Bloomington bans Bible, but welcomes Buddha

[BlaznFattyz]

Buddha is welcome but the Bible is banned at the Bloomington, Ind., city hall after officials booted a display of the Ten Commandments erected by Christians wanting equal treatment with the Far East religion promoted by the Dalai Lama.

A WND request for comment from Mayor Mark Kruzan wasn't immediately returned, but a team of Christians upset over the promotion of Buddhism told WND they are seeking legal advice about their next step.

The dispute arose over a display of religious statues of Buddha and other items, including religious cloth paintings, erected in the Bloomington City Hall to coincide with a coming visit of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's leader of Buddhism... CONT'D

 

[wil]

This one goes under the category of whine whine whine...

[FONT=Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times]In his announcement promoting the Buddhist display, Kruzan said there would be a ceremony "with His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama" at the Tibetan Cultural Center. [/FONT]
[FONT=Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times]"We look forward to His Holiness' visit and this special ribbon cutting event, which will be open to the public," he said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times]The display, according to the city, features photographs and craftwork of Tibet. "Also on exhibit are religious cloth paintings or thangkas and photographic scrolls featuring images of Tibet," the city said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times]There also is a "Peace Tree" in city hall, where the public "is invited to write their 'peace wishes' on the paper strips and tie them to the tree branches," the city announcement said. [/FONT]
[FONT=Palatino, Book Antiqua, Times New Roman, Georgia, Times]The Christians simply said that those actions opened the door to all religious materials, and their beliefs have just as much right to space in city hall as the Dalai Lama's. [/FONT]

So the city set up a temporary display to honor the visit of a foreign dignitary and immediately some Christian group tries to get their name in the paper and succeeds! Now if the pope were coming to town and the temporary display included the ten commandments and Christian relics and some atheists or Pagans wanted to erect some counter display...what would this group do?? Whine whine whine, like it is some kind of sacrament.

 

[Pathless]

I am going to go to my local courthouse TODAY and permanently erect an altar to my own dark goddess, complete with my sun rock and jupiter rocks.

No one try to stop me!! I claim freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and free speech!!

What, y'all want to build an altar, too? ...

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Okay, but we should leave a little space so people can get into and out of the courthouse. No fire hazards, people.

 

[BlaznFattyz]

I have a sun rock.