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		<title>Cecil County Council: Prayer, Politics and Websites</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was almost a trip down bad memories lane in Elkton Tuesday when members of the Cecil County Council got into some heated exchanges on whether to offer a prayer to open future meetings, what to put on the county website, and the credibility of one Councilor’s personal blog. It could have been a revival of the weekly drama of the pre-Charter Board of Commissioners, except this time the tables were turned and Councilor Diana Broomell (R-4) was all alone&#8211; without her usual, but usually silent, ally since Councilor Michael Dunn (R-3) was absent. Dunn was “not feeling well,” according to Council President Robert Hodge (R-5). Broomell had asked that the Council include in its proposed handbook of “policies and procedures”—a project the panel has been belaboring for the past four months—a new provision to establish an “invocation” or prayer to start each Council meeting. She had directed the Council Manager, James Massey, to draft a proposal that would comply with court rulings on separation of church and state. The proposal presented Tuesday provides that “Council members will take turns giving the invocation at the beginning of each legislative session” and “the invocation may be a prayer or moment of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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