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Resident urges Woodstock council to oppose ICE raids, criticizes religious invocation at meeting
Summary
At the Feb. 9 meeting a resident, Martha Jean Schindler, criticized the invocation’s religious tone and urged the council to take positions opposing local cooperation with ICE, to require agency identification and warrants, and to improve transparency including a regular newsletter.
At the Feb. 9 Woodstock City Council meeting, resident Martha Jean Schindler used the public comment period to criticize the use of an explicitly Christian invocation at the start of the meeting and to urge the council to act to protect residents from federal immigration enforcement activity.
"A city council meeting is a civic forum, not a church service," Schindler said, calling attention to comments in the invocation asking that the city "be known as a city that loves God and loves our neighbor." She…
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