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"Xomicron" |
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24 Apr 2004 05:47:49 PM |
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Alabama Idiots Allege Unfair Treatment |
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — When state officials ordered the removal of the Ten
Commandments from the Alabama Supreme Court building last year, advocates
of church and state separation claimed victory. Eight months later, a new
controversy has them crying foul.
Larry Darby, president of the Atheist Law Center, plans to hold a rally
outside the state capitol on May 6. At the same time, Christians will
gather in observance of the national day of prayer.
If it rains, state lawmakers will allow the religious gathering to move
inside. But when Darby requested the same access for his atheist group, his
state representative, Republican Jay Love, turned him down.
"Many of the beliefs that he's espoused and said publicly, a great deal of
my district finds offensive. A great deal of the people of Alabama would
find offensive," Love said.
Groups organizing any activity inside Alabama's capitol require the
sponsorship of an elected official. But by putting the burden on state
legislators to determine what organizations can rally inside the capitol
building, critics say the process becomes political.
Some state officials say atheists may have had better luck securing the
capitol had they not chosen to rally on a day honoring religion, especially
in this Bible belt state still reeling from the removal of the Ten
Commandments statue.
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| User: "David Moffitt" |
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| Title: Re: Alabama Idiots Allege Unfair Treatment |
24 Apr 2004 07:26:21 PM |
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"Xomicron" <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message
news:p8Cic.7640$t26.3022442@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
MONTGOMERY, Alabama - When state officials ordered the removal of the Ten
Commandments from the Alabama Supreme Court building last year, advocates
of church and state separation claimed victory. Eight months later, a new
controversy has them crying foul.
Larry Darby, president of the Atheist Law Center, plans to hold a rally
outside the state capitol on May 6. At the same time, Christians will
gather in observance of the national day of prayer.
If it rains, state lawmakers will allow the religious gathering to move
inside. But when Darby requested the same access for his atheist group,
his
state representative, Republican Jay Love, turned him down.
"Many of the beliefs that he's espoused and said publicly, a great deal of
my district finds offensive. A great deal of the people of Alabama would
find offensive," Love said.
Groups organizing any activity inside Alabama's capitol require the
sponsorship of an elected official. But by putting the burden on state
legislators to determine what organizations can rally inside the capitol
building, critics say the process becomes political.
Some state officials say atheists may have had better luck securing the
capitol had they not chosen to rally on a day honoring religion,
especially
in this Bible belt state still reeling from the removal of the Ten
Commandments statue.
%%%% Found elsewhere on the net:
" ..The world has gone crazy. Guess I'm showing my age...
I think it dates from when we started looking at virtues
as funny. It's embarrassing to speak of honor, integrity,
bravery, patriotism, 'doing the right thing', charity,
fairness. You have Seinfeld making cowardice an acceptable
choice; our politicians changing positions of honor with
every poll; we laugh at servicemen and patriotic fervor; we
accept corruption in our police and bias in our judges; we
kill our children, and wonder why they have no respect for
Life. We deny children their childhood and innocence- and
then we denigrate being a Man, as opposed to a 'person'. We
*assume* that anyone with a weapon will use it against his
fellowman- if only he has the chance. Nah; in our agitation
to keep the State out of the church business, we've
destroyed our value system and replaced it with *nothing*.
Turns my stomach- " Chas , rec.knives
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