Posted on 08/06/2026 7:08:20 AM PDT by rochester
A New York town is facing legal trouble after elected leaders said it was okay to display Islamic symbols in the public square, but not Christian symbols.
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has filed a federal lawsuit accusing officials in Brighton, New York.....
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Boldly challenging American’s freedom of expression. And throwing Muslim crap on the American constitution and on American faces.
WTH?????????????
Guys, you are going to have to decide pretty quickly if you live on this earth if you believe in the One true God, or not.
but muslims can set up their beheading displays everywhere
Brighton NY is a pleasant suburb of Rochester NY (which is a woke, welfare Democrat sh**hole)
Its full of self-loathing NPR leftist Karens who like to virtue-signal, but still want the peace and quiet of all-white (or with a few professional East Asians) suburbs.
The Death-to-America Party strikes again.
I remember the 1960s when atheists began their push to stop all Christian Christmas displays in our local towns an parks.
Everybody knows how Christmas displays *force* people to believe and behave as Christians.
The evil doesn’t stay within the borders of Ithaca.
So a Nativity scene is OUT - but one with the Three Kings being beheaded is IN.
Lol. These idiots never learn.
I notice it wasn't the ACLU, which only supports left-wing causes.
Title 18 USC: Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
Plenty of Menorahs in public spaces.
New York Town Bans Christians From Erecting Displays in Public (Brighton, NY)
The 14th Amendment-based federal law prohibiting lawfare may apply to this issue.
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.
18U.S. Code § 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law: Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom [all emphases added], willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death. —18 U.S. Code § 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law
Although I don't know if this law is being enforced, 14A was used to protect free speech in California awhile back.
UC Berkeley settles landmark free speech lawsuit, will pay $70,000 to conservative group (12.4.18)
“I notice it wasn’t the ACLU, which only supports left-wing causes.”
And Jew-hating Nazis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_America_v._Village_of_Skokie
Go after the “elected leaders” and let them pay the fines out of pocket.
courts have already ruled several times on this- ignore the liberals- display-
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