You Can't Run a Town By a Book of Religion . . .

The Fourth Circuit handed down an interesting decision today in Wynne v. Great Falls, SC. The case involved a town citizen's challenge to the town council's practice of opening meetings with prayers. Not just any prayers, mind you, but ones that specifically supplicated to Jesus - no wishy-washy stuff here! The citizen, a Wiccan, tried to get the council to change its ways (at least substitute Jesus with God, which is an interesting Constitutional compromise), but only got abuse and scorn for her trouble. So, she sued. And, thankfully, she won.