the Constitution can NOT make you pray, but it can NOT forbid it either...
Posted on 05/10/2010 10:06:22 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Big Brother says elderly visitors to federally funded meals at a Georgia senior citizen's center aren't allowed to pray to that absurd, dangerous Christian God of theirs. Obama's Big Brother government contends that since it has paid for their meals the government has the right to slam its iron boot heel down on the necks of those seasoned citizens that dare to engage in such an apostasy toward the state.
Seem absurd? Well it is but that is what happens when the feds roll into town and begin to hand out money. They feel the right to dictate what everyone is allowed or not allowed to do and in the case of Port Wentworth's Ed Young Senior Citizens Center near Savannah that is to tell these old folks that they are not allowed to pray before a meal.
There are federal "guidelines" to observe, after all and the federal government's rules say none of that ridiculous Christian stuff will go on if the feds supply even a penny of funding. Old folks that want to pray are banned from doing so and if they don't like it, why they can go hungry because the new Uncle Sam is a crusader against religion.
Well, at least one religion, anyway.
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
They prayed. A moment of silence was observed at the tables. Sometimes people lie distort the truth to get more circulation.
The various tribes only care about their rank in the tribe.
They do not care about making their areas or America better.
I hope the seniors are suing! Will they say that to a muslim too?
LOL... though I doubt you’d find many seniors that would forsake God in such a way. My personal response would be... “Make me.”
If they tried, my second response would require them to take a trip to the nurses office. hehee.
...If I were a senior.
Thanks Mobile Vulgus, and well said.
I’m still young and that would be my response today. “F*&k’em if they can’t take a joke.”
"I fought at Anzio, stormed Normandy, and endured Inchon for this?!?!?!?"
zot
effin pea-brained darwinist/statist troll.
Yep I agree. They should all recite the Lord’s Prayer as loudly as they can,if there are other religions in the goup they should do the same with whatever prayer they want to say.
LOL!
About ten years ago, at hearings for a proposed municipality smoking ban, a local health board Nazi was questioned by a WWII vet that he wasn’t carrying around German shrapnel from Normandy just to have to put up with this twaddle, especially since the aforementioned public health official proposed that the smoking ban in bars ought to apply to the local VFW bar to which the veteran strongly objected.
The lady responded, “I don’t care”.
The punch line.....the public health official, the lady, is Jewish.
Some things you just couldn’t script.
Amen.
The regular group prayer is banned. Of course they can pray silently, anyone can at any time and no Big Brother will know.
Banning group prayer is unconsitutional.
Thank him for the food we eat,
Thank him for comrades we meet.
Thank him for the birds that sing,
Thank Barack for everything. Amen
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How much more unconstitutional tyranny are we going to take, as a country? How much more? The thought of the elderly being prevented from their regular practice of group prayer before meals makes my blood boil.
the Constitution can NOT make you pray, but it can NOT forbid it either...
When they stop taking Christians tax dollars, you know the ones with ‘in God we trust’ on them, to hold elders food hostage...
Those who worship have to step up and take care of folks and get government out of our schools, senior centers, soup kitchens, pantries, hospitals, pregnancy centers, after school programs, etc..
If people keep being PC and not speaking out, we’ll be back in the catacombs.
I’m not having it.
I haven’t been to Savannah for while, maybe it’s time to visit.
Yep.
Every woman needs to carry a good old-fashioned doorstop in her purse; one of those wedge-shaped things with the rubber traction strip on the bottom. If forced into the need to use a restroom in “gender neutral” territory, enter, wait until other occupants leave, then close the door and kick the doorstop into place. HARD.
Carry on business as usual, then kick the stop sideways to remove it. To any who complain, the instantaneous retort should be, “It ain’t my problem, Dearie; take it up with the Legislature.”
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