City bars paintings with Bible verses

[molder]

[FONT=Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times]An artist filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against a Colorado city for removing two paintings because they include Bible quotations.

[/FONT][FONT=Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times]Award-winning painter Sharon Marolf, represented by the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, had two of her pieces displayed at a city recreation center in Delta, Colo., before someone complained of being offended by the Bible verses.[/FONT]
[FONT=Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times]Links: http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50443

[/FONT]http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=3768

http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/Issues/2006/04-19/delta/art.html

The sweet air of liberty must be replaced with an invisible gas that detects, exterminates, and suffocates any breath that would expel a religious word in public life. Publicly, religion must be totally repressed, so that soon only atheists will find the public atmosphere comfortable.
http://www.nationalreview.com/novak/novak071202.asp

 

[imind]

can you provide a link from a reputable news source? i'd like to read more about this.

 

[Vylo]

Hmmm. Interesting case. I can see both sides have some valid arguments.

 

[molder]

can you provide a link from a reputable news source? i'd like to read more about this.

Here are some more links:
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=3768
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/Issues/2006/04-19/delta/art.html

 

[Heiroglyph]

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[Quantos]

They should just ban all art, as someone can alwasy find somehing offensive about anything.

 

[KarateCowboy]

Ha. The next thing you know priests won't be able to go into public buildings, and their kids won't be able to go to public schools.

 

[ApocryphaNow]

As a permanent piece, I'm not sure I would enjoy artwork with a religious message. On the other hand, if a rotating roster of different artists were asked to contribute works every few months or year or so, that would be a different story. I enjoy seeing plurality of perspective.
Since this display did not seem to be permanent, I think this was a mistake and really takes things a bit further than they need to go.

 

[Doctrine1st]

This is a bit over the top.

Granted, there are some underhanded attempts to force Christianity on everyone, but this isn't one of them. People need to save their bullets from the real battle to keep freedom from religion free.

 

[Gramaic]

Ha. The next thing you know priests won't be able to go into public buildings, and their kids won't be able to go to public schools.

I know what you mean. All this anti-Christian sentiment that's been ocurring lately is becoming ridiculous!

 

[Quantos]

This is a bit over the top.

Granted, there are some underhanded attempts to force Christianity on everyone, but this isn't one of them. People need to save their bullets from the real battle to keep freedom from religion free.

It's
Freedom OF Religion
NOT
Freedom From Religion.

 

[Doctrine1st]

It's
Freedom OF Religion
NOT
Freedom From Religion.

It's both.

One is free to choose religion, any religion, while others are free not to choose any religion.

That's where issues such as Christian prayers over the school intercom or a school assembly come to play.

 

[JPPT1974]

Yeah it can work either way my friend!

 

[Nightson]

It's
Freedom OF Religion
NOT
Freedom From Religion.

It goes like this:

People's freedom of religion
AND
Government's fredom from religion

Can't have the first without the second. Seperation of Church and State, started right here in America.

 

[Gramaic]

It's
Freedom OF Religion
NOT
Freedom From Religion.

I couldn't agree more!

 

[Caylin]

I know what you mean. All this anti-Christian sentiment that's been ocurring lately is becoming ridiculous!

Boo hoo having the majority must be so hard.

 

[Rochir]

Hmm, would a picture with a saying of the Dalai Llama count as one with a religious message?

 

[george78]

Here are some more links:
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/n....aspx?cid=3768
http://www.deltacountyindependent.co...delta/art.html

Hey, you don't have to provide the "reputable news source" crowd on here with any other links. The ones you provided in the first place were perfectly ok.

Don't pay any attention to the folks that try to bash WND, Agape, Lifesite ect... If they want to ignore reality, let em. It's not your responsibility to provide news that they like.

Not to mention that the "reputable" news sources that they call for, have been caught in some rather bold-faced lies as of late.

In fact, I am going to start asking for "reputable news sources" when the drive-by media stories get held up as gospel.

 

[Vylo]

If they want to ignore reality, let em.

Lifestie and reality don't seem to mix. All media is subject to mistakes errors and even lies, but almost every single story linked thus far from lifesite has been shown to be false, distorted or uncofirmed. I think they had 1 article that was ever that was confirmed. WND and Agape follow a similar suit, but tend to be considerably better then Lifesite.

Fox, CNN, ABC, NBC, etc., might be farm from flawless, but they do nothing on the scale of WND, Agape, and especially Lifesite.

 

[AnotherAlias]

They should just ban all art, as someone can alwasy find something offensive about anything.

This made me chuckle.