The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) is asking the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office to stop promotion of religious programs, events and other activities that violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. On April 24, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook more than 50 pictures of inmates being baptized. The Facebook post noted: “With the help of Capt V.C Winters, Chief Brad Wiley and Sheriff Daniel Perry we want to give a big thank you to Kibler Baptist Church for being present in our facility this past Sunday on April 23, 2023. 38 incarcerated Men and Women accepted Jesus Christ behind bars. ‘Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” — Romans 6:4” “We write to ensure that the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office ceases its promotion of, and official affiliation with, Christianity on its official social media pages and through its programs and activities in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment,” noted a May 17 letter from FFRF attorney Christopher Line. […]
