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Religion

Without a Prayer

Charles Oliver | 8.18.2014 6:00 AM

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Mary's Gourmet Diner in Winston-Salem has dropped its policy of giving a discount to patrons who pray before eating. The restaurant had offered the discount for four years, but a story on the policy recently went viral, and that led to threats of a lawsuit.

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