Posted on Dec 13, 2016
Crosses go up in Knightstown after Christmas display lawsuit
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ACLU, American Crazy Lunatics United. They want to support a guy who's offended by a Cross atop a Christmas tree. The guy wants monetary damages because he has to see this everyday.. This crap really gets next to me, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
A group of residents in the town of 2,100 people are standing up for the town’s Christmas display, despite a recent lawsuit.
The ACLU sued the town on behalf of resident Joseph Tompkins, claiming the cross on top of the town’s Christmas tree is a violation of Tompkins’ First Amendment rights guaranteeing separation of church and state.
The suit requests the cross be removed and the town pay Tompkins damages for being “forced to come into direct and unwelcome contact with the cross display” every day.
A group of residents in the town of 2,100 people are standing up for the town’s Christmas display, despite a recent lawsuit.
The ACLU sued the town on behalf of resident Joseph Tompkins, claiming the cross on top of the town’s Christmas tree is a violation of Tompkins’ First Amendment rights guaranteeing separation of church and state.
The suit requests the cross be removed and the town pay Tompkins damages for being “forced to come into direct and unwelcome contact with the cross display” every day.
Crosses go up in Knightstown after Christmas display lawsuit
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Put the cross on the tree or where the sun don't shine, I don't really care, just do not put it on public land or use public funds to pay for it. if you do then there is no separation of church and state.
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PO2 Peter Klein
I am fine with removing "In God We Trust" from our money. It is another intrusion of religion in government where it has no place. I want freedom from religion.
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I don't completely understand the logic behind an individual receiving monetary damages for this, or any money changing hands unless the town government refuses to comply with the court decision, but I do agree that the town's official government should not be seemingly supporting any particular religion...even if that religion represents that town's majority and that's what they want.
The article says "The Jefferson Memorial has tons of crosses, millions of crosses for veterans.”, but those aren't put there by the employees who maintain the memorial. They are put there by visitors to the memorial, and that is a very different thing.
There is nothing wrong with all those people in this town personally placing crosses on private property, or even in the public spaces besides perhaps a littering charge. The issue is completely with the official government officially doing and supporting it.
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I am always so amazed by how very "Christian" these things always end up. Is it any wonder people want their official government separate from this type of thing?
"He wants monetary damages. Ok; I'll wrap a dollar bill around my fist, and pay him his damages." - MSG Tom Earley (6 upvotes)
"Nevermind, he just needs to have his butt kicked, hard, and by someone that knows how to kick a butt so that his great grand children will feel it." - SSG Roger Ayscue (3 upvotes)
The article says "The Jefferson Memorial has tons of crosses, millions of crosses for veterans.”, but those aren't put there by the employees who maintain the memorial. They are put there by visitors to the memorial, and that is a very different thing.
There is nothing wrong with all those people in this town personally placing crosses on private property, or even in the public spaces besides perhaps a littering charge. The issue is completely with the official government officially doing and supporting it.
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I am always so amazed by how very "Christian" these things always end up. Is it any wonder people want their official government separate from this type of thing?
"He wants monetary damages. Ok; I'll wrap a dollar bill around my fist, and pay him his damages." - MSG Tom Earley (6 upvotes)
"Nevermind, he just needs to have his butt kicked, hard, and by someone that knows how to kick a butt so that his great grand children will feel it." - SSG Roger Ayscue (3 upvotes)
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SSG Roger Ayscue
I just think that the town should tell them to go pound sand...and that the individual in question should grow up and not be such a little prick. Just tell him and the ACLU to shove it.
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It is usually unpopular when minority groups stand up for their rights. Since that is mostly what the ACLU does, they will always be disliked by just about everyone at one time or another. Well that is until you find yourself in one of those minority groups over same issue and they come to help you.
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SGT (Join to see)
I wouldn't contact the ACLU for anything. They stick their nose in when it's not wanted too much.
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SGT (Join to see) , Obviously it's not wanted by the town officials or the people who want the cross there. But the ACLU seems to have been invited by the one guy. And the situation is his business...and his invitation makes it their business.
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