Right off the top, I appreciate the followup on this story. It's an important one, as far as I can understand, totally a First Amendment issue, and Fort Worth is COMPLETELY out of line as it comes to their stance. I should mention, too: that billboard ain't cheap. Depending on the location, the price tag could be high four figures to low five figures for one month of display. As the possibility of the billboard being defaced is higher than average, let's hope it's been insured as well.
In any case, I positively LOVE that Metroplex Atheists are pushing hard on this issue, and I hope for their success!
I think their "insufficient magnitude" bullshit excuse might be along the lines of "I don't know any atheists so there can't be enough of them for a big crowd." In other words, petty justification for their bigotry.
A good way to make lemonade but that judge needs a metaphorical smack upside the head. Ugh, our whole justice system needs an enema, this is just blatant prejudice. And yet I can't help but notice this group isn't screaming 'persecution!!' anything like christians do when they aren't being allowed to harm others. Weird.
βAs I wrote before, itβs appalling that Christian Nationalists tried suppressing information about a seminar on the dangers of Christian Nationalism.β
Of course the Christian Nationalists will suppress information about the dangers of Christian Nationalism, villains donβt generally go around telling people how to defeat them. But in a way they did. Anyone who wants to run against the current crop of Fort Worth officials only have to point out their complicity in the Christian Nationalist push. That is if the people of Fort Worth take heed of the Metroplex seminar and donβt want Christian nationalists running shit.
I just heard β not sure if it's true β that Rudi Giuliani has declared bankruptcy. Just goes to show you should never trust Trump to pay his bills.
I am in awe of these people. It takes real bravery to do this in a red state with christian nationalist aspirations led by the their mendacious and sanctimonious governor Abbott. I have no problems declaring and defending my own atheism as the need arises, but I live in a blue state. I ask myself - would I be brave enough to join them to proudly and defiantly wave their banners? I really hope so.
This is why I've never suggested that Ft. Worth should join the other metropolitan areas of Texas and secede from the state. I am not surprised.
I suspect city officials expected a huge backlash and denied it, the smart ones hoping a court would force the issue, so they could claim 'Not our Fault', regardless of the cost to the taxpayers, who never seem to notice the money wasted on defending unconstitutional christian privilege.
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Paging Ms. Streisand...
Right off the top, I appreciate the followup on this story. It's an important one, as far as I can understand, totally a First Amendment issue, and Fort Worth is COMPLETELY out of line as it comes to their stance. I should mention, too: that billboard ain't cheap. Depending on the location, the price tag could be high four figures to low five figures for one month of display. As the possibility of the billboard being defaced is higher than average, let's hope it's been insured as well.
In any case, I positively LOVE that Metroplex Atheists are pushing hard on this issue, and I hope for their success!
I think their "insufficient magnitude" bullshit excuse might be along the lines of "I don't know any atheists so there can't be enough of them for a big crowd." In other words, petty justification for their bigotry.
Christians calling the shots with our supposedly secular laws. It's a de facto Christian theocracy.
Fight the bastards any way you can.
A good way to make lemonade but that judge needs a metaphorical smack upside the head. Ugh, our whole justice system needs an enema, this is just blatant prejudice. And yet I can't help but notice this group isn't screaming 'persecution!!' anything like christians do when they aren't being allowed to harm others. Weird.
An alternate billboard:
KEEP GOD IN CHURCH, WHERE IT BELONGS
βAs I wrote before, itβs appalling that Christian Nationalists tried suppressing information about a seminar on the dangers of Christian Nationalism.β
Of course the Christian Nationalists will suppress information about the dangers of Christian Nationalism, villains donβt generally go around telling people how to defeat them. But in a way they did. Anyone who wants to run against the current crop of Fort Worth officials only have to point out their complicity in the Christian Nationalist push. That is if the people of Fort Worth take heed of the Metroplex seminar and donβt want Christian nationalists running shit.
I just heard β not sure if it's true β that Rudi Giuliani has declared bankruptcy. Just goes to show you should never trust Trump to pay his bills.
I am in awe of these people. It takes real bravery to do this in a red state with christian nationalist aspirations led by the their mendacious and sanctimonious governor Abbott. I have no problems declaring and defending my own atheism as the need arises, but I live in a blue state. I ask myself - would I be brave enough to join them to proudly and defiantly wave their banners? I really hope so.
Nothing says how right you are quite like trying to shut down anyone with the opposite opinion. /s
This is why I've never suggested that Ft. Worth should join the other metropolitan areas of Texas and secede from the state. I am not surprised.
I suspect city officials expected a huge backlash and denied it, the smart ones hoping a court would force the issue, so they could claim 'Not our Fault', regardless of the cost to the taxpayers, who never seem to notice the money wasted on defending unconstitutional christian privilege.
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I'll just leave this here...
"These 5 historical truths suggest Jesus Christ may never have existed | Opinion"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/these-5-historical-truths-suggest-jesus-christ-may-never-have-existed-opinion/ar-AA1fkMA0
Not exactly a banner day.
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Christians and the law, especially the Trump crowd and its legal woes...
https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2023/08/16
I find myself hoping the people carrying those banners will be able to afford adequate body armor.
https://www.alternet.org/rittenhouse-texas/?cx_testId=2&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=1&cx_experienceId=EXDEXBKK1F00#cxrecs_s
Little toad.