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Speaker asks commissioners for records on prior directive about using religious language at meetings
Summary
A member of the public asked the board to provide documents about a previous directive that he said barred use of the name "Jesus" at meetings, and he asked whether the directive applied only to Craven County; he referenced a past federal court action overturning a similar restriction.
During the public-comment period at the Sept. 2 meeting, Ray Griffin of 1981 Streets Ferry Road asked the board for documentation and a history of a directive he said prohibited saying the name "Jesus" in county meetings. Griffin asked for the source of the directive, who issued or signed it, its effective dates and…
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