A California city manager's attempt to strike the word 'Jesus' from prayers and invocations at public events is unconstitutional, according to an advocate for two chaplains impacted by the ban.
An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults say the importance of religion is shrinking in public life according to a new survey. File photo image credit: fizkes via Shutterstock.A California city manager’s attempt to strike the word “Jesus” from prayers and invocations at public events is unconstitutional, according to an advocate for two chaplains impacted by the ban.
J.C. Cooper, a volunteer police chaplain, and his father, a volunteer fire chaplain, were confronted with the edict after the younger Mr. Cooper concluded an awards ceremony prayer with the words, “in Jesus’ name,” a common closing in Christian circles. The younger Cooper “respectfully declined” a request to offer an invocation at a police promotions ceremony, the attorney wrote.
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