Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Appeals Court Says Michigan County’s Christian-Only Prayers Are Unconstitutional

The Jackson County Board of Commissioners in Michigan never understood how invocation prayers worked.

They delivered it themselves, which they can’t do. The invocations were always Christian, which constituted government endorsement of religion. And when resident Peter Bormuth (a Pagan) pointed all this out during a 2013 meeting, the Commissioners dismissed his concerns. One of them literally turned his back on Bormuth.

When Bormuth filed a pro se lawsuit (in which he represents himself) against the County, things got worse:...
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/02/16/appeals-court-says-michigan-countys-christian-only-prayers-are-unconstitutional/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


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