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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Utah civil rights attorney says a religion-laced post on the Weber County sheriff's office Facebook page violates state and federal laws separating church and state.
In a letter sent Wednesday, Salt Lake City-based attorney Brian Barnard asks Weber County Sheriff Terry Thompson to remove the post from the social network site.
The letter to employees and staff states they are engaged in "meaningful service to God and country" and encourages them to let God carry their burdens.
Thompson also tells employees the death penalty is morally sound and God is "okay with it."
Barnard says the letter promotes an improper endorsement of religion in the workplace.
Thompson didn't immediately respond to a telephone message from The Associated Press.
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