(Boise) -- A proclamation Boise Mayor Brent Coles signed last
>week and that was distributed to thousands of evangelical
>Christians at a service to support the "Enough Is Enough" drug
>awareness week has generated controversy for the mayor.
> The proclamation reads:
> "I, H. Brent Coles, Mayor of the City of Boise, together with
>the company of those who confess allegiance to our Lord Jesus
>Christ, do hereby welcome and invite the Lord Jesus to make a
>triumphal entry into this city, this region, and this State, to
>lead us in the battle against evil."
> Jack Van Valkenburgh, the executive director of the American
>Civil Liberties Union of Idaho, says Coles' signature on the
>proclamation clearly crosses the line.
> Valkenburgh says the mayor is saying as fact that it's the
>city's belief there is a Lord Jesus Christ and he is being invited
>to make a triumphal entry into the city.
> But Coles is defending his signature on the proclamation, saying
>he supports people who want to teach morals and values.
>