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GOP Congressman Claims Large Jesus Statue Is Not ‘Religious’ | A statue of Jesus on U.S. Forest Service land in the mountains of Montana may be moved after an atheist organization argued that its placement on public land violates the separation of church and state. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R) has come to the statue’s defense, a monument to World War II veterans, and has even established a website for the statue. Rehberg appeared on Fox & Friends this morning to promote his effort, but ran into some trouble while responding to a statement from the foundation behind the lawsuit. “Just because it’s maintained and was put up by the Knights of Columbus does not make it a religious statement,” he said. No, the fact that it’s a statue of Jesus makes it religious. Watch it:
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