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Venue denied for TEA party in Miss.
ONE NEWS NOW ^ | 4/14/2009 4:00:00 AM | Charlie Butts

Posted on 04/14/2009 2:49:04 AM PDT by Cindy

town in Mississippi may hear soon from a religious liberty legal group.

The town under a microscope is Greenwood, Mississippi. Mat Staver with Liberty Counsel and Liberty University explains what has transpired.

"Greenwood officials have denied the use of city hall as a venue for the upcoming taxpayers' protest," he says, "[and they] relied on a 1963 ordinance that was designed back then to literally stifle civil rights marches and other protests."

(Excerpt) Read more at onenewsnow.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: cityhall; greenwood; mississippi; teaparty
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To: NerdDad

Will do!! Thanks for the ping! The irony here is unbeliveable!


21 posted on 04/15/2009 4:48:00 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Cindy

My hubby, SirKit was wondering if y’all ended up having the Tea Party in Greenwood.


22 posted on 04/15/2009 9:26:12 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

I don’t live in that state, but according to this link, they moved their protest rally to the park.

http://www.gwcommonwealth.com/articles/2009/04/08/news/top_stories/04082009news01.txt


23 posted on 04/15/2009 9:30:33 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Thanks! I’d checked the Commonwealth earlier in the evening, and that story didn’t come up.


24 posted on 04/16/2009 12:24:34 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=10191079

“Hundreds meet in Jackson for anti-tax protest”
Associated Press - April 15, 2009 6:44 PM ET

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -

SNIPPET: “Similar rallies were held across Mississippi in Natchez, Hattiesburg, Tupelo and Greenwood.”


25 posted on 04/16/2009 12:32:58 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: wardaddy

I never said white trash was running Greenwood now. I said the same type of trash that ran Greenwood in 1963 is running it now. Colors change, Democrat oppression doesn’t.


26 posted on 04/17/2009 2:48:11 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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