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Invocations At City Meetings

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Battle Over Prayer Continues in Galloway Township

A three-person committee will help determine how prayer will be presented in the township in the future.

Galloway Mayor Don Purdy has tasked a three-person committee with the job of helping to decide how prayer will be presented at council meetings moving forward. The committee, appointed Tuesday night, Nov. 27, will consist of Deputy Mayor Tony Coppola, Councilwoman Whitney Ullman and newly-elected councilman Jim McElwee. The committee was designated in response to the recent outcry from Galloway residents over the decision to discontinue invocations prior to council meetings. In recent months, council has skipped the invocation and held only a moment of silence. The issue came to the forefront at the council meeting on Nov. 13, and the township received a letter from the Anti-Defamation League on the issue prior to Tuesday’s meeting. “Their…

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Absence of Prayer at Council Meetings Sparks Debate in Galloway Township

Started under Mayor Tom Bassford and continued under Keith Hartman, invocations have been missing for a few months, and residents have noticed.

The issue of the separation of church and state has been part of American history since the country's inception, and now the centuries-old debate has taken on a local feel. Galloway Township Council meetings have begun with an invocation from a representative of a local religious organization since Tom Bassford was mayor, but the practice has been absent from proceedings since the summer. On Tuesday night, Nov. 13, the issue came to the forefront. “I’m not that religious, but I come to the meetings and I like to hear the ministers,” resident Tom Mitchell said during the public comment portion of Tuesday night’s council meeting. “They’re part of the community, and I feel better when they’re here. I like to hear the different points of view…

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