The Blaze - 'What a Bully!’: Atheist Leader & ACLJ Head Spar Over a Jesus Statue & Moses in Epic Eye-Rolling Debate

February 7, 2012

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By Billy Hallowell, TheBlaze.com

Over the weekend, you may have missed an epic debate that aired on FOX News between Annie Laurie Gaylor, the co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) and Jordan Sekulow, the executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ).

The two couldn’t stand further apart from one another on the ideological and theological spectrum, which was illustrated when they clashed in a tense on-air debate over the presence of a Jesus statue on federal land in Montana. In addition to this subject, the two tussled over the presence of Moses in the U.S. Supreme Court as well. The situation was so intense that Gaylor, clearly overwhelmed by Sekulow’s opinions on church-state issues, resorted to calling her opponent “a bully” who misinforms the public....

“This is the same group that is against ‘under God’ in the pledge, the national motto, ‘In God We Trust,’ the National Day of Prayer — I’m sure would like to sandblast some religious references we have here all over Washington, D.C. — maybe Moses from the Supreme Court and the 10 Commandments.”...

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