Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has issued a firm “no” to a D.C. group’s request that chalk artwork featuring a Latin cross be removed from the entrance to the Governor’s Mansion.
Attorneys Kalli Joslin and Alex Luchenitser of Americans United had sent a letter to the Republican governor on Wednesday, saying: “While you and your family members are free to create and display religious imagery in private areas of your Mansion and its grounds, displaying a cross at an entrance ‘to welcome people into the Governor’s mansion’ violates the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
“In Arkansas, we stand up to bullying liberals. We won’t let you power-wash our kids’ chalk drawings off our front steps. … We don’t live our lives in fear of strongly worded letters coming down from Washington,” she said. “I am offended by the implication that, just because I am a Christian, I am somehow a bigot,” she added.
Liz Hayes, associate vice president for communications at Americans United, told The Washington Times via email the group has “no comment at this time beyond what was in our original letter.”
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