Small town bank employees wear Merry Christmas buttons. Small town bank puts a daily Bible verse on its website. Big bad Feds (read Scrooge) say its not allowed.
That was the situation earlier this week when the Payne County Bank in Oklahoma was told by the Federal Reserve that the symbols were "inappropriate" and had to be removed. It cited the the discouragement clause of Regulation B of the bank regulations. According to the clause, "...the use of words, symbols, models and other forms of communication ... express, imply or suggest a discriminatory preference or policy of exclusion." Whaaaattttt?
Well, after a national outcry, the number two man at the Fed notified the bank that it could put the decorations back up, and restore the daily Bible verse on its website. A little common sense, thank you!
http://www.koco.com/news/26174152/detail.html
What has this country come to. It's CHRISTmas! We seem to worry more about offending non-believers that protecting the rights of Christians to freely practice our beliefs.
I loved one of the responses to KOCO 5, the TV station the aired the story: "They may take the symbols of God off the walls and the building,but the whole bank is filled with 'In God We Trust.' Take that Federal Reserve."
I couldn't have said it any better.
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