Of equal importance, this sectarian practice is a potential affront to county employees who are required to attend some or all meetings...Other groups that supported the position taken by the original plaintiffs in the 4th circuit include the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, the Anti-Defamation League, the Blue Mountain Lotus Society, the Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, the Hindu American Foundation, and the Sikh Council on Religion and Education.

In 2005, a member of a Hindu congregation in Plano, Texas, was excluded from National Day of Prayer services at the Plano city hall, and Hindus, Muslims, ...