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High court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case
Source: Reuters
High court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON | Mon May 20, 2013 9:51am EDT
(Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a town in New York endorsed religion by allowing members of the public to open meetings with a prayer.
Two residents sued Greece, New York, in 2008, saying it was endorsing Christianity, a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of separation of church and state.
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The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York revived the case by ruling against the town after a district court threw out the lawsuit.
Although the town did in theory allow anyone to volunteer, it "neither publicly solicited volunteers to invocation nor informed members of the general public that volunteers would be considered or accepted," the appeals court said.
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By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON | Mon May 20, 2013 9:51am EDT
(Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a town in New York endorsed religion by allowing members of the public to open meetings with a prayer.
Two residents sued Greece, New York, in 2008, saying it was endorsing Christianity, a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of separation of church and state.
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The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York revived the case by ruling against the town after a district court threw out the lawsuit.
Although the town did in theory allow anyone to volunteer, it "neither publicly solicited volunteers to invocation nor informed members of the general public that volunteers would be considered or accepted," the appeals court said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-usa-court-religion-idUSBRE94J0EW20130520
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