Liberty and Justice for All!

Last year the ACLU threatened to sue if the City of Ponchatoula put up a cross in its holiday decorations. It seems like, perhaps, the Government types in Tangipahoa Parish may be starting to get it:

Mayor Bob Zabbia said city officials don’t agree with the ACLU but realized that they probably would not win, and lawsuits are costly.

And, said Zabbia, “The law is the law. It doesn’t make sense to fight something you’re not going to win.”

Private businesses have, in response, decided to start raising crosses on their property. The ACLU has stated that not only are they not opposed to that, but they would stand up for the rights of private business owners to display whatever religious symbols they wished to display.

The idea really isn’t that difficult. Do not use government to promote your personal beliefs. Promote your religious beliefs on your personal time. Seems reasonable to me. Unfortunately, some people still don’t get it.

When I read the article title, Judge orders La. school district to stop Bible giveaways, I just knew it had to be Tangipahoa. Of course, they do not dissapoint. It seems that they supporting the passing out of Bibles. It seems that they are wrong, yet again.

This leads me to two sets of questions.

A) Would the Tangipahoa school board allow for Hebrew Bibles to be passed out? What about the Koran? Could a muslim group pass out the Koran to students? If the school had no “religious purpose” in distributing Christian bibles, you would think they would have no problem with other religious texts being passed out. I think we all know the answer to that question and it would be a resounding “no”. Why? Because it is obvious that the Tangipahoa School Board has the intent to try and push Christianity on their students.

But the more interesting question would have to be…

B) Isn’t it sad that the board in charge of helping children of Tangipahoa Parish learn has shown that they are absolutely incapable of learning for themselves? I mean seriously, how many times do they have to attempt to promote Christianity in their public schools before they realize that YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT!

In what seems to be an ongoing struggle between those who feel government should be used as an arm to promote religion and those who stand up for those people who are not part of the “majority”, the ACLU is again pressing a lawsuit against the Tangipahoa School Board for another violation of the establishment clause.

See, it seems that Tangipahoa School Board does not care about those people who are not Christian. They have apparently only invited certain religious leaders to lead the prayer before meetings. Their lack of caring for non-Christians and (and what really seems like disdain for them) could be clearly seen in the WWL TV newscast at 6 where they had an interview with the attorney representing the school board. He was smug and arrogant to the point where you could clearly see the sentiment of those who support a twisting and bending of laws.

Here is a suggestion to Tangipahoa. Instead of trying to bend and twist your policies to try and get around the laws…. JUST FOLLOW THE LAWS! Have some respect for people of ALL FAITHS and not just your own. I think it is SAD and PATHETIC that people who are in charge of educating our children would set this horrid example of how to act like a human being and a responsible member of society.

You can see the video and watch the smug “thats the kind of churches we have in Tangipahoa Parish” comment.