6 W.Va. commissions start meetings with prayer
Published 1:22 pm Wednesday, August 12, 2015
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — According to a recently conducted survey by Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, at least six of 55 county commissions in West Virginia start their meetings with a prayer.
The Republican, who favors prayers at meetings, filed the information in a legal brief for a case headed to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. In May, a federal judge ruled to halt the prayer practice at the Rowan County Commission in North Carolina.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail (http://bit.ly/1IJZAS6 ) reported Tuesday that Jackson, Mineral, Pleasants, Ritchie and Tyler county commissioners say a prayer at meetings, while the Berkeley County Commission opens its meetings with a prayer by a clergy member or commissioner.
According to the legal brief, Morrisey’s office was unable to secure information about prayer practices from 21 of West Virginia’s 55 county commissions.
