“I have not responded to them because I am not going to respond to threats about something like that,” Sheriff McKeithen recently told The Washington Times.
Sheriff McKeithen also has not responded to a cease-and-desist letter that he received from the American Civil Liberties Union in July.
Madeline Ziegler, an attorney for the Freedom From Religion Foundation, said this week that her organization is considering a lawsuit against the Bay County Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement agencies across the country that have not removed items, namely bumper stickers, that it says are unconstitutional endorsements of religion.
Over the past 40 years, U.S. courts have ruled that the national motto, “In God We Trust,” does not represent a government endorsement of religion. Despite a four-decade losing streak, atheist groups such as the Freedom From Religion Foundation remain determined to change court opinion on the national motto.
Purging religion from the public realm hasn’t come easy. Protesters of the “In God We Trust” bumper stickers have been vastly outnumbered by counter-protesters. Also, no one has come forward complaining that the officers’ religious beliefs have interfered with their duties.
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Stand firm Sheriff...
ITS on Athiests $$$$$$$$$$
Mark 8:38New International Version (NIV)
38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
I disagree with taxpayer money being spent to promote or support any religion. That said, I don't agree with suing them to make them remove the stickers from every car, even though an officer who doesn't "trust in God" might be annoyed.
I'm actually surprised CAIR or some other Islamist propaganda machine hasn't sued the sheriff's department because it "offends" them.
I am surprised some Muslim isn't suing to force them to include a "Allah Is Good" bumper stickers.
Will we have to remove it from our money also.
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