To the editor:

After reading the article, “Kansas denies firing clerk not attending office Bible study,” I asked myself what was wrong with this picture. Then it came to me. It can be summed up in three small words: “office Bible study.” The Secretary of State’s office, a government institution, is hosting Bible studies after hours? You have got to be kidding. I don’t think it is possible to overstate the bad judgment, the disrespect for employees, and outright cluelessness reflected in a management that would do this. As we have already seen, this is just a recipe for employee strife and lawsuits.

Our state is broke and we have no time for this nonsense. We did not elect a secretary of state to fight for the “religious freedom” to host Bible studies. We do not need more lawsuits, so let’s stop inviting them. These on-site Bible studies should be ended immediately. Religious activities have no place in government institutions.