Commissioners Under Fire For Evoking Name Of Jesus At Meetings

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. -- Prayer and politics are not mixing well in Osceola County. Commissioners are under fire for the way they pray before meetings. One group wants the name of Jesus stripped from prayer.

A three-page letter from the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State cited many examples of Christian religious prayer from board meetings over the last two and a half years, including such comments as "For it's in Christ's name that I pray" and "We pray all of these things in Christ's name.

"The watchdog group says it has received complaints. The letter urges the Osceola County commission to "consider ceasing the prayers altogether," arguing that the practice of prayer in meetings is unconstitutional.

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