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Tulsa city councilor proposes moment of silence instead of opening prayer at meetings

District 4 City Councilor Laura Bellis said a moment of silence would still allow time for those who wish to reflect, meditate, pray, or engage in any other silent activity.

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Tulsa City Council votes to end prayer before meetings

The Tulsa City Council will no longer have a prayer before its meetings. The decision came after a pagan woman gave the opening invocation last fall, which drew significant criticism. The council will have only a few more invocations—which can be a prayer—before ending the practice in May.

Public Radio Tulsa · 1d

Tulsa council removes invocations before meetings; instates 'moment of silent prayer or reflection'

Tulsa has gotten rid of the opening invocation at council meetings following controversy surrounding a prayer last year.

The Iron Mountain Daily News2d

Dickinson board OKs prayer at meetings

Prayer will take place before the start of Dickinson County Board meetings under a policy commissioners adopted Monday. While it’s clear that any prayer will be before the opening gavel, it remains to ...

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Cardinal Dolan to join opening prayer at President-elect Trump’s inauguration

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, will join the opening prayer during President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January ...

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FULTON-STREET PRAYER MEETINGS.

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City of Sydney Greens councillor demands long-standing tradition before meetings be dropped: 'Inappropriate'

Newly-elected City of Sydney councillor Matthew Thompson has led a push to ditch the opening prayer from monthly council meetings, a long-held tradition for at least two decades. The prayer ...

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Missouri school district agrees to halt prayer during staff meetings after complaint

A southwest Missouri school district has agreed to stop offering an official prayer during staff meetings after concerns were raised this fall. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit ...

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