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ACLU: Sight of cross on public tree inflicts 'irreparable harm'
American Thinker ^ | December 13, 2016 | Robert Knight

Posted on 12/13/2016 3:12:55 AM PST by detective

Joseph Tompkins is an "irreparable harm" survivor.  He's the guy who got the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to force a small Indiana town to remove a cross from atop its municipal Christmas tree on Monday. 

Mr. Tompkins, who must be blessed with remarkably selective eyesight, was "forced to come into direct and unwelcome contact" with the cross on top of the tree in the public square as he drove through Knightstown, causing him "irreparable harm," said the ACLU lawsuit filed on Dec. 8 on his behalf.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: aclu; christmas
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To: detective

I’ve read the other comments in the thread and it seems one party in this situation is being forgotten. The “forgotten man” is the judge that wrote the order to remove the cross. That must be an incredibly weak-minded person to accept such contrived arguments from the ACLU.


21 posted on 12/13/2016 4:03:12 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: detective

AMERICAN COMMUNIST LAWYERS' UNION


22 posted on 12/13/2016 4:06:18 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: detective

I wonder just what kind of judge would allow a case to proceed when the premise is so ridiculous. Irreparable harm indeed!


23 posted on 12/13/2016 4:43:07 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory.)
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To: detective

Must be hell for him going by a Catholic Church or any Christian Church for that matter.....I wonder if the small letter “t” also causes him agony.


24 posted on 12/13/2016 4:57:39 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: detective

If it’s irreparable, that means that the damage is done. No harm in leaving it up since your pansy ass is already damaged goods.


25 posted on 12/13/2016 5:02:20 AM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: detective

Anti-American Collectivist Loons United.


26 posted on 12/13/2016 5:18:50 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: Doogle
Defund the ACLU of all taxpayer money NOW!

ABSOLUTELY! Well-stated BUMP! Thanks, Doogle

27 posted on 12/13/2016 5:20:09 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: jsanders2001
ACLU

Anti-Christian Lawyers Union

28 posted on 12/13/2016 5:21:06 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: detective

Even a vampire can get over it. They wince a bit and move on.


29 posted on 12/13/2016 5:21:52 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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To: detective

What’s particularly nice is the result of his lawsuit: the townspeople have fought back by erecting crosses all through the town, so now Mr. Tompkins is forced to see crosses EVERYWHERE he goes. I bet they don’t take them down after Christmas.

***While Mr. Tompkins may have won his legal battle, he’s lost the culture war, as local residents have responded by displaying hundreds of crosses on everything from buildings to car antennas.

Now, instead of one cross on a stationary tree, an army of crosses is crisscrossing the city on public streets paid for with Mr. Tompkins’s very own tax dollars. Plus, the town Christmas tree is still there, awash with lights and ornaments. City officials can “Christianize” it with a star on top or an angel if they’re so inclined. ***


30 posted on 12/13/2016 5:27:13 AM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: FamiliarFace

The town is dealing with it! Hundreds of crosses have been erected. They’re everywhere.

http://fox59.com/2016/12/11/crosses-go-up-in-knightstown-after-christmas-display-lawsuit/


31 posted on 12/13/2016 5:31:44 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: detective

“Suck it up Buttercup” applies well here too.


32 posted on 12/13/2016 5:38:54 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: 48th SPS Crusader

What would happen if the town simply refused or asked for a court date and then if the date was before Jan 1st, have their atty at the last moment ask for a delay due to illness, etc. There could be a lot of excuses the town could use. By the time this was all settled Christmas would be over and the issue dies.

Next year repeat.


33 posted on 12/13/2016 5:46:11 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: FamiliarFace

My wife’s hometown, Wauconda, IL faced the same situation quite a few years ago—a cross on the water tower at Christmas. ACLU lawsuit demanded it come down and the town complied rather than pay for a lawsuit they knew they’d lose. And the town’s response was the same—lit crosses everywhere on private property.


34 posted on 12/13/2016 5:56:05 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: detective

Sight of cross on public tree inflicts 'irreparable harm'

Yeah. TO A SATAN WORSHIPPER.


35 posted on 12/13/2016 5:57:56 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted. It belongs to the brave. - - Ronaldus Magnus Reagan)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Simple solution: Pull his eyes out.


36 posted on 12/13/2016 6:32:41 AM PST by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: detective
In hindsight the very first time ACLU got a 10 commandments banned there should have been daily 10 commandments sandwich board walkers replacing the monument and in front of ACLU offices. If they knew that each ban multiplied the banned item by 10 times or more they would have given up after a few bans.
37 posted on 12/13/2016 6:42:08 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: detective

To the demonically possessed, maybe.

Of course, the creatures of the ACLU would be all for Demonic Rights.


38 posted on 12/13/2016 6:42:11 AM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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