Posted by
Billy on Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:13:52 PM
Commissioners in Forsyth County, North Carolina, are deciding whether to appeal a court decision against conducting prayer at meetings.
Two atheist organizations sued the county because most of the invocations mentioned Jesus, and Judge James A. Beaty, Jr. recently ruled that the county cannot allow sectarian prayers before meetings. That allotted time at commissioners meetings will now be devoted to a moment of silence instead of prayer. ( Moment of silence
replaces prayer)
Mike Johnson of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is handling the case and cites the federal court's ruling. "Any reference to a sectarian deity, specifically a reference to Jesus, in a public invocation is somehow inherently unconstitutional," he reports.
(Why is it so often people who don't believe in God keep fighting him. How can this prayer hurt. America needs a spiritual and moral change. We should all pray God will bring that. He is our only hope.)
