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Scottsdale, Arizona Sued for Denying Satanist Request to Deliver City Council Invocation

If government meetings open with prayer, rotated between area clergy, should they deny Satanists the right to offer an invocation? A new lawsuit in Arizona asks.

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Texas School Board Prayer Case

A cert denial by the U.S. Supreme Court leaves in place a 5th Circuit ruling upholding a Texas school district’s practice of opening board meetings with student-led prayer.

Florida County’s Exclusion of Atheists as Invocation Speakers Struck Down by Federal Judge

Written by Don Byrd Brevard County (FL) officials were ordered to stop their practice of restricting invocation speakers at County board meetings only to those who profess a belief in God. A federal judge ruled late last week that the denial of requests by...

Sixth Circuit Upholds Michigan County’s Commissioner-Led Prayer Practice

The Sixth Circuit found the fact that Jackson County (MI) commissioners lead the prayers before meetings to be “of no legal consequence,” ruling against a plaintiff who claimed the practice is unconstitutional.

Will the U.S. Supreme Court Take Another Government Prayer Case?

A new petition asks the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether its legislative prayer decisions apply to student-led prayers at school board meetings, after an appeals court ruled in favor of the practice.

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