Written by Don Byrd
The City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina will no longer begin its meetings with a clergy-led, sectarian prayer. To avoid the appearance of religious endorsement, the Council will now open with an inclusive, non-sectarian invocation.
“[We’ll] use the same prayer at every single meeting, an inclusive prayer that doesn’t speak to a particular god or religion but one that would include all gods and religions,” Myrtle Beach Spokesman Mark Kruea says.
If a city council insists on legislative prayer, the invocations should be inclusive of all citizens they represent. This is a step in the right direction.
