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		<title>Forsyth County Ordered To Stop Prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JamesB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll let the legal types dig into the exact ruling but in a case brought by Janet Joyner and Constance Lynn Blackmon the courts have ruled the County Board of Commissioners is violating the law in holding invocation or prayer prior to County meetings. Of course it looks like the county gets to pay the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ll let the legal types dig into the exact ruling but in a case brought by Janet Joyner and Constance Lynn Blackmon the courts have ruled the County Board of Commissioners is violating the law in holding invocation or prayer prior to County meetings. Of course it looks like the county gets to pay the legal fees associated with this as well.</p>
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<p>Relief     <br />Plaintiffs seek relief in the form of a declaratory judgment, an injunction prohibiting Defendant from allowing sectarian prayers at its Board meetings, nominal damages, and the payment of reasonable expenses and attorney’s fees.&#160; (Id. at 15.)&#160; This Court should declare that the effect of Defendant’s policy is to violate the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution and allow the recovery of nominal damages and attorney’s fees as part      <br />of the costs under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.&#160; The Court should enjoin the continuation of the Policy as it is now implemented. </p>
<p>Conclusion     <br />For the foregoing reasons, IT IS RECOMMENDED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 63) be granted.</p>
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<p> <a href="http://www.bitsofws.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/JoynerBlackmonvForsyth1.pdf" target="_blank">Joyner-Blackmon v. Forsyth County</a></p>
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