Any thoughts on this story?  See also Sen. Inhofe & Rep. Lucas's response, at 
http://inhofe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=f5d51d96-f7ff-cb88-e863-3b8dfc32eacc


http://www.koco.com/r/26162860/detail.html

A small-town bank in Oklahoma said the Federal Reserve won't let it keep 
religious signs and symbols on display.
Federal Reserve examiners [who came for a regularly scheduled inspection visit] 
deemed a Bible verse of the day, crosses on the teller's counter and buttons 
that say "Merry Christmas, God With Us." ... inappropriate. The Bible verse of 
the day on the bank's Internet site also had to be taken down....
Specifically, the feds believed, the symbols violated the discouragement clause 
of Regulation B of the bank regulations. According to the clause, "...the use 
of words, symbols, models and other forms of communication ... express, imply 
or suggest a discriminatory preference or policy of exclusion." ...

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