GreenvilleOnline.com -Local News-ACLU prayer battle not over - (2/12/2007)
ACLU continues to put pressure on municipal and county councils.
Monday, February 12, 2007
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Oconee Strikes Out
It was a snowball right over the plate. It could have been on a tee it was so easy to hit.
But the Oconee County Council lost its nerve and struck out without a swing.
The bottom line was the bottom line, we are told. Even though the county Ministerial Association had agreed to pay the ACLU's legal fees if the county lost, and even though Alliance Defense Fund had offerred to defend the county for free, the ACLU's financial threats frightened the Oconee County Council into scrapping its traditional invocation and adopting a new "moment of silence" policy. The watertight but simple sign-up sheet for prayer policy ADF devised was left on the cutting room floor.
We have work to do.
Stay tuned.
But the Oconee County Council lost its nerve and struck out without a swing.
The bottom line was the bottom line, we are told. Even though the county Ministerial Association had agreed to pay the ACLU's legal fees if the county lost, and even though Alliance Defense Fund had offerred to defend the county for free, the ACLU's financial threats frightened the Oconee County Council into scrapping its traditional invocation and adopting a new "moment of silence" policy. The watertight but simple sign-up sheet for prayer policy ADF devised was left on the cutting room floor.
We have work to do.
Stay tuned.
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