(RNS) What do atheists “pray” for? Municipalities around the country are finding out, as nonbelievers of all stripes — atheists, humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers — begin giving invocations ...

What do atheists "pray" for? Municipalities around the country are finding out, as nonbelievers of all stripes — atheists, humanists, agnostics — begin giving invocations at local government meetings.

I was disheartened to hear that the City Council of Post Falls, on the day our country lost civil rights great Jesse Jackson, repealed the acknowledgement of Juneteenth as a holiday “because nobody ...

The Chicago City Council, like many other legislative bodies, typically opens meetings with an "invocation"—essentially, a prayer or moment of reflection. Clergy from a wide range of religious ...

Over the last five years, almost all invocations before Modesto City Council meetings have been given by Christian faith leaders, but it’s unclear when the practice began or how it might impact civic ...

The Brown County Executive Committee takes up a contentious topic at Monday night’s meeting, involving the invocation, or prayer, at the start of each County Board meeting. Action 2 News has been ...

LAS CRUCES — “The beginning of a governmental business meeting is not the time for prayer,” Jan Thompson told the board of Doña Ana County Commissioners on Tuesday. Since 2018, the commissioners’ ...

(RNS) What do atheists “pray” for? Municipalities around the country are finding out, as nonbelievers of all stripes—atheists, humanists, agnostics, and other freethinkers—begin giving invocations at ...