Port Stephen council might remove references to "Jesus" from a start of meeting prayer.
The prayer will still reference "God", but the phrase "in Jesus' name" might be in breach of the 1975 Racial Discrimination Act.
The term "Jesus" could be considered specific to the Christian faith whilst "God" was more inclusive of other religions
The move to remove the phrase would be a back flip on the decision to add it less than twelve months ago.
Port Stephen's Mayor, Bruce MacKenzie, says that it's all "a storm in a tea cup".
"I'm a proud Australian and I don't have a problem with it," Mr MacKenzie said, "but council will decide tomorrow night whether they drop it or not".
Mr MacKenzie acknowledged that the term may be in beech of the discrimination act but says that a lot of people still believe in Jesus.
"I'm not a practising Christian, I don't go to church... but I don't have a problem with people acknowledging Jesus either," said Mr Mackenzie.
Council will vote on the issue tomorrow evening.
