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LETTER: Prayer is constitutional at some public meetings
Stan Vaughan Las Vegas March 13, 2020 – 9:00 pm In response to letter writer Neil Matzkin, who objected to prayer before Clark County School Board meetings: In 2014, the Supreme Court upheld a New York state town’s practice of opening its municipal meetings with prayers. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the court in… Read More
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LETTER: No place for public prayer at Clark County School Board meetings
In response to A.J. Maimbourg’s letter lamenting that the Clark County School Board attacked his rights by abolishing prayer at the beginning of its meetings: Nothing is preventing Mr. Maimbourg from praying at the meetings. But what makes him think he has the right to a government-sanctioned public prayer? The Constitution prohibits the establishment of… Read More