Yes, every religious group has its child rapists. There are child rapists even among atheists, who have no religion to hide behind. And every religion denies, hides and protects its child rapists who are employees of the church. But none can compete with the ability of the catholic church to maintain an air of utter probity while doing so.
Via Brad Blog:
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Also no gun laws. No pension fix. No tax reform.
Just the most grossly unconstitutional gambit by a bunch of freakazoids that specialize in unconstitutional bullshit.
There should be some kind of fine these assholes have to pay for pulling this shit, wasting taxpayers' money and time.
From the Herald:
An annual day of prayer for Kentucky’s students at school would become state law under a bill passed Thursday in the House.How about this? Every time a bill gets overturned in the courts by a lawsuit, the bill's sponsors, NOT the taxpayers of the Commonwealth, have to pay all the legal bills and courts costs of both sides, plus a six-figure fine to the ACLU, Freedom from Religion Foundation, NAACP, American Atheists, Fairness Campaign or whatever civil rights organization won the case.
But Amber Duke, a spokeswoman for ACLU Kentucky told the Herald-Leader Friday that if the bill passes the Senate and is signed into law, “it should be made clear to our public schools that they should not be in the business of endorsing religious practices in violation of students’ constitutional rights.”
“The content of the bill doesn’t mandate prayer, but as we’ve seen time and time again in the Commonwealth when it comes to religion and schools, what is intended by the General Assembly can be lost in translation when it reaches the local school level,” Duke said.
Forced prayer will do it every time.
From the Herald:
Kentucky public schools are beyond broke and facing catastrophe when legislators forced them to start paying for teachers' pensions.An organization of atheists and agnostics has taken issue with a prayer circle held after a high school basketball game in northeastern Kentucky recently.Players, cheerleaders and coaches from cross-county rivals West Carter High School and East Carter High School gathered on the court and joined hands in prayer after their game on Jan. 26, according to a post on West Carter School’s Facebook page.A photo of the prayer time was posted with a caption that said, in part, “What a way to end the game! #cometpride #wearecartercounty.”The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued a news release Friday, asking that school employees stop praying with students and saying the school shouldn’t be using its official page “to endorse religion.”The organization sent a letter to Carter County Superintendent Ronnie Dotson on Feb. 6, saying that “federal courts have held that even a public school coach’s silent participation in student prayer circles is unconstitutional.”“These coaches’ conduct was unconstitutional because they endorsed and promoted religion while acting in their official capacities as school district employees,” the letter states.It further argues that the posting on the West Carter Facebook page constitutes an endorsement of religion, which violates the Establishment Clause.“We ask that Carter County Schools commence an investigation into the complaint alleged and take immediate action to stop any and all school-sponsored prayers occurring within any district athletic programs,” the letter states.It also asks that the district remove “any posts on the district’s social media pages promoting religion” and make sure the staff members responsible for the post are “counseled that such conduct is not to be repeated in the future.”
Because that's what their bloodthirsty invisible wizard in the sky has always done to their enemies.
And never doubt for a second that's who we are: their enemies.
There's a very old joke about natives meeting the pilgrims: "When they came ashore, we had the land and they had the bibles. They said, let us bow our heads. When we looked up, we had the bibles and they had the land."
The freakazoids are at their most dangerous when they pray.
And of course this is not just a cynical ploy to exploit African-American religiousness to put black community activists in the path of black criminals. No, of course not.
This is not about race, because nothing is ever about race.
Juanita Jean:
A couple of points: Frankfort, population 27,557, is the third-smallest capitol city in the nation. While it boasts a couple of sketchy neighborhoods, one just a few blocks from the Capitol where Bevin works and Governor's Mansion where he does not live, it ain't the kind of urban core Bevin and his conservative buddies like to terrify the suburban white folks about.The Republican Governor of Kentucky, Matt Bevin, has a solution to crime in his capital city: “Volunteer patrols that will not report or stop criminal activity, but pray it away.”Bevin suggested at a community meeting that volunteer groups of between three and 10 people would adopt specific blocks and walk around them while praying, according to WHAS, the Louisville ABC station.“You know, you walk to a corner, pray for the people, talk to people along the way,” Bevin said, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. “No songs, no singing, no bullhorn, no T-shirts, no chanting. Be pleasant, talk to the people, that’s it.”That’s it, y’all.We will meet at the south gate of the White House and pray like the dickens that God shoves Donald Trump out so we can change the locks. Apparently, that’s all there is to it.
Just the latest proof that if you are not a freakazoid of the white, male, straight, rich, christian repug flavor, you are not welcome in the Bluegrass State.
From the Herald:
Evangelist Franklin Graham urged Christians in Kentucky to get more involved in political elections Wednesday during a prayer rally on the steps of the Kentucky Capitol.Pay your fucking taxes, Graham, you criminal. You just shit all over your tax-exempt status.
His “Decision America Tour,” an effort to hold events at every state capital this year, said it attracted about 5,800 people to the front terrace of the Capitol for about 40 minutes of singing, praying and listening to Graham, the son of legendary evangelist Billy Graham.
“We’re all here today because we know that our country is in trouble,” Franklin Graham told the crowd. “We are in trouble spiritually, racially, economically, politically and there’s no political party that is going to turn this thing around.”
He said he has “zero hope” in the Democratic and Republican parties. “The only hope for the United States of America is almighty God.”
He urged attendees to pray and confess to God the sins of the nation, specifically mentioning abortion, same-sex marriage, pride, worship of profits, racism, lack of concern for the poor and entertainment that displays sex and violence.
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin was among those who attended the event. “It is an honor to have him here and it means a lot to the people of Kentucky,” Bevin said in a statement. “It’s significant what he is doing, what he is encouraging people to focus on and I hope it inspires people to take action.”
Gov. Matt Bevin will hold a National Day of Prayer event and proclamation signing Thurs. at noon on the front steps of the State Capitol.If that's not an unconstitutional "establishment of religion" I don't know what is.
The annual event will be filled with prayer for our state and nation and for leaders in the areas of government, church, military, family, education, media and business. The event will open with the blowing of the shofar to summon us to prayer, posting of the national colors and the national anthem. Gov. Bevin will then read the proclamation and pray for our state. Additional prayers will follow.Gov. Bevin will be available at the conclusion of the event for media interviews.WHO: Gov. Matt BevinAllison Ball, State TreasurerSpike Latimer, State CoordinatorKy. National Guard Color GuardWHAT: National Day of Prayer Capitol Event and Proclamation SigningWHEN: Thurs., May 5, 2016 at noon ETWHERE: Front Steps of the State Capitol
It's long past the time to break the power and influence held over our politics by a splinter faction of one form of American Christianity. It's long past time to make refashioning the Gospel into talking-points—and, worse, a vehicle for ratfcking—a political liability rather than a political asset. It's long past time to ignore the bleating of self-professed Christians who specialize in marinating in their victimology, who build their own Golgothas, and who drive the nails into their own palms. If so-called "prayer-shaming" is the first step in that direction, then Chris Murphy's entire career in politics has been worthwhile.
I am heartily fed up with this nonsense. I am heartily fed up with people whose personal relationships with their personal Lords And Saviors lead them to knuckle the poor, subjugate women, brag about their gunmanship, and topple inconvenient regimes that happen to be sitting on an ocean of oil. I am heartily fed up with people whose support for Israel is based on a couple of misunderstood passages from the craziest book in the Bible in which Jesus comes back to Earth as an X Man and gets into some enthusiastic disemboweling. And I am heartily fed up with alleged Christians who contribute to some very curious damn poll numbers.SNIPI decline to be outraged that this tinpot piety is becoming something of a drag for these people. It's about damn time.
Way past time to stop pretending that "Congress shall make no law regarding an establishment of religion" means anything other than "keep any hint of religion of any kind the fuck away from public institutions, morons."
The Senate Judiciary Committee signed off on a bill Thursday to allow voluntary student expression of religious or political viewpoints in public schools.
The sponsor of Senate Bill 71, Sen. Albert Robinson, R-London, said it would allow student-initiated and student-led prayer at public school events, such as football games.
The measure, which is supported by the Family Foundation of Kentucky, now goes to the Senate for its consideration.
The issue received publicity in 2011 when the state Department of Education told the Bell County school district that prayer over the public-address system before football games was unconstitutional.
Bell County school officials ended the tradition of having a minister lead prayer over the public-address system before high school football games because of a complaint from a Wisconsin-based group that promotes the separation of church and state.No law, regulation or custom stop any student from praying their guts out - silently. But when they force other students to listen, that's a violation of others' constitutional rights.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky said Thursday that it had concerns about Robinson's bill.
ACLU program director Derek Selznick said the proposal might be well-intentioned, but it was "an unnecessary attempt to overregulate in an area already protected by the First Amendment."
He said the bill would prohibit Kentucky's school boards and public universities from denying funding to student organizations that discriminated against members based on sexual orientation or religion.
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