According to a press statement from Liberty Counsel, residents at both the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts care facilities were subjected to policies and directives that prohibited the display of religious decorations such as Nativity scenes, menorahs, and crosses. At Bethany Towers in Mechanicsburg, says the statement, even angels were removed from a Christmas tree that had been erected in a common area. This is unbelievable.
1 posted on
12/20/2005 5:10:02 PM PST by
wagglebee
To: wagglebee
Get ready ... our friendly neighborhood ACLU will soon step in on this issue, locked arm-in-arm with "Rev." Barry Lyn, and will declare such religious displays as unconstitutional.
Sarcasm>The inmates of our nation's nursing homes should not be forced to hear anyone singing Christmas Carols or see any religious symbols at all. Just because these activities are an expression of other inmates' First Amendment Rights is irrelevant ... the desire of a minority to not have to see or hear religious expressions trumps the wishes of the insensitive majority. Likewise, to ensure that there is strict Separation of Church and State, the Free Exercise of Religion must be PROHIBITED. /Sarcasm
2 posted on
12/20/2005 5:23:29 PM PST by
TexasGreg
("Democrats Piss Me Off")
To: Salvation; NYer; Coleus; sionnsar; TonyRo76; little jeremiah
3 posted on
12/20/2005 5:25:57 PM PST by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; annalex; ...
4 posted on
12/20/2005 6:51:17 PM PST by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
To: ninenot; sittnick; steve50; Hegemony Cricket; Willie Green; Wolfie; ex-snook; FITZ; arete; ...
Senior citizens in Florida, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts will now be able to celebrate Christmas, thanks to the intervention of Liberty Counsel, a Florida-based law firm that specializes in religious liberties. Separation of church and state bump.
5 posted on
12/20/2005 8:37:06 PM PST by
A. Pole
(Chimpanzees and men share 95 percent of their DNA. Species is a social construct!)
To: wagglebee
"'Sometimes what we see [in these facilities] is our most vulnerable citizens being discriminated against, and the joy of Christmas being robbed from them,' he says."
Despicable!!!
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