Atheists to rally in support of lawsuit - Frankfort, Kentucky, Monday

May 30, 2009, AMERICAN CHRONICLE (US). STATE-CHURCH SEPARATION ACTIVISTS will he at the Franklin County Courthouse in Frankfort, Kentucky this Monday, June 1, 2009, in support of a lawsuit challenging religious promotion by the Commonwealth Homeland Security Office. AMERICAN ATHEISTS filed suit last year to challenge two statutes that proclaim "reliance upon Almighty God" as a strategy in combating terrorism, and direct the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to display a religious quote to that effect in its office and promotional materials. Edwin Kagin, National Legal Director for American Atheists, said that the statutes violate the separation of church and state, and amount to "blatant endorsement" of religion. On Monday, a court will hear arguments from the Commonwealth to have the lawsuit dismissed.