{"id":5425,"date":"2011-08-04T14:16:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T18:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2011-08-04T15:18:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T19:18:44","slug":"federal-court-bans-jesus-from-public-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/08\/federal-court-bans-jesus-from-public-prayers","title":{"rendered":"Federal court bans “Jesus” from public prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Carolina’s\u00a0Forsyth County Board of Commissioners was wrong to allow opening prayers that end “in Jesus’ name,” a federal appeals court has ruled.<\/p>\n

In a 2-1 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., has ruled in favor of two county residents who complained that they were offended at hearing “in Jesus’ name” in a public prayer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Janet Joyner and Constance Blackmon sued after a local religious leader offered a prayer before a December 2007 commission meeting. In that prayer, he thanked God for allowing the birth of His son to forgive us for our sins and closed with\u00a0the standard “in Jesus’\u00a0name,” which\u00a0Christians are\u00a0taught to do\u00a0in the Gospel of John 14:13-14 by Jesus himself.<\/p>\n

The federal\u00a0decision upholds a lower court ruling.<\/p>\n

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