Dept of Homeland Security now answers to God
From Kentucky.com:
Under state law, God is Kentucky’s first line of defense against terrorism.
Homeland Security is ordered to publicize God’s benevolent protection in its reports, and it must post a plaque at the entrance to the state Emergency Operations Center with an 88-word statement that begins, “The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God.”
Such is the provision tucked into a 2006 law organizing Kentucky’s Dept of Homeland Security by a one State Rep. Tom Riner, a Southern Baptist minister.
Under previous Gov. Ernie Fletcher, a lay Baptist preacher, Homeland Security interpreted the law at face value, prominently crediting God in its annual reports to state leaders and posting the required plaque.
There is no reference to God in Homeland Security’s current mission statement or on its Web site, which displeases Riner.
“We certainly expect it to be there, of course,” Riner said.
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