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Chesapeake City Council Revises Prayer Policy

ACLU warned council members not to continue opening meetings with sectarian prayers

Chesapeake, VA – The ACLU of Virginia recently learned that Chesapeake City Council has adopted a new policy requiring that prayers offered at the start of its meetings be nonsectaria

October 16, 2009 First Amendment Rights