GOOSE CREEK, S.C. – A South Carolina school board is reversing course on a recent decision to end its longstanding tradition of reciting the Lord’s Prayer before meetings.

The Berkeley County School Board in June put an end to the pre-meeting prayer after Americans United for Separation of Church and State threatened members with a letter June 15 alleging the years-long tradition violated the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, The Post and Courier reports.

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Americans United attorney Richard Katskeee cited three pages of legal precedent the group apparently thinks applies to the practice, alleged it was illegal, and demanded an answer “within thirty days to advise us how you plan to proceed.”

The school board has opened its meetings with a moment of silence since June 28.

Last month, 50 state lawmakers signed on to a letter to the school board that urged members to continue the pre-meeting prayers, and pointed to the 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case of Town of Greece v. Galloway as evidence that it’s completely legal and justified.

“Also, the state amended the Public Prayer and Invocation Act, signed by Gov. Nikki Haley on June 3,” according to the news site. “The act includes a school board as being a ‘deliberative body’ that has the right to open meetings with an invocation.”

Board member and attorney Mac McQuillin told The Post and Courier in July that the group was planning to resume prayer at meetings soon.

“We are going to continue praying,” he said. “But we hit ‘pause,’ and are going to take our time to come up with a constitutionally permissible way to pray. I think we should be careful to dot our I’s and cross our t’s.”

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Other board members were mixed on prayer at meetings, Americans United claims on its website.

“For me, we are compelled as a body to be inclusive of all religions,” Vice Chairwoman Kathy Schwalbe said. “I know what I’m going to be saying during those 60 seconds and I believe my Lord hears me.”

Board member Phillip Obie II, meanwhile, reportedly called the moment of silence “the worst thing ever,” according to Americans United.

“If somebody wants to sue us in the name of God, then let ‘em do it,” he said.

Board Chairman Jim Hayes told The Post and Courier last week that “the board is exploring the option of an invocation like the state Legislature has adopted” and is planning to review a “Public Invocation” policy on Tuesday.

“We would have to follow the guidelines that Legislature set forth this spring for government bodies,” he said.

The board initially discussed the invocation idea at its July 26 meeting but did not take action because it wasn’t formally listed on the agenda.

“Board members said Hayes presented a chart showing how about 75 percent of the districts in the state open their meetings,” the news site reports. “It indicated that 23 of the 62 districts reported moments of silence and 27 of 62 said they have an invocation.”

The group also reviewed samples of prayers delivered in the state Senate.

The proposal under review Tuesday, which needs one reading to receive a vote, states “The Board is a deliberative public body and may open its regular public meeting with a public invocation complying with Section 6-1-160 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina,” The Post and Courier reports.