Should Saint Louis San Francisco and others change their names?

Vanity | Saturday 6 September 2003 | StACase

[StACase]

How long before the ACLU or other left wing anti religious groups sue cities and towns around the country with religious based names claiming separation of church and state bla...bla...bla...bla...?

Or has this happened already?

[StACase]

Just curious.

[Clara Lou]

OH, please!! "San Francisco" is part of California's Hispanic heritage. Our newest motor voters feel right at home.

[GreenHornet]

Perhaps Indianapolis, Indiana should consider changing its name to Nativeamericanapolis.

[annyokie]

For Pete's sake!

The Indian Islands are all named for Saints, due to the day they were logged by Christopher Columbus. The same with the towns and now cities in California. Most are named by the Padres who founded the Missions.

[Loyalist]

Quite right.

Spanish geographical names are but a beachhead for the invasion of Mexican illegals.

They come swimming across the Great River, sneaking through border cities such as The Pass and St. Didacus.

There are so many Mexican illegals in the Southwest that cities such as The Angels, Holy Fire and St. Anthony might as well be in Mexico.

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[fhayek]

They will change the name of St Louis to "Cohokia".
San Diego will become "North Tijuana".
And San Francisco? I propose "New Sodom".

[afraidfortherepublic]

Don't forget Corpus Christi! Surely that has them riled. < /sarcasm >

[Consort]

Anglocize them:

Mr. Louis, Mr. Diego, Mr. Francisco.

[Rain-maker]

Does this mean Oakland is Gomorrah?

Oh that's right no biblical connotations, maybe we should just outlaw all words and become a deaf mute nation.

[EggsAckley]

Shhhhh......don't give them any ideas!

[CounterCounterCulture]

San Francisco == >> La Raza Francisco
Los Angeles -- >> Los Diablos

[Mushinronshasan]

Perhaps they'll do it next Thor's day.

[T. P. Pole]

I asked this once before.

Move It or Lose It? Privatizing Religious Monuments
			Posted by T. P. Pole to Valin On News/Activism 08/14/2003 9:45 AM CDT #3 of 3 How soon until they start suing for name changes of cities? After all, La Crosse sure looks religious. And all those St's and Santa's out west. Los Angeles - city of angels? That has to go. San Francisco? Sacramento? St Loius? Where's my attorney? Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies

[fhayek]

The days are Norse gods.
The months are Roman gods.
The years are deliniated Anno Domini
Many cities have religious connotations. (After all, isn't the "Buffalo" sacred to some native american cultures?)

They'll have to turn everything into numbers and grid coordinates.

[Ax]

Detroit comes from the French word, meaning "the strait." Does this mean that the founders of Detroit were actively anti-gay? We'd better think about changing the name.

BTW, I think that "Buffalo" is also based on the French for "beautiful River," "beau flieu (SP)."

[Graybeard58]

Don't forget Corpus Christi! Surely that has them riled. < /sarcasm >


I have always wondered if there are any atheists in Corpus Christi.

[StACase]

"The years are deliniated Anno Domini"

Isn't there some new initials instead of AD that liberals use like CT for Common Time or something like that?

[fhayek]

I think they use the initials "BCE" to stand for "Before the common era" to substitute for "BC". I guess that means we are now in the "Common Era". God forbid that any reference to "Christ" or "Our Lord" be used.

[Eala]

They'll have to turn everything into numbers and grid coordinates.

Not always a bad thing. Street names are rare here in King County WA (including Seattle). Instead they are given numbers and quadrants, to wit:
124th Ave. NE runs north&south in the NE quadrant.
NE 124th St. runs east & west in the NE quadrant.

14415 NE 124th St. is on a street that runs north & south in the NE quadrant, near 144th Ave, running east & west. The only time I've had to consult maps is in the rural part of the county where it's not so obvious how to get there.

[sheik yerbouty]

Sacremento=Los Putos....