Atheists Complained — and Now the Bible Verses on This Football Monument Will Be Removed or

theblaze.com ^ | october 15, 2014 | billy hallowell

[lowbridge]

A school board in Georgia voted Tuesday night to remove or cover up Bible verses on a controversial monument that was recently installed near a district-owned football field.

The five members of the Madison County school boardunanimously voted to make the change after hearing public comments and holding a closed meeting on the matter. The move — which is frustrating some local residents — comes following complaints from at least two atheist activist groups.

As TheBlaze previously reported, the privately funded sculpture, situated outside Madison County High School in Danielsville, Georgia, was placed on the property in August to inspire football players, but the Freedom From Religion Foundation and the American Humanist Association have since called its presence on public school property unconstitutional.

[lowbridge]

Full title: Atheists Complained — and Now the Bible Verses on This Football Monument Will Be Removed or Covered Up

[ClearCase_guy]

Freedom From Christianity — it’s in the Constitution, man! [/s]

[CincyRichieRich]

Recall the board.

[MeshugeMikey]

We can’t be INSPIRING Football players..now can we?

If the atheist dont believe that God Exists...why complain??

[IncPen]

Atheism is a religion, too.

[BenLurkin]

Satan is tightening his grip around the throats of mankind.

[G Larry]

When is somebody going tell the Atheists to get lost?

OR, FIRE the school board for caving?

Or BOTH!

[Inyo-Mono]

Freedom From Christianity — it’s in the Constitution, man! [/s]

That's about it. I have been looking in my copy of the Constitution for several years now and cannot find anything about separation of religion and state. But it must be in there somewhere.

[equaviator]

Poor F-in’ Atheists...Had to go out and do their own F-in’ trumpeting. Fuck that.

[DJ MacWoW]

The title page of Robert Aitken’s Bible, which was printed in Philadelphia in 1782.

Aitken's Bible Endorsed by Congress

The war with Britain cut off the supply of Bibles to the United States with the result that on Sept. 11, 1777, Congress instructed its Committee of Commerce to import 20,000 Bibles from "Scotland, Holland or elsewhere." On January 21, 1781, Philadelphia printer Robert Aitken (1734-1802) petitioned Congress to officially sanction a publication of the Old and New Testament which he was preparing at his own expense. Congress "highly approve the pious and laudable undertaking of Mr. Aitken, as subservient to the interest of religion . . . in this country, and . . . they recommend this edition of the bible to the inhabitants of the United States." This resolution was a result of Aitken's successful accomplishment of his project.

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[Chode]

seems they're skeeeerd sh!tless of something they don't believe in...

[terycarl]

how can anyone get so upset with something that doesn’t exist?????

[terycarl]

why don’t Christians go to places where there are no religious sites and require that they be put there??

[sargon]

In the monument's current form, on public school property, my understanding is that Federal Courts would probably end up forcing its removal.

The school board was probably just responding to that inevitability.

I'd be all for putting the monument as close to school property as humanly possible, where everyone would walk by it every day. And they could use larger lettering. Then the atheists could pound sand and the monument could remain forever.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I can’t make up my mind which has the more obnoxious morons. The atheists or the “openly gay” homosexuals. Okay, I know. There’s a very thin line between the two.

[GeronL]

If parents complained about Common Core, adult books in the library or the perverts teaching crap to kids as ‘sex ed’ the parents would be ignored or mocked. Even if the parents were a majority.

But just one atheist can get their way.

crazy

[Veggie Todd]

When is somebody going tell the Atheists to get lost?

The are lost.

[RoadGumby]

Because the one they serve knows He does exist. And so, the one they serve has them attacking Him and His church.