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July 10, 2013 6:32 pm  The American Civil Liberties Union is
used to filing unpopular lawsuits in its quest to uphold the
U.S. Constitution. Often the lawsuits cling to the Constitution
by a coma rather than a sentence as in fact they really are far-
fetched as to the alleged violation claimed.  The suit against
Franklin County and Presiding Commissioner John Griesheimer
alleges the official used the word “Jesus” in a prayer and that
violated the Constitution because it aligned the county with a
particular religious faith. The fact is the presiding
commissioner did not intend to promote any particular religion
with his words and there was no promotion of a particular faith.
Those facts make no difference to the ACLU, which filed the suit
on behalf of an anonymous “Jane D