SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- One complaint. One prayer. And one Washington organization trying to stop it. Saying the Sevier County Commission is violating the separation of church and state. And only catering to Christians.

"We live in a country where the rights of everyone must be respected, including minorities and those who hold a minority point of view. The majority doesn't get to run rough-shot over everybody else simply because they are a majority," said Ron Boston of Americas United.

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters says they've been praying before Commission meetings for at least the last 32-years he's been in office. And he doesn't plan on stopping. And if a court order comes down to stop it, one commissioner says let's fight.

"I would like to take it to court as a challenge to the ruling."

All Sevier County Commissioners were copied on a letter from Amercans United that was addressed to Mayor Waters. Tommy McGaha didn't take it seriously.

"When I first received it I thought it was a joke."

But the Commissioner soon realized it wasn't. And shares the Mayor's view that the prayer will continue and a religious picture will remain on the wall.

McGaha said "This is part of our culture. This is part of our history. This is part of us since we were founded as a country. that this has been taking place and I really don't see a problem with it."

At Knox County Commission meetings, Chairman Strickland calls upon individual Commissioners to lead a prayer of his of her choosing. And Strickland, like those in Sevier County, isn't going to stop.

"I enjoy having a prayer before Commission. I think it sets the tone. It helps us. I enjoy doing it and I will continue until I'm told not to," Commission Chairman Stickland, said.

McGaha said "If you stop doing everything that offends someone, pretty soon you couldn't do anything."