Posted on 11/22/2019 9:38:17 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Kanye West's surprise visit with his Sunday Service choir to two Harris County jails in Houston, Texas was an "egregious" violation of the U.S. Constitution, an atheist group complains.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, whose district is in Houston, called it a "very cool move" by the "Jesus Walks" rapper, but the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) was particularly angered by the "Christian" message relayed from the newly born-again believer's songs from his new release, "Jesus Is King," The gospel-rap album debuted No. 1 on the Billboard charts.
"It is no excuse that Kanye West is famous," FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel wrote in a Nov. 18 letter to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. "If anything, this makes the violation worse because the captive audience may be more receptive to his message."
First Liberty Institute, the religious freedom law firm that defended the WWI Memorial Peace Cross at the Supreme Court, slammed FFRF for their "long and shameful history of bullying our schools and city halls" and for now turning to "threatening our county jails."
"Kanye West visited the Harris County Jail to offer hope and encouragement," Mike Berry, First Liberty chief of staff, told Fox News. "The last time I checked, you can do that in this country. If every sheriff in America invited Kanye West to visit their jails, we might have less need for jails."
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Methinks they’ve never read the Constitution.
FUA!!
These people need to get a life.
Lots of people think the First Amendment is all about “freedom FROM religion”.
They sure do.
From the video clips I saw, it looked like the prisoners were really being “violated” with Kanye’s performance. /sarc
Kanye West is visiting people in prison, straight out of the Bible. He’s already done far more than I have as a Christian.
Mikey Weinstein can go bugger himself.
Because Atheism is the new State religion.
If he had just led them in Muslim prayer the FFRF wouldn’t care.
And..?
I wonder how many would show up for an atheist ceremony?
And what?
Why would Athiest’s use our system of laws and justice in the first place?? Should they be forbidden on using our laws founded which were on Judeo Christian Values??
It goes against everything they Dont Believe in.
from vs. of
I have visited a LOT of prisons. NEVER heard of any Prison Director forcing people to get here someone preach. They all could stay in their cell, so there is NO need for the atheist to get his panties in a wad.
Have them protest Muslim Prayer Time and see how that goes.
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