https://freerepublic.com/tag/openingprayer/ en-us Thu, 4 Feb 2016 05:08:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3392622/posts The Phoenix City Council voted Wednesday to replace a longstanding tradition of prayer before meetings with a moment of silence prayer, preventing an address by a group with "Satan" in its name and averting a lawsuit over constitutional rights. The moment of silence prayer was offered as an alternate motion to a measure that would have allowed the mayor and councilors to take turns in selecting who gives the invocation. That measure would not have blocked The Satanic Temple's prayer scheduled for Feb. 17, city attorney Brad Holm said. More than 50 people, including religious leaders, gave emotional testimony, invoking... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3392622/posts#comment Thu, 4 Feb 2016 05:08:48 GMT