COCHRAN, Ga. — The Bleckley County Sheriff’s Office is responding to claims that it regularly flies a Christian flag outside of its building.
On Thursday, May 30, the Freedom from Religion Foundation published an article on its site demanding the sheriff’s office take down a flag.
They say a concerned citizen sent them the photo of the flag flying outside, and that it is ‘inappropriate and unconstitutional.’
“An overwhelming majority of federal courts agree that the Latin cross universally represents the Christian religion, and only the Christian religion,” FFRF Legal Fellow Chris Line wrote to Sheriff Kris Coody. “A majority of federal courts has held displays of Latin crosses on public property to be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.”
When 13WMAZ spoke to Sheriff Coody on Wednesday, Coody said the flag was flown for a religious holiday and promptly removed.
Coody could not say which specific day it was removed, or what the name of the holiday was, but did say it had been down for weeks and that he didn’t know ‘what all the hoopla about this flag is.’
The FFRF is a national nonprofit founded to protect the separation of church and state, and educate the public on matters related to nontheism.
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