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Tom Ingram's avatar

As an atheist I object to any money going from the City to any religious organizations or churches. And they should all be paying taxes just like any other business as that is what they are. I also really object to the invocation at the start of city council meetings. The meaning of invocation is the following:

The invocation is the opening prayer in the worship service and is a prayer which humbly, yet confidently (Hebrews 4:16) “invokes” the presence of God in worship. It is the congregation's faith-filled response to the call to worship and is done on behalf of the congregation by the minister.

Firstly, there should be a separation of church and state. Next, a city council is no place to have and invocation. There is an assumption that everyone is a Christian. That is very far from the truth. There are many other religions with different beliefs, plus the Atheists and Agnostics.

And from my point of view, the invocation is insulting. I will continue to sit down and browse emails on my phone during the invocation and I suggest that everyone who agrees with me, is ahtheist, agnostic or is of a different religion, also sits down during the invocation.

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Susan Zakin's avatar

Cronyism, I assume?

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