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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: The Hollywood NeoCon on August 19, 2010, 06:32:50 AM
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From The Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0818/Roadside-crosses-for-fallen-Utah-police-unconstitutional-court-rules)
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that roadside crosses erected to memorialize fallen Utah Highway Patrol officers violate the First Amendment’s prohibition of government endorsement of religion.
The Denver-based 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that the 12-foot-high crosses bearing the name and badge number of deceased officers sent an unconstitutional religious message to motorists on the state’s highways.
“We hold that these memorials have the impermissible effect of conveying to the reasonable observer the message that the state prefers or otherwise endorses a certain religion. They therefore violate the establishment clause of the federal constitution,†the appeals court said in a 35-page decision.
Heartless assholes everywhere Proponents of strict separation between church and state immediately praised the decision:
“This is an important victory,†said David Niose, president of the American Humanist Association. “Governmental endorsement of Christianity, even in the form of an officer’s memorial, isn’t appropriate on our public highways.â€
Immediately after making his remarks, Mr. Niose was gunned down after resisting arrest on multiple felony counts of murder, rape, large-scale narcotics trafficking, possession of child pornography, and one misdemeanor count of failing to use his turn signal as he was leaving the courthouse by officers from 37 law enforcement agencies across the country.
Yeah, I just made that last part up. :evillaugh:
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From The Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0818/Roadside-crosses-for-fallen-Utah-police-unconstitutional-court-rules)
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that roadside crosses erected to memorialize fallen Utah Highway Patrol officers violate the First Amendment’s prohibition of government endorsement of religion.
The Denver-based 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that the 12-foot-high crosses bearing the name and badge number of deceased officers sent an unconstitutional religious message to motorists on the state’s highways.
“We hold that these memorials have the impermissible effect of conveying to the reasonable observer the message that the state prefers or otherwise endorses a certain religion. They therefore violate the establishment clause of the federal constitution,†the appeals court said in a 35-page decision.
Heartless assholes everywhere Proponents of strict separation between church and state immediately praised the decision:
Immediately after making his remarks, Mr. Niose was gunned down after resisting arrest on multiple felony counts of murder, rape, large-scale narcotics trafficking, possession of child pornography, and one misdemeanor count of failing to use his turn signal as he was leaving the courthouse by officers from 37 law enforcement agencies across the country.
Yeah, I just made that last part up. :evillaugh:
After making his remarks Mr. Niose left for home to find 2 of his daughters had become engaged to exchange students at their school. Both boys were Muslims from Kenya.
Both sets of parents were flying in next week to meet the brides family and discuss the amount of their dowry and arrange for their conversion to Muslim. Also arrange for the female doctor to do the exam to determin if the girls were still Virgins.
Fortunately room could be made for them to stay in the brides house but they would have to take the dogs to the SPCA, find a quiet place for them to pray 5 times a day and teach them to use flush toilets.
::) :tongue: Yah me too. Don't I just wish.