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The Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear the appeal of a Wiccan priestess who is suing a county board in Virginia for not allowing her to do an opening prayer at their meetings DESPITE the fact that clergy from major religions are invited to do so. In fact, the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors allows only Christian, Jewish, and Muslim clergy to pray at their meetings. That is, no Hindus, no Buddhists, no Sikhs, no anything other than the three major religions.
The U.S. District Court ruled the practice unconstitutional, but when the county appealed to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the ruling was overturned. And now that SCOTUS has refused to hear Simpson's appeal of that ruling, there's not much else we can do.
