What do atheists "pray" for? Municipalities around the country are finding out, as nonbelievers of all stripes — atheists, humanists, agnostics — begin giving invocations at local government meetings.

(RNS) What do atheists “pray” for? Municipalities around the country are finding out, as nonbelievers of all stripes — atheists, humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers — begin giving invocations ...

Marysville residents will have more time to offer their thoughts on whether or not their city council should include a regular prayer before each meeting. In voting on the council's rules of procedure ...

The Chicago City Council, like many other legislative bodies, typically opens meetings with an "invocation"—essentially, a prayer or moment of reflection. Clergy from a wide range of religious ...

Over the last five years, almost all invocations before Modesto City Council meetings have been given by Christian faith leaders, but it’s unclear when the practice began or how it might impact civic ...

WEBVTT IT'S A SLAP IN THIS FACE TO BE TOLD YOU CANNOT PAR TIS PANT PATE. ATHEISTS DEMANDED THE RIGHT TO GIVE INVOCATION AT THE BEGINNING OF A BREVARD COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. THEY WERE TURNED AWAY.

Tuesday's Brevard County Commission meeting was preceded by an invocation — for the first time in more than three years. As a result of a federal lawsuit successfully brought by atheist, agnostic and ...

(RNS) What do atheists “pray” for? Municipalities around the country are finding out, as nonbelievers of all stripes—atheists, humanists, agnostics, and other freethinkers—begin giving invocations at ...