[Diana in Wisconsin]

This woman is a menace, preying on families and bilking her non-profit status for a HUGE salary for herself, her husband and her MOTHER who started Freedom FROM Religion way back when.

Grifters. Every last one of them.

[Brilliant]

“state-sponsored event”

Why is the state paying for a funeral?

[freekitty]

I would be all over that watchdog group and the you know whats like flies to dung.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Again, a misinterpretation of the Constitution for the benefit of the godless.

[GingisK]

"We certainly wouldn't want to have an appearance of a potential church-state violation overshadow the event."

They did already. The government isn't allowed to rule against religion.

[vetsvette]

These leftists will be in for a big surprise shortly after they croak.

[gidget7]

ANYONE who can deny grieving families, prayer, is lower than scum.

[mdittmar]

would violate the separation of church and state guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution.

The full text of the U.S. Constitution.

Guess if they tell a lie often enough...

[gaemes]

I’m still trying to find the “Freedom From Religion” clause in the Constitution.

Am I just being a bit thick? I just can’t find it.

Freedom of Religion I found, but am still looking for the “Wall”.

Your thoughts?

[alloysteel]

What, really, is “separation of church and state”?

The phrase appears nowhere in the Constitution or any of the Amendments. The only reference that has to do with religion at all, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”, is found as part of the First Amendment.

[dbacks]

What would happen should ‘spontaneous’ Hymns, etc erupt, long, loud, energetic, ect? Arrests?

[Bulldawg Fan]

A classic example of how these groups get their way, mere threats cause dish rag officials to run for cover. Wisconsin should be proud of its cowardly Attorney General. He has disgraced the state and is a pitiful example of worthless bureaucrats.

Meanwhile, hell awaits that woman.

[Enchante]

"Since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained: And since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."

George Washington, 1st Inaugural Address

These constant assaults on any hint of religion in any public function are based upon the LIE that the 1st Amendment was intended to eradicate all aspects of religion from every area of public life. Nothing could be further from the truth. While nearly all of the founders a fairly ecumenical or even "deistic" outlook toward doctrinal disputes within the Judaeo-Christian tradition, the never imagined that the 1st Amendment could be misused he way it has been distorted in recent decades. The founders commonly invoked prayer and the deity in public speeches and writings -- they simply did not want any ONE Christian sect elevated as the official national, establishment church as had been done in Europe (and as had been done in most of the COLONIES they grew up in). Indeed, most of the colonies had an official established church AT THE TIME of the adoption of the 1st Amendment. They simply didn't want such a policy on the national level.

[vladimir998]

From the article: “... department spokesman Kevin St. John said Friday.”

The spokesman is named St. John? He better change his name before they fire him!

[rawhide]

http://ffrf.org/index2.php

[AmericaUnited]

"Grieving and vulnerable families should not be ... be told how or what they are expected to believe,"

But essentially that IS WHAT the state is now doing. THOU SHALT NOT WORSHIP IN ANY WAY...

[rawhide]

‘Freedom of religion’ does not mean ‘freedom from religion’. Our nation was founded on judeo-christian beliefs and it should always remain that way.

[AliVeritas]

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[G Larry]

Sing whatever you want to anyway!

What are they going to do? Arrest you?

Good test case for this crazy interpretation of “Congress shall make no law...”

[madinmadtown]

This attorney general is a true RINO. I keep hearing dems saying how much they like him....and NO one else. He wants to be governor and he has not demonstrated at any time why any republican would vote for him. He has not shown any ideology that is anything other than liberal.