ICC Note: The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently issued a letter of complaint to a Kentucky county clerk’s office regarding a painting of the Ten Commandments located in their office. The FFRF stated that the painting was in violation of the Constitution’s Establishment Clause and the group demanded that it be removed. According to reports, the county clerk has not yet responded to the demands.

By Heather Clark

09/04/2016 United States (Christian News Network) – A prominent professing atheist organization that targets what it believes are violations of the separation of Church and State is seeking the removal of a Ten Commandments painting in the office of a Kentucky county clerk.

The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to Carmen Finley, the clerk of Trigg County, to request that the painting be removed, citing an unidentified complainant.

“The Ten Commandments display violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment,” the correspondence read. “Given the content of the display and the fact that it originally appeared as a lone display, a reasonable observer would view it as an endorsement of religion by the county.”

It said that the first Commandment, which forbids mankind from having other gods other than Yahweh, “alone makes it obvious why the Ten Commandments may not be posted on government property.”

“The government has no business telling citizens which God they must have, how many gods they must have, or that they must have any God at all,” FFRF wrote. “There are ample private and church grounds where this religious display may be freely placed.”

The organization consequently asked that the [painting] be removed.

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