Religion Law Quiz #43 (The intended audience of prayer in a legislative setting)

A few of the recent the Religion Law Quizzes have focused on prayer at the beginning of legislative sessions and town meetings.  According to the Supreme Court, who is the principal audience for these prayers?

 

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Here’s what the Supreme Court said: “The principal audience for these invocations is not, indeed, the public but lawmakers themselves, who may find that a moment of prayer or quiet reflection sets the mind to a higher purpose and thereby eases the task of governing.”  Town of Greece, N.Y. v. Galloway, 572 U.S. 565, 587, 134 S. Ct. 1811, 1825, 188 L. Ed. 2d 835 (2014).

 

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