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SANTA CLARITA -- A hastily formed organization advocating the separation of church and state admonished Mayor Cameron Smyth for lending use of his title to a prayer breakfast to be sponsored today by a Christian men's group headed by a conservative Republican activist. "I am charging Cameron Smyth with misuse of his official title of mayor," Bruce McFarland told the City Council on Tuesday. McFarland is a member of Santa Clarita for Separation of Church and State, formed earlier this week as Smyth prepared to attend the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast sponsored by The Dunamis Group. "The title and honor of...

CASSADAGA, FL - On September 5, 2002, the Volusia County Council approved a settlement agreement that ends a federal lawsuit filed by Dunamis Community and Outreach Ministries and grants to the church the right to locate in Cassadaga, Florida. The settlement makes Dunamis the first Christian church to locate in Cassadaga, which describes itself as a "metaphysical mecca." Dunamis is represented by Mathew D. Staver, President and General Counsel of Liberty Counsel, and Erik W. Stanley, Litigation Counsel for Liberty Counsel.Believing that God had led it to minister to the community of Cassadaga, Dunamis purchased property 0.8 of a mile...