One of the nation’s leading atheist organizations has demanded that a sheriff in Indiana quit promoting Christianity on social media and baptizing inmates at a detention center.
Decatur County Sheriff David Durant’s office has overseen multiple overtly Christian events and ministries at the detention center and celebrated these gatherings on his Facebook page.
In response, the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation sent multiple letters of complaint to Durant regarding his office’s promotion of Christianity and evangelism efforts.
The Christian Post reached out to the sheriff’s office and learned that Durant lost an election last November and was replaced by Sheriff Bill Meyerrose, who took office at the first of the year.Meyerrose told CP that he had not seen the FFRF complaint letters and doesn’t yet have a specific response to them, though he was familiar with baptisms having been held at the detention center before he took office.On Dec. 29, the official […]
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