Nancy Lund v. Rowan County, North Carolina

*301AGEE, Circuit Judge,

with whom Judge NIEMEYER, Judge TRAXLER, Judge SHEDD, and Judge DIAZ join, dissenting:

The majority holds that the- Rowan County Board of Commissioners’ practice of opening its public meetings with a commissioner-led invocation violates the Establishment Clause. That decision is irreconcilable with Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783, 103 S.Ct. 3330, 77 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1983), and Town of Greece v. Galloway, 672 U.S. —, 134 S.Ct. 1811, 188 L.Ed.2d 835 (2014). Therefore, I respectfully dissent.

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Rowan County, North Carolina, exercises its municipal power through an elected Board…