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Town of Greece v. Galloway, 572 U.S. 565 (2014), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court decided that the Town of Greece, New York may permit volunteer chaplains to open each legislative session with a prayer.
5 Μαΐ 2014 · The Court must decide whether the town of Greece, New York, imposes an impermissible establishment of religion by opening its monthly board meetings with a prayer.
6 Νοε 2013 · Issue: Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that a legislative prayer practice violates the Establishment Clause notwithstanding the absence of discrimination in the selection of prayer-givers or forbidden exploitation of the prayer opportunity.
6 Νοε 2013 · Facts of the case. The town of Greece, New York, is governed by a five-member town board that conducts official business at monthly public meetings. Starting in 1999, the town meetings began with a prayer given by an invited member of the local clergy.
The Court must decide whether the town of Greece, New York, imposes an impermissible establishment of religion by opening its monthly board meetings with a prayer. It must be concluded . . . that no violation of the Constitution has been shown.
10 Νοε 2014 · But the opinions in Greece do highlight a deep divergence among the Justices on the question of what the Establishment Clause requires the government to do, or even permits it to do, to accommodate religious diversity. In deciding Greece, the Justices faced a murky doctrinal landscape.
26 Φεβ 2019 · The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari. Issue and Holding: Does an opening prayer at the beginning of a town’s legislative session violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment if the prayers are predominantly Christian?
