Prayers are a common feature before city and county council meetings. They also are an ” title=”not non-denominational”>not non-denominational as the law requires.
Currently, Delaware’s Sussex County is being sued for opening not with a non-specific invocation but with the ” title=”Delaware Online”>Delaware Online:
In a recent court filing, an attorney defending the county wrote: “It is as generic and universal a prayer as can be crafted, inoffensive in its non-denominational textual statements of supplication and belief, and as all-inclusive as a prayer may reasonably be.”
Right …
The Lord’s Prayer appears in the Gospels and has been uttered throughout Christian history. I’ve never heard of Jews or Muslims or Hindus or any other religious folks saying it.