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Florida Deputy Suspended For Leaving "Obama Prayer" On Co-Worker's Desk

The highlighted scripture was Psalm 109, which reads in part, "Let his days be few, and let another take his office."

January 4, 2011
Florida Deputy Suspended For Leaving "Obama Prayer" On Co-Worker's Desk

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A Manatee County Sheriff's Office sergeant was suspended without pay for almost 26 hours after he labeled a scripture passage in a Bible as "the Obama prayer" and left it on co-worker's desk, reports the Bradenton Herald.

The highlighted scripture was Psalm 109, which reads in part, "Let his days be few, and let another take his office."

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The co-worker is also a corrections sergeant and is black. She said she was offended when she found the Bible and considered what she saw to be a threat against the president.

Read the full story at Bradenton.com.