A nonprofit watchdog committed to the separation of church and state recently notified Bolivar school officials that leading a prayer during a staff meeting is inappropriate. The Freedom From Religion ...

A suggestion that the Prosser School Board should open its meetings with a prayer has resulted in objections from students and threats of legal action from a national organization. During a meeting ...

Monday night's Quincy City Council meeting began with a short prayer from Quincy Fire Department Chaplain Brother Ed Arambasich, and it will remain a fixture for meetings involving other religious ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity, a divided Supreme Court ruled Monday. The court said in 5-4 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The first meeting of the Stadium Community Inclusion Task Force was held Tuesday night at the Leroy R. Coles, Jr. Branch Library. That meeting was cut short, ending before it ...

Fruita City Council will have a moment of silent reflection at the beginning of each regular city council meeting after a request from Mayor Joel Kincaid to open meetings with prayer prompted a ...

PEARCY -- The Lake Hamilton School Board has removed prayer as an item on its standard monthly meeting agenda after an attorney from the Freedom From Religion Foundation asked the school district's ...

The long-standing practice of the Big Spring School Board beginning public meetings with a prayer is unconstitutional, according to federal case law and the opinions of two law professors. “This is a ...

Federal District Court Judge Michael Urbanski today ruled that the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors violated the First Amendment rights of ACLU of Virginia client Barbara Hudson by opening ...

An atheist construction worker was fired after refusing to attend his company’s required Christian prayer meetings in North Carolina, officials said. Marta Lavandier AP A home repair company’s ...

WASHINGTON - It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, contract ...