Ban on Christian Symbols at Okla. Bank Reversed

[ZombieHorde]

By Nathan Black

Federal Reserve officials reversed on Friday a ban on religious symbols, allowing a bank in Perkins, Okla., to restore Christian displays.

That means, the Payne County Bank will once again be able to display crosses and have a Bible "verse of the day" on its website, and employees will be able to wear buttons that say "Merry Christmas, God With Us."

~snip 'thanks for the prayers' sentence~

About a week ago, the bank had been ordered by the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank to remove religious and Christmas displays from the facility. The ban sparked public outcry and two members of the state's congressional delegation got involved.

"This is an all out assault on the faith, values, and rights of the bank, its employees and the people of Perkins they serve," Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said in a statement Friday. "t unduly discriminates against a person's faith in Christ and their Constitutionally protected freedom to publically express that faith."

edit:~snip the rest~

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20101218/ban-on-christian-symbols-at-okla-bank-reversed/

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If you can't have money changers in the temple, bring the temple to the money changers!

Didn't Jesus Christ forbid usury? That part must have been just a metaphor.

[HopeHoops]

1. "Jesus wants you to give us your money!" - wait, isn't that what megachurch preacher assholes say?

I still haven't figured out why we still have "In God We Trust" on our currency, although moving it to the rim of the dollar coins was an improvement.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. The faith of the bank - that's fucking hilarious! Sad that they don't see the disconnect.

"We want Christians symbols in the place that Jesus most spoke against because that's our faith!!!!!!!!"

[toddaa]

3. "Pray hard, depositers"

"The FDIC has us on their short list."

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. What gives the Federal Reserve purview over such things?

Just asking...

[ZombieHorde]

5. I don't know anything about that. nt

[struggle4progress]

7. One ignorant examiner insisted that a nondiscrimination-in-lending rule

meant display of religious symbols was forbidden. It was an idiosyncratic personal reading of the nondiscrimination-in-lending rule, which was promptly squashed -- but it seems to have provided an opportunity for lots of noisy bloviating

Republicans rip the Fed after examiner tells Okla. bank to hide religious items
By Peter Schroeder - 12/17/10 05:25 PM ET
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/banking-financial-institutions/134313-ihofe-lucas-pressure-fed-on-removal-of-religious-items

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. So the story really is some Fed bubba(s) overstepped and got overridden

Be nice if there was some impact to him but we will never know that (personnel privacy laws). Names could have and should have been named.

[DeSwiss]

6. K&R n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. It just occurred to me that "Emmanuel" is a translation of "Gott Mit Uns"

I wonder which one the bank wanted to reference ...

[darkstar3]

10. Purely manufactured outrage.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the examiner responsible for the misplaced and temporary ban did on some congress-critter's orders.

[LeftishBrit]

11. Will the bank's name be changed to 'The Holy Church of Mammon'?