Legislative prayer allowed
Court rules 5 to 4 that prayer prior to town council meeting in Upstate New York does not violate the constitutional probation against government-established religion. The decision cites both tradition and history and writing for the majority, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy says:
Ceremonial prayer is but a recognition that, since this Nation was founded and until the present day, many Americans deem that their own existence must be understood by precepts far beyond the authority of government.