GovernmentFeds Force Bank to Remove Crosses, Bible Verses, and Christmas ButtonsPosted on December 17, 2010 at 12:46pm by Jonathon M. Seidl Print » Email » A small Oklahoma town is enraged after Federal Reserve examiners told a hometown bank that it must remove crosses, Bible verses, and Christmas buttons from display because they could be offensive. The bank says the Fed told it the Christian paraphernalia violated federal bank regulations.KOCO-TV reports:Federal Reserve examiners come every four years to make sure banks are complying with a long list of regulations. The examiners came to Perkins [the town] last week. And the team from Kansas City deemed a Bible verse of the day, crosses on the teller’s counter and buttons that say “Merry Christmas, God With Us.” were inappropriate. The Bible verse of the day on the bank’s Internet site also had to be taken down. [...]Specifically, the feds believed, the symbols violated 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.”The feds interpret that to mean, for example, a Jew or Muslin or atheist may be offended and believe they may be discriminated against at this bank. It is an appearance of discrimination.Local residents were upset, with one woman calling it “absurd” while another man called it “ridiculous.”The news station says the bank has contacted Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhoffe (R) and U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R), as well as the Oklahoma Bankers association, for help.Comments (203)
Just how important is religion? If a religion fails to bring all people together, it means it doesn't represent God and reason. Religion has in common with government, and law, an end without a beginning--externalizing nature's laws for expedient reasons. Imaginations are stirred to conjure up the desirable ends of those with control. The consequence is division and untimately war. All wars are ultimately to decide who God favors.
The issue here is the pot is calling the kettle black. If we are to ever live together in peace, we are going to be forced to admit that God is internal. Christians believe Jesus is their savior. Where did Jesus say the Kingdom of God is? The Kingdom of God is distinguished from the Kingdom of heaven. The Kingdom of God is universal. The Kingdom of God is on earth, "in earth as it is in heaven," said Jesus. If the Christain faith is to be accepted by everyone, it will have to change to allow that we are all God's children.
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Just how important is religion? If a religion fails to bring all people together, it means it doesn't represent God and reason. Religion has in common with government, and law, an end without a beginning--externalizing nature's laws for expedient reasons. Imaginations are stirred to conjure up the desirable ends of those with control. The consequence is division and untimately war. All wars are ultimately to decide who God favors.
The issue here is the pot is calling the kettle black. If we are to ever live together in peace, we are going to be forced to admit that God is internal. Christians believe Jesus is their savior. Where did Jesus say the Kingdom of God is? The Kingdom of God is distinguished from the Kingdom of heaven. The Kingdom of God is universal. The Kingdom of God is on earth, "in earth as it is in heaven," said Jesus. If the Christain faith is to be accepted by everyone, it will have to change to allow that we are all God's children.
This really sounds like a FIRST AMENDMENT issue to me; "Congress shall make no law . . . or PROHIBITING the free exercise thereof, . . ."
If, indeed, there is such a Federal Bank Regulation, it should be challenged and deemed Unconstitutional!