American governors have long quoted scripture. In fact, many early governors in America called for days of fasting and prayer. With that history in mind, it would be shocking to the founders that an atheist group would demand Gov Scott Walker remove a Twitter post because of a bible verse reference, calling it “improper” for a politician to promote personal religious views using “the machinery of the state.”
The Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote a letter to Walker asking him to delete the message, which read simply, “Philippians 4:13,” from his official Facebook and Twitter accounts.
The popular New Testament Bible verse reads, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
“We’re waiting to hear from [the governor],” stated Freedom From Religion Foundation co-president Dan Barker.
If Walker refuses to remove the verse, Barker said his organization will explore its options, including possible legal action.
“A lawsuit is always a possibility,” he said. “We can’t take every lawsuit and you can’t talk about lawsuits too early because there’s too many factors.”
Barker said he’s most concerned with the notion that Walker used his government position to promote his Christian worldview.
Gov Walker is under attack from left leaning group due to his overwhelming success in using conservative, dare I say, biblical principles to change the direction of Wisconsin’s economy. Wisconsin has a surplus of revenues great enough to lower taxes at a time when the nation see prosperity as a hazy dream of the past.
He introduced a bill in January that would send $406 million to technical colleges to reduce their property tax hit and cut income taxes by $98 million by reducing the lowest bracket to 4 percent from 4.4 percent, the end result would be a $131 reduction a median home’s tax bill this December and $46 in annual income tax savings for the average worker.
Is it a coincident that Gov Walker embraces scripture and the principles of scripture and the his state’s economy is prosperous? I will leave that for you to decide.
