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Published October 08, 2009, 09:00 AM

Group wants deputy's memorial moved from courthouse

Wisconsin News
The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation wants a granite memorial to a fallen sheriff's deputy moved.

The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation wants a granite memorial to a fallen sheriff's deputy moved.

Jason Zunker was killed last year while he was directing traffic.

A black granite marker in his memory is located outside the Chippewa County courthouse.

Words Zunker had written -- in a letter to be opened if he died -- are etched into the granite.

They include a reference to God and the Bible.

The foundation challenges situations it feels violate the constitutional separation of church and state.

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