“I again address you tonight calling for the end of Christian prayer before council meetings. There is no God in government.” Other residents, led by Chief Elwin “Warhorse” Gillum of the ...

In the end, the advocates for prayer got their way. The commissioners voted unanimously to bring the ordinance back up for discussion at their Jan. 23 meeting. However, in the moments before that ...

asked me to begin the meeting with prayer. Although I’m no fan of prayer in government settings, that was not the time to make a fuss; I simply prayed as requested. In the next few years ...