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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 06:00 AM Dec 2018

Alabama police department blames recent murders on people who have 'turned away from God and....

....embraced Satan’



A police department calling on God to fight crime instead of relying in their own capabilities isn’t a very good look.

In a letter to Opp Chief of Police Michael McDonald, the Freedom from Religion Foundation called on the department to retract the portion of the post that links secularism to murder and Satanism.

The department’s promotion and rejection of specific religious beliefs — turning toward “GOD” and away from “SATAN” — is illegal. Our Constitution’s Establishment Clause, which protects all Americans’ religious freedom by ensuring the continued separation of religion and government, dictates that the government cannot in any way endorse religion. Encouraging readers to “ASK FOR GOD’S HELP” on the official department Facebook page violates the department’s obligation under the Constitution as a government entity. We ask that the department edit the post to remove that message and refrain from posting religious messages in the future.

With the deletion of the post, the department seems to have gotten the message. But this isn’t the first time they included a religious theme in posts on their official page. Numerous past posts show the department calling on God to “bless” and “protect” its city’s citizens.


http://deadstate.org/alabama-police-department-blames-recent-murders-on-people-who-have-turned-away-from-god-and-embraced-satan/

Good grief!!
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Alabama police department blames recent murders on people who have 'turned away from God and.... (Original Post) Soph0571 Dec 2018 OP
Pardon me for a moment.... Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #1
To paraphrase something from, almost, 40 years ago; GWC58 Dec 2018 #2
The easiest way to spot the local county sheriff's unmarked cars is the stupid stickers Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #3
"To Serve and Preach" CaptYossarian Dec 2018 #4

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
2. To paraphrase something from, almost, 40 years ago;
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 06:36 AM
Dec 2018

Religion isn’t the solution to our problems, religion IS the problem. With apologies to Saint Ronnie Of Ray-GUNN. 😕🤪

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
3. The easiest way to spot the local county sheriff's unmarked cars is the stupid stickers
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 08:29 AM
Dec 2018

They've got the same dumbass "In God We Trust" right there on the back of the cars that the marked patrol vehicles do.

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