Group seeks to halt prayers at West Virginia council meeting
For the record, I'm an atheist. I put up with religious stuff just like I put up with loud music, those annoying shopping cart wheels that lock before you hit the parking lot, and the misuse of they're/their/there. Why do I put up with it? Because shit happens. We don't live in a perfect world nor are we the center of the universe. This brings me to this Asshat of the Week, Daryl Cobranchi. Group seeks to halt prayers at West Virginia council meeting CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) - A West Virginia city that opens its council meetings with The Lord's Prayer is being sued by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. The Madison, Wisconsin-based group and two of its members filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Charleston against the city of Parkersburg. The lawsuit claims the City Council violated the First Amendment by endorsing a particular religion when it opens its meetings with the New Testament prayer. The lawsuit says residents stand at each...