The Christian Century

Atheist to offer invocation in N.Y. town at the center of public prayer case

(RNS) What do atheists “pray” for? Municipalities around the country are finding out, as nonbelievers of all stripes—atheists, humanists, agnostics, and other freethinkers—begin giving invocations at ...
Modesto Bee

Modesto City Council invocations: Whom they’re for, who gives them and why it matters

Over the last five years, almost all invocations before Modesto City Council meetings have been given by Christian faith leaders, but it’s unclear when the practice began or how it might impact civic ...
Albuquerque Journal

Doña Ana County Commissioners drop invocations from public meetings

LAS CRUCES — “The beginning of a governmental business meeting is not the time for prayer,” Jan Thompson told the board of Doña Ana County Commissioners on Tuesday. Since 2018, the commissioners’ ...
WESH

Commissioners in Brevard refuse to recognize atheist invocations

WEBVTT IT'S A SLAP IN THIS FACE TO BE TOLD YOU CANNOT PAR TIS PANT PATE. ATHEISTS DEMANDED THE RIGHT TO GIVE INVOCATION AT THE BEGINNING OF A BREVARD COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. THEY WERE TURNED AWAY.