Wisconsin
The Germantown (Wis.) Police Department removed religious scripture from a social media post promoting a job listing after FFRF and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin sent a joint letter to the police chief warning that signaling religious preference in hiring for a government job is unconstitutional.
After a resident of Germantown brought the organization’s attention to the social media post on Sept. 13, FFRF and the ACLU sent the letter on Sept. 26.
“The separation of church and state is a bedrock principle of our Constitution and identity as a nation,” says FFRF Patrick O’Reiley Legal Fellow Hirsh M. Joshi. “Favoring religious viewpoints sends an improper and exclusionary message in the hiring process and alienates individuals who do not share those religious beliefs.”
The department has since removed the biblical text.
