U.S. appeals court rules against Rowan County meeting prayers | Charlotte Observer

Rowan County commissioners can keep praying before meetings, a federal court ruled Friday. Just not in the way they used to do it. In a ruling that tries to bridge the country’s centuries-old debate over church and state, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the longtime prayer ritual Rowan officials used to start their public gatherings....
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