Now this one takes the cake, as it is an example of how “Christ” and “God” are being stomped out of America. Yesterday a news article was published stating that the Federal Reserve has ordered a bank in Perkins, Oklahoma to take down all Bible verses published on their website, to take down all crosses on the bank premises, and to get rid of any “Merry Christmas” buttons.
The Federal Reserve has a regulation, called Regulation B, that has what is known as the discouragement clause, stating, “…the use of words, symbols, models and other forms of communication … express, imply or suggest a discriminatory preference or policy of exclusion.” The feds interpret this to mean that non-Christians just might be offended at the display of such religious symbols.
Of course, Perkins, Oklahoma locals find the actions of the Federal Reserve to be absolutely ridiculous. In fact, there is a Greek word for it: it’s called bullcrap.
Firstly the regulation refers to a discriminatory preference or policy of exclusion. One with brains would interpret this to mean, you can’t post signs or symbols that would discriminate against a certain demographic group. An example is posting on your door “Martian’s are gay,” or “People from Mars not allowed.” These two examples are discriminatory preference and policy of exclusion respectively. Posting a cross on the banks door does not discriminate against any particular demographic group.
And then there’s the age-old regulation laid down by the First Amendment, that Congress shall not prohibit the free exercise of religion. Since the Federal Reserve is a Federal institution, one would assume that the Federal Reserve cannot dictate which religious symbols a bank, or any other institution, chooses to display.
Here’s the news article:
http://www.koco.com/r/26162860/detail.html
Judge for Yourself…
