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ACLU wants parish to forget cross- Katrina memorial bears Jesus' face
nola.com ^ | 08/06/06 | Karen Turni Bazile

Posted on 08/06/2006 5:44:23 AM PDT by Ellesu

Alarmed by newspaper reports that a hurricane memorial in St. Bernard Parish will feature a cross bearing a likeness of the face of Jesus, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana is reminding parish officials of the Constitution's separation of church and state.

Never one to back down, Parish President Henry "Junior" Rodriguez has a simple reply: "They can kiss my ass."

In a July 28 letter to Rodriguez and other officials, Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Joe Cook said that the government promotion of a patently religious symbol on a public waterway is a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment, which prohibits government from advancing a religion.

Rodriguez did not say whether he has responded to Cook's letter, but in an interview, he said he sees nothing improper about the memorial, which will be mounted near the shoreline of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet at Shell Beach. The cross and accompanying monument listing the names of the 129 parish residents who died in Hurricane Katrina are earmarked for what the parish says is private land and are being financed with donations, Rodriguez said.

Nonetheless, Cook asked the parish to erect a religiously neutral symbol and also voiced concern that the Parish Council was sanctioning a religious monument.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: aclu; cross; katrina; memorial; stbernardparish
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1 posted on 08/06/2006 5:44:26 AM PDT by Ellesu
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To: Ellesu

ACLU ghouls are out picking over the bones of the dead on the Gulf Coast.


2 posted on 08/06/2006 5:49:37 AM PDT by muawiyah (-/sarcasm)
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To: Ellesu
"They can kiss my ass."


That really made me laugh! Straight talking and common sense seem to go together.
3 posted on 08/06/2006 5:54:02 AM PDT by vimto (Blighty Awaken!)
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To: Ellesu
Never one to back down, Parish President Henry "Junior" Rodriguez has a simple reply: "They can kiss my ass."

Isn't he a (D)?

If so, he's needs to re-read the (D) memos.

But good for him!

4 posted on 08/06/2006 5:55:29 AM PDT by realpatriot (Some spelling errers entionally included!)
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To: realpatriot

Too bad we dont have some judges that will tell ACLU to kiss their ass.


5 posted on 08/06/2006 5:57:51 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: Ellesu
Never one to back down, Parish President Henry "Junior" Rodriguez has a simple reply: "They can kiss my ass."

Crude, and yet eloquent.
The memorial is being built by volunteers, using no public money and on private land.
The ACLU's agenda is showing again.
6 posted on 08/06/2006 5:57:58 AM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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To: Ellesu

Good. Let the ACLU go after this parish. It will show the world what monsters they are.


7 posted on 08/06/2006 6:05:33 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Ellesu
One has to love it when a real man finally stands up to the little Nazis in the ACLU!
8 posted on 08/06/2006 6:07:27 AM PDT by Gritty (Wearing out the opposition through endless litigation is the 'nuke' of the left- Gerard Vanderleun)
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To: Ellesu
My mother's family is from there. I visited there recently. The devastation is unbelievable. There's a beautiful park that's next to the St. Bernard Civic Center. It's now housing wall-to-wall FEMA trailers (I dubbed it Femaville).

They're not in the mood to have some ACLU-type prancing around about crosses. They'd be reminded about real problems the people are facing (and are slowly resolving). There's still plenty of trash to shove down their throats. I'd especially recommend they not mess with Junior.
9 posted on 08/06/2006 6:08:50 AM PDT by Lord Basil (Hate isn't a family value; it's a liberal one.)
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To: Gritty

They're not really "little" Nazis ~ the ACLU is the real thing.


10 posted on 08/06/2006 6:09:17 AM PDT by muawiyah (-/sarcasm)
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To: Ellesu

ACLU = Evil, Just Evil!


11 posted on 08/06/2006 6:10:00 AM PDT by Clock King ("How will it end?" - Emperor; "In Fire." - Kosh)
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To: muawiyah

Kiss my axe ACLU.


12 posted on 08/06/2006 6:10:56 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
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To: Ellesu
the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana is reminding parish officials of the Constitution's separation of church and state

How do you "remind" someone of something that doesn't, in fact, exist?

13 posted on 08/06/2006 6:15:34 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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To: Ellesu
(by Karen Turni Bazile); Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Joe Cook said that the government promotion of a patently religious symbol ... is a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment, which prohibits government from advancing a religion.

Come again?
Either Karen Bazile is a dope or Joe Cook is a liar - okay maybe both are true. As we know neither the Constitution nor the 1st Amendment say anything about "advancing a religion". Maybe some moonbat atheist Klintoon Federal judge muttered such nonsense at one time while high on crack, but that's irrelevant)

I also wonder which "religion" Jesus 'advances'. Baptists? Lutherans? Mennonites? Roman Catholics? Episcopalians? Protestants? The Amish maybe?

(I'm gonna have to look into this "Jesus Religion".)

14 posted on 08/06/2006 6:16:08 AM PDT by Condor51 (Better to fight for something than live for nothing - Gen. George S. Patton)
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To: Ellesu
Parish President Henry "Junior" Rodriguez has a simple reply: "They can kiss my ass."

I would vote for this guy for any office he sought.

15 posted on 08/06/2006 6:24:40 AM PDT by madprof98
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To: Ellesu

neutral memorial?

Perhaps a "kiss my ass aclu" memorial that LITERALLY adopts the phrase?


16 posted on 08/06/2006 6:31:32 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Ellesu

Maybe somebody could sue the a$$breath commie lawyers unit for preventing the free expression of religion.


17 posted on 08/06/2006 6:33:53 AM PDT by CPOSharky (MSM - Live hizbozo = fierce fighter. Dead hizbozo = innocent civilian.)
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To: Ellesu
In a July 28 letter to Rodriguez and other officials, Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Joe Cook said that the government promotion of a patently religious symbol

No government promotion, it's a private effort

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on a public waterway

Yes a public waterway..one held in trust by the government for the People

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is a violation of the Constitution's First Amendment,

Yes, the federal government, not the national one.

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which prohibits government from advancing a religion.

No... ESTABLISHING a religion. Quite a different concept than promoting or acknowledging our Christian heritage.

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BTW - Why isn't the ACLU screaming about the fact that Louisiana has PARISHES instead of counties??

18 posted on 08/06/2006 6:36:23 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am NOT a 'legal entity'...nor am I a *person* as created by law!)
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To: realpatriot

Junior is not afiliated with any party.


19 posted on 08/06/2006 6:46:46 AM PDT by rock_lobsta (cair = hamas = iran = EVIL)
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To: Ellesu
Parish President Henry "Junior" Rodriguez has a simple reply: "They can kiss my ass."

LOL! I guess he knew the reply "Nuts" was taken.

(for the kids, that's what the surrounded Americans said in
response to a German demand for surrender at Bastogne in WWII.)
20 posted on 08/06/2006 7:01:21 AM PDT by VOA
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