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ACLU Attacks Small Town Nativity Scene
Breitbart ^ | December 22, 2016 | John Binder

Posted on 12/22/2016 3:04:23 PM PST by kevcol

Grant Parish District Attorney Jay Lemoine pushed back against the ACLU’s letter, telling KALB News “It seems these days it is typical for everyone to rush to want to be offended.”

Lemoine said the courthouse already has a secular display, a Christmas tree, inside the building.

“The offense would be if the religious symbols were taken out of Christmas,” Lemoine continued.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: aclu; christianity; louisiana; nativity; waronchristmas
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Here is another tidbit on this story from KMDL Lafayette:

The ACLU has sent a letter to Police Jurors in Grant Parish concerning a Nativity scene that is displayed in front of the parish courthouse.
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If you were wondering exactly how the ACLU got involved in this case the answer might be a bit surprising and might anger many residents who live in Grant Parish. Lemoine explained where he believes the complaint to the ACLU came from.
There was a gentleman from out of town that was here that complained to several in the courthouse, really in quite a rude and vulgar manner at different times. He was quite hostile.
A “gentleman from out of town” huh? I will let you decide how this makes you feel on this subject.
1 posted on 12/22/2016 3:04:23 PM PST by kevcol
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The Democrat Thug Party.


2 posted on 12/22/2016 3:06:29 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

ACLU = Against Christians Living Unharmed


3 posted on 12/22/2016 3:09:36 PM PST by abclily
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To: Gene Eric

Legal bullying.


4 posted on 12/22/2016 3:11:11 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( Agenda driven news is fake news.)
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To: kevcol

I know of a largish town in Georgia that is also the County Seat, though I will not get more specific than that. Their courthouse is similarly adorned, and I wish these lowlifes the worst of luck in finding it, because I’m sure they’ll do the same thing there as they did in Grant Parish. Civil Liberties seems to have come to mean the right to persecute people over bull-sh!t. Let them have their nativity scenes around the courthouses. It’s a nothing town in a remote corner of the world, and it shouldn’t reasonably bother anybody. Who gives a sh!t, already.


5 posted on 12/22/2016 3:11:20 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Gene Eric

In Norwood we had a small creche in front of school for years and nobody complained until a UU Minister blew into town and filed a lawsuit with the ACLU. The town couldn’t afford the long battle and took it down. The UU Minister then left town.


6 posted on 12/22/2016 3:11:22 PM PST by AU72
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To: kevcol

As Dennis Prager has brilliantly noted, whether one celebrates December 25th as a religious holiday or as a national holiday it’s Christmas either way!


7 posted on 12/22/2016 3:14:59 PM PST by glennaro
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To: AU72

The same people claim it’s a violation of civil rights to not fund some alleged artist’s anti-Christian or anti-Jewish blasphemy and pornography, and will also defend Muslims who riot and kill people because somebody drew a picture of Mad Mo. They are hypocrites and/or idiots. Enough. When some real civil liberties are violated, they’ll be with the violators of same.


8 posted on 12/22/2016 3:15:23 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: kevcol

Click the Pics



9 posted on 12/22/2016 3:15:50 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: kevcol

It’s about time the Christian public starting pushing back against this creeping atheism trying to keep out us out of the public square. We have every bit as much right to be there as they do, and maybe more, as our ancestors were here first.


10 posted on 12/22/2016 3:17:13 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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To: AU72

Did you put the creche back up?

We should use Alinskyite tactics.

If the ACLU sues and wins, keep putting it up anyway. If the government won’t/can’t put it up, private citizens can. Put a new one up if they take it down. Make the court send U.S. Marshals to the town to make it look extra ridiculous.

When the Marshals leave, put one up again.


11 posted on 12/22/2016 3:21:26 PM PST by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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To: kevcol

I wish Trump would go after the so called aCLU for racketeering and extortion.


12 posted on 12/22/2016 3:24:30 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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To: oblomov

I wonder if having a creche put up by private citizens, over the objection of the local government would cause the municipal insurance premiums to go up anyway, as if this were the same as the municipality erecting the creche themselves and keeping it there, even after a federal precedent has been made. Even so, it’s a great idea.


13 posted on 12/22/2016 3:28:11 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

File suit against the ACLU for millions. Make it a class action on behalf of all Christians. In an embarrassing lawsuit, the Trump administration pulls all funding from the organization.


14 posted on 12/22/2016 3:35:06 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Too. Much. Winning.)
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To: oblomov

I have often thought it would be worthwhile to force the government to deploy troops every time some Communist sues to remove something put there by the rest of us. If every community in America put a Nativity scene out the cost of forcing compliance would eventually break the government.


15 posted on 12/22/2016 3:39:29 PM PST by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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To: Eleutheria5

A friend of mine is Mayor of a town in one of the fifty states. He just authorized the purchase of a nativity scene.


16 posted on 12/22/2016 3:40:15 PM PST by cyclotic (Democrats haven't been this mad since we freed their slaves)
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To: cyclotic

May G-d bless and keep the ACLU...far away from such towns.


17 posted on 12/22/2016 3:55:02 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

These liberal yahoo’s . . .don’t they realize Who they ultimately answer to. Paying a little more attention to their future in eternity and which way direction they are heading would be better use of their time.


18 posted on 12/22/2016 3:56:27 PM PST by Maudeen (No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
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To: GenXteacher

It’d be like the freedom riders making it impossible to enforce unjust laws, by clogging up the jails with deliberate violators. This could be the start of a beautiful movement.


19 posted on 12/22/2016 3:58:04 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: cyclotic

Many towns can save money by just ordering the basics. . .the wise men didn’t come on the scene to visit Jesus until much later. One little kid in my kid’s church was upset because we didn’t have the wise men up outside. . .frankly they couldn’t find them. . .I told him we were the only church in town that had a Scripturally correct manger scene. . . .so what did he do. . .he visited all the other churches and told them what I said.


20 posted on 12/22/2016 4:01:24 PM PST by Maudeen (No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
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