California County Wants Religious Roadside Signs Moved Back

The Butte County, California Public Works department finds itself in the midst of a religion-in-schools dispute.  KHSL-TV News reported Monday on two signs put up next to a county highway by Glenn Stankis who has unsuccessfully run for Paradise Unified School District school board 4 times on a platform of Christian beliefs.  One sign urges schools to teach the Ten Commandments in the 6th grade. The other calls for schools to reinstate the Pledge of Allegiance, including the words "one nation (and school district PUSD) under God."  After receiving complaints about the signs, the public works department decided that they violate county law that requires a 55-foot setback for roadside signs. It is asking Stankis to move the signs to meet the setback requirements. Commenting on the controversy, Stankis said: ""This is a Christian nation the courts have actually ruled that and the district wants to be secular in their outlook."