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SHELBY, N.C. (AP) — The Cleveland County Board of Education is looking into the process of implementing prayer its meetings.
Multiple media outlets reported the board voted Monday night to have the superintendent's office to look into what the board would have to do to have prayer at the meetings.
The board already opens the meeting with a moment of silence. During Monday's meeting, those in the audience recited the Lord's Prayer during the moment of silence.
The board asked for the report on prayer at the board meeting for November's meeting.
Board member Jerry Hoyle said he's worried about potential lawsuits and their expense. Hoyle also said he did not want to give members of non-Christian faiths a platform to speak or pray in front of children at the meetings.
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