It's okay to decorate a police car with rainbow flags, but not Bible verses.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/06/25/its-okay-to-decorate-police-car-with-rainbow-flags-but-not-bible-verses.html
Proverbs 16:18-21 (NKJV)
18 Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20 He who heeds the word wisely will find good,
And whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he.
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Ahem, the latter is a violation of a little thing you have called the Establishment Clause. I know you absolutely HATE it, but that doesn't change the fact that it's there. The sheriff's office is a government office, and they aren't allowed to favor one religion over another.
Actually, I had to DIG to find any source for this that wasn't batshit crazy right-wing; the original story on the Bible verses being removed are coming from the Rononoke Times. The FFRF and the ACLU were involved, as were local officials who weren't informed of this decision by the sheriff's office AT ALL.
And sure enough, the comments section there's filled with whining Christians, asking why people care if the government favors Christianity... and then when someone asks why not "Blessed is Allah", then, they start screaming about how Islam is a false religion...
They just can't SEE it...
To be fair: I think it's not okay for a police car to be decorated with anything but its necessary markings to identify as a police car. To my opinion, the police should be strictly neutral to uphold the law and ensure public safety. They should be accessible to every individual citizen. Any hint of preferential treatment to anybody should be strictly prohibited.
So no religious or political markings, but also no markings to support various groups in society, be it environmental, social or whatever.
The difference between me and this relinut being: I'm against ALL markings. Not just the ones I don't like. Big difference...
It's okay to decorate a police car with rainbow flags, but not Bible verses.
At last, a factual statement from Lady Checkmyth.
P.S. - Of course this is strictly speaking in terms of the law. It is factually okay. While I tend to agree with Freethinker above, I'm actually just fine with this at the moment. People like Starnes and the "Lady" here have been just fine with seeing their tribe piss on everything to mark "their" territory since forever. Now at least Lady gets a clue on how it feels to have people she disagrees with appropriating something (albeit temporarily) that belongs to all of us .
"It's okay to decorate a police car with rainbow flags, but not Bible verses."
How about Koran verses?
See if you can figure out why you are feeling rage about that question. It might help to read the constitution.
It's okay to decorate a police car with rainbow flags, but not Bible verses.
Correct! That's a first for you. Is it scary, this new feeling?
The rainbow flag is not the sole property of the LGBT movement. It stands for equality in diversity. Try telling that to a shithead like Lady Chunkmate though.
It must be wonderful to have such an ego that you think you have won every argument just by stating your argument. She really is the pigeon on the chessboard.
Enlightened people take things lightly.
It seems a police car should be decorated only with telltale colours and insignia. I appreciate police are making an effort to show, as a whole, an effort to build friendlier towards sexual minorities - but their cruisers are not political banners; they're there, ideally, for the protection of everyone.
I can quote stuff that was written down too.
U.S. Constitution: Amendment 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or
of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.
One`s legal, the other is not, fuck your little verses, there`s no wisdom in any of the shit you quote.
Everything except Christianity is a religion. Christianity is a philosophy and a relationship with Jesus, so it can be taught in schools and be endorsed by the government freely. It still gets the tax exemption that religions get, though.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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