Suit Challenges City Council Opening Meetings With Lord's Prayer

The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit this week in a West Virginia federal district court to stop the Parkersburg, West Virginia City Council from regularly opening its meetings with the recitation of the Lord's Prayer.  The complaint (full text) in Cobranchi v. The City of Parkersburg, (D WV, filed 7/30/2018), seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, contending that the prayer practice violates plaintiffs' 1st and 14th Amendment rights. FFRF issued a press release announcing the filing of the lawsuit.