(RNS) What do atheists “pray” for? Municipalities around the country are finding out, as nonbelievers of all stripes—atheists, humanists, agnostics, and other freethinkers—begin giving invocations at ...

A local pastor who prayed Thursday at the start of the City Council meeting declared only two types of people exist on Earth — those who work for God and those who work for the devil. The invocation, ...

Members of the Clark County council pray before a meeting, which they’ve done for the past four years. (Ariane Kunze/The Columbian) Four years ago, the then-Clark County commissioners voted to have a ...

The Chicago City Council, like many other legislative bodies, typically opens meetings with an "invocation"—essentially, a prayer or moment of reflection. Clergy from a wide range of religious ...

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a lower-court ruling that the Brevard County Commission illegally excluded representatives of atheist and other "nontheist" groups from giving invocations at ...