Supreme Court upholds prayer at government meetings

By: American Decency Staff

The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly upheld the centuries-old tradition of praying at the start of government meetings, even if the prayers are overwhelmingly Christian.

The 5-4 ruling, supported by the court's conservative justices and opposed by its liberals, was based in large part on the history of legislative prayer dating back to the Framers of the Constitution.

Defending a practice used by the town of Greece, N.Y., the majority ruled that opening local government meetings with sectarian prayers doesn't violate the Establishment Clause as long as no religion is advanced or disparaged, and residents aren’t coerced.

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