Fairbanks leaders propose ending assembly meeting prayers

Some Fairbanks officials have proposed removing prayers from the beginning of borough assembly meetings.
The Daily News-Miner reports that Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly members Shaun Tacke, Andrew Gray and Christopher Quist wrote a measure that would remove the nonsectarian invocation from the assembly’s meeting agendas.
Tacke says the assembly represents the entire community and should avoid prayers and invocations as part of a strict separation of church and state.
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