“We got the chance to settle. We’re admitting nothing, we’re paying nothing, we’re accepting no liability. It’s the smartest decision I’ve made up here in 13 years” – Ocala officials voted unanimously to settle a lawsuit over a 2014 prayer vigil, with the city agreeing to drop its appeal of a judge’s 2024 decision that the event was an “unconstitutional government endorsement of religion” in exchange for the atheist plaintiffs dropping their claim to potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees.
