HENRICO, Va. (AP) — The Henrico County Board of Supervisors has resumed opening meetings with prayer in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
The board had switched from invocations to a moment of silence in 2012.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1sNsWZx ) reports that the board opened Tuesday’s regular meeting with former deputy county manager George T. Drumwright Jr. reading a prayer given by President George H.W. Bush on his inauguration in 1989.
Board chairwoman Patricia S. O’Bannon said the opening invocation has been a tradition.
The Supreme Court ruled last week in a New York case that a town didn’t violate the Constitution by allowing ministers to deliver Christian prayers at meetings, since it had an inclusive invitation policy.
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Information from: Richmond Times-Dispatch, http://www.timesdispatch.com
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