Christmas In July

Posted on July 8, 2005

Looks like this city got an early Christmas present this year. You got to love it when the ACLU loses. It kind of rekindles some hope in the justice system. Alliance Defense Fund won this case for religious liberty against the ACLU. This is one organization you all should really look into becoming a part of. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again….being offended is not grounds to sue. When will the liberals get out of this victim mentality?

This is what was so offensive? Thank you CC4Truth for the pic.

From ADF’s Website
BOSTON-A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit ruled unanimously Wednesday that a woman represented by the ACLU who sued the City of Cranston, R.I., after being offended by Christmas displays at City Hall had no standing to bring her claim.

“This is the court’s message: you can’t sue just because you’re an offended observer,” said ADF Chief Counsel Benjamin Bull. “The appeals court today rejected what has been a longstanding ACLU tactic-filing lawsuits simply for the reason that somebody claims to be offended. The Christmas displays in Cranston were perfectly constitutional, just as the district court ruled.”
On Nov. 15 of last year, a federal district court ruled that the City of Cranston’s practice of allowing private holiday displays, including religious displays, on the front lawn of City Hall does not violate the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.

The district court did grant an injunction against the city on other grounds at that time, but the appeals court today threw out the injunction saying that the client represented by the ACLU had no standing to sue.

In Wednesday’s opinion, the three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals wrote, “The Constitution requires that litigants have a personal stake in a case before they may sue in a federal court., and this plaintiff has not provided facts sufficient to show that she possesses such a stake.”

Thank you Mudville Gazette and Outside The Beltway
And welcome Barking Moonbat Readers and Chrenkoff readers

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6 Responses to “Christmas In July”

NYgirl on July 8th, 2005 12:45 pm

A major victory in Beantown of all places! Wonders never cease. Mitt Romeny seems to be doing a great job.
Who knows, maybe there will be a moonbat fight to Canada & we will be able to have our country back. Boston is a beautiful city, I’d love to see it be Commi free.
John on July 8th, 2005 2:21 pm

That is great news!
Kathy on July 8th, 2005 2:29 pm

Yeah! I hope they make the looser pay the court costs and defendent attorney fees…
Cao on July 8th, 2005 6:20 pm

Welcome barking moonbat readers. Gotta love that one, Jay.
Jay on July 9th, 2005 12:51 am

I do love it Cao, and the email he sent me. Seems like a really nice guy. And now a link from Chrenkoff. What a day!
very nice on August 24th, 2005 8:57 pm

Thank you for the info. http://www.bignews.com