[Bringbackthedraft]

Blast the Kate Smith version of Irving Berlin’s God Bless America over the restaurant stereo.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Jennifer tells me she never imagined there would be a day like this in America.

Actually, given the town's restriction, she should have imagined that. However, I have a solution. I'm sure the town would be fine with her replacing "God Bless America" with the Shahada for an indefinite period of time.

Nanny State PING!

[Amendment10]

Patriots, note that the Founding States had originally decided that the states did not have to respect the rights protected by the Bill of Rights. The states required only the feds to respect those rights. So hypothetically speaking, this cafe owner would originally have had no constitutional protections from state abridgment of her constitutionally enumerated rights.

But then the states ratified the 14th Amendment. And by doing so they likewise prohibited themselves from abridging constitutionally enumerated rights.

14th Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

So why didn’t the “patriotic” cafe owner pull the 14th Amendment card on the town of Penfield concerning her banner? I question the patriotism of low-information patriots who do evidently do not know their constitutional protections well enough to use them.

In fact, since this cafe owner evidently has religious convictions, note that Acts 22:23-30 indicates that Paul claimed his rights as a Roman citizen to save himself from being flogged.

On the other hand, I don’t see Christians likewise using their constitutional protections to fight unconstitutional attacks on their faith by corrupt federal and state governments.

[unixfox]

The problem here is they think they have to get permission. Screw that, just do it and tell these lame pukes to go suck start a shotgun.

[Elsie]

So Jennifer decided to ask the town for a permit so she could post a “God Bless America” banner on the front of her restaurant.

WHAT!!??!!??

Why even grovel and beg permission to do this???

[Elsie]

“The fact that I’m being asked to take it down is wrong,” she said.

Jenny; you are NOT being 'asked' to do anything.

You are COMMANDED to do so...

...or ELSE!

[MosesKnows]

5 Mile Café

Change the name of the restaurant.

The God Bless America café
formerly known as "5 Mile Café.