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Kentucky sheriff removes unconstitutional Easter posts after FFRF intervention

The Freedom From Religion Foundation convinced the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office in Morehead, Ky., to remove social media posts promoting Christianity after FFRF raised constitutional concerns.

A local resident informed FFRF that the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office posted on its official Facebook page on April 3 in observance of Good Friday. The post said, “Please keep in mind the importance of what this day is about & what Jesus did for each of us!” Additionally, the Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page a photo that read, “Happy Easter ‘He is not here for he has risen just as he said’ Mathew [sic] 28:6.”

“Rowan County’s residents trust their law enforcement officials to attend to their secular duties and treat all community members equally,” FFRF Patrick O’Reiley Legal Fellow Charlotte R. Gude wrote to Sheriff Matt Sparks. 

When a sheriff’s office promotes religion, particularly a single faith, through its social media accounts, it signals government favoritism toward religion over nonreligion and Christianity over all other faiths. By encouraging residents to “keep in mind” “what Jesus did for each of us,” the sheriff’s office abandoned the religious neutrality required of government agencies. Such messaging marginalizes residents who are nonreligious or belong to minority faiths. Data show 38 percent of the American population is non-Christian, including almost 30 percent who are nonreligious. Such exclusionary content sends a message that they are second-class citizens to Rowan County community members who subscribe to minority faiths or no religion at all.

Following FFRF’s letter, Sheriff Matt Sparks confirmed by email that the posts had been removed.

“FFRF takes these kinds of violations very seriously. When members of law enforcement use their position to push their own religious beliefs, community members who do not adhere to those same beliefs undoubtedly feel less safe,” FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor says. “The sheriff’s office must avoid religious endorsements or messaging in all of its official communications, including on social media.” 

With more than 41,000 members and several chapters nationwide, including nearly 300 members and a chapter in Kentucky, FFRF is the largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics and humanists) in North America.

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