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Topics => Judiciary, Crime, & Courts => Topic started by: warpmine on June 22, 2014, 12:19:35 PM

Title: Ground Zero Cross: Court presses atheist group to explain
Post by: warpmine on June 22, 2014, 12:19:35 PM

Ground Zero Cross: Court presses atheist group to explain why artifact is 'offensive'

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“We’re thrilled that the court picked up on this issue,” said group lawyer Eric Baxter, whose brief argued that American Atheists had no right to bring a lawsuit in the first place. “Courts should not allow people to sue just because they claim to get ‘dyspepsia’ over a historical artifact displayed in a museum.”

“Taking personal offense is not an injury that warrants invoking the power of the courts to shut down everything you disagree with,” Baxter also said. “The Constitution is not a personal tool for censoring everyone’s beliefs but your own.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/21/ground-zero-cross/ (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/21/ground-zero-cross/)

A glimmer of hope, a glimmer

Title: Re: Ground Zero Cross: Court presses atheist group to explain
Post by: Pandora on June 22, 2014, 12:25:56 PM

We'll see.  I'm not getting my hopes up again.

Title: Re: Ground Zero Cross: Court presses atheist group to explain
Post by: Dan on June 22, 2014, 01:21:22 PM

Mr. Baxter articulated a perfect rebuttal to all the grievance-mongers out there.
I hope it carries sufficient weight.

Title: Re: Ground Zero Cross: Court presses atheist group to explain
Post by: John Florida on June 22, 2014, 07:08:12 PM

  I'm with Pan on this one.

Title: Re: Ground Zero Cross: Court presses atheist group to explain
Post by: AlanS on June 22, 2014, 07:59:40 PM

Quote from: Dan on June 22, 2014, 01:21:22 PM

Mr. Baxter articulated a perfect rebuttal to all the grievance-mongers out there.
I hope it carries sufficient weight.

Sums it up.

Title: Re: Ground Zero Cross: Court presses atheist group to explain
Post by: Libertas on June 23, 2014, 07:06:22 AM

Agreed, but the grievance-mongers never quit...we'll see where this settles in the end...