ADF urges four SC, Fla. governments to resist activist demands to drop prayer practicesALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE
ADF urges four SC, Fla. governments to resist activist demands to drop prayer practices ADF offers free legal defense if recommended invocations policy is challenged in court
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Alliance Defense Fund is urging government bodies in South Carolina and Florida to continue their constitutionally protected practice of praying before public meetings, despite recent threats from atheist organizations. Within the past week alone, ADF, in cooperation with area lawyers who are part of the nearly 1,800 attorneys in the ADF alliance, sent letters to four local governments offering to defend valid invocation policies free of charge. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent letters to the cities of Aiken and Woodruff, S.C., and Spartanburg County, S.C., demanding that they discontinue the prayers, which they falsely claim are unconstitutional. The group Atheists of Florida has gone so far as to file a lawsuit to stop the practice in the city of Lakewood, Fla. Full news release, quotes, and related media resources available at the following link: http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/4144 ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.
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