Attorney worried ‘God Bless America’ sign is too religious
SPARKS, Nev. — Just exactly who is blessing America around here, anyway?
Patriotic signs showing an American flag and the words ‘‘God Bless America’’ have been displayed at City Hall since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
But City Attorney Chet Adams, concerned that reference to God could be construed as an endorsement of religion and attract lawsuits, ordered that the signs be altered.
Using scissors, a municipal employee edited the Almighty out of the signs, which now read, ‘‘Bless America.’’
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