28 March 2003 by Ron
Charleston S.C. is trying to dodge the church-state violation problem by letting non-Xians occasionally perform the “invocation” opening the Charleston City Council sessions. But when they let an atheist do it, several City Council members walked out in protest, saying that their religious beliefs compelled them to leave. And, you guessed it, “councilman Wendell Gilliard said the idea of an atheist giving the invocation was particularly wrong when war is going on in Iraq”.
Read it: Invocation by atheist prompts walkout in Charleston
