Hawaii's House of Representatives will continue to open its daily sessions with prayer, the Christian Broadcast Network website reports today (February 12, 2011).
Last month, the Aloha State Senate voted to cancel the opening invocation after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) questioned the practice.
The House passed rules to ensure that prayers can mention a deity or God, but cannot be critical of other religions.
House Majority Leader Blake Oshiro said the rules were made to ensure that lawmakers followed prior US Supreme Court rulings on the constitutionality of legislative prayer.
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