The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has ruled that praying in the name of Jesus or other religious leaders is permitted at government meetings.
Taxpayers in Cobb County had complained that their county commission and planning commission opened meetings with prayers assigned among local religious leaders on a rotating basis.
Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said the court simply sided with the First Amendment.
But, he said, the case probably is not over.
“I would expect them to appeal because they are frightened by any invocation of a deity in the public square," he said.
— Family News in Focus
