City Commission Resumes Clergy-Led Prayers at Meetings

DEERFIELD BEACH -- Under heavy political pressure, city commissioners have resumed clergy-led prayer during public meetings and will partner with the conservative Liberty Counsel, which will defend the city free of charge if lawsuits challenge the decision. Several years of debate about clergy-led prayers, when Jesus Christ has been invoked, accelerated in September after Mayor Al Capellini, with commission approval, began reading nonsectarian texts to begin bimonthly meetings. The new format was not adequate for some religious leaders and residents, who demanded a return to a practice begun in the city 82 years ago.
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Posted by Editor at May 3, 2008 03:21 PM