Posted on 09/26/2005 2:01:21 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - The city of Las Cruces' official emblem has three crosses that a federal lawsuit alleges are unconstitutional religious symbols on public property.
The lawsuit, filed Sept. 16 in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, seeks the removal of the crosses.
"The crosses serve no governmental purpose other than to disenfranchise and discredit non-Christian citizens," said the lawsuit filed by Paul F. Weinbaum, who lives in the Las Cruces area, and Martin J. Boyd of Las Cruces.
Defendants include city officials, city councilors, Mayor Bill Mattiace, District Attorney Susana Martinez, state Attorney General Patricia Madrid and Gov. Bill Richardson.
"We have had to defend ourselves before and we're ready to do it again," Mattiace said.
(Excerpt) Read more at freenewmexican.com ...
Well, let's see if they roll over on this.
Do the crosses appear on logos painted onto emergency response vehicles, like police cars, fire trucks, ambulances?
If so, do you suppose Weinbaum and Boyd would object when one is dispatched to their homes to save lives or property?
Is using the vehicles with the offending logos an expression of religious preference by the city? Does it discriminate against their ability to dial 9-1-1?
looser pays legal fees.... that's the only solution to this bullsh#t
Yes, they (the crosses) are on a lot of municipal property. I am sure that they are offended that the symbol is anywhere on city property, that is their whole case, they are trying to bring up the whole seperation of church and state by mis-reading the first ammendment. By the way, there are many places in NM that have crosses in public places, including a mountian where there was a battle between Mexican settlers of Tularosa and Mescelaro Apachee tribesmen, visible from the highway. I wonder when someone will be screaming to have that taken down.
Doesn't "las cruces" mean "the crosses"?
Ignore the Court. What can they do.
Next thing you know, the ACLU will petition that the name "Christopher Columbus" be eliminated from public-school textbooks on Establishnment Clause grounds, since his name in Italian, Cristoforo Colombo, means "Christ-bearing colonizer."
I'm still surprised that nobody has sued to change the name of Corpus Christi.
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Give us Barabbas!!!
Thanks , NR, just spit Diet Coke all over my kboard. LOL
They better change the town's name as well. Come to think of it a lot of towns will have to change their name's. You never know how insidious the plot to make America a Theocracy truly is till you look at a map. San Fransico,
Saint Paul, Los Angeles, San Antonio, just to name a few.
It will take time but the effort will be well spent.
"I'm still surprised that nobody has sued to change the name of Corpus Christi."
"Filipinos in Washington State and Hawaii unfortunately lean towards the Democratic Party (not sure about other states), largely due to economic issues."
Won't they have to petition next to change the name of Las Cruces, lest just one more poor atheist be forced to hear the word 'crosses'?
Hurry, aclu, erase all vestiges of our Judeo-Christian culture and heritage so as not to 'offend' the few. The trials of rapists and molesters and murderers and resources and court time to punish them can be pushed asided to make room for this 'real' crisis. *eyeroll*
OK? No, not merely ok, but a grand gesture of tolerance and understanding especially as Ramadan approaches.
Perhaps the town (internal struggle, I can't say it) should be renamed Las Crescent? /sarcasm, I must go barf now...
They can rename the city Las Medialunas (the crescents) to show their good will towards any Islamofascists who might pass through after sneaking across the border, while keeping a Spanish name. And the loonies in the media should be happy too.
LOL, I got my 'translation' from babelfish.
to show their good will towards any Islamofascists who might pass through after sneaking across the border, while keeping a Spanish name. And the loonies in the media should be happy too.
The media-loonies will love it! (lol, so much like 'medialunas'). And think of how far it will go toward Muslims efforts to 'convert' Mexicans and others south of the border.
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