Conflicts over municipal council meeting prayers

On this web site, "SCOTUS" refers to the Supreme Court of the United States

Topics covered in this section concerning prayers and invocations by U.S. municipal councils:

• Guiding principles. 1983: SCOTUS decision. 1999: Events In Burbank, CA
  
  
• Events in: 2001: Great Falls. 2004: Tampa FL. 2005: Chesterfield County, VA. 2006: NC: Forsyth County. 2011: SCOTUS decision.
  
  
• More information on events in:
  • Chesterfield Country, VA
    
    
  • Great Falls, SC
    
    
  • Greece, NY: An important case that made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court
    • Part 1: Background. New town schedule. District court & Court of Appeals rulings
       
    • Part 2: Supreme Court to hear case. Reactions. Webmaster's comments. The council's options
      
      
• Two reports by Contributing Editor Susan Humphreys:
  • Prayer at Public Meetings: Is it a Sacrament or Sacrilege; A Blessing or Curse?
    
    
  • An alternative generic prayer [Your personal ideas requested.]

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Related essays on this web site:

	Can humans assess God's will through prayer? A pilot study
	What the Bible says about public prayer
	Separation of church and state issues
	Religious symbols used by municipalities and states
	Posting of the Ten Commandments in schools and government offices
	The Istook Constitutional Amendment: 1995-1996
	The Istook Constitutional Amendment: 1997-1999
	Organizations dealing with separation of church and state issues
	Religion in the U.S. public schools
	"See you at the pole" school prayer event
	Christian boycott of the U.S. Army

Links to web sites that deal with separation issues:

	"The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State," at: http://members.tripod.com/ is a web site that is totally devoted to this topic.
	The above site has a list of links to other Internet locations dealing with separation of church and state. See: http://members.tripod.com/~candst/linksidx.htm

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Original publishing date: 2013-AUG-13
Latest update: 2017-OCT-30
Author: B.A. Robinson

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