A ruling in the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta, which also applies in Florida, allowed prayers before Cobb County (Ga.) Commission meetings, offered by a variety of local clergy.

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A common-sense decision. Prayer at a public or government meeting can only help. It certainly can't hurt. — Thomas Carper. This decision upheld prayer for any religion as constitutional before ...

Miami-Dade Commissioners may have invited a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union when the commission voted Tuesday to replace a moment of silence held before meetings with a prayer.

Under new Republican Chairman Dale Strong, the commission has a rotation of people to give a prayer before the meeting. Under Democrat Chairman Mike Gillespie, who served as chairman for 28 years ...

WEBVTT KILLED. ERIC LINDSEY ISRECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES.MISSISSIPPI ATTORNEY GENERALJIM HOOD IS JOINING ATTORNEYGENERALS FROM MORE THAN 20-OTHERSTATES TO SUPPORT PRAYER BEFOREGOVERNMENT MEETINGS.A ...

Prayers Before Town Hall Meetings Are Constitutional, High Court Finds : The Two-Way In a 5-4 decision, the court said the Greece, N.Y., council was using prayer for "permissible ceremonial ...

Supreme Court heard Town of Greece v. Galloway on Wednesday. What%27s needed is a nudge that prompts officials insistent on Christian prayer to consult the Golden Rule. How would they react to ...

Two of three Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals judges overturned a U.S. District court ruling in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Feb. 15 in Peter Bormuth v. County of Jackson.

I n a country that prides itself on its religious freedom it is not only inappropriate but also unconstitutional to have prayer before public school board meetings, even if these “prayers” are ...

SAGINAW, MI — It's a long-time tradition of the Saginaw City Council to say a prayer then the Pledge of Allegiance before each meeting begins. The Saginaw County Board of Commissioners follows ...

The short prayer that the mayor of Peachtree City offers prior to every city council meeting is under attack by an atheists organization that claims it shows bias toward Christians.