Georgia holds drought prayer vigil

Published: 12:46PM Wednesday November 14, 2007 Source: Reuters

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The US state of Georgia's governor held a vigil on the steps of the state capitol building to pray for rain to end the worst drought in decades to hit the US southeast.
   
A few hundred people joined Gov Sonny Perdue in the vigil, which was held under clear skies, some raising their arms in prayer.
   
Around a dozen protesters from the Atlanta Freethought Society demonstrated against the vigil, arguing it violated the separation of church and state enshrined in the US Constitution.
   
Perdue, a Republican, has imposed water restrictions in the face of the drought and the lack of rain has provoked a political spat between Georgia, Alabama and Florida over how to use water resources from Lake Lanier in north Georgia.
   
Environmentalists say part of the water problem is a lack of sufficient conservation measures and uncontrolled urban development in some of the fastest growing areas of the southeast United States.

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