A recent City Council meeting in Schenectady started like any other, with a prayer said by an invited guest. Done before the Pledge of Allegiance, the prayer — or what is more commonly called an ...

SALT LAKE CITY — An atheist who sought to pray during City Council meetings ... prayers before meetings but refusing to let him offer a prayer addressed to “Our Mother, who art in heaven.” ...

A push to allow prayer before school board meetings in Cabarrus County has drawn legal warnings, political backlash and renewed attention to how public bodies across the region incorporate ...

A North Carolina school board meeting turned hostile after one board member lashed out at a Christian board member's proposal to adopt a prayer before meetings, asking, "How much prayer do you need?" ...

A pastor’s six-minute invocation before the June 6 ... oppose an LGBTQ Pride-theme Art Walk and drag queen show on June 9 in downtown Mobile. The pre-meeting prayer also occurred during a ...

The Fremont City Council approved funding for Fremont’s first brewery and an open prayer session prior to council meetings at its ... but getting the state-of-the-art equipment in the building ...

For as long as anyone can remember, the St. Tammany Parish Council has prayed before their meetings, with a council member leading a brief Christian prayer before the legislative body turns to ...

A council has voted to remove prayers before meetings in a move supporters say fosters better 'equality and inclusivity’. Traditionally, a prayer has been said at the start of all St Albans City ...

In the Lowcountry, Dorchester District 2 opens their school board meetings with a prayer and Berkeley County School District has a moment of silence before their meetings. All five candidates who ...

A prayer will be heard before meetings on the first and third Tuesday of the month, according to the policy. The policy, a copy of which was obtained by the Chieftain, includes several measures to ...