Posted on 08/16/2005 11:59:47 AM PDT by Retired Chemist
Texas and Florida allow only state-funded uniform memorials that can be applied for by contacting the departments of Transportation. Florida memorials are plain white, bear the victim's name and read "Drive Safely."
Are they crosses or Stars of David? If not, isn't there something pagan-like by commemorating someone's death with a roadside marker? It has always seemed a strange practice to me. When did this apparent custom begin?
Don't you know she's a MOM??? Greiving moms do not need to worry about things like the law or lying in the press or subversive treasonous comments or any other inconveniences of life.
I recall vaguely something about 1000+ crosses being stolen from a Pro-Life vigil several months ago.
Coincidence? If anybody has a link to the story please ping me, thanks.
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Three convicted for camping near Murphy's home in protest
Three human rights activists who camped outside San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy's house to protest what they say is the government's failure to promote adequate housing, health care, education and other services were convicted of misdemeanor unlawful picketing.
A county Superior Court jury reached the verdict Wednesday, after a two-day trial in which the defendants served as their own lawyers. Erik Olson, Kevin Nash and David Rodriguez Acevedo face up to six months in jail and fines of $1,000 each and are to be sentenced May 31.
The three men set up camp each night on the sidewalk in front of Murphy's Del Cerro home during the last three weeks of Murphy's 2004 re-election campaign.
They arrived about 8 p.m. and lighted candles, displayed placards outlining human rights abuses and read the Bible and other materials. They left by 6 a.m. after cleaning up after themselves.
Neighbors often stopped by to chat and to read their brochures. One woman had flowers sent to the curbside. Murphy never spoke to the demonstrators or asked to have them arrested.
But after Murphy was re-elected in November, the men pledged to sleep in front of the mayor's home for 45 Sunday nights.
Olson and Nash were arrested Jan. 30 on suspicion of targeted residential picketing, a charge usually reserved for abortion protesters, and were released. The next week, Acevedo joined Olson and Nash and all three men were arrested.
Olson, who holds a law degree and works as a labor union organizer, said he told the jury in his closing argument that their actions did not amount to picketing.
"We were praying, fasting, reading scripture and having a candlelight vigil," he said. "We weren't targeting the mayor. We were highlighting the issues that were impacting the people."
Deputy City Attorney Lea Fields disagreed, saying the law is quite clear.
"It's an invasion of privacy for people to conduct demonstrations in front of peoples' residence," she said. "They're really nice guys and their cause is a just one. But what they did is against the law."
But what would Cindy care? She doesn't seem to care for the rights of the property owners upon whose land she and her cohort are decamped and parked. She doesn't care what her own son's desires would have been, nor what the desires of the rest of her family. She uses her son's flag-draped casket as a shoebox podium.
Only one opinion counts in World Cindy.
What they have there isn't a roadside memorial, it's a PR display of mock graves.
Roadside memorials are for automobile crash victims.
I think they still allow memorials for accident victims only.
I'm not sure there on a TXDOT maintained road, could be county.
I think they still allow memorials for accident victims only.
I'm not sure there on a TXDOT maintained road, could be county.
Crosses Intended for Pro-Life Protest Stolen at Oregon State
More than 2,000 wooden crosses intended for a pro-life demonstration were stolen on the night of January 21st from a vehicle owned by the president of the Oregon State University College Republicans. The crosses were part of a demonstration to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which prohibited the states from passing laws criminalizing abortion....
http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2003/feb_2003_1.html
Retired, thanks for the link!
None of these people care what laws they're breaking. They're God's anointed. Didn't you know? The National Council of Churches has sanctified all their efforts. I expect all of them to soon ascend into heaven. Can't wait to see the news footage.
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