On Sunday, October 1, 2017 9:20 PM, P. Smith <@yahoo.com> wrote:
Terrific news, Mr. Bornstein! In light of Saturday's court ruling, I'd like to be added to an upcoming agenda to give an invocation. Specifically, I'd like to acknowledge an assortment of man-made, mythological gods and demons, including among them the infamous Abrahamic God and His countless wicked ways. These are my sincerely held beliefs.
Ideally, Lake Worth will no longer discriminate against atheists, non-believers, secular humanists, and those from minority religions, such as satanists, by disallowing us our rights as reaffirmed this weekend by a federal court in Florida. If you determine yet again that your current policy will not change, I'll be glad to put you in touch with attorneys with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, of which I am a member.
Please reply at your earliest opportunity that you are in receipt of my request.
Preston Smith
Lake Worth, FL
A federal court last night struck down the Brevard County, Fla., Board of County Commissioners’ policy of excluding non-theists from giving opening invocations, a ruling that is being hailed by the groups that sponsored the litigation.
In its ruling, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida said a local governing body cannot limit its invocation speakers to those from monotheistic religions.
Read about the decision...
Where there's a will, there's a way, they say. The commission changed it's policy regarding invocations. Now, on a rotating basis, they choose the speaker or offer a moment of silence.
Never fails. Someone always threatens a lawsuit about something.
ReplyDeleteLet him speak. Nobody has to stay in the room to hear it. Afterwards perhaps the first item on the agenda can be a priest giving a cleansing blessing to the room.
ReplyDelete@10:11. I would find it very interesting perhaps even entertaining. Don't suppress free speech. I just don't want this stuff taught to our children.
ReplyDeleteThere's such an easy and obvious solution to dealing with this loser. Although the City, as a public entity is required to give equal access to all beliefs, members of the general public are not. Why not just let him show up and round up a group of citizens to ridicule him and interrupt his attempt to make his point and treat him like the piece of trash that he is. In fact, as long nobody physically touches or threatens, him, the group can literally follow him from the moment he arrives until the moment he leaves and they can exercise their right of Free Speech too.
ReplyDeleteOr, just arrange to have everyone boycott his presentation. egomaniacs and narcissists can't stand it when they don't get the attention they want.
/s/ Just a dumb Christian