PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — A post office in a southeast Kansas city has removed a “God Bless America” banner after an organization complained the banner violated the principle of separation church and state.

The Joplin Globe reports the Pittsburg post office removed the banner Wednesday after hearing complaints about it from the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation. The foundation has also been trying to get Missouri sheriffs to remove “In God We Trust” bumper stickers from department vehicles and “In God We Trust” from U.S. coins and currency.

Pittsburg postal workers paid for the 12-foot-long vinyl banner after the 2001 terrorist attacks.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Post Office says the postal service took the banner down because postal policy prohibits the placement of notices on postal property unless they’re official government notices.

Kansas congresswoman Lynn Jenkins said,  “I find it sad that our local post office would be forced to bend to the whims of an outside organization, such as the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Seeking the removal of this patriotic banner is a classic solution in search of a problem and I urge the United States Postal Service to rethink their decision, as this banner means more than just words to our veterans and community members.”