We told you a couple of weeks ago the City of Nacogdoches had apparently decided, or Mayor Roger Van Horn did, to no longer have prayer offered at the start of council meetings after a humanist asked the city manager for secularists be included in a rotation of those offering prayers.

Seems Nacogdoches officials have asked the nonprofit Liberty Institute to provide legal counsel on how it should word a policy for prayer at city council meetings.

According to the mayor, the City of Nacogdoches has also sought counsel from the city's attorney and the Texas Municipal League to stay in compliant.

At tonight's city council meeting City Manager Jim Jeffers says the council will continue work, in closed session, on an invocation policy, with no action expected.

About two weeks ago Mayor Van Horn had said he would stop asking for prayer after humanist Daniel Ross asked to be included in the rotation for prayer.

Van Horn said he ended prayer out of concerns the city had no written policy on how to respond to request to pray from people of other faiths or beliefs.