Kenai Borough Assembly upholds invocation policy

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is standing behind their controversial invocation policy.
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At their Jan. 3 meeting, Assembly President Kelly Cooper introduced an amendment to the policy that would have allowed individuals who share a common “interest or belief” to be able to give the invocation.
That amendment failed in a 6 to 3 vote.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska filed a lawsuit against the Kenai Peninsula Borough on Dec. 14 over the invocation policy.