ACLU Warns NC About General Assembly’s Use of Sectarian PrayersFebruary 2, 2012 RALEIGH – The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU-NCLF) today sent a letter to North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper outlining constitutional concerns about the ongoing use of sectarian prayers to open meetings of the North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA). Several legislators and members of the community have contacted the ACLU-NCLF to express concern about the frequent practice of convening sessions of the NCGA with sectarian prayer. U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear NC Sectarian Prayer CaseJanuary 17, 2012 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will not review a ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals finding that the Forsyth County, North Carolina, Board of Commissioners violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by opening an estimated four-fifths of public meetings with sectarian prayer. |
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