http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/tag_rss/Religion On May 5th 2008 the Los Alamitos City Council put on their agenda an item that seemed innocent enough. It was a decision to add a plaque with In God We Trust to the walls of the City Council. This is part of an effort led by Christian fundamentalist Bakersfield Councilwoman Sullivan from her non-profit, In God We Trust - America. A number of cities in the State of California have fallen to this attempt to de-secularize city government, a few have stood up for secular government and said "No." I decided to stop it in Los Alamitos. Alone. Something silly to do with the state being secular. You know, that kind of silly stuff pushed by those old fogies Madison and Jefferson way back in the 1770's. Below the fold are the speeches I have given in the Council Chamber (and the reactions from the Los Alamitos City Council if there was any). http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/met00/CLX2 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/met00/CLX2/commentary#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:54:02 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/met00/CLX2 Met00 Met00 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/CLX2/ In the middle of the night on August 27, 1955, Emmett Till--a 15 year-old black boy--was kidnapped from his uncle's house in Mississippi by two white brothers. They dragged him into the woods, beat him until he was unrecognizable, shot him, tied a fan around his neck to weigh him down, and tossed him into the Tallahatchie River. On September 22, 2000, a man charged into a gay bar in Roanoke, VA and opened fire because he wanted to "waste some faggots." Danny Overstreet was killed, and six others were injured. In a new video , Focus on the Family equates being brutally murdered for being gay with getting your order screwed up in the drive through. They equate Emmett Till's savage death with being cut off while driving on the freeway. These are the people who purport to speak for Christians in America. These are the family values that they espouse. This is the group that is pulling George W. Bush's puppet strings. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/VMW http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/VMW/commentary#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:56:57 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/michaelditto/VMW Michael Ditto Michael Ditto 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/VMW/