The poster featuring a large American flag with the slogan "God Bless America", had been placed on a wall above the area where clerks serve customers. Hughes pointed out that the promotion of religion is the business of churches, not government offices.
Initially when Hughes complained, the supervisor told him, "It's not coming down. You can complain to Washington if you want, but it's not coming down." The postmaster overruled the supervisor.
"I'm delighted that it's down. I think there's no reason that a government facility should have the largest word in the customer services area be the name of some people's deity," Hughes said. "For some people, their god is named Jehovah or Allah. Some people worship Buddha. Some people worship the flying spaghetti monster. But the Christians and Jews have named their god, God with the capital G, and that's whose god was listed in the post office. If there is a god, I would wish he would bless everyone - not just America."Read the article in the Lompoc Record here: God Bless America poster pulled by Neil Nisperos/Staff Writer nnisperos@lompocrecord.com.
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