Cobb commission can keep pre-meeting prayers

[struggle4progress]

By BILL RANKIN
Published on: 01/14/06

A federal judge in Atlanta has rejected an attempt to silence prayers before Cobb County Commission meetings that refer to "Jesus Christ."

In an order issued late Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Story denied a request for a preliminary injunction to halt the prayers. Seven plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, had filed suit, contending the prayers were an unconstitutional establishment of religion ...

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[onehandle]

1. Cobb County is Atlanta's nutball central. Ignore them. nt

[Charlie Brown]

2. Newt's district

you're absolutely right.

They also put the evolution "disclaimers" on the science textbooks.

[MGKrebs]

3. Shhhh. We are infiltrating.

(There are actually Dems in Cobb county now.)

Viva la resistance!

[Chi-Town Exile]

5. There sure are! My husband, son and I . All 3 of us. eom

[f-bush]

4. So much for separation of Church and state....

...another nick in the Constitution and nobody seems to care.

[Chi-Town Exile]

6. The weird thing is one of the county commissioners is Jewish

and doesn't seem to mind the references to Jesus Christ in the prayers. :banghead: