Sarah Huckabee Sanders Refuses to Remove Her Kids’ Cross-Themed Chalk Drawing at the Governor’s Mansion
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) shared a photo of chalk artwork her children created on the ground outside the governor’s mansion.
“New artwork to welcome people into the Governor’s mansion! So proud of how hard the kids worked and how well their masterpiece turned out!” Sanders wrote when sharing a photo.
The design features a large cross at the center of a what appears to resemble a colorful stained-glass window.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State called for the governor to remove the artwork.
“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 group’s letter reads. “While you and your family members are free to create and display religious imagery in private areas of your Mansion and its grounds, displaying a cross at an entrance ‘to welcome people into the Governor’s mansion’ violates the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. We therefore ask that you remove the display and refrain from placing similar displays in public areas of the Mansion in the future.” (Read more from “Sarah Huckabee Sanders Refuses to Remove Her Kids’ Cross-Themed Chalk Drawing at the Governor’s Mansion” HERE)
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr
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