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RESPONDING to a challenge from Americans United For Separation of Church and State the Christian Republican, above, told the organisation to take a hike, and that the cross, created by her kids is staying just where it is.

According to Faithwire the organisation rightly pointed out that this was a violation of church/state separation. It said:

We have received a complaint regarding a large depiction of a Latin cross at an entrance to the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion, As a government building, the Governor’s Mansion exists to welcome guests regardless of faith or belieis rebuffing an organization’s demands she remove a cross-inspired chalk design her children placed on the grounds of the governor’s mansion.

According to Faithwire, Sanders—daughter of former pastor and Arkansas politician Mike Huckabee— also said she has no plans to hide her Christian faith.

AU pointed out that:

The promotion of one religion over others through a religious display at an entrance to the Mansion sends the impermissible message that those who do not share the favored faith are unwelcome and will be treated differently.

The organisation said Sanders and her family are free to create “religious imagery” in private areas throughout the home, but the grounds and an entrance are not places where such images should be permitted.

Responding to the recent letter from AU, she said:

I have received your letter and my answer is, ‘No’. I will not erase the beautiful cross my kids drew in chalk on the driveway of the Governor’s Mansion or remove my post on social media, and I will not now or ever hide that I am a Christian.

She also shared a longer letter in a tweet, telling AU she believes the organisation is wrong to claim the U.S. Constitution:

Prevents government officials, let alone their families, from making earnest expressions of religious faith.

The strongly worded letter didn’t conclude there, as Sanders said she believes AU is asking her to hide her and her family’s identities as Christians.

In her state, she said people “stand up to bullying liberals,” and she wrote that America’s founding documents use plenty of religious language.

You are asking me to ignore that truth and hide a crucial part of my identity and the identity of my kids. That I will not do.

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