NASA has banned the word “Jesus” from a space centre newsletter.
A group of Christian employees at the Johnson Space Center in Houston included the phrase “Jesus is our life” in an advert for their weekly meeting.
This was in a newsletter emailed to all employees at the centre.
NASA lawyers informed the Christian club leaders that using Jesus’ name made the announcement sectarian and denominational.
Including the name in an agency newsletter was an unconstitutional “government” endorsement of religion, the lawyers stated.
A lawyer from the Liberty Institute has filed a complaint to NASA on behalf of the Johnson Space Center Praise & Worship Club.
The lawyer said NASA’s action was religious discrimination, censorship and was illegal.