Michigan Mayor Bans Atheist "Reason Station"

I wasn't sure if this would be Religion or US Politics, but I'll start here.



Warren, Michigan Mayor Jim Fouts banned Atheists from setting up a station alongside a prayer group's in the city hall, while comparing them to Nazis and the KKK.

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and two other groups on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the mayor of Warren, Mich., who banned an atheist group from setting up a station alongside one run by a prayer group in the city hall atrium. Mayor Jim Fouts (R) said that the group's "reason station" would be opposed to prayer and compared atheists to Nazis and members of the Klu Klux Klan. "The city has certain values that I don't believe are in general agreement with having an atheist station, nor in general agreement with having a Nazi station or Klu Klux Klan station," Fouts told the Associated Press on Wednesday. "I cannot accept or will not allow a group that is disparaging of another group to have a station here."

As usual, "freedom of religion" apparently means "freedom of my religion".

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