Latest effort to revise Kenai invocation policy stalls

For the past four months, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has debated whether it should restrict who is allowed to give the invocation, or prayer, that begins each meeting.
The controversy began in early August, when a member of the Satanic Temple gave the invocation.
In response, the Borough Assembly instituted a new policy in which only people or associations on a pre-approved list may give the invocation.
Critics said this restrictive policy may put the Borough at risk of a lawsuit,