Cobb County officials are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed in August by the Georgia Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union charging the county with making “overly Christian” prayers before meetings.
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The ACLU claims the prayers before commission meetings are too Christian. One prayer ended, “in the name of Jesus our savior,” and dozens more since 2003 mentioned Jesus, according to the lawsuit.
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In its response to the lawsuit, county officials denied that the prayers alienate certain citizens, said the prayers were not “an unconstitutional endorsement of religion” and did not “trivialize religion.”

Prayer continues at county meetings while the lawsuit is pending.