Atheist Will Deliver Invocation At City Council Session In Colorado

In 2008, Grand Junction City, Colorado city council adopted a resolution creating a more inclusive process for choosing those who may offer the invocation at council meetings. Any spiritual organization in the community may place its name in a lottery for selection. According to Denver Westward Blogs, for the first time in the city's history an atheist will deliver the invocation.  For the January 3 meeting, the Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers was chosen in the lottery and Joe Alaimo, representing the Church of Spiritual Humanism will open council's session. [Thanks to Scott Mange for the lead.]