Raleigh Stands Up For Freedom?
In an interesting, and unexpected move, the city council of Raleigh has refused to bow to bullying by the ACLU (American Crap-Lovers Union) and instead has decided to allow freedom of religion in the state capital.
The ACLU demanded that the city remove all references to any religion during opening prayers, despite the U.S. Constitution's protections of freedom of religion. The city, unimpressed by the threats of the Communist Lawyer's Association, told them to take a long walk off a short pier. And yes, you can certainly expect the ACLU, with the help of exploited taxpayer money, will file suit. They might even win, because they have found a number of judges who don't like freedom of religion, either. However, the city can completely ignore the ACLU and any rulings from judges -- you see, the Constitution is the highest law of the land, and judge's rulings are called "opinions" for a reason. You see, judges were designed to be the least powerful branch of government. If a judge tells the city to stop praying, what happens if they don't? The executive branch has to enforce that ruling. If the executive branch disagrees with the judge, they are completely free, and indeed SHOULD defer to the Constitution. I'm not holding my breath -- but nice job, Raleigh, standing up to these bastards whose primary goal is remove all signs of religion in this country.
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Yup, mu.nu still hates my trackbacks.
Posted by: William Teach at April 27, 2006 06:26 PM (doAuV)
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Notice how the only rights the Anti-Christian-Libbies-Union protects are lefty rights. They don't protect the boyscouts, Christians,etc.
I loathe them.
I loathe them.
Posted by: Jenn at April 27, 2006 07:08 PM (QD9ey)
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It helps when I put it in the trackback box, not the Technorati tags box 
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)Posted by: William Teach at April 27, 2006 08:41 PM (IRsCk)
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Funny, I read the article and it's clear that no one is trying to prevent anyone in Raleigh from praying or expressing their religious beliefs.
Oh, wait a minute -- you're upset that the ACLU is moving to prevent overt references to Jesus Christ specifically? Well, how dare they follow precedent like that. This is just one more aspect of the war on Christianity, which is unfairly aimed at preventing Christians from garnering special privileges (which they loudly and obnoxiously equate with "persecution").
Oh, wait a minute -- you're upset that the ACLU is moving to prevent overt references to Jesus Christ specifically? Well, how dare they follow precedent like that. This is just one more aspect of the war on Christianity, which is unfairly aimed at preventing Christians from garnering special privileges (which they loudly and obnoxiously equate with "persecution").
Posted by: Beaming Visionary at April 28, 2006 10:32 AM (np82y)
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Indeed, Jenn, they're a horrible organization.
And BV, you're right. I am upset that the ACLU is opposed to religious freedom, no matter who it is that's trying to be free.
And BV, you're right. I am upset that the ACLU is opposed to religious freedom, no matter who it is that's trying to be free.
Posted by: Ogre at April 28, 2006 02:07 PM (0eCfm)
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