North Carolina sheriff Jody Greene has refused to remove a Bible verse (Phil. 4:13) from a wall inside a government office after an organisation that campaigns for the separation of church and state requested it.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation argued the verse is ‘exclusionary’ and represents an ‘unconstitutional endorsement of Christianity’ which ‘alienates the 24% of Americans who are non-religious’. But Greene said the Scripture was ‘very motivational’ to him and ‘it seemed fitting for all the adversity I have had to endure’. He also believed the complaints were politically motivated.
Myanmar: 35 massacred
Sky News
Two Save the Children staff members were among at least 35 people, including children, who have died in Myanmar during an attack blamed on government forces.
The charity said both men were new fathers who were ‘caught up’ in the rampage in Kayah state while on their way back to their office after working in a nearby community. One was 32 years old, with a ten-month-old son, and worked at Save the Children training teachers. The other was 28, with a three-month-old daughter. The men are not being named for security reasons.
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