This story from the Oklahoma City newspaper indicates that the Federal Reserve has changed its position about the bank and the items in question.
http://newsok.com/feds-relent-on-oklahoma-banks-display-of-christian-themed- items/article/3524584?custom_click=headlines_widget Kevin Pybas _____ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 3:09 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Federal regulators apparently force bank to take down religioussymbols Any thoughts on this story? See also Sen. Inhofe & Rep. Lucas's response, at http://inhofe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases <http://inhofe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressRelease s&ContentRecord_id=f5d51d96-f7ff-cb88-e863-3b8dfc32eacc> &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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