Daily God in Government update
The resolution acknowledging God as the foundation in government passed in Anderson County.
In Blount County:
The attorney for Blount County, Norm Newton, recommended county commissioners strike part of a resolution regarding the Ten Commandments.
The resolution, which originated in Greene County, asks governments at local, state and federal levels to proclaim “God as the Foundation of Our National Heritage.”
The resolution is on Thursday’s Blount County Commission meeting agenda.
In a Nov. 14 letter to commissioners, Newton determined that the fourth paragraph of the resolution “plainly endorses” the Ten Commandments.
It is problematic because it violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the counterpart establishment clause of the Tennessee Constitution, he wrote.
Newton found no other constitutional ground on which the resolution could be successfully challenged in court.
It’s going to get a vote.
