Humanist Group Demands County Officials Be Fined for Praying
A humanist group attempting to silence government officials in Carroll County, Maryland, from praying in Jesus' name is demanding that the federal government step in with hefty fines.
As reported earlier in The New American, on March 26 Federal Judge William Quarles, Jr. ruled that the Carroll County Board of Commissioners must cease opening its meetings with mostly Christian prayers offered in Jesus' name while a lawsuit over the prayers proceeds.
The lawsuit was filed by the American Humanist Association (AHA) on behalf of a group of Carroll County residents allegedly upset by the commission's tradition of opening meetings with mostly Christian prayers....