yep, tis the season On Nov 11, 6:24 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Louisiana American Civil Liberties Union fired off a letter to the > mayor of Thibodaux, La., warning that the small town's promotion of a > city festival featuring Christian bands may be a violation of the > First Amendment. > > The Thibodeauxville Festival, which draws nearly 12,000 people to the > town whose population barely exceeds 14,000, has featured fun, food, > street dancing and bands from a variety of genres for the past 16 > years. > > But when the ACLU spied the city's seal on a flier that also promoted > the Christian bands performing at the festival, it took action. > > Marjorie Esman, executive director of ACLU Louisiana told WWL-TV, New > Orleans, "We wrote to a letter to the mayor, copied the president of > the chamber, asking them for the future to not include religious > expression in the event." > > http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80649 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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