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Atheist Group Sues East Tennessee Sheriff Over Easter Message

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An East Tennessee sheriff’s office is being sued over a message posted to Facebook on Easter Sunday.

A group called American Atheists says Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson showed favoritism toward Christians by sending out a religious message on his official account.

The post was headlined “He is Risen.” It referred to Jesus dying on the cross “for our sins” and links to Bible verses.

American Atheists says the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office went on to delete comments critical of the posting. They say that amounts to censorship.

The organization asks a Chattanooga court to keep the Bradley County sheriff from taking such actions in the future.

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Chas Sisk, Senior Editor

Chas joined WPLN in 2015 and became an editor in 2018. Previously, he covered state politics for Nashville Public Radio and The Tennessean, and he’s also reported on communities, politics and business for a variety of publications in Massachusetts, New York and Washington, D.C. Chas grew up in South Carolina and attended Columbia University, where he studied economics and journalism.

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