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THOU SHALT NOT……
Judge Suggests Cutting Four Commandments in Religious Display Case
A judge in the latest ACLU-generated Ten Commandments display case has suggested that the targeted high school cull out four commandments that refer to God in order to avoid a full-blown lawsuit. As reported by the Associated Press, the ACLU of Virginia has filed a complaint against the Narrows, Virginia, high school on behalf of an unnamed student who claimed the display, which is part of a larger exhibit of historically significant documents, makes him feel like an outsider because he is an atheist.
When I first heard about this last week, I thought it was a joke. Due to issues beyond my control, I didn’t get around to ‘investigating’ further. But here it is…in black and white. Exactly WHICH of the Ten Commandments would this judge suggest be removed? (Torah – 20:1-13) In the NKJV, there are 5 that don’t mention the Name, so which one would the judge leave in? Or maybe he hasn’t read them in a while?
The ACLU is arguing that the display violates the First Amendment’s supposed separation clause, while the Giles County School Board, represented by the conservative legal advocacy group Liberty Counsel, insists that the Ten Commandments represent a crucial part of America’s historic foundation, and should be included with the other documents and illustrations in the display.
Actually, the ACLU is wrong, as usual, when it comes to the 1st Amendment. They really need to do better in depth study on the subject. Unfortunately, there are a WHOLE lot of officials that are totally clueless, and just take the word of organization like the ACLU and that bunch out of Wisconsin, Freedom from Religion. I find it beyond rational that a minority can dictate to the majority, and the courts let them. In the meantime, the country has gone down the tubes! Perhaps if we return the Laws back into prominence in our classrooms, courts, and all public areas, the message would sink in? Just a thought.
“Filing this lawsuit has not been easy, and I would not have done it if I were not genuinely disturbed by the Ten Commandments in the school,” the student in the case, referred to as “Doe 1,” said in a court document filed April 30. “I have had to go against school officials who have influence over my life and future.”
I’d like to know who hired this…kid (?)…to push their agenda. And seriously, if this kid has such an issue with some basic, common sense Laws, then perhaps he/she has issues with ALL laws, rules, and regulations? I don’t mean to sound, well, old fashioned might be the term, but perhaps the parents of this student have gone out of their way to spoil the little darlin’, giving in to him/her, whatever their empty heart desired? It’s apparent to me there is an empty place inside this kid, but I’m sure there will those who would argue that point. Argue away….won’t change my mind.
The school board is asking U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski in Roanoke to rule that the Ten Commandments can stay, explaining that a private citizen had paid to put up the exhibit of historic documents and illustrations. The board insisted that the exhibit isn’t intended to be an endorsement of Judeo-Christian faith, but is an effort to show students some of the documents that were important to America’s founding.
Now, there’s an understatement! Where do these faith haters think we got our original laws? Perhaps they fell out of those rainbow farting unicorns? I’m guessing Nature’s Law is as alien to the ACLU and Freedom from Religion bunch as integrity is foreign to a Dem politician. 
Ok, a private citizen paid for the display, hoping to aid in helping students actually LEARN the history of this country. And the problem is? Oh, that’s right….those bozos don’t WANT kids to learn the truth.
The Giles County School District has a lengthy record of contention over Ten Commandments displays. “The county’s two high schools and three elementary/middle schools had posted the Ten Commandments for more than a decade,” reported the AP. “The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the ACLU’s co-counsel in the lawsuit, objected to the displays in 2010 and requested their removal. School officials replaced them with the Declaration of Independence.”
Another issue…do the citizens of the community not pay property taxes which, in turn, pay for the schools? Shouldn’t the citizens who actually have a say in whether or not the display stays or not? What right does the ACLU and FFR have that they can come into a community and tell these taxpayers what they can have in the schools THEY pay for, huh? I’d really like to know!
At a hearing on the case Urbanski, who hoped to resolve the issue without a costly and lengthy trial, explained the reasoning behind his suggestion of cutting out some of the commandments. “If indeed this issue is not about God,” Urbanski wondered, “why wouldn’t it make sense for Giles County to say, ‘Let’s go back and just post the bottom six?’ But if it’s really about God, then they wouldn’t be willing to do that.”
This entire country, at it’s founding, was ‘about God’, and the liberties HE provided for us! And I repeat the question….just which six would he ‘allow’ the school to post? ALL of them are vital to the nation. Just because a large number of people have forgotten, doesn’t mean that God has forgotten. In man’s arrogance, he’s forgotten just WHO is really in charge!
‘If I Wanted America to Fail’
Well, apparently Twitter has either become a bunch of feckless weasels, or they have been taken over by the Obama regime. Same thing. Suspending Americans for Limited Government‘s account isn’t exactly supporting the 1st Amendment, is it. And why was their account yanked? This (pointing down to video) is why. The account has been restored, but the question still remains…. why?
Quite a powerful video, wouldn’t ya say?
Horse Manure
These libtards seriously PISS ME OFF! I’m so bloomin’ sick of their hypocrisy! They can threaten the lives of presumed innocents, and what do we get? Silence! But let one conservative make an off the cuff remark, and all hell breaks loose! Vipers! The lot of ‘em! We’ve been insulted, demeaned, and threatened, but that’s ok. The 1st Amendment only applies to the mentally deranged commies! Ignorant bastards!
But What If YOU Are WRONG?
I can add nothing to J.D.’s commentary. The gentleman has surely nailed it!
Of Whom, Or What, Are They Afraid?
by J. D. Longstreet
You know, for people who profess not to believe in a god, or even in the existence of God, some of these non-religious people sure seem to be frightened of SOMETHING.
Hardly a week goes by that we do not see evidence of their near overwhelming fear.
In America, non-religious are free to, uh, do whatever it is they do instead of worshiping a deity. Apparently, that sort of lifestyle in not, well, very fulfilling. How else to explain their seeming need to interfere with the choice of other Americans to worship the deity of their choice.
Now, I know they use the excuse of being concerned over the lack, in many situations, of separation between church and state. But, in my opinion, that is simply a “cover.”
As I see it, atheists simply USE the so-called constitutional declaration that church and state should never meet, let alone come it contact.
Nothing To Celebrate
Up To Twelve Now
After Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a slut last week, an uproar spread by leftist all over the internet, has encouraged Rush Limbaugh’s advertisers to leave the behemoth radio show’s ad schedule. So far, Rush has lost 12 advertisers.
- Sleep Number
- The Sleep Train
- Quicken Loans
- Legal Zoom
- Citrix
- Carbonite
- ProFlowers
- Tax Resolution
- AOL
- Bonobos
- Sears
- Allstate Insurance
Well, they are free to cease advertising on Rush’s show. You know, that show, that has MILLIONS of listeners on a regular basis. And those MILLIONS are free NOT to spend their money at those companies. Does AOL still exist? Hmm…. Anyway, I have informed ProFlowers they need to remove my name from their data base because I will no longer do business with them, or any of their associate businesses. So far, I haven’t gotten any more emails from ‘em. 
We know that the left glorifies anyone who slams a conservative, especially conservative women. Bill Maher called Sarah Palin a c***. Ed Schlutz called Laura Ingraham a s***. Do any of the companies listed above still advertise on MSNBC? Do they support HBO, and their decision to air a foul mouthed troglodyte? This type of hypocrisy is what we’ve come to expect from the left, but why do we put up with it? I mean, seriously, we lose any credibility if we allow this to continue.
NOW has poked their heads out of the sand, and have decided that Rush Limbaugh should be fired. Really? Where were those feminazis when Paula Jones needed the aid of her fellow females? Where were they on Sarah Palin, Laura Ingraham? Where are they when we hear of women being slaughtered in Muslim countries? Are they going to stand up for all women, or just radical feminist activist grad students?
Yup….the hypocrisy is thick!
The Left Hates The 1st Amendment
Apparently, there has been quite a stir over the comments made by Rush Limbaugh concerning the behavior of a 30 years old feminazi law student. Welp, if the behavior fits…. Evidently, we’re suppose to have to pay for her sex habits, and those of her friends. Really? I don’t think we should be forced to pay for diddly! We pay for our own health care, and can barely afford that, much less foot the bill for females who can’t keep their legs closed. Slut is the word I’d use, as well. So, Limbaugh apologized…..why? Maybe he could have come up with different words, but so what? Personally, I have been called names I wouldn’t use on my worst enemy! We’ve been called a whole lot worse, with NO evidence I would point out, than Fluke was called, and I’ve yet to hear an apology coming from ANYONE!
Limbaugh is losing advertisers, thanks to a campaign from the left. Why? Those on the left are just peachy keen when the 1st Amendment applies to them, but let anyone on the right say anything, even if it’s the truth, and all hell breaks loose! Freakin’ hypocrites! Has anyone canceled their ads on MSNBC for the horrible things they’ve said about those on the right? How about Schultz? That foul mouthed idiot? What about before Bathtub Boy got canned? Was there any yanked ads? What about Tingles and his lies? Not that I’m aware of, and have found no evidence any of the advertisers pulled their ads. Yet, here we are, looking at six different companies who have caved to the left. I wonder how many of these companies would still be in business if it weren’t for listeners of a variety of talk radio hosts, including Rush Limbaugh? You see, those on the right are typically employed, and are able to spend their hard earned dollars to purchase items from said advertisers. So far, there are six companies that will be losing the business of those on the right.
Here are the screen shots I snagged of off that bastion of liberal idiocy, Think Progress, and one from Facebook. ( I won’t link to them.)
Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.
The Justice Department will defend against any legal challenge to the new Obama administration mandate to force employers to provide abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and contraception, even if it goes against their conscience, Attorney General Eric Holder told a House subcommittee Tuesday.
The Department of Health and Human Services rule, part of Obamacare, violates the freedom of conscience for Catholics and other religious groups that expressed their objections to the mandate, opponents say. Already there is litigation asserting that the rule violates the First Amendment’s guarantee to free exercise of religion.
And may the REAL Force be with them! Isn’t it odd that Holder refused to prosecute what was clearly voter intimidation, but can’t be concerned that his boss’ plan murders children, and forces those who find such a practice abhorrent to pay for it? This is NOT about ‘women’s health’.
“I think I would respectfully disagree in the sense that I don’t think the rule that HHS promulgated was one that ran counter to the religious prohibitions that are contained in the First Amendment,” Holder said.
“That’s especially true looking at the compromise the president and Secretary [Kathleen] Sebelius put in place,” Holder told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies.
Wouldn’t you think that a lawyer would understand the U.S. Constitution better? You see, that document was written FOR the people, limiting what government can, and cannot do! The government cannot force a religion on the people, and they cannot force religions to go against their faith. Forcing religious organizations to violate their faith is violating their 1st Amendment RIGHT! The RIGHT that is God given. Forcing people to commit a sin? No…they do NOT have that power, as stated BY, not just the Constitution, but in a Book that was written long before they were a “gleam”, with the inspiration of the Hand of God. HE trumps Obama, Sebelius, Holder, and the other tools of evil.
President Barack Obama announced a change to the original rule that would have technically allowed religious institutions such as Catholic hospitals or schools to get an exemption from paying for these drugs, but instead require insurance to provide it for “free.” That so-called compromise would still require religious institutions to pay for insurance that provides the “free” services.
They really do think we’re all stupid. Apparently, it totally confounds them when they find out we are not! There is no such thing as “free”!
Law Suit For Freedom
7 states sue to block contraception mandate
Seven states filed a lawsuit Thursday to block the federal government’s requirement that religious organizations offer health insurance coverage that includes free access to contraception for women.
The attorney generals of Texas, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Carolina jointly filed the lawsuit in a Nebraska US District Court.
Two private citizens, two religious non-profit organizations and a Catholic school also joined the lawsuit against the contraception mandate, which is part of President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care law.
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to declare the law unconstitutional and enjoin the government from enforcing the requirement.
I’d really like to know why Tennessee isn’t part of this lawsuit. Come to think of it, I’d like to know why ALL states aren’t part of it! It is a clear violation of the 1st Amendment. Ok, maybe I can understand why states like California, or New York, for instance, aren’t part of it, but the states run by rational people?
It was the intent of the Founders to keep government OUT of our religious organizations, not the other way around. Mandating an religious organization to do something that is abhorrent to their faith is unconscionable. Perhaps if there were more faithful people in the government, this would never have happened. But we can see that there are way too many who have turned away from our founding, and feel themselves above God’s law.
Violating The 1st Amendment
Barack Hussein Obama has blatantly violated his oath of office: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. He has neither preserved, nor protected!
Religious Liberty Under Attack
The Foundry
Today is Ash Wednesday — the first day of Lent — the beginning of 40 days of prayer and fasting observed by Christians across the country, culminating in the Easter feast. Likewise in April, Jews will gather to celebrate Passover, one of many traditions observed under the religious freedom that the U.S. Constitution was designed to preserve. Now, though, that freedom is under direct attack by the very government that purports to represent the people, and that is but the first step in Obamacare’s re-writing of America’s blueprint.
This week, two more Christian colleges joined other religious institutions in fighting back against that attack when they filed lawsuits against the Obama Administration for imposing an anti-conscience mandate under Obamacare. The controversial regulation forces almost all employers to provide health insurance coverage of abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives, and sterilization, without a co-pay.
Contrary To What You Might Think…..
….you don’t trump the Constitution OR the Bible!
Obama’s Attack On Churches
United Against Evil
Obamacare Awakens a Sleeping Giant
The Foundry
It is a rare moment indeed when faith denominations of all stripes unite together in common cause, and it is rarer still when that cause is a political one, with a sole piece of legislation as its principal target. But when that law eviscerates the very foundation of religious liberty in America as protected under the First Amendment, it should not be surprising that Catholics and Jews, charismatic evangelical Christians, and mainline Lutherans alike find common cause in defense of their liberties.
Such is the case with the firestorm of opposition to Obamacare and the Obama Administration’s attack on religious liberty. Under a new Obamacare mandate issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the White House is mandating that many religious employers, with the exception of churches, provide health care coverage for contraception — including abortion-inducing drugs — thereby trampling upon their constitutionally guaranteed free exercise of religion. And it is this mandate that has caused a vehement response in churches and synagogues across the country.
It’s About Bloomin’ Time!
Lawmakers move toward ouster of Occupy Nashville tents
Tennessee lawmakers moved Wednesday toward ousting the Occupy Nashville encampment from the grounds of the state Capitol, after a legislator said action is needed to stop the “theft” of a public place.
A subcommittee in the House of Representatives approved a measure that would bar camping on state property without permission, taking the first step toward giving Gov. Bill Haslam the legal authority to remove the approximately four dozen tents erected on War Memorial Plaza. The move puts the legislature on track to authorize removal of the encampment within a matter of weeks.
A representative for the Occupy Nashville protest tried to convince the House Judiciary subcommittee that the tents are a form of protest that should be protected by the First Amendment. But members acted unanimously to endorse removing an encampment that the measure’s sponsor, state Rep. Eric Watson, R-Cleveland, said has fostered crime, lewdness and unsanitary conditions since it began in October.
I am honestly surprised that Tennessee has allowed those nasty beings to continue to camp on PUBLIC property! I’m all for 1st Amendment rights, but these pigs have gone beyond ‘freedom of speech’ into, what some might consider, debauchery. The Occupy bunch have a rather colorful history of filth and crime.
Tents are NOT a 1st Amendment issue. They are inanimate objects, and have no voice. Those who put those tents up have every right to express their opinions. They do NOT have the right to hinder others from making use of the plaza that is owned by ALL the people of Tennessee. It is past time for these children to go home, get cleaned up, and grow up! Nobody OWES you a damn thing!
Occupy = Criminals
Police arrest about 300 Occupy Oakland protesters
Oakland police said they arrested about 300 people Saturday as protesters spent a portion of the day trying to get into a vacant convention center, and later broke into City Hall and tried to occupy a YMCA.
Police spokesman Jeff Thomason said most of the arrests came around 8 p.m. local time, when police took many protesters into custody as they marched through the city’s downtown, with some entering a YMCA building.
At about the same time police were taking people into custody near the YMCA, about 100 police officers surrounded City Hall, while others swept the inside of the building looking for protesters who had broken into the building, then ran out of the building with American flags before officers arrived.
Let’s see, breaking and entering, vandalism, theft. Does that pretty much cover it?
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan during a news briefing late Saturday said protesters had forced their way into City Hall, where they burned flags, broke into an electrical box and damaged several art structures, including a recycled art exhibit created by children.
Are they going to spout the tired line/lie “It’s for the CHILDREN”?
Police said the group assembled at a downtown plaza Saturday morning, with demonstrators threatening to take over the vacant Henry Kaiser Convention Center. The group then marched through the streets, disrupting traffic.
The crowd grew as the day wore on, with afternoon estimates ranging from about 1,000 to 2,000 people.
The protesters walked to the vacant convention center, where some started tearing down perimeter fencing and “destroying construction equipment” shortly before 3 p.m., police said.
Just because a building is vacant, doesn’t mean it doesn’t belong to someone. And unless that someone says you can move into it, then you are nothing more than a criminal. When you destroy someone else’s property, you are a criminal.
Police said they issued a dispersal order and used smoke and tear gas after some protesters pelted them with bottles, rocks, burning flares and other objects.
Most of the arrests were made when protesters ignored orders to leave and assaulted officers, police said. By 4 p.m., the bulk of the crowd had left the convention center and headed back downtown.
When you assault another person, whether they are LOE or a private citizen, you are a criminal.
The demonstration comes after Occupy protesters said earlier this week that they planned to move into a vacant building and turn it into a social center and political hub. They also threatened to try to shut down the port, occupy the airport and take over City Hall.
When you intentionally interfere with business, you are a criminal.
Hey…let’s face it! These occutards are nothing but criminal elements. They are thieves, liars and cheats. They want to take what belongs to someone else, and destroy it. How about they go home, and destroy their own property? They are a hazard to the general public, and if the mayor isn’t going to do her job, and watch out of the WHOLE city, then perhaps she needs to find another line of work.
This is no longer a 1st Amendment issue. Freedom of speech doesn’t cover destruction and theft! Here’s a thought. How about letting them into that vacant building, and lock the doors. It can be their jail. After all, isn’t that what you do with criminals? Put them in jail?
