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Freedom From Religion Foundation letter prompts commissioners to defend prayer practice
Summary
A reader delivered a Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) complaint alleging constitutional violations from government-led prayers; several commissioners responded that the county will continue opening meetings with prayer.
A reader on behalf of the Freedom From Religion Foundation asked the Onslow County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 3 to stop opening meetings with government-led Christian prayers, saying the practice violates the First Amendment’s establishment clause and urging the county to discontinue invocations.
Ari Rakowitz read a letter from FFRF staff attorney Samantha Lawrence that argued the county’s practice creates coercion and favors Christianity. The…
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