Most of 109 Government Meetings in Latter-day Saint Church-Dominated Utah Have Seen Their First Hindu Prayer

There has perhaps been an unintended consequence of the Utah Supreme Court at the turn of the century allowing prayer to start government meetings in Utah. Hindu prayers have opened 109 meetings by governments representing areas almost entirely, if not entirely, dominated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The areas are also in the West, which is strongly Judeo-Christian beliefs. However, Hinduism is an Eastern religion. “For most of the legislative bodies…