Judeo-Christian ethics Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==In U.S. law== In the case of ''[[Marsh v. Chambers]]'', 463 U.S. 783 (1983), the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] held that a state legislature could constitutionally have a paid chaplain to conduct legislative prayers "in the Judeo-Christian tradition." In ''Simpson v. [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield County]] Board of Supervisors'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Simpson v. Chesterfield County, No. 04-1045|url=http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/4th/041045p.pdf|work=United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit|year=2005|access-date=2008-08-16|archive-date=2009-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930101010/http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/4th/041045p.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals]] held that the Supreme Court's holding in the ''Marsh'' case meant that the "Chesterfield County could constitutionally exclude Cynthia Simpson, a [[Wicca]]n priestess, from leading its legislative prayers, because her faith was not 'in the Judeo-Christian tradition.'" Chesterfield County's board included Jewish, Christian, and Muslim clergy in its invited list. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page