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Clark County Council hears hours of public comment opposing removal of invocation and pledge; council stops short of repeal
Summary
Hundreds of residents urged Clark County Council on Jan. 15 to keep the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance after Councilor Will Fuentes proposed removing both; the council said there were not three votes to remove the invocation at that meeting.
Hundreds of residents and community groups urged the Clark County Council on Jan. 15 to keep the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of council meetings, after Councilor Will Fuentes proposed removing both.
The public comment period ran more than an hour. Dozens of speakers — including Anne Burbank, Logan Ruiz of Turning Point USA’s Clark County High School Activism Hub, Bonnie Ruiz of Firmly Planted Action and Amy Vail — urged the council to retain both the invocation and the pledge and cited historical and religious grounding for their view.
The council discussed the matter after public testimony. Councilor Will…
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