
is p
rin
cip
le is
par
ticu
larl
y
imp
ort
ant
wh
en
a p
ers
on
is a
ske
d t
o t
ake
par
t in
or
lead
oth
ers
in p
ub
lic
reli
gio
us
pre
sen
tati
on
s.
Lead
ing
pra
yer
in a
pu
bli
c se
ttin
g is
bo
th a
n o
pp
ort
un
ity
and
an
ho
no
red
task
. W
e l
ive
in a
so
cie
ty m
ade
up
of
man
y cu
ltu
res,
vie
ws,
re
ligi
on
s, a
nd
be
lie
fs.
It is
a d
efi
nin
g p
art
of
the
gre
atn
ess
of
ou
r n
atio
n t
hat
we
hav
e
ado
pte
d t
he
mo
tto
“E
Plu
rib
us
Un
um
” m
ean
ing
“Ou
t o
f M
any,
On
e!”
Wh
en
we
tak
e t
his
plu
rali
stic
val
ue
to
he
art,
we
re
aliz
e o
ur
resp
on
sib
ilit
y
to b
e r
esp
ect
ful
of
and
car
ing
for
the
fe
eli
ngs
of
ou
r fe
llo
w c
itiz
en
s as
we
en
gage
in a
ny
pu
bli
c b
eh
avio
r, w
hil
e a
lway
s b
ein
g tr
ue
to
ou
rse
lve
s.