Report: City Council Meetings to Begin with Muslim Prayers (Hartford, CT)

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Source: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Council-Meetings-to-Begin-with-Muslim-Prayers-102387499.html">NBC Connecticut
By BOB CONNORS
Updated 9:32 AM EDT, Wed, Sep 8, 2010

In the wake of the battle over a mosque at Ground Zero, a move by the Hartford City Council is sure to have its critics.

The Council announced Tuesday that it has invited local imams to perform Islamic invocations at the beginning of the Council meetings in September.

An e-mail from the Common Council called it "an act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters."

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Council President rJo Winch called it an important move for the Council.

"I feel it is very important that, as a Council, we project a culture of inclusiveness in the City of Hartford. Too often it is our differences that divide us. In my opinion, it is our combination of differences that makes us strong," Winch said.

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This is sure to get some Tea-Party types upset.

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1. Just to add...

I'm not sure if the meetings regularly open with a prayer or not.
An earlier version of the posted article at NBC's website said that they do not, but it was later updated.

That statement was removed, and this paragraph was put in:

On Facebook, Council Minority Leader Luis Cotto wrote: "We start every single council meeting with a prayer. 99% of the prayers are Christian based, and in three years I recall one Rabbi coming through."

Cotto, by the way, despite being the "Minority Leader" is a member of the Working Family's Party. There are two (WF) and one (R) in the minority, and five (D) in the majority.

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2. There you have it, fundies: The reason for separation of church and state.

Schools are next, like you said you wanted. Just not your specific brand.

Kinda reminds me of Greek mythology.

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3. one set of superstitions supporting another nt