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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Cert. Denied In Claim of Wiccan To Deliver Opening Benediction
Yesterday, according to the AP, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Simpson v. Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals had upheld Chesterfield County, Virginia's decision to bar a Wiccan spiritual leader from delivering the opening prayer at one of the county Board of Supervisors meetings. Clergy in the Judeo-Christian tradition were invited to deliver prayers at the meetings, but it was determined that Wiccans were ineligible to be included on the list of invitees. The Supreme Court, without comment, refused to review the case.