I came across a disclaimer bolted to a Nativity this weekend.
I won't name the city but will refer to it as "sodom"
The disclaimer said something to the effect that the city of "sodom" does not endorse the church that placed the Nativity in the park and does not endorse the Nativity or something to that effect.
This is from a mid-size Midwestern town filled with many churches.
We are truly in the last, last days!
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It's a legal disclaimmer, nut-wad. It releases the city from being sued.
I wonder what these raptoids think of what some churches are doing - namely placing micro-chips into baby Jesus' so they can track him if he gets stolen?
"The disclaimer said something to the effect that the city of "sodom" does not endorse the church that placed the Nativity in the park and does not endorse the Nativity or something to that effect."
I believe this is what's commonly known as "covering your ass".
"We are truly in the last, last days!"
The sun came up this morning. We are truly in the last, last days!
Praise Jebus!
We are truly in the last, last days!
And you'll still be saying it with your last breath on your death bed many decades from now.
And they shouldn't. Public offices endorsing a religion is the first step in abolishing religious freedom. Good job "Sodom" for upholding other people's constitutional rights.
But mostly I think they're doing it so atheists won't sue the town for holding a religious display. Seriously fellow atheists: cut that shit out.
"I won't name the city but will refer to it as "sodom" "
How very clever of you.
We are truly in the last, last days! "
Or, the city understands what "seperation of church and state" means, as well as what "cease-and-desist" letters and lawsuits are.
We are truly in the last, last days!
Some part of me almost wishes this was true just to be rid of you Rapture Ready Retards.
Many churches != mini-theocracy.
So anyway, that makes me want to put up something atheist there to make it even.
the city of "sodom" does not endorse the church that placed the Nativity in the park and does not endorse the Nativity
They're protecting themselves from lawsuits. "The government's action must not have the primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion" Lemon v. Kurtzman, Supreme Court, 1971. Don't like it? Move to England.
You freaks have been saying this garbage since at least 1000 C.E.
Yes, I really do hope that beliefs and opinions like yours, Cindy, are in their last, last days.
"We are truly in the last, last days!"
If you count a few millenia as "days", sure.
Oh my fucking God, what do you people want? You got your Goddamn nativity scene! Now you want the city to endorse churches too?
How much is enough for you assholes!?
(Nowonmai)
Aw, come on now. For want of the RR-tards, we would be suffering a significant deficit of luls.
Oh, boo fucking hoo. The city government is following the Constitution. We all know fundy christians don't like the Constitution, and wish to do away with it, or certain parts of it (just like they do the bible), but get over it. You're not the ones who run this country. It's not a christian nation. And you guys aren't that important to notice. So DIAF and get a life and read a book and all that.
You assholes would be whining if they put up Hanukkah stuff and didn't put up a disclaimer.
Fuck off, you whiny moron.
10 years later "We are truly in the last, last days!"
20 years later "We are truly in the last, last days!"
30 years later, on death bed ".......crap"
"We are truly in the last, last days!"
"I won't name the city but will refer to it as "sodom""
Why not name it ?
What? The money-grubbing fundie clans want the support of officialdom now as well, They don't want much do they? Just everything.
Bunch of mammon-loving sects, filled with simpletons in lieu of mechanical robot slaves.
Isn't it a bit odd to have a sign asserting a lack of endorsement on something you're patently endorsing by allowing it permission to make use of public land? (assuming that's the situation here - the OP doesn't exactly make it clear) Is anyone else getting mixed messages from this?
I'm pretty sure you can't do something illegal and get away with it just by putting up a sign that says "We're totally not doing this."
"Sodom"
Ruptured Retards? Sod 'em!
"We are truly in the last, last days!"
-Cindy S.
"Our earth is degenerate in these latter days. There are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end. Bribery and corruption are common, Children no longer obey their parents. Every man wants to write a book, and the end of the world evidently is approaching."
-Assyrian tablet circa 2800 BCE
We are truly in the last, last days!
Finally! When will you blow your brains out? I'll buy some champagne in order to celebrate when you do!
Just a quick question. I hope you don't mind. But, now that we are truly in them, how long do the last,last days actually last for? Just wondering.
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And first amendment. No one religion is endorsed over another.
Heavens! Acknowledging religion is a choice, not a state mandate!
What, did you think it was ok to do in a place more overwhelmingly Christian? Having more churches lets you 'Get away with it'?
"I came across a disclaimer bolted to a Nativity this weekend. "
What strange sexual habits you fundies have.
"I won't name the city but will refer to it as "sodom""
Is it because you like saying the word sodom, it is isn't it, you can't get the word out of your head can you?
"The disclaimer said something to the effect"
"that the city of "sodom" does not endorse the church that placed the Nativity in the park"
"and does not endorse the Nativity or something to that effect"
That effect?
"We are truly in the last, last days!"
And in 1000 years, you'll be in the last, last, last, last, last, last days, I suppose?
"I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
-- Matthew 16:28, spoken by Jesus before the crucifixion.
We really, truly, actually, and most irreversibly are in what most certainly cannot be mistaken for anything other than what I have interpreted from random passages of a book written 2000 years ago in scary language describing 7-headed monsters, bloody gore, and icky locusts to be the last, last, last, last, last, last, last, last, LAST days. And if I'm wrong, I'll eat my shorts.
It's a free-speech issue. Demonstrations are routinely held on the Boston Common, but the presence of a group speaking its mind should never be construed as an endorsement by the City of Boston. Then, they could allow some and not others, depending on whether they "like" the message being given. So you can speak out pro-life or pro-choice, for example. That's how free speech works. Got it?
Your Gawd must be taking his sweet fucking time coming, because you idiots have been saying we're in the last days for centuries now. Centuries, Cindy, centuries!
If there are so many churches there, why not put the Nativity on the property of one of them?
The Nativity, that is the figurines of Virgin Mary, Bonus Dad Joseph, and little Jesus in his manger, right?
You'd scream bloody murder if someone put symbols of Kwanzaa and lit kinara candles in a public park, wouldn't you, Cindy?
So...an unnamed city allegedly has a nativity scene with a disclaimer. We have no picture of this disclaimer. We don't even have a proper quote, just a "something to that effect." In other words, we have a vague account of something, somewhere by someone with an obvious axe or two to grind.
Sound legit to me. What's your problem?!?
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