Tuesday, February 9, 2016
NASA accused of censoring Christians 'after BANNING the word Jesus'
NASA bosses have been accused of censoring Christian employees after allegedly banning the word 'Jesus'. US lawyers have claimed a group of Christians at the organisation were told to stop using His name in a newsletter. The JSC Praise & Worship Club, which gathers every week to pray and read the Bible, placed an advert in the email to promote a meeting.
Jeremy Dys, a lawyer for the Liberty Institute, said: "It is illegal for the government to censor the name of Jesus from emails authored by employees.
"We call on NASA to end their censorship and apologise."
"NASA has a long history of allowing religious speech by employees.
In fact, in 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts read from the Bible while they were orbiting the moon, and it was broadcast on TV. So why would they ban 'Jesus' from our announcements?"
"The agency allows a host of employee-led civic, professional, religious and other organisations to meet on NASA property on employees' own time."
She added: "We believe in and encourage open and diverse dialogue among our employees and across the agency."
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