The court's ruling said that the alternative -- having the town board act as supervisors and censors of religious speech -- would involve the government far more than the town was doing by simply ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of government entities across the United States to allow sectarian prayers prior to public meetings. The court said on a 5-4 vote that the town of ...

Centerra South wasn’t the only controversial topic discussed at Monday’s meeting of the Loveland Planning Commission. A discussion about adding a prayer to the commission’s regular agenda sparked a ...

Pastor Mike Metzger, right, of First Bible Baptist Church, leads a moment of prayer March 14 at the start of the Greece Town Board meeting in Greece, N.Y. The Supreme Court said Monday that prayers ...

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 ...

CLARK COUNTY, Wash. — The Clark County Council is facing controversy over its longstanding practice of starting meetings with prayer. For years, the council has opened its sessions with an "invocation ...

Lawmakers who defend the prayers cite the nation’s founders and say they’re following a long tradition of prayer before public meetings. They say residents don’t have to participate and having a ...

South Western school officials continue to debate whether to introduce prayer at board meetings. The matter came up after the November election ushered in a new slate of right-wing board members ...