Not KY Jelly, people! Kentucky! :9
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812020431Ten Kentucky residents and the national American Atheists Inc. are suing to overturn Kentucky legislation "stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth."
The suit says the legislation, passed with little notice in 2006 to create the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, is "grossly, and outrageously, at variance with" with Kentucky and U.S. constitutional bans on government-sponsored religion.
In addition to seeking to have the legislation overturned, the plaintiffs are seeking financial damages, saying they "suffer anxiety from the belief that the existence of these unconstitutional laws suggest that their very safety as residents of Kentucky may be in the hands of fanatics, traitors, or fools."
At issue are two clauses inserted in a floor amendment by state Rep. Tom Riner, D-Louisville, and approved by lawmakers.
One clause says the "safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God" and cites statements to that effect by Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.
A permanent plaque quoting that text is posted at the state's Emergency Operations Center, as required by the clause.
Read the rest of the article at the link above.
Read the compliant here:
http://www.atheists.org/upload/aavky.pdf-Cindy in Fort Lauderdale whose PC crashed last week
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