Henderson County commissioners have decided to continue opening their monthly meetings with prayer in a vote Tuesday night following a public hearing.
Henderson County Commissioners Chairman Bill Moyer says, "Residents of the county felt that it was not appropriate and that was not what we were supposed to do."
Some people have argued this is an issue of separation between church and state, so News Channel 7 took to the streets to find out how Henderson county residents feel about the issue.
“If all the religions were represented, id have no problem with that." Says Bob Spitzen.
Jack Prather says, "I’m an advocate of peoples right to pray but I think intrusion on another persons point of view is really basically unconstitutional and wrong."
We asked Chairman Bill Moyer if he thought praying before the meetings was an issue of the separation of church and state and he says, “I really don't. We've had religious influences in a lot of our governmental bodies and things like that and I’m very much opposed to the move to
A recent Supreme Court ruling has local leaders re-evaluating prayers at public meetings.
A Spartanburg county council member O’Neal Mintz came under fire in march for prayer that mentioned Jesus Christ, abortion and same sex marriage.
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