[woody]

Jaine-
I can understand your point about such a group not performing the same function as the RCU group or other organizations with the goal of giving various minorities within a given group (in this case, engineering) greater opportunities within said group. However, I think Dylan made it clear that this was not his intent:

"1)praying before regionals (just gathering off to the side of the field. Anyone who wants to participate can)

2)possibly organizing the Christians in FIRST into some type of group or even just gathering(suggestions on this would be awesome) thats all we have right now but we are open to suggestions!!"

While you have a valid point that no one should feel pressured to conform to a given set of values or beliefs, this point is rather irrelevant in this discussion since any religious group of any denomination praying off to the side of a venue before an event should in no way be pressuring (or for that matter offensive) to other participants.

However, it would seem that certain comments within this very thread seem to be pressuring Dylan and his teammates to "check their religion at the door" and, in my humble opinion, are actually more inconsiderate and less "politically correct" than the presence of a prayer group at an event.

Thank you
~Woody