Public commenter urges board to restore opening prayer in county code
During public comment Supervisor Eric Meadows urged the county to add an opening prayer to the Municipal Code and criticized the legislative committee's prior rejection; he framed the practice as a unifying tradition protected by the First Amendment.
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Supervisor Eric Meadows spoke during the public comment period urging the board to reconsider an amendment he said he submitted to the Municipal Code to restore an opening prayer at county meetings. Meadows framed prayer as a longstanding practice dating to early U.S. legislative traditions and criticized the legislative committee for voting down his proposal last month.
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