Lawsuit filed to halt Gov. Perry's association with sectarian prayer rally

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Permalink Reply by Hugh Kramer on July 14, 2011 at 4:24pm

Perry, Perry, quite contrary,
How does your prayer-fest go?
"With silver bells and visions of Hell,
And hate-groups all in a row."

Permalink Reply by Joe Tomberlin on July 14, 2011 at 5:22pm

Very good, that would make a great sign for protesters of the rally.

 

Permalink Reply by Hugh Kramer on July 15, 2011 at 5:08pm

Suggest it to them. From what I heard, all their signs will be pre-made and fairly bland.

Permalink Reply by matt warren on July 17, 2011 at 2:35pm

hope you dont mind.

I just sent

Perry, Perry, quite contrary,
How does your prayer-fest go?
"With silver bells and visions of Hell,
And hate-groups all in a row."

to the texas govs contact page.

hope he gets it.

Permalink Reply by Hugh Kramer on July 26, 2011 at 5:13pm

I hope he appreciates my care to stay within the meter of the original :)

Permalink Reply by matt warren on July 16, 2011 at 12:30pm

its a state sposored prayer rally and should be stoped in acordence with constitutional law.

bottom line this guy is in violation of the law and should be arrested.

and no one seems to have the balls to do it!

Permalink Reply by dr kellie on July 16, 2011 at 12:33pm

It is my understanding, and correct me if I am wrong, that this is not state sponsered.

Permalink Reply by Julie Carter on July 17, 2011 at 1:03am

I think you're right. It's not actually state-sponsored, it's being sponsored by some religious "family first" type group. But the fact that the governor of my state is endorsing it just greatly offends me, and I've been wondering how it could possibly be allowed or be constitutional for him to even endorse it. I guess supporters say that he's allowed to do so as a private individual, but that's a load of BS. He's publicly endorsing it, inviting other politicians to join, etc. So I can't see that he can get by on some stupid technicality. And I can't believe that it takes a group from outside of Texas to actually call him on it! I keep waiting for someone within Texas to file a lawsuit or something, and nothing was happening! Perry just disgusts me in so many ways. He's a slimeball.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on July 17, 2011 at 9:56am

They've got a mass of people within Texas, on behalf of whom the lawsuit is being filed.

Permalink Reply by Wanda T on July 17, 2011 at 3:03pm

It's not that people in Texas were/are sitting on our hands Julie.  FFRF is representing their Texas members in this action, many of whom no doubt contacted FFRF for assistance.  There are local groups in Texas who support church/state separation issues, but none with the power and legal resources of the FFRF. This is what they do and members in all states support the legal fund.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on July 17, 2011 at 9:55am

Not sponsored, perhaps, but endorsed.  That's still unconstitutional.

Permalink Reply by matt warren on July 17, 2011 at 2:27pm

thanx for clarifying the point.

& ya

especially with an official "state proclamation"

definitely unconstitutional.

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