Town of Greece v. Galloway
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
*569The Court must decide whether the town of Greece, New York, imposes an impermissible establishment of religion by *570opening its monthly board meetings with a prayer. It must be concluded, consistent with the Court's opinion in Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783, 103 S.Ct. 3330, 77 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1983), that no violation of the Constitution has been shown. *1816I
Greece, a town with a population of 94,000, is in upstate New York. For some years, it began its monthly town board meetings with a moment of silence. In 1999, the newly elected town supervisor, John Auberger, decided to replicate the prayer…
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