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According to AA, the "2006 law... blatantly mixes church and state, in defiance of the US Constitution."  The law they speak of requires that the executive director of Kentucky's Homeland Security shall "[p]ublicize the findings of the General Assembly stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth by including the provisions of KRS 39A.285(3) in its agency training and educational materials. The executive director shall also be responsible for prominently displaying a permanent plaque at the entrance to the state's Emergency Operations Center stating the text of KRS 39A.285(3)."

KRS 39A.285(3) states, in part that "[t]he safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God as set forth in the public speeches and proclamations of American Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln's historic March 30, 1863, Presidential Proclamation urging Americans to pray and fast during one of the most dangerous hours in American history, and the text of President John F. Kennedy's November 22, 1963, national security speech which concluded: 'For as was written long ago: "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."'"

This was seen as a blatant violation of the Constitution by AA, as well as many American. And now, a judge has agreed - even though the State maintained that they were justified in their action because for more than 200 years our Government has "acknowledged the role of religion in the American way of life." They further contended that were the court to side with the plaintiffs, "...it could lead to a wholly secular society completely divorced from religion, unavoidably causing harm to the American society."

According to an Associated Press report, Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate said in his decision rules that the laws were "akin to establishing a religion," which is unconstitutional.

http://www.examiner.com/x-2044-Atheism-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Atheists-victorious--Judge-orders-God-out-of-Kentucky