Say a little prayer …
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Fresno, California (KFSN) — Fresno’s City Council is coming under fire for praying before its meetings. A group of non-believers claims the prayers are unconstitutional and they’re threatening to sue the city. But Council members are defiant and vowing to fight.
Can’t we get over this?
There have been legal challenges to prayer at government functions and ABC30 Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi said the Supreme Court has been clear in its response.
“The fact that they invoked Jesus Christ doesn’t mean they’re promoting a religion,” he said.
But Capozzi said the Council has to walk a fine line, making sure it invites members of different faiths to give the invocation.
The atheist group said it’s nearly impossible to represent all faiths, as well as people without faith.
Here it is if anyone wants to read it …Supreme Court decision Marsh v. Chambers.
Congress opens with a prayer. State legislators start with a prayer. City Councils can start with a prayer.
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