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… will be heard on high US Supreme Court to weigh in on prayers presented before public meetings Published May 20, … up a case involving a New York town’s policy regarding prayers presented before public meetings. The high court … by affirming that the historical practice of legislative prayers is constitutional. Until relatively recently, the …

… nation’s founding, public meetings have been opened with prayers offered according to the conscience of the speaker. … to implement unusual hurdles that effectively eliminate prayers by making them too cumbersome to take place. The … briefs that ask the Supreme Court to again affirm such prayers, just as it did in 1983.” As the briefs explain, the …

Despite previous loss, ACLU continues effort to halt public invocations in Tangipahoa Parish, La.

… Board on behalf of two citizens who claim that the opening prayers are unconstitutional and make them feel like … Board on behalf of two citizens who claim that the opening prayers are unconstitutional and make them feel like …

… prayer policy but upheld the right of towns to have such prayers before public meetings. The court said that because … nation’s founding, public meetings have been opened with prayers offered according to the conscience of the speaker. … in strange hoops and hurdles that effectively eliminate prayers by making them too difficult to take place.” The …

… by affirming that the historical practice of legislative prayers is constitutional. Until relatively recently, the … by affirming that the historical practice of legislative prayers is constitutional. Until relatively recently, the …

ADF withdraws suit after school district agrees to allow religious discussion, expression during lunch

… out that government attempts to mandate watered-down prayers that don’t mention a specific deity, as demanded by … that the Town employed in inviting clergy to deliver prayers, and finds that these factors did not have the … Establishment Clause.” The court listed examples of recent prayers given in Congress that mention a specific deity and …

… nation’s founding, public meetings have been opened with prayers offered according to the conscience of the speaker. … unconventional hurdles that effectively eliminate prayers by making them too cumbersome to take place. The … too.” The Greece Town Board opens public meetings with prayers offered by clergy and other interested residents …

ADF attorneys win settlement from school district that prohibited students from meeting on campus for religious purposes