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West Virginia Town Moves From Lord's Prayer To Moment of Silence

By Howard Friedman

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The Charles Town, West Virginia City Council on Monday night voted 7-1 to open its meetings with a moment of silence instead of the Lord's Prayer which it had recited for decades before city council meetings. The move came after a Jewish resident of the city raised questions about use of the Lord's Prayer. Today's Martinsburg (WV) Journal reports that council member Geraldine Willingham was the only dissenting vote after two other members who earlier voted to keep the Lord's Prayer went along with the moment of silence proposal. Willingham complained that the change was made because of "one negative person".

Full post as published by Religion Clause on May 06, 2008 (boomark / email).

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