KY Homeland Security Mangles Church/State Separation
Ky. atheists want God out of homeland security
State law requires office to acknowledge divine help in anti-terror efforts
"Of particular concern is a 2006 clause requiring the Office of Homeland Security to post a plaque that says the safety and security of the state "cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon almighty God" and to stress that fact through training and educational materials.
The plaque, posted at the Kentucky Emergency Operations Center in Frankfort, includes the Bible verse: "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."
"It is one of the most egregiously and breathtakingly unconstitutional actions by a state legislature that I've ever seen," said Edwin F. Kagin, national legal director of Parsippany, New Jersey-based American Atheists Inc. The group claims the law violates both the state and U.S. constitutions."
This is actually one of the worst violations of the principled Separation of Church and State I can remember seeing. There isn't even any wiggle room here like the High Court found with those 10 Commandment displays at the southern Court houses, it is a blatant violation of the 1st Amendment.
Hopefully this runs its course through the legal system and gets fixed.
State law requires office to acknowledge divine help in anti-terror efforts
"Of particular concern is a 2006 clause requiring the Office of Homeland Security to post a plaque that says the safety and security of the state "cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon almighty God" and to stress that fact through training and educational materials.
The plaque, posted at the Kentucky Emergency Operations Center in Frankfort, includes the Bible verse: "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."
"It is one of the most egregiously and breathtakingly unconstitutional actions by a state legislature that I've ever seen," said Edwin F. Kagin, national legal director of Parsippany, New Jersey-based American Atheists Inc. The group claims the law violates both the state and U.S. constitutions."
This is actually one of the worst violations of the principled Separation of Church and State I can remember seeing. There isn't even any wiggle room here like the High Court found with those 10 Commandment displays at the southern Court houses, it is a blatant violation of the 1st Amendment.
Hopefully this runs its course through the legal system and gets fixed.
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