Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
Bob Shortz — at the July 16, 2013 Wilkes-Barre City Council meeting — addressed council objecting to my objection to government-led prayer at council meetings. Shortz encouraged council to continue its tradition of government-led prayer and casts the issue — rather than an issue of separation of church and state — as an issue of […]
Government-led prayers continue at Wilkes-Barre City Council meetings. July 16’s ‘combined session’ included three prayers — during the special meeting, the work session, and the regular meeting — in one evening. As usual, Councilwoman Maureen Lavelle led the following prayer: “Almighty and everlasting God who presides over all things in Heaven, come and preside over these […]
I recently spoke with Frank Sorick — President of the Wilkes-Barre City Taxpayers’ Association — concerning government-led prayer at Wilkes-Barre City Council meetings, Wilkes-Barre politics, a recently erected Taxpayers’ Association “Mayor Got Gas” billboard chiding Wilkes-Barre Mayor Thomas Leighton, Mayor Leighton’s comment lamenting free speech [of atheists], and more. Find more information about the issue […]
I addressed Wilkes-Barre City Council at its July 16, 2013 public meeting – once again objecting to their government-led prayer which occurs during council meetings. Read a transcript of my remarks below and watch the corresponding video of my address to council. This post arrives following a short hiatus I have taken from most internet […]
A recent letter to the editor (LTE) I authored titled “Discontinue prayer at public meetings” was published in today’s edition of The Times Leader both online and in print. This letter urges members of Wilkes-Barre City Council to discontinue their tradition of government-led prayer at public meetings, encourages locals to join me in opposition to prayer, and […]
