AP: `God' back on flag documents

[liberalsoldier5]

WASHINGTON - A 17-year-old Eagle Scout wanting to honor his grandfather's "love of God, country and family" with a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol has helped remove a ban on the word "God" in certificates that accompany these flags.

The acting Architect of the Capitol, Stephen Ayers, said Thursday he was revising guidelines on Capitol flag certificates because it was "beyond the scope of this agency's responsibilities to censor messages from members of Congress."

Last week Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, protested upon learning that the Architect's office had removed the word "God" from the certificate of authenticity accompanying a flag 17-year-old Andrew Larochelle of Dayton wanted to give his grandfather.

The boy had asked that the certificate read: "This flag was flown in honor of Marcel Larochelle, my grandfather, for his dedication and love of God, country and family."

But the Architect excised "God" from the inscription, saying it violated a policy, set in 2003, banning religious and political expressions on the certificates.

Lawmakers, led by Republicans, have since demanded that policy be changed.

The practice, House Republican leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, wrote in a letter Wednesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., "has rightly drawn outrage from the American people, who have grown weary of endless attempts by politicians and bureaucrats to bar the word God and even the most tacit references to faith from our public institutions."

The flag dispute led off questioning at Pelosi's weekly news conference Thursday. "I don't think the Architect's office should be in the role of censoring what members want to say," she said.

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I'm with Pelosi and the Eagle Scout on this one; what do you think?

[Chipper Chat]

1. I hope that scout isn't gay!

By God!

[Az]

2. Our public buildings means Our public buildings

That includes Atheists, Hindus, Taoists, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and any other belief you care to mention. And not all of US believe in gods. So you place on public buildings that which represents US. Not just what you want or what one group wants. What We The People want.

[Flabbergasted]

3. Were the rules part of a bill passed by Congress controlled by PUBS?

[BOSSHOG]

4. Oh boner!

would you sit and listen to what the vast majority of Americans have grown infuckincredily weary of?

[rudeboy666]

5. In God We Trust

It's in our currency!

It is obvious that our attitudes toward this god thing is a muddled mess.

[n2doc]

6. I'm sure She is mighty pleased

Manna and Honey are gonna pour down from the heavens! We are saved at last!