sentences:  In August 2010, Siragusa ruled that the town board of Greece, New York did not commit a constitutional violation by opening its meetings with a brief prayer.The judge signed an order that tossed out a lawsuit filed by two residents of the town of who had complained that prayers held at the start of town council meetings favored Christians and violated the separation of church and state.Siragusa noted that government bodies throughout the country routinely invite religious leaders to make invocations at the start of public meetings.