Federal court allows public invocations in Hamilton County, Tenn.
Friday, Jul 19, 2013
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Allied Attorney Bryan Beauman regarding the 6th Circuit’s decision Friday in Coleman v. Hamilton County Government to allow public invocations in Hamilton County, Tenn.:
“Since this nation’s founding, public meetings have been opened with prayer. We commend the court’s decision to affirm this freedom as constitutional. This practice has always been lawful in America. Secularist groups might not be happy with this result, but an invocation offered according to the dictates of the giver’s conscience as part of a policy like Hamilton County’s is not an establishment of religion.”
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.
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