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Public speakers challenge board over religious invocations and removal of signs at Show Low meetings
Summary
Several members of the public criticized the board's practice of offering Christian invocations and the removal of a sign by a speaker; an attendee wearing a shirt with profanity was removed after refusing to cover it.
Multiple residents used the meeting's public-comment period to criticize the board's invocation practice and to object to enforcement actions taken during the meeting.
Several speakers urged the board to stop offering exclusively Christian prayers at the start of meetings and to adopt a more inclusive approach. Max Wirtcher (referred to in the record as Max Wood at one point), who identified himself as the person who contacted the Freedom From Religion Foundation about the board's invocation practice, urged the board to permit…
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