Instead of an opening invocation, the council will now open their meeting with a moment of silent prayer or personal ...

Councilor Wil Fuentes proposed removing the invocation from the start of meetings. The practice is open to all religions but ...

District 4 Tulsa City Councilor Laura Bellis proposed switching from an opening prayer at the start of City Council meetings to a moment of silence. Current Council rules call for regular ...

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After reviewing the recommendation, commissioners voted unanimously to approve prayer before the opening of meetings, though Commissioner Joe Stevens emphasized that Tinti’s guidelines should be ...

photo by Journal file photo Opening government meetings with prayer was upheld by the Supreme Court on Monday, even if those prayers are overwhelmingly Christian — a practice previously argued ...

Brevard's newest school board member is kicking 2025 off with a goal of putting prayer at the start of meetings. Adding a voluntary invocation before board meetings, John Thomas said, would be ...

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 ...