County fights U.S. judge to pray in Jesus’ name

(WBTV) — Rowan County has officially appealed a federal court ruling that said commissioners must stop opening public meetings with prayer specific to one religion.

The appeal was filed Monday, eight weeks after the commission unanimously voted to appeal a federal judge’s ruling in early May. That ruling said Rowan County commissioners must stop opening their meetings with prayers that almost always referred to Christianity.

U.S. District Judge James Beaty Jr. ruled that the way the commissioners opened meetings with prayers violated the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition against mixing church and state. Rowan County commissioners themselves delivered prayers before their meetings.

At the time, commissioners said making the appeal was the right thing to do.

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