Georgia high school’s statue ignites ire of atheist groups

Published March 30, 2018

A Georgia high school football team’s tradition of touching a stone statue on their way out of the fieldhouse is drawing the ire of two groups that are demanding the statue be removed.

According to MyFoxAtlanta.com, the granite statue at the center of the controversy at Madison County High School in Danielsville has ignited the furor of atheist and humanist groups who say the monument’s biblical inscriptions violate the Constitution.

The Freedom from Religion Foundation and the American Humanist Association have written separate letters to the school district, calling the statue "unconstitutional" -- saying it violates the separation of church and state.

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