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Should City Council Meetings Open with Prayers?

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Many city councils around America open their meetings with prayers - often sectarian prayers that reference or promote specific religious beliefs like that Jesus is the Son of God. These prayers are defended as mere civil religion or, sometimes, as the will of the majority. Should official prayers be allowed at government functions?


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