Muslim Prayer at Government Meeting Stirs Controversy in Wisconsin County
When a Wisconsin county administrator sought to be more inclusive in the clergy invited to offer invocations before board meetings, some resident were supportive; many others responded with anti-Muslim hostility.
Lawsuit Challenges Use of Lord’s Prayer Before West Virginia City’s Council Meetings
A West Virginia City Council opens its meetings with recitations of the Lord’s Prayer in which the public attendees regularly join in. What could go wrong?
9th Circuit Rules California School District’s Board Meeting Prayers Unconstitutional
Because school children are especially vulnerable to coercion, the 9th Circuit ruled a California school district’s practice of opening meetings with prayer unconstitutional.
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Legislative Prayer Cases
At the end of their term last week, the Supreme Court issued an order denying a request to hear a pair of legislative prayer cases, despite the seeming conflict between the appeals court decisions in question.
