(RNS) What do atheists “pray” for? Municipalities around the country are finding out, as nonbelievers of all stripes — atheists, humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers — begin giving invocations ...

WEBVTT IT'S A SLAP IN THIS FACE TO BE TOLD YOU CANNOT PAR TIS PANT PATE. ATHEISTS DEMANDED THE RIGHT TO GIVE INVOCATION AT THE BEGINNING OF A BREVARD COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. THEY WERE TURNED AWAY.

The Chicago City Council, like many other legislative bodies, typically opens meetings with an "invocation"—essentially, a prayer or moment of reflection. Clergy from a wide range of religious ...

Over the last five years, almost all invocations before Modesto City Council meetings have been given by Christian faith leaders, but it’s unclear when the practice began or how it might impact civic ...

Members of the Clark County council pray before a meeting, which they’ve done for the past four years. (Ariane Kunze/The Columbian) Four years ago, the then-Clark County commissioners voted to have a ...

The Brown County Executive Committee takes up a contentious topic at Monday night’s meeting, involving the invocation, or prayer, at the start of each County Board meeting. Action 2 News has been ...

LAS CRUCES — “The beginning of a governmental business meeting is not the time for prayer,” Jan Thompson told the board of Doña Ana County Commissioners on Tuesday. Since 2018, the commissioners’ ...

JUPITER — It's a minuscule part of sometimes hours-long meetings, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call. But "God" will return to the invocation read before each town council meeting ...

(RNS) What do atheists “pray” for? Municipalities around the country are finding out, as nonbelievers of all stripes—atheists, humanists, agnostics, and other freethinkers—begin giving invocations at ...