Atheist Activist Suffers Stinging Rebuke in Frankenmuth
When local atheist Lloyd Clarke wanted to remove a cross from the seal, along with ones in a city park and on a state bridge, residents rose nearly as one against him. Children taunted the 66-year-old Clarke. A letter writer accused him of trying to reduce Frankenmuth to "Satan's pit." Another said crosses were as much a part of the town as its renowned chicken dinners ... Stung by the community reaction, he has withdrawn from the controversy ... "Whenever I thought I had put out the flames, it was like pouring gas on the fire," he said.