Federal Judge James Beaty Jr. of the U.S. Middle District of North Carolina ruled Thursday afternoon that the practice of allowing sectarian prayer violates a clause in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment regarding the establishment of religion and free exercise thereof.
Beaty's ruling, of course, could have the opposite effect and cost hundreds of thousands in tax dollars in a protracted legal appeal. Is that really the best use of taxpayer money?
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