A North Carolina school board meeting turned hostile after one board member lashed out at a Christian board member's proposal to adopt a prayer before meetings, asking, "How much prayer do you need?" ...

A nonprofit watchdog committed to the separation of church and state recently notified Bolivar school officials that leading a prayer during a staff meeting is inappropriate. The Freedom From Religion ...

Holding prayer before meetings was first discussed during a Jan. 9 board meeting. The original amendment board members could open meetings with prayer and prevented them from invoking "Jesus Christ" ...

The long-standing practice of the Big Spring School Board beginning public meetings with a prayer is unconstitutional, according to federal case law and the opinions of two law professors. “This is a ...

A U.S. federal court judge has shut down a move by the Chino Valley school board to allow prayer at its board meetings. Almost nine years ago, a court ruling called on the board to stop “reciting ...

The Tulsa City Council will no longer have a prayer before its meetings. The decision came after a pagan woman gave the opening invocation last fall, which drew significant criticism. The council will ...

A push to allow prayer before school board meetings in Cabarrus County has drawn legal warnings, political backlash and renewed attention to how public bodies across the region incorporate religion ...

For as long as anyone can remember, the St. Tammany Parish Council has prayed before their meetings, with a council member leading a brief Christian prayer before the legislative body turns to ...

City councilors voted Wednesday to amend the Council Rules and Order of Business to remove the invocation before regular council meetings and replace it with a moment of “silent prayer or personal ...

The wood-lined walls of the Meridian City Council chambers have heard a lot: hours of testimony on proposed In-N-Outs; impassioned pleas about new subdivisions and the challenges of city growth. But ...