Group wants Bible removed from council chambers

PINELLAS PARK -- 
It’s the world’s best-selling book. But one group argues The Bible doesn’t belong in Pinellas Park’s city council chambers publically displayed next to the mayor’s desk.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation, based out of Wisconsin, wrote a detailed letter addressed to city leaders asking that the Bible be removed.

“It’s on display. And that certainly is improper. It shows an endorsement of the Bible as a holy book over other holy books,” said Annie Laurie Gaylor with the Freedom of Religion Foundation.

The group calls it one of the most egregious violations of Separation of Church and State it’s ever seen. But Tim Caddell, the Government Relations Administrator with Pinellas Park, says there’s more to the story.

The Bible was presented to the city on October 19th, 1975, as inscribed inside, by the Kiwanis club. The same book has been on the same desk for almost four decades.

“We’ve not had complaints from residents, from people who participated. We have complaints from groups who come in looking to find something wrong,” said Caddell.  Source

*Sigh* 

Freaking bored atheists...

Zealots

I wonder how many council meetings they have attended over the years?

Let them go to a Muslim country and try to pull that kind of garbage

Sir Pun wrote:Freaking bored atheists...

Hey now. Many of us atheists have no problem with it. Just because I am an atheist, does not make me anti-theist.

The whole seperation of church and state thing is totally overplayed today. All that tells us is that our government will not become a theocracy and nothing else. Religious symbolism does not fall into that.

On the other hand, you guys should have no problem with people of other faith swearing on whatever religious text they happen to worship. For me, let me swear on the Constitution.

Heard florida put up the nations first atheist monument, which made me think that nothing is a monument to nothing, but they made a bench instead

Sir Pun wrote:Heard florida put up the nations first atheist monument, which made me think that nothing is a monument to nothing, but they made a bench instead

Florida called AHA's bluff.

Sir Pun wrote:Heard florida put up the nations first atheist monument, which made me think that nothing is a monument to nothing, but they made a bench instead

At least it's practical..... :-P

Lol

I would rather have some stupid atheist bench and no more lawsuits to remove christian symbology, but i doubt letting them have benches would stop that.