On Friday, Townhall posted an article about a recent incident at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion. As the Governor of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders currently lives in the Governor’s Mansion.
The article reports:
Joyless leftists, as they are prone to do, got all triggered when Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ kids used chalk to draw a cross surrounded by colorful stained glass-like shapes on the driveway at the governor’s mansion this week.
Gov. Sanders had shared a photo of her kids and their artwork to social media, which naturally upset the usual suspects.
Quickly, the hall monitors at Americans United for the Separation of Church and State issued a demand letter: remove the chalk rendering of a cross.
The group claimed that its presence at the official home of Arkansas’ executive was a violation of the Constitution.
…Never mind, apparently, that “separation of church and state” is not found in the Constitution, nor does having a kids’ chalk depiction of a rather universal religious symbol rise to the level of establishing a state religion.
In what should come as a surprise to no one, Gov. Sanders is not backing down, bending to the will of the no-God-in-government crowd at Americans United, or agreeing to relegate her family’s beliefs to only private expressions.
In an official letter of her own obtained by Townhall on Friday, Sanders responded to Americans United.
“I have received your letter and my answer is no,” Sanders wrote. “I will not erase the beautiful cross my kids drew in chalk on the driveway of the Governor’s Mansion or remove my post on social media, and I will not now or ever hide that I am a Christian, saved by Christ.”
Sanders continued, explaining that Americans United is “wrong to claim that our Constitution prevents public officials, let alone their families, from making earnest expressions of religious faith. Our founding documents are riddled with religious language – stating plainly that the very rights you claim to defend are ‘endowed by our Creator,'” Sanders reminded. “You are asking me to ignore that truth and hide a crucial part of my identity and the identity of my kids. That, I will not do,” she reiterated.
I can’t imagine anyone getting upset at a children’s drawing of a cross on the driveway. Frankly, looking at the picture, I am amazed at the beauty of the drawing. My kids and grandkids only drew stick figures and strangely shaped hearts. Haven’t the kill-joys got better things to do that attack kids’ drawings on driveways?