Senate Votes To Allow Prayer At Military Academies

The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to allow voluntary, non-denominational prayers at official events at the U.S. Air Force Academy and other service academies. Scripps-Howard reports that the vote, which added an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill, was 99-0. The amendment would reverse recent Interim Guidelines adopted by the Air Force in the wake of charges of religious coercion at the Air Force Academy.