Tag Archives: Forsyth County

Dec 10 1 comments
Politics, Religion

Public prayer losing ground in North Carolina?

County commissioners in the sleepy, liberal town of Asheville, N.C., have made a “consensus” decision to end public prayer at their meetings.
The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners are set to bring the topic up for official discussion on Jan. 5. They’ll likely vote to stop opening board meetings with prayer. The move comes after a [...]

Jun 09 0 comments
Anti-LGBT, LGBT, Politics

A step in the right direction for Winston-Salem students

Good news from my childhood hometown and school system: The North Carolina Senate passed a “local bill” on Monday, changing current Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education elections from partisan to non-partisan. Already passed by the House and not in need of the governor’s approval, the bill is now law. The Winston-Salem Journal has the full [...]

Dec 10 3 comments
Religion

Forsyth County prayer controversy makes a comeback

In April 2007 (and in other past posts), I spoke on the public prayer controversy hitting the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners. The County, whose seat is my hometown of Winston-Salem, passed a policy allowing public prayer before its meetings, led by various clergy who signed up to lead the prayers. In that policy, the [...]