In Akron, the Score is- Liberals: 1, God: 0
From Ohio.com:
Monday was judgment day for Akron City Council’s practice of reciting the Lord’s Prayer before meetings.
Facing the threat of a potentially costly lawsuit, council members said the prayer for the last time.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a Washington, D.C., group, recently sent a letter to council threatening to sue unless the prayer was silenced.
Council members met in executive session for about an hour Monday night to discuss the issue. Council President Marco Sommerville said they felt they didn’t have a choice.
”There was no sense in putting the city in harm’s way,” he said.
average joe said,
Wrote on October 17, 2007 @ 9:11 am
it is silly that they were reciting the Lord’s Prayer before their meetings anyway. that is clearly against the separation of church and state. oh, wait, so is Ohio’s state motto, and our currency…