The practice in some Southern communities of starting school board meetings with Christian prayers may have to be halted, following a ruling by a federal appeals court prohibiting a South Carolina ...

MARYSVILLE — In the beginning, it sounded simple: Start each meeting with a nondenominational prayer to promote harmony on the city council. But since the practice began in January, the ecumenical ...

WASHINGTON - It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, contract ...

NEW ORLEANS — A Texas school board can open its meetings with student-led public prayers without running afoul of the Constitution’s prohibition against government-established religion, a federal ...

(CN) – A western Pennsylvania county board of supervisors cannot open meetings with Christian prayers, a federal judge ruled. Barbara Hudson, a Jewish woman, regularly attends meetings of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity, a divided Supreme Court ruled Monday. The court said in 5-4 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Arizona school board members were shut down for praying at governing meetings, Republicans in the Legislature want to make ...

A freethought group's challenge to prayers opening Birmingham City Council meetings could have been issued to just about any city council in the greater metropolitan area. It's a common tradition in ...

At least two Arizona school board members were shut down for praying at meetings. What to know about the separation of church ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, ...

To the editor: A letter writer recommended that someone just hum quietly or look at a smartphone during a prayer at a public meeting if one does not wish to listen to a prayer. I have been to numerous ...

When citizens attend a government meeting, they shouldn’t have to be subjected to official prayer, whether it takes the form of a petition to God “in Jesus’ name” or a more ecumenical invocation.