Comments on: More scrutiny of Greece Town Board

By: rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate

rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:13:33 +0000

[...] The Henrietta GOP was looking around for the next Town Supervisor candidate. Brighton sets up the Green Brighton Task Force as the environmental agency for the town. The city’s ambulance contract was up for renewal. Mayor Duffy attended the 75th annual United States Conference of Mayors. The libraries capitulated to Brooks’ demands on censorship, or else they would have been denied funding. Only Republicans showed up to the 4th of July celebrations in Henrietta. The county’s credit rating fell. 376 to 261: voters approved the North East Joint Fire District plan to build and renovate stations in Penfield and Webster. Mayor Duffy marched in the Gay Pride Parade while Brooks was less than enthusiastic. The Greece Town Board and the ACLU were fighting over religious intolerance. [...]

By: rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate

rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:48:54 +0000

[...] what does Greece do? well, we have been over this before. There was this post, or this one, City News covered it, why it is wrong, Heck Greece even had a forum about [...]

By: Sahar Massachi

Sahar Massachi — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:27:41 +0000

Thanks for commenting, I hope you’ll keep us informed when the time comes.

By: Jiminy Bizbo

Jiminy Bizbo — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:19:33 +0000

“Comment by jolshefsky As for the C-Span video, who were the people interrupting the prayer? I couldnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t tell what they were saying”

…it was probably the Bush twins and their bodyguards.

By: Jiminy Bizbo

Jiminy Bizbo — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:52:28 +0000

I’ve sent in a referral here - let’s see if they’ll take them to court:

http://ffrf.org/contact/

By: Natasha

Natasha — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:04:29 +0000

The Legal Committee has met and has made a decision that it will not disclose at this time. Another national organization is also getting involved.
The posted video illustrates how the religious right is fighting to promote its brand of religion in Washignton and across the country, including the town of Greece board meetings.

By: Sahar Massachi

Sahar Massachi — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:25:29 +0000

“Lord Jesus, forgive us, Father, for allowing the prayer of the wicked, which is an abomination in your sight,” according to WorldNetDaily.

By: Itchy

Itchy — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:30:15 +0000

Something along the lines of “Our Lord Jesus will not allow us to worship false Gods?”

By: jolshefsky

jolshefsky — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:13:55 +0000

As for the C-Span video, who were the people interrupting the prayer? I couldn’t tell what they were saying.

By: Itchy

Itchy — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:46:21 +0000

Remember that the Town Supervisor, the Town Board, and the Town Attorney are not moderate in their religious beliefs. Most attended religious schools and universities, and they send their children there as well. They are all church-going Christians; true believers.

Given their religious affiliations, some probably believe that it is their Christian duty to push Jesus into civic life as much as possible.

I’m not saying that they’re hard-core dominionists, just that they’ve let their religious beliefs cloud their judgment to the point where they’ve been derelict in interpreting the law.

Is Greece the next Ave Maria, Florida?