ACLU gets prayer banned from a county’s meetings – here’s what the Supreme Court just said
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal for a county in North Carolina against a ruling in a lower court that said they could not enact prayer before their meetings. (Image Source: YouTube screenshot)

The Supreme Court announced their decision Thursday on whether to hear an appeal to a ban on public prayer before official meetings in the county of Rowan in North Carolina.

Here’s what they said

In one of the last decisions by the court before it adjourned for the summer, they refused to hear an appeal to a lower court ruling upholding the ban on prayer before meetings of the Rowan Country Board of Commissioners.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied a request to hear Lund v. Rowan County, our challenge to a troubling government prayer practice that pressured the public to join in prayers that overwhelmingly advanced beliefs specific to one faith. Our victory in the lower court stands! pic.twitter.com/26cMV368lu