South Carolina City Council Moves To Pre-Meeting Prayer

In Rock Hill, South Carolina, an opening prayer will no longer be listed on the official agenda of city council meetings. Today's Rock Hill Herald reports that instead, council members will pray on a voluntary basis before meetings are called to order. The change is an attempt to prevent lawsuits and comes a month after Councilman Jim Reno created a controversy by closing his official prayer using Jesus' name. A U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last year barred the town of Great Falls, SC from mentioning Jesus in pre-meeting prayers.