CBN News - Court's Prayer Ruling Has Nationwide Implications

May 5, 2014

By John Jessup, CBN.com

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that cities and towns across America can continue praying at public meetings.

Monday's 5-4 decision centers on an action that dates back to the nation's founding in 1774, when the first Continental Congress opened with Christian prayers.

Two-hundred and forty years later, however, America is much more religiously diverse. That is part of the reason an atheist and Jew challenged prayers at public meetings in the town of Greece, New York.

They claimed the prayers were mostly Christian, made them uncomfortable, and amounted to coercion. . . .

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