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Resident warns city-sponsored yoga on town green could violate religious‑neutrality
Summary
During public comment, a resident urged Peachtree Corners to stop sponsoring yoga sessions on the town green, arguing the activity has religious origins and warning municipal sponsorship risks endorsing a religion and legal exposure.
At the start of the meeting a resident, Darlene Motley, used public comment time to object to city-sponsored yoga sessions on the town green and urged the council to maintain religious neutrality for public spaces.
Motley said the practice has spiritual origins and argued that "By funding and promoting an activity that originates from deep spiritual traditions, the city is effectively endorsing it." She said government sponsorship of those sessions could require the city to open the same platform to all religious groups and warned that adopting such programming risks legal challenges.
The Mayor acknowledged her comments and said the city attorney has advised staff is following Georgia Department of Natural Resources guidance on related matters; the Mayor said he would not expand the public comment discussion at that time.
