ACLU wants parish to forget cross- Katrina memorial bears Jesus' face

nola.com ^ | 08/06/06 | Karen Turni Bazile

[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.

[muawiyah]

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

[vimto]

"They can kiss my ass."


That really made me laugh! Straight talking and common sense seem to go together.

[realpatriot]

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!

[sgtbono2002]

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

[MaryFromMichigan]

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.

[mtbopfuyn]

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

[Gritty]

One has to love it when a real man finally stands up to the little Nazis in the ACLU!

[Lord Basil]

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.

[muawiyah]

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

[Clock King]

ACLU = Evil, Just Evil!

[yldstrk]

Kiss my axe ACLU.

[Psycho_Bunny]

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?

[Condor51]

(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".)

[madprof98]

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.

[longtermmemmory]

neutral memorial?

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

[CPOSharky]

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

[MamaTexan]

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??

[rock_lobsta]

Junior is not afiliated with any party.

[VOA]

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.)