From The Woodruff City Bulletin:
The June 2010 Woodruff City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Brad Burnett at 7:00pm and lasted only a little more than 20 minutes but likely the most notable minutes in recent Woodruff history.See also:
Immediately after opening of the meeting, Mayor Brad Burnett stood to address the Woodruff Citizens in attendance. Burnett began by stating he was a little convicted and wanted to make sure people understood something. Mayor Burnett then very passionately stated that “as long as I am here and I think as long as these people who are elected sitting in front of you”, referring to city council members, “we’re going to open every meeting with prayer”. As amens were heard from citizens around the room and council members James Smith, Tony Kennedy and Toni Sloan, Mayor Burnett continued… “It doesn’t make any difference if you appreciate that or you don’t appreciate that we’re going to open our meetings with prayer”.
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(Thanks JR)
Currupt they are. Go FFRF!
ReplyDeleteIf none of them are smart enough to do the job they're elected to do - by the MAYOR'S admission - it seems like prayer is the least of this council's concerns. :P
ReplyDeleteHe talks about nobody beeing protected by the constitution to not be offended, but fails to miss the point that seperation of church and state is alteast supposed to be protected by the constitution
ReplyDeleteHe keeps saying "if you're offended..." it's not about being offended jackass. It's about secularism, equality, disenfranchisement and religious freedom. In a pluralistic society the leaders of that society should cannot promote a single religion publicly without compromising the freedoms of others.
ReplyDeleteThe most interesting part of all of this is the demand letter by FFRF and then the ACLJ's response. The FFRF letter is three pages of well-articulated arguments based off of Supreme Court rulings, clearly marking the difference between when prayer is OK and not OK. They aren't all "no prayer, ever," but more "here is why this prayer is wrong." However, the ACLJ letter is all "Separation of Church & State is not in the constitution" and whiny paragraphs about how "the FFRF is all anti-religion." Such a facepalm.
ReplyDeleteWell he got one thing right. We don't have the constitutional right to not be offended. Too bad he's asking for guidance from the wrong God. I'd have a problem with that if I were a resident.
ReplyDeleteHe clear don´t matter about the laws he supposed to follow.
ReplyDelete<span>How come he is aware enough to know that he might offend people, but doesn't care enough to do anything about it?</span>
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Given how the religious are professionals when it comes to being offended, and can't seem to keep their displeasure to themselves., this is particularly ironic..</span>
You should read your post's before posting them.... just saying.
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