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Richmond, VA -- U.S. District Court Judge James R. Spencer has ruled that the Fredericksburg City Council’s policy requiring its meeting-opening prayers to be non-sectarian is constitutional. The City Council adopted the prayer policy in November 2005 after one of its members, Rev.