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"Court affirms Va. council's prayer policy"

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"Court affirms Va. council's prayer policy": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "The Fredericksburg City Council's policy prohibiting a member from opening meetings with a prayer mentioning Jesus does not violate his free-speech rights, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected the Rev. Hashmel Turner's lawsuit challenging a nonsectarian prayer policy adopted by the council in 2005. The court said the policy does not violate Turner's rights because the prayer is 'government speech,' not individual speech."

Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Full post as published by How Appealing on July 23, 2008 (boomark / email).

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