JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Legislators have started a fight with Father Time - at least with his name tag.
Worried about a push to take the religious references out of time, a state senator has filed a bill that would mandate the use of B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini or "Year of our Lord"). Many historians and textbook publishers have switched to B.C.E. (Before Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era) as a nod toward non-Christians.
And that's a problem, said Sen. John Loudon.
"There is an effort to sort of scrub our public institutions of acknowledgment of God," said Loudon, R-Chesterfield.
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