Charisma News - Atheist Group Claims No Intent to Sue Ohio Over Holocaust Memorial

By Jesse Hathaway, Charismanews.com

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently announced it never planned to sue Ohio Statehouse officials, insisting the group harbored no “objection to a Holocaust memorial on public property” days after sending a threatening letter about the planned monument’s inclusion of the Star of David.

Despite the evangelical atheist group’s warnings, the Capital Square Review and Advisory Board (CSRAB) approved the monument’s creation with a lone dissenting vote cast by retiring member and former Republican state senator Richard Finan. . . .

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a DC-based legal firm specializing in religious liberty and First Amendment cases, disagreed with the interpretation of the Constitution cited by Finan and FFRF lawyers and suggested FFRF may have realized they would be out of their depth in filing suit.

“As we’ve seen, especially in smaller local communities, these letters can be very threatening, because you’re worried that you’ll get sued and it’ll cost all this money,” ACLJ Executive Director Jordan Sekulow told Media Trackers. . . .

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