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Mayor Denounced For Saying Lancaster Is 'Growing a Christian Community'
LATimes ^ | January 31, 2010

Posted on 01/31/2010 4:51:23 PM PST by Steelfish

Mayor Denounced For Saying Lancaster Is 'Growing a Christian Community' January 31, 2010

Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris drew criticism from a leading Muslim group today after saying in his annual State of the City address that the high desert town was “growing a Christian community.”

"We're growing a Christian community, and don't let anybody shy away from that,” Parris told the audience of ministers gathered for his address.

“I need [Lancaster residents] standing up and saying we're a Christian community, and we're proud of that," the mayor said.

The Greater Los Angeles area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations denounced the statement and said it plans to file a complaint about the mayor's remarks with the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department.

“Elected officials should not use their public positions to impose their religious beliefs on others," said Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of CAIR.

The mayor, reached by telephone today, said his remarks did not intend to impose his faith on others, and he said he would make no apology.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: antichristian; cair; christianpersecution; christians; facebook; hatecrimes; hateincidents; hatespeech; islam; lancaster; mayor; mulims; nofreespeech; socialmedia
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1 posted on 01/31/2010 4:51:23 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

No apology? GOOD.


2 posted on 01/31/2010 4:53:29 PM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Steelfish
Anytime CAIR protests, it means somebody has told the truth or done something right.

Anytime CAIR throws a hissy-fit, it means we're really on the right track!

3 posted on 01/31/2010 4:54:41 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Steelfish

Parris needs to quote President Bill Clinton and tell the muzzies to just “Kiss it”.


4 posted on 01/31/2010 4:55:33 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (If the CIA and NASA are going to "monitor climate change", why the hell do we need the EPA?)
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To: Steelfish

“he said he would make no apology.”

I hope he hangs tough. He has nothing to apologize for. CAIR can sit and cry all they want.


5 posted on 01/31/2010 4:55:34 PM PST by Persevero
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To: Steelfish

muslems cannot be americans. Send them home. Fire the idiots that allowed them to come here which means - DO NOT RE-ELECT ANYONE. None deserve another term.


6 posted on 01/31/2010 4:56:33 PM PST by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: Vigilanteman
One is forced to presume CAIR wants the mayor to say it's a growing Islamofascist community.

I'm happy to do that for him. It's up to him to turn that problem around and send them where they're wanted.

7 posted on 01/31/2010 5:00:43 PM PST by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: Steelfish
The Greater Los Angeles area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations denounced the statement and said it plans to file a complaint about the mayor's remarks with the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department.

Oh, EFF OFF, already. You don't like what the mayor has to say, send a letter to the editor. The mayor hasn't violated your civil rights and you're only making your organization look ridiculous.

8 posted on 01/31/2010 5:00:43 PM PST by DemforBush (Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
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To: Steelfish

For a politician, having CAIR file a complaint against you is worth an extra five points in the polls minimum. If he can get Pelosi to chime in he should start thinking Governer.


9 posted on 01/31/2010 5:04:45 PM PST by circlecity
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To: Persevero

Eric Holder and the Obama administration hve just found the town in which they plan to release the ex-Gitmo detainees, under their new “Our Diversity is Our Strength Program”. They’ll balance each Christian family of four with a Muzzie family of twelve.


10 posted on 01/31/2010 5:06:46 PM PST by Sir Clancelot
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To: Steelfish
The intimidation followed by veiled threats.

And when they declare their "communities" here, no one will dare criticise them.

11 posted on 01/31/2010 5:08:21 PM PST by Regulator (Welcome to Zimbabwe! Now hand over your property....)
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To: circlecity

It’s about time we start protesting at CAIR facilities, sending e-mails, and in general telling them that THIS IS AMERICA and our freedom of speech includes describing our nation as a CHRISTIAN-JUDAO community - if they don’t want to be part, GO HOME! NOW! TODAY! NO MORE APOLOGIES....


12 posted on 01/31/2010 5:08:51 PM PST by princess leah
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To: Steelfish

don’t let anybody shy away from that
don’t let anybody shy away from that
don’t let anybody shy away from that
don’t let anybody shy away from that
don’t let anybody shy away from that


13 posted on 01/31/2010 5:15:07 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS ... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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To: Steelfish

Don’t know what “brand” of Christendom the mayor belongs to, but CAIR’s response is typical. Here’s a dirty little secret Muslims don’t want us to know - muscular, aggressive Christianity, especially the evangelical/fundamentalist kind, scares the bejeebers out of them, because it makes converts so much faster than they do, and makes them even faster than Muslims can breed.


14 posted on 01/31/2010 5:15:09 PM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
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To: Steelfish

I suppose the time is coming when we’ll have to form enclaves to protect our own, with walled towns and cities to keep our the hordes — much as the Byzantines did in the Middle Ages, or the Knights Templar did in the era of the Crusades... No one else is going to defend this nation ultimately — no one will defend Christians in particular from the Politically Correct idiots and the Muslim extremists.


15 posted on 01/31/2010 5:15:59 PM PST by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: Islaminaction

*ping*


16 posted on 01/31/2010 5:28:04 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Steelfish

Hey Muzzies, why mess with Lancaster when there is another dessert where YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO NOW!

And take your damned “moon religion” with you.


17 posted on 01/31/2010 5:43:42 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: edcoil

Just learned about the First Alien and Sedition Act of 1789. There really is nothing new under the sun.

http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/events/06_18


18 posted on 01/31/2010 5:52:24 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: Steelfish

CAIR, don’t like Christianity? Too bad. Keep pushing, and you will regret the blow back. Never again.

Free Constantinople, now!


19 posted on 01/31/2010 6:14:18 PM PST by firebasecody (Orthodoxy, telling it straight since AD 33)
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