Pamela Escobar has faced her share of criticism on social media in the weeks following the April 12 Cabarrus County Schools Board of Education meeting, where she strongly opposed a proposal to include public prayer before every board meeting.
“If you put prayer at the beginning of this meeting, I don’t think that’s a welcoming sign to the people who are in this room tonight,” Escobar said as part of lengthy remarks, while noting that approving such an invocation could introduce a host of legal challenges.
