What do you think? Is it appropiate for a city council meeting to begin with the Lord's Prayer? Is it appropiate to have any kind of prayer before such a meeting?

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Lord’s Prayer under legal attack in Grey County

When asked if he is a secularist or an atheist, Peter Ferguson says he is “just a human.”

     As a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, I had the opportunity to serve for four years in Colorado.  As I tell anybody who listens, before going to Colorado, I was pretty well an atheist.  However, after four years living with American Christians, I came back to Canada an angry atheist.  In the course of my life, the most offensive people I have ever met were American Christians. Their culture is bigoted, myopic, and hypocritical.