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Tulsa City Council eliminates opening prayer after pagan invocation raises concerns

The Tulsa City Council is doing away with the opening invocation prayer after controversy sparked last year. Instead of an opening invocation, the council will now open their meeting with a moment of ...
WZZM

Ottawa County commissioner says Satanic Temple's opening prayer invitation at board meeting is 'senseless charade'

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — A member of The Satanic Temple West Michigan is set to deliver the opening prayer at an Ottawa County Board of Commissioners meeting tonight. The Satanic Temple West Michigan ...
Springfield News-Leader

Proposal to add prayer to Christian County Library Board meetings dies without a vote

A Christian County Library Board trustee's proposal to open meetings with an invocation failed to gain a second. Public comment at the meeting was supportive of the proposal, while prior social media ...
Albuquerque Journal

Doña Ana County Commissioners drop invocations from public meetings

LAS CRUCES — “The beginning of a governmental business meeting is not the time for prayer,” Jan Thompson told the board of Doña Ana County Commissioners on Tuesday. Since 2018, the commissioners’ ...
Modesto Bee

Modesto City Council invocations: Whom they’re for, who gives them and why it matters

Over the last five years, almost all invocations before Modesto City Council meetings have been given by Christian faith leaders, but it’s unclear when the practice began or how it might impact civic ...