Yes, he did that. He's also been one of the leading instigators of suits all over the area to force religious symbols out of the public eye. In addition to forcing references to God off govm't seals and such, messing with scouting, he's been a party suits to have churches take their crosses off their steeples, 'cause people can see them and are offended.
He was arrested for domestic violence a few years ago and had his laser sighted pistol confiscated. He beat his kid one night for something the kid did. Kid called the cops. I'll bet it's the same kid that he's trying to protect from folks that believe in god, like the boy scouts that allow their members to hold any religion. When the judge asked him what it was about, Sherman told him, "I was just trying to put the fear of god in him." He also tried to get the pistol back on the grounds that folks were out to get him. The man's a psycho.
So, people who do things on their own, and stop relying on government money, have more opportunity to do what they want and do it with who they want to do it with.
Carried forward to it's logical conclusion, this could become a trend, if only people would/could stop depending on government money.