Rationalists of East Tennessee provided an invocation at the Lenoir City Council meeting Monday. [View all]

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"Now let us not bow our heads, but hold them high, with eyes open,"
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Ledendecker was followed by Ron Jordon, assistant pastor of First Baptist Church of Lenoir City who said a short prayer praising the freedom of assembly and freedom of speech.

Pastor Tommy Patterson of the Maranatha Church of the Harvest in Lenoir City said a short prayer followed by the comment, ‘I'm glad we live in a country like this."
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Councilman Bobby Johnson Sr. said he wasn't sure why the organization felt it needed to make its statement at a City Council meeting, but he said he supported their right to express their opinions.

One has to ask if Bobby Johnson Sr. ever wondered why the pastors feel they need to make their statements at a City Council meeting. Something tells me, probably not.