A federal judge in New York has rejected a demand from the Americans United for Separation of Church and State that a town board be ordered to change its invocation procedures so that the statements from volunteers on a rotating basis would be more "ecumenical" and "inclusive."
The decision from U.S. District Judge Charles Siragusa said officials in Greece, N.Y., did not violate the Constitution's Establishment Clause with their tradition of opening meetings with an invocation from local clergy members....