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Election Roundup
Some favorable election results for nontheists
There were plenty of religious issues and candidates on the Nov. 6 general election ballot across the U.S.
The Catholic Church and other denominations that vigorously opposed same-sex marriage with millions of dollars in four states lost all four referendums.
In Washington state, voters approved by 6 percentage points a same-sex marriage law passed by the Legislature. Maine voters approved a similar law by the same margin. Maryland voters approved gay marriage by 52% to 48%.
Minnesota was the first state ever to defeat a constitutional ban on the issue. A measure to amend the Constitution to define marriage as a union of one man and one woman lost 52% to 48%.
Bishop Richard Malone of the Diocese of Portland said he was "deeply disappointed" how Mainers voted. He'd issued a statement earlier saying same-sex marriage supporters are "unfaithful to Catholic doctrine."
Nine U.S. states and the District of Columbia have now legalized gay unions.
Relatedly, Iowa voters retained Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins despite efforts by conservative evangelicals to get him off the bench because of his 2009 vote affirming the legality of same-sex marriage.
Wiggins was the fourth justice to stand for retention since the unanimous ruling. Three justices were all ousted in 2010.
Jesus shrine defender loses in Montana
U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., lost the race for a U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic incumbent Jon Tester, 49% to 45%. Rehberg, a social conservative had some very ugly things to say about FFRF after it sued Feb. 7 in U.S. District Court, challenging the U.S. Forest Service's decision to renew a special permit to maintain a Jesus shrine in the Flathead National Forest near Kalispell.
Rehberg publicly denounced FFRF and started a website, vetsforjesus.com/, which takes visitors to his congressional website and a pitch to retain the shrine. He also joined a legal brief to keep the statue on Big Mountain.
Religion takes electoral hit in Florida
Florida voters on Nov. 6 defeated Amendment 8, the "Religious Freedom Amendment" that would have repealed the state's Blaine Amendment, a constitutional ban on tax money going to religious institutions. It was rejected by 56% to 44%.
Voters also defeated Amendment 6, which for the most part would have barred use of public funds to pay for abortions or for insurance coverage for abortions. The vote was 55% to 45%.
Darwin gets Georgia votes as write-in
Jim Leebens-Mack, a University of Georgia plant biologist who started a "Darwin for Congress" write-in campaign after incumbent Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., made some wacky remarks about evolution, said his candidate got a few more votes than he expected.
About 4,000 voters wrote in Charles Darwin for 10th District Congress. Broun, who had no Democratic opponent, called evolution "lies straight from the pit of hell" while speaking at a sportsmen's banquet at a Hartwell church.
Roy Moore regains Alabama court seat
Roy Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who was removed in 2003 by a judicial panel for disobeying a federal court order, won a seat Nov. 6 on the state Supreme Court, garnering 52% of the vote against a Democratic opponent.
Moore refused to enforce a federal order requiring a Ten Commandments monument to be removed from the state judicial building.
He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2006 and 2010 and most recently served as president of the Foundation of Moral Law, a conservative group. On his campaign website for the Supreme Court, Moore said he won't try to bring the Ten Commandments back to the judicial building.
Pete Stark loses Calif. House seat
Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark, D-Calif., Congress' only "out" atheist, lost his seat by 6% to challenger Eric Salwell, a fellow Democrat. Californian has a new "top-two" primary system. Swalwell had 53 percent of the vote to Stark's 47, with about 99 percent of the precincts reporting.
Stark, 81, had accused Swalwell of accepting "hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes" from developers, a charge he later retracted and apologized for.
The House will instead have a new person with a secular philosophy — Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, 36, a former state senator and former Mormon who is bisexual. She won narrowly by about 2,000 votes.
"This is a step forward in that she was able to run openly as a nontheist, and it didn't seem to be an issue," Lauren Anderson Youngblood, communications manager for the Secular Coalition for America, told Religion News Service.
While some were trumpeting Sinema as a nontheist, campaign spokesman Justin Unga told RNS after the election that Sinema prefers a "secular approach. Kyrsten believes the terms nontheist, atheist or nonbeliever are not befitting of her life's work or personal character."
Local school control takes Georgia hit
Georgia voters by 58% to 42% approved a new state board to issue charters for private operators to run public charter schools. Control over charter currently rests mostly with local school boards, though operators who are denied can appeal to the state Board of Education, reported The Associated Press.
State Superintendent John Barge said the new commission will lessen local control and siphon public money away from existing schools. A state charter commission was created in 2008, but the Georgia Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutionally took control away from local boards. The amendment effectively overrides that decision.
Exit polls offer snapshot of voters
A new Pew survey showed that 5% of respondents identifying themselves as regular churchgoers were "urged to vote in a particular way" on Nov. 6. For white Catholic churchgoers, the number jumped to 13%, and "none say they were urged to vote for Democratic candidates."
Pew Forum analysis also showed President Barack Obama got 70% and 69%, respectively, of religiously unaffiliated voters and Jewish voters. About 79% of white evangelical Protestants and 78% of Mormons voted for Mitt Romney (George W. Bush got 8% in 2004).
Among white mainline Protestants in the exit poll, 54% voted for Romney and 44% supported Obama. White Catholics backed Romney by 59%, up 7% from votes for John McCain in 2008.
Three-quarters of Hispanic Catholics voted for Obama. Half of Catholics as a whole voted for Obama, 48% for Romney.
About 59% of voters who said they attend church at least once a week voted for Romney, 39% for Obama. Among those who never attend church, 62% backed Obama.
Jews accounted for 2% of the 2012 electorate. Muslims and members of other non-Christian faiths together accounted for 7% of the electorate. The religiously unaffiliated made up 12%.
First Hindu elected to new Congress
Tulsi Gabbard, a Hindu from Honolulu, will serve in the 113th Congress representing Hawaii's 2nd District in the U.S. House. Gabbard, a Democrat and the first Hindu elected to Congress, will take the oath of office on the Bhagavad Gita.
Gabbard, 31, was born in American Samoa to a Catholic father and a Hindu mother. She's a member of the Vaishnava sect that believes in the Supreme Lord Vishnu and his 10 primary incarnations.
Gabbard follows the Vaishnava branch that believes in the Supreme Lord Vishnu, and his 10 primary incarnations.
U.S. Democratic Rep. Mazie Hirono, 65, defeated former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle for a U.S. Senate seat and will become the first Buddhist and Asian-American woman in the Senate. She was born in Fukushima, Japan.
According to CQ Roll Call, 11 members of the new Congress (about 2%) didn't specify a religious affiliation, up from six members in the 112th Congress.
In 2006, Hirono and Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., were the first Buddhists to be elected to the House. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii, became the Buddhist in 2010. Johnson and Hanabusa both won reelection.
The first Muslim to serve in the House or the Senate, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., was elected in 2006. Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., became the second Muslim in 2008. Ellison and Carson were reelected.
According to the Pew Forum, Catholics saw the biggest gains in the new Congress. Catholics gained five seats for a total of 161, about 30% of the 530 seats. Jews saw the biggest decline, from 39 to 32 seats (6%). Mormons continue to hold 15 seats.
Members with Protestant affiliation make up about 56% of Congress, down 1% from 2010.
School Commandments spur fanatics
Two Pennsylvania communities with Ten Commandments monuments in front of their public schools have seen rallies, signs and fundraisers to support keeping the illegal displays in place since FFRF filed suit in September.
The New Kensington-Arnold School District and the Connellsville Area School District are defendants in two lawsuits that FFRF brought on behalf of nonreligious families seeking the removal of the monuments. Local newspapers have regularly reported on community events initiated by clergy to support the monuments.
Rev. Ewing Marietta started a group called "Thou Shalt Not Move" in support of the Connellsville Junior High School monument. Marietta said the group has sold over 2,000 Commandments yard signs. He told the Daily Courier that proceeds will go toward purchasing more monuments to be placed at churches.
In October, Marietta participated in a rally and candlelight vigil at the school. The event was part of a "Values Bus" visit by the Family Research Council, a national Christian organization headed by Tony Perkins.
Before the event, vandals removed a wooden covering that the school district had placed over the Commandments in September. Dave Tantlinger, who helped remove the covering, said, "It's the right of the people to have God in their society."
Neither school district has expressed a desire to settle the lawsuits by moving the monuments. Both suits will proceed before judges in Pittsburgh in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
FFRF contests release-time trailers
FFRF's local complainant was driving by Benito Juarez Elementary in Anaheim, Calif., when he spotted this monstrosity parked right in front of the school.
Like Big Tobacco, religions follow the "Get 'em while they're young" philosophy of marketing. In Anaheim, Calif., a Christian group is parking "chapels on wheels" outside of public schools to offer bible study.
According to the group's website, it owns six of these eyesores and parks them at various schools in the district.
FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel sent a letter of complaint Nov. 9 to the district superintendent. Citing three previous court cases, Seidel explained that it is unconstitutional for the trailers to be parked on or near school property.
According to the Supreme Court, the only permissible relationship between a public school and a release-time class is when the schools "do no more than release students whose parents so request." Keeping forms in the school office (see photo) and parking the trailer in a school pickup/drop off lane violates that stricture.
Seidel also informed the Anaheim Police Department and the city of Anaheim Code Enforcement Division about the trailer chapels, citing several ordinances the trailers are likely violating.
State/Church Bulletin
UW-Madison seculars get landmark funding
Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics (AHA), a secular group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is on track to receive $67,400 in student fees for staffing and programming next year. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, it appears to be the first such university secular group nationally to get such substantial funding.
"Religious groups have been receiving this type of funding for years," AHA President Chris Calvey told the Journal Sentinel. "It's about time that secular students got the support we deserve."
The university's Student Services Finance Committee approved the request unanimously. Student fees generate about $39 million annually, and about $1.2 million goes to student organizations.
It appears to be the largest subsidy to any campus group of its kind in the country, said Jesse Galef, spokesman for the Columbus, Ohio-based Secular Student Alliance. "It's pretty common for groups to have budgets of a few hundred dollars. This is something on a different magnitude entirely."
In 2007, the student-run Badger Catholic sued the university for rejecting $35,000 of a $253,000 allocation because it had been earmarked for worship activities. The university lost, paying $500,000 in legal fees.
Badger Catholic is getting $116,000 for the current academic year.
AHA's email list has grown from about 100 to 1,500 over the last three years.
Activists win out over nativity displays
A federal judge on Nov. 19 denied a Christian group's attempt to force Santa Monica, Calif., officials to reopen spaces in city parks for private displays, including Christian nativity scenes. U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to a Religious Right group.
Activists stopped a violation of nearly six decades involving 14 area churches, which dominated Palisades Park by erecting nativity displays in December.
The reform started three years ago when FFRF member Damon Vix put up a sign quoting Thomas Jefferson on one side: "Religions are all alike — founded on fables and mythologies," and on the other, "Happy solstice."
By 2011, Vix had recruited a local coalition to apply for display places, and the coalition scored a coup, winning 18 of 21 spaces. FFRF was proud to contribute its "Let reason prevail" solstice sign (which was mutilated but replaced).
Commandments monument at Oklahoma Capitol
A Ten Commandments monument was installed Nov. 15 on the north grounds of the state Capitol in Oklahoma City. It was paid for with $20,000 of private funds, according to the Tulsa World. Made of red granite, it's 6 feet tall and weighs 2,000 pounds.
"I think under the very best of circumstances, it is of questionable constitutionality," said Ryan Kiesel, American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma executive director.
Sabbath is misspelled on the monument as Sabbeth, which will be corrected.
Hobby Lobby denied religious designation
Oklahoma U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton ruled Nov. 19 that the Hobby Lobby chain must offer its 13,000 employees contraceptive coverage without a co-pay, as mandated by Obamacare.
Hobby Lobby had sued in September, citing conservative evangelical owner David Green's personal religious objections.
Heaton ruled that "Hobby Lobby and Mardel [its partner company] are not religious organizations. Plaintiffs have not cited, and the court has not found, any case concluding that secular, for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Mardel have a constitutional right to the free exercise of religion."
No rush to set up Florida student prayer
Not one Florida public school district to date has pursued plans to set up guidelines that allow student-led prayer. That's despite passage of a law in March to let students offer "inspirational" messages, including prayer, at school events, even mandatory ones such as assemblies.
"We advised [school districts] against it," said Wayne Blanton, executive director of the Florida Association of School Boards. "We told districts they'd be opening themselves up to litigation," Blanton told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
"If any school districts did, it would essentially be volunteering their time and resources to be a test case," said Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida.
Personhood initiative dead in Oklahoma
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29 declined to let a proposed Oklahoma "personhood" initiative that said life begins at conception be placed on the ballot.
Without comment, justices let stand a decision by the state Supreme Court that the proposed ballot question would put an unconstitutional ban on abortion, reported The Oklahoman.
'Fatwa on your head' bus ad nixed
The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 25 that the transit authority in Michigan's four southeastern-most counties could bar a bus ad that read, "Fatwa on your head? Is your family or community threatening you? Leaving Islam? Got Questions? Get Answers! RefugefromIslam.com."
The American Freedom Defense Initiative, through its executive director Pamela Geller, tried to place the ad in 2010 and was denied. A federal judge ruled in favor of AFDI in 2011.
The appeals court ruled that the side of the bus, in this case, wasn't a public forum because the transit authority rejected all political ads.
Geller called the opinion "tortured and twisted."
Poll: Catholics disagree with hierarchy
In a poll released Oct. 25 by the American Civil Liberties Union and Catholics for Choice, 68% of Catholic respondents said universities shouldn't be able to deny birth control insurance coverage.
About 77% of Catholics surveyed objected to pharmacies refusing to fill birth control prescriptions.
Substantial majorities also believe Catholics have no obligation to follow their bishop's recommendation on how to vote and that Catholic politicians don't have an obligation to follow official church directives.
Jewish colleges top religious Pell grants
Jewish colleges are among the leading religious institutions receiving federal Pell Grant funding, according to The Forward, a Jewish-American newspaper published in New York City.
Sixty-three of the 152 religious institutions that receive Pell grants are Jewish, U.S. Department of Education data reveals. the data shows. The Jewish schools collectively received 53% of the $84.5 million in Pell grant money that went to religious schools in 2010.
Of the top 10 Pell grant recipients, six were yeshivas, many of which focus primarily on Talmud study.
Judge tosses Muslim's bacon lawsuit
In Lopez v. Wendy's International Inc., an Ohio federal district court ruled Oct. 23 in a case in which a Muslim customer at a New York City Wendy's restaurant sued. The plaintiff claimed he wasn't adequately warned that the Asiago Chicken Ranch Club Sandwich contained bacon, which he claims the cashier didn't mention as an ingredient when asked.
Religion Clause blog noted that the court dismissed the plaintiff's Lanham Act claim on the ground that a one-time answer from a restaurant employee is likely not an "advertisement" and that there was no intent to deceive.
Christmas cross won't return to Illinois water tower
The village of Alsip, Ill., will not display a Latin cross on the village water tower this holiday season after receiving demands from FFRF to end the practice.
The annual display of an illuminated cross each December on its distinctive water tower brought a complaint from FFRF last December. Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott wrote that the display violated precedent by the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Illinois. FFRF sent the village a reminder Nov. 6 about the illegality of the cross.
Mayor Patrick Kitching posted a letter on the village's website during the week of Nov. 18:
"A tradition for almost 35 years here in the Village of Alsip is coming to an end. You will notice this year our holiday decoration on the West Water Tower (Holiday Cross) will not be erected nor [sic] lit. We have an organization out of Wisconsin, Freedom from Religion Foundation, who is threatening a lawsuit for having a holiday symbol that can be construed as a religious decoration. It is considered to be unconstitutional. Other municipalities have been brought to suit regarding this very same issue and have lost. We have chosen not to waste taxpayer dollars to fight a losing battle in court. The holiday cross will be replaced with a different holiday decoration in the future, however, I am not sure this process can be completed in time for Christmas of 2012."
Kitching added, "I am very saddened by this and had hoped we would not have to change tradition, however in these economic times, the Village cannot afford to waste any tax dollars on a lawsuit that simply cannot be won."
In years past, the illuminated cross could be seen by heavy traffic on Interstate 294. FFRF learned through a Freedom of Information Act request that the village Water Department installs and removes the cross each year.
The original installation of the cross, along with a decoration on another water tower, cost the village $3,200 in 2003.
Proselytizing teacher also big bully
A high school biology teacher in Cheektowaga, N.Y., a Buffalo suburb, removed religious displays from her classroom and will no longer proselytize as a result of an FFRF complaint. A student alerted FFRF after the teacher invited a guest speaker who promoted Christianity and used biblical quotes from Isaiah and Judges. There were also four posters with bible quotes in the classroom. The complainant also noted a cross painted in a hallway.
Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert sent Superintendent Dennis Kane a letter June 7. Kane said in a June 22 reply that the cross in the hallway and religious posters had been removed. He said the district discussed the student's concerns with the teacher.
The student complainant reported that the teacher showed a copy of FFRF's June 7 letter to her class on June 12, the last day of school, disclaiming responsibility for her actions. The teacher also attacked the student anonymously, saying whoever had complained to FFRF lacked integrity and character and was on the same level as a student who had cheated on the class's final exam.
Markert responded to the teacher's inappropriate handling of the situation with a June 14 letter to Kane. "Bullying is rampant in schools. Teachers should strive to conduct their classes in an inclusive manner so that students can participate fully without compromising their own personal beliefs."
Kane responded Sept. 11 that the teacher's conduct was addressed and she was directed to not discuss religion in her classroom.
FFRF closes book on bible handouts
FFRF stopped Gideons International from distributing bibles to fifth-graders at Central Elementary School in Magnolia, Ark. Before FFRF's involvement, men from Gideons were scheduled to give a presentation to students and then present them with bibles.
"Courts have held that the distribution of bibles to students at public schools is prohibited," wrote FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott in an Oct. 31 letter to Superintendent John Moore. Elliott added that districts cannot allow any group to distribute religious material during the school day.
FFRF received word Nov. 5 that the Gideons were not allowed to be on campus.
FFRF letter ends religious song
First-graders at Ada Givens Elementary School in Merced, Calif., will no longer be instructed to sing "God Bless America" in the classroom.
A district parent told FFRF that her 6-year-old daughter was being taught to sing the religious song in class. Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel wrote to Superintendent RoseMary Parga Duran on Oct. 17: "The first verse of 'God Bless America' ends with, 'As we raise our voices in solemn prayer.' A prayer conceived, hosted and advocated by a publicly-supported school does not pass constitutional muster."
The school district issued a positive response Oct. 25: "The principal spoke to the teacher about the complaint and about the district's policy regarding these matters. The teacher was very apologetic and stated she never intended to offend any of her students, or make them uncomfortable in her class. She immediately discontinued singing patriotic songs."
[Editor's note: "patriotic" songs?]
FFRF: Just say no
to drug prayer
The Cherokee County School District (Canton, Ga.) has stopped including religious messages on anti-drug ribbons during "Red Ribbon Week." During a special drug prevention week, the district distributed ribbons to students that said "God answers prayers, drugs don't." The ribbons also depicted two hands praying.
After being alerted by a concerned parent, Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel wrote an Oct. 26 letter to Superintendent Frank Petruzielo urging him to "remain sensitive to the diverse religious and nonreligious views of students and staff. While the anti-drug concept is laudable, the injection of religion into the public schools is unconstitutional. Government actors must be especially careful to remain neutral on matters of religion in the public school context."
A school district attorney replied Oct. 30: "[S]taff has been counseled to be more careful in the future in giving even an appearance of promoting religion."
Football bible banners won't happen again
FFRF received a local complaint after Stone High School cheerleaders held a banner with a bible quote at a football game in Wiggins, Miss.
Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt sent a letter Oct. 17 to Stone County School District Superintendent Gwen Miller. FFRF has contacted the district in the past about prayer at school-sponsored athletic events.
District attorney Sean Courtnal called FFRF on Oct. 22 to say the district took this violation very seriously and that it would not happen again. [Editor's note: Till the next time it happens, when FFRF will again contact the district about flouting the law.]
School counselors leave religion at door
FFRF helped Cesar Chavez Elementary School in Oklahoma City rethink its use of religion in school assemblies and counseling sessions.
A local complainant witnessed several incidents at an Oct. 4 assembly. A third-party counselor was invited to speak to students after a bullying incident. The speaker described "what heaven looks like" and "how we get to heaven." Even more egregiously, the speaker told students "the way they were acting was not going to get them into heaven."
Counselors were also being forced to distribute fliers to students. One listed worship times at a church and a Gamblers Anonymous meeting schedule.
Attorney Andrew Seidel wrote Nov. 5 to Superintendent Karl Springer, urging the district to "refrain from hosting overtly religious assemblies" and religious flier distribution.
General counsel for the district told Seidel in a Nov. 9 phone call that the superintendent agrees "that their current policy on religion in the public schools is 'clearly not enough for nonlawyers' and they are going 'to draft a new policy.' " She added that this will involve additional staff training.
'First priority': warn about religious clubs
Austin High School (Decatur, Ala.) teachers will no longer sponsor the First Priority Club, a Christian, noncurricular group that describes itself as a vision with a comprehensive plan of action to reach and disciple a generation with the message of Jesus Christ.
A photo caption in the local paper described the relationship between the school and churches: "Austin High School students, teachers and youth pastors join hands and pray at the closing of the First Priority club meeting Tuesday."
Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel wrote Oct. 19 to Superintendent Edwin Nichols: "A public school may not endorse or provide preferential treatment to a Christian club. While students may organize religious clubs, we are concerned that FPC is not 'student-inititated' or 'student-run.' Students might presume that this Christian club is sponsored by the school because of the apparent role of school faculty in organizing club activities."
Nichols responded in a Oct. 29 letter that he would "review with the teacher providing custodial oversight of this student noncurricular group and make sure that they understand their parameters as related to the legal ramifications cited in your letter."
Pep rally prayers stopped in Texas
Ballinger [Texas] Independent School District no longer selects a student prayer leader during pep rallies as a result of a Sept. 18 letter from Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt. FFRF received a complaint from a Ballinger alumnus.
Superintendent Will Brewer in a Sept. 26 response letter thanked FFRF for alerting him to the violation and said that the district does not endorse religion and is reviewing the pep rally program. "Ballinger ISD employees do not request that students engage in prayer, privately or publicly, nor do they encourage or otherwise lead students in prayer," Brewer said.
Football coach brags
he breaks the law
After receiving an Oct. 25 letter from Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel, Newton County Schools ordered a football coach in Covington, Ga., to stop leading students in prayer at practices and games.
Occasionally, FFRF receives taunting "complaints" from teachers, coaches and government officials intentionally violating the Establishment Clause. Rick Hurst, head football coach and athletic director at Eastside High School in Covington, wrote one such email to FFRF, defending another praying coach and happily thumbing his nose at the Constitution:
"I am a Christian first and a Head Football Coach in the state of Georgia . . . I have open prayer at my practices and before and after our games. If a player does not want to participate I would kindly excuse him."
Unwilling to limit his bragging to constitutional violations, Hurst pointed out that we here at FFRF are probably going to hell:
"Here is the important question that I ask to ALL of you. What if your [sic] right about your idea of there not being a God? Well, that would be ok for all of us including myself. But, what if I am right about my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and you are wrong. I am still ok, but where does that leave you?"
The letter was signed, "Rick Hurst (A believer)."
Seidel sent a copy of the email to Superintendent Gary Matthews. FFRF received a copy of a Nov. 5 letter from Matthews to Hurst, chastising the coach: "Legal counsel for the Newton County School Board of Education has reviewed this matter and confirmed that your actions may violate federal law, including but not limited to the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Therefore, you must cease and desist these actions immediately."
Another school board drops meeting prayer
There was no prayer before the Eastern Lancaster County (Elanco)[Pa.] School Board meeting Nov. 12, according to LancasterOnline.
The board decided to halt the practice after getting an FFRF complaint letter in August. The Anti-Defamation League of Philadelphia also pressured Elanco to stop praying.
Superintendent Robert Hollister notified FFRF after the October board meeting that Elanco would no longer open meeting with a board member leading a prayer.
"After consultation with our solicitor, it was clear that the district would lose the lawsuit," Hollister told LancasterOnline in an email. "So rather than throw money away and simultaneously add fuel, cash, to the coffers of those organizations, the board made the logical choice to withdraw the formal prayer."
Four other Pennsylvania school districts also agreed this year to stop prayer at board meetings after getting letters from Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert. A fifth school board dropped prayer in 2011 after getting a warning letter.
FFRF thanks current interns JJ Rowling, Maddy Ziegler, Calli Miller, Sarah Eucalano, legal assistant Liz Cavell and publicist Katie Stenz.
Do the atheists in Wisconsin realize they're going to hell?
Bill O'Reilly's comment on FFRF's legal victory in getting a nativity scene removed from public property in Ellwood City, Pa.
"The O'Reilly Factor," 11-13-12
Under Orders should be in every rucksack for those moments when Soldiers need spiritual energy.
Endorsement by Gen. David Petraeus of a chaplain's anti-atheist book subtitled A Spiritual Handbook for Military Personnel
Huffington Post, 8-17-12
OkCupid is the only free service that assists nonbelievers with specific advice, statistics and tests. Last December, self-identified atheist users were sent "12 Days of Atheist Matches," and current members can take an "atheist test" to find those with similar levels of nonbelief. The site's "Darwin Test" looks to match those with similar attitudes about evolution (sample question: Are most people a) good? b) evil?).
News story, "At OKcupid, being an atheist is a date-maker, not a deal-breaker"
Religion News Service, 11-13-12
Rabbis launch war on self-locking doors.
Headline on news story about an Orthodox "Yichud" prohibition meant to limit occasions of sin by men and women not married to each other
ynetnews.com, 11-13-12
I'm moving to Australia, because their president is a Christian and actually supports what he says.
Post-election Tweet by Kristen Neel, 18, a Georgia Republican, apparently unaware that Julia Gillard, Australia's prime minister (not president), is a female atheist who is politically progressive
Sydney Morning Herald, 11-8-12
One in 20 is a minimum. It might be one in 15, perhaps not as high as one in 10.
Des Cahill, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology professor, on the number of Catholic priests in Melbourne he estimates from court records are child sex offenders
The Age, 10-24-12
Australians know, from the revelations that they've read in recent weeks, that too many children have suffered child abuse but have also seen other adults let them down. They've not only had their trust betrayed by the abuser, but other adults who could have acted to assist them have failed to do so.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard, ordering a federal inquiry into cover-ups of sexual abuse by persons associated with religious and state institutions, schools and community groups
Associated Press, 11-12-12
The Rev. Bill Effinger, pastor of Holy Name Parish from 1972 to 1992, took Adam under his wing in 1987 to help the boy consider a possible future in the priesthood. After two overnight trips, Adam stopped talking about wanting to be a priest.
News story, "Sheboygan [Wis.] family shares its story of priest abuse to help others come forward"
Wausau Daily Herald, 10-29-12
The ads that come up from the Republican campaigns sound like the letter.
State Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, on a letter by Bismarck Bishop David Kagan to be read in all North Dakota parishes that says abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research and same-sex marriage "are never acceptable"
Fargo Forum, 10-25-12
[C]ourts have held, and Texans believe, that cheerleaders are a special subset of students, and not just for the reasons dramatized in John Hughes movies and Taylor Swift songs. They're not people who happen to be standing on the football field, exercising their right to free speech. They're deputies of the school administration; they speak for the school, not themselves.
Op-ed, "Consider the cheerleaders," on the controversy caused by FFRF's complaint against stadium banners with bible verses
The Economist, 10-24-12
I thought, "Wow, there's not someone watching me all the time? That's a wonderful freedom!" So I shed that.
Rapper and foxhole atheist Greydon Square, on losing his religion as a student at Arizona State University
LA Weekly, 11-14-12
No matter what the title is, what the subject is, I'm using it as an excuse to tell stories.
Atheist entertainer Penn Jillette, on the release of his new book Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday!
Washington Examiner, 11-13-12
In her Oct. 3 letter ("Defend our monument") on the Ten Commandments plaque at Valley High School, Helen Snyder writes that "Anyone who follows the good morals listed in the Ten Commandments is a good citizen. I wonder if our atheist friends have ever read them." Her position is the exact opposite of the Founders', who would find abhorrent any religious test for "good citizenship." Religious freedom does not include the right to use the instruments of government to promulgate religion. This step-by-step intrusion of religion into official government activities, which include public schools, is paving the way for a Christian religious dictatorship in which atheists would be deemed "bad citizens."
Amesh Adalja, Butler, Pa., letter to the editor on a case in which FFRF has filed a lawsuit
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 10-27-12
I read a lot of books about science and the history of religion. One of my heroes is Christopher Hitchens, who was a game-changing anti-religious writer — showing it up for what it is. I don't understand why someone can spout their God stuff, but atheists have always had to keep quiet. Just because you have an opinion, it doesn't mean it has to be respected unless it is supported by evidence. We live in the most exciting time in the history of the sciences. Reading about that is far more exciting than reading about a burning bush or a guy who builds an Ark.
Ryan Walkinshaw, executive chairman of the U.K. Gloucester pro rugby team
Daily Mail, 10-29-12
Nude Woman Who Was Shot Described as Religious, Caring, Modest
Headline on a story about a Florida woman, 42, shot to death when she showed up uninvited and naked with a gun at a private party and confronted off-duty police officers
Tampa Bay Times, 10-31-12
A high-quality person who has passion for football and cares about faith, family and football.
Interim head coach Bruce Arians, on what type of player the Indianapolis Colts are looking for to join the NFL team
NBC Sports, 10-31-12
It's not wrong to have strong faith in whatever you believe in. I'm like George Carlin, I pray to the sun and Joe Pecsi because the odds of getting my prayers answered are still 50/50 but I can see my Gods. But seeing and believing have historically been two different things, and that's fine. Just don't bring it into the workplace where discrimination can occur.
Writer Josh Hill, "Colts may be discriminating against atheists in hiring practices"
The FanSided Network, 11-2-12
Lack of visibility for atheists and prevalence of deference to religious authorities has contributed to a generally passive and docile attitude that is too often mistaken for humility and for a virtue. This false humility, and the false arrogance that atheists are often accused of, reveal a system of values that has little respect for empirical and scientific evidence and too much undeserved respect for religions that are ostentatious about a moral superiority that they sorely lack.
Contributing writer Hiram Crespo, "Revising views on atheism"
Northeastern Illinois University Independent, 10-31-12
Mississippi police department decalogue downed by FFRF
FFRF's letter got this illegal Ten Commandments display removed.
Among many recent FFRF victories banishing religion from government was the removal of a very large, very unconstitutional Ten Commandments monument from the police department in Brandon, Miss.
A local resident was taken aback by the bible display and contacted FFRF. To the rescue came Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott, who told Mayor Tim Coulter in a Sept. 24 letter that "any reasonable observer would view it as an endorsement of religion by the city of Brandon. This display is unmistakably stamped with the city government's approval, as it is prominently placed directly inside of the city's most important government offices."
Elliott cited a Supreme Court ruling that called the Ten Commandments an "unmistakably religious statement dealing with religion's obligations and with morality subject to religious sanction."
Residents have informed FFRF that the display was removed sometime in October.
FFRF sues IRS to enforce ban on church electioneering
An FFRF member sent this photo taken on Oct. 22 at the First Conservative Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla., as an example of church electioneering. There was also a Romney for president sign and one that said, "If you want to keep your job, pray the president loses his job."
The Freedom From Religion Found-ation has filed a historic challenge by suing the Internal Revenue Service over its failure to enforce electioneering restrictions against churches and religious organizations.
Calling the lack of enforcement a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and of FFRF's equal protection rights, the state/church watchdog filed the lawsuit Nov. 14 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
A widely circulated Bloomberg News article quoted Russell Renwicks of the IRS Tax-Exempt and Government Entities division, saying the agency has suspended tax audits of churches. Although an IRS spokesman claimed Renwicks "misspoke," there appears to be no evidence of IRS inquiries or enforcement action in the past three years.
Other news sources, such as The Associated Press, claim the IRS hasn't been auditing churches since 2009.
FFRF is asking the federal court to enjoin the IRS commissioner from continuing "a policy of non-enforcement of the electioneering restrictions against churches and religious organizations."
Additionally, FFRF seeks to order the IRS "to authorize a high-ranking official within the IRS to approve and initiate enforcement of the restrictions of §501(c)(3) against churches and religious organizations, including the electioneering restrictions, as required by law."
As many as 1,500 clergy reportedly took part in a mass violation of the electioneering restrictions on Sunday, Oct. 7, notes the legal complaint, which also references "blatantly political" full-page ads by the Billy Graham Evangelical Association running on the three Sundays leading up to the Nov. 6 election.
"[I]n recent years, churches and religious organizations have been blatantly and deliberately flaunting the electioneering restrictions of §501(c)(3)," the complaint asserts.
FFRF has more than 19,000 members nationwide "who are opposed to government preferences and favoritism toward religion." FFRF is a tax-exempt organization that "must and does abide by the electioneering restrictions of §501(c)3." FFRF is regularly contacted by its members and members of the public over specific and general violations of church electioneering restrictions, and FFRF staff attorneys regularly ask the IRS to investigate such violations.
This non-enforcement "constitutes preferential treatment to churches and religious organizations that is not provided to other tax-exempt organizations, including FFRF," the complaint notes. "Churches and religious organizations obtain a significant benefit as a result of being non-exempt from income taxation, while also being able to preferentially engage in electioneering, which is something secular tax-exempt organizations cannot do."
This preferential tax exemption involves more than $100 billion annually in tax-free contributions to churches and religious organizations in the United States.
Website swamped
After news of the lawsuit became the No. 1 item on Reddit, an online social network, almost 70,000 people flooded FFRF's website to read about the case. Unfortunately, the spike took down the site intermittently.
Attorney Richard L. Bolton, the litigator, who is with Boardman Law Firm in Madison, Wis., and has been working with FFRF for more than a decade, reported receiving almost 100 adulatory emails from strangers around the world, thanking him for his role in the case. Bolton said this is unprecedented in his experience as an attorney.
Biologist Jerry Coyne of the University of Chicago, author of Why Evolution Is True, wrote in his November blog, "We now get revenge: the FFRF sues the IRS for failure to enforce tax laws on churches," adding that he considers FFRF "the most effective secular organization in the U.S. That's largely because instead of hosting endless ineffectual meetings with the same speakers, or navel-gazing about internal divisiveness, the FFRF actually does something: through scrupulous monitoring of the government and judiciously filing lawsuits, the FFRF fights an endless battle against the brushfires of religious enthusiasm that threaten to incinerate our Constitution."
Thanks to Coyne's blog, which pitched membership, Reddit's notice and other news stories, many new supporters have found and joined FFRF.
In addition to reporting the Graham ministry's electioneering to the IRS, FFRF has sent more than 27 letters of complaint to the IRS involving other such violations so far this year. Recent complaints include:
• Green Bay Bishop David Ricken, who wrote an article on diocesan letterhead inserted in all parish bulletins about voting and choosing the president and other offices. Ricken warned that if Catholics vote for a party or candidate who supports abortion rights or marriage equality, "you could be morally 'complicit' with these choices which are intrinsically evil. This could put your own soul in jeopardy."
• Peoria Bishop Daniel Jenky, who, in an April homily, sharply criticized President Barack Obama, saying Obama was "following a similar path" as Hitler and Stalin. Jenky said "every practicing Catholic must vote, and must vote their Catholic consciences."
• Madison Bishop Robert Morlino, who wrote a Nov. 1 article, "Official guidelines for forming a Catholic conscience in the Diocese of Madison," published in the Catholic Herald, spelling out "non-negotiable" political areas. "No Catholic may, in good conscience, vote for 'pro-choice' candidates [or] … for candidates who promote 'same-sex marriage.' "
• A church marquee saying "Vote for the Mormon, not the Muslim! The capitalist, not the communist!" in front of the Church in the Valley in Leakey, Texas.
The federal lawsuit is FFRF v. IRS, (12-cv-818). The case is before U.S. District Judge William M. Conley. Tax-deductible donations to FFRF's Legal Fund are gratefully accepted. Read the complaint, hyperlinked in FFRF's news release, by scrolling to Nov. 14, 2012:
Sharing the Crank Mail
A sampling of letters and emails, grammar and spelling uncorrected, from people you might say are on the fence about FFRF's work:
TEXAS Cheerleaders
Haven't you puppets of Satan learned your lesson yet? What do you not understand about DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS!! — Sally Chambless
Bible banners
Stay out of Texas, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. Heck, stay out of all 48 states. WI and CA dont count. — Johnathan King
keep your God hating out of Texas and AWAY FROM MY CHILDREN! You are horrible people and i can only hope god will wipe the earth clean from freaks like you!!!! — Stephanie Roberts
Godless bastards
You heathens should rot in hell. You are all a disgrace to this country and no doubt lack patriotism and faith in the USA. Go someplace else and practice your depraved desires. — Ian Scott, Lake Forest
Hey freaks
Texans believe in God. Take your athiest beliefs and stick them where the sun does not shine. — Steve
i hope you keven waldon and all your followers die a horrible death, you will pay for your actions. you are some of the lowest life forms on the earth. i spit on your grave.
You people must live under a rock. You are the lowest form of life on this earth.Do you slither out each day thinking how you can force your will on people? I'm sure you are slimey scum that really hate yourself and want others to join you under your rock, Slimey scum bags,I hope your spouse gives you AIDS. — Mike Pahl, Mt Home
Your foundation
BURN, BASTARDS, BURN! — Thomas Greene, Clarksville, Tenn.
Taking out the trash
FREEDOM FROM ASSHOLES AND BLITHERING IDIOTS. Our goal is to round up all the liberals, fags, perverts, atheists, anarchists, secular stooges, victims of cranium void, those that are stuck on stupid, and the rest of the human swill soiling our country and ship them to anywhere but here. — Zen Ram
All Pulblic Prayer
When we pray, plug your ears, walk away, do a little dance or stand on your head. Build your own schools, restaurants and malls. Keep your taxes to fund your non religious community. We do pray. We will pray. If it bothers you, run! You need to go away and establish places where religious freedom is not allowed (build a compound). Your organization and all of those who feel religious freedom is wrong are guilty of committing treason. What a shame there is no prison that has a Zero tolerance for religion.
— Susan Voce, Madison
Stay the &^%$ out of PA
THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT FOUNDED ON MINORITY (WHINERS) RULE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH YOU BEING AGNOSTIC. SCREW YOU ASSHOLES. — Greg Sensabaugh, South Park
Austin Texas Cheerleaders
Take that law suit hang out your ass like an anchor and chain aboard ship! — Arthur Windell, Caldwell
I love JESUS
your a retard and your wasting your life. SUCKS TO BE YOU — Sam Stevens
About Texas
I hope when you sue that town in Texas for displaying religious freedom, you will lose. I hope that they squat over your atheist chest and take a fat dump on it. — Regards,
Scott T.
Freedom of Religion
If you are right about religion, you are going to buuuuuurn for your lies, desception and trickery. I hope you fall on your butt and there is a very very large and sharp stake underneath you. — Steve Smith
your sin
God is watching you Judas' and you will surely be punished for denying his existence. Ignorant fools. — Phil Selfridge
I am OFFENDED!
All I have left to do now is to pray for you LOUDLY in every government funded place I am in. God BLess You. — Steven R. Phillips, Waukesha, WI


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The Florida International Golden Panthers made a very surprising decision on Wednesday, making the announcement that head coach Mario Cristobal had been relieved of his duties.
Cristobal, who played at the University of Miami in the 1980's and took over as Golden Panthers head coach after the 2006 season following a three year run as an assistant at his alma mater, posted a 27-47 record in his six years with Florida International, including a 3-9 mark this season.
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Visiting campus is a great way to learn about everything NIU has to offer. Most of the year, we offer morning and afternoon visits, Monday - Friday. During the months of September through May, we also offer a Saturday morning visit.
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Visitors are welcomed at the Barsema Alumni & Visitors Center (BAVC), located at 231 N. Annie Glidden Road. The Admissions reception desk at the BAVC is open on weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors can choose from the morning session (10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.) or the afternoon session (1:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.) Each session includes an admissions presentation and campus walking tour.
Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early in order to obtain a free visitor's parking permit from the Admissions reception desk at the BAVC that will permit you to park in the lot on the west side of the BAVC, off Stadium Ave. Note: transfer students who have scheduled only an individual appointment with a transfer counselor may wish to park closer to the Williston Hall Admissions Office in the visitor's parking lot at 200 Carroll Avenue, where the rate is $5 on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. See location & parking map below.
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Posted 05 October 2012 - 20:15
wow are people really that dumb to think I meant we get our food from underground ?
Soil / Water etc etc ??
Plants reproduce, Animals reproduce, we're not going to run out of them and hmmm don't they = almost 100% of what we eat ?
Posted 05 October 2012 - 20:18
Actually yes, we are. Do you know anything about farming? How you can't just keep using the same land over and over, and that eventually, things die, even nutrients in dirt. As things die off, animals will follow suit.
Unless we just switch total GM animals and other foods, we will run out.
Posted 05 October 2012 - 20:23
Ok, well I'm not arguing with the numerous tinfoil / gods who think they know everything about everything
In 50 years if we are 50% closer to running out of food, I`ll hold my hands up, but considering what I said earlier about Earth already having supported life for million/billions of years, I am not going to argue about a problem that doesn't exist
Posted 05 October 2012 - 20:27
So just because something has been doing something for a while, means it will keep on doing it? The sun will never burn out, because it has been burning for already millions to billions of years..... See how stupid it sounds when put into perspective?
Everything has a limit.
Posted 05 October 2012 - 21:13
You think the sun will suddenly stop burning ?
You think the Earth will suddenly stop providing ?
No, these are things even bigger than you can comprehend unfortunately, these things will take 1000s of years to slowly drain dry, it won't be a sudden 100 year stop, and 100 years to the sun or the earth is like a ms to us
Now see how stupid what you are saying sounds ?
It takes a human 100 years to die (give or take) THAT is putting it into perspective
Posted 05 October 2012 - 21:30
The sun will windle down. The earth will to. It is already. http://news.national...nvironment.html
We are losing many forrest and other types of habitate. Bee's are becoming smaller and smaller in number. Many things are slowly going down. If you don't have to believe it, because it is true. Just educate yourself a little. for **** sakes.
Those things may be too big for you to comprehend, but I can just fine.
Posted 05 October 2012 - 21:33
I don't think you can, things change, species become extinct, others are discovered, 100 years for everything to die ? That's a joke
And Bees ? lol wut
I don't think you can, things change, species become extinct, others are discovered, 100 years for everything to die ? That's a joke
And Bees ? lol wut
Posted 05 October 2012 - 21:36
Google it. Bee's play a very improtant part in our ecosystem, and they are in a sharp decline. It affects us greatly. But, if you don't know this, I don't see how you have anything to say about it....
I don't care about what you "think". I care about fact.
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Ok, you enjoy yourself worrying about nothing, and I`ll get on with knowing we`ll be fine
But hey, in 100 years, don't forget to come tell me I was wrong ok
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Posted 05 October 2012 - 22:00
No one ever said it is going to happen soon. But nice smug attitude about something you apparently already have shown to have 0 knowledge about.
Once again, it's not about space, it's about resources. It's funny that only a few of you seem to get that. Sure we could cram more and more into a tiny space and let the rest of the Earth be farmland, but the Earth does have its limits. Unless humanity starts changing the way it consumes energy and other resources there will be a huge problem in the next 100 years. Oil and food will be short and those will be sold at premium prices that most will not be able to afford. We need different energy and food sources. And yes, even those genetically manipulated crops are showing signs of failure as many that were engineered to be resistant to certain bugs are already showing weak points and those bugs are the ones becoming resistant to those crops and eat/attack them once again. And those that think we will level out...I think we wont, the number will rise exponentially untill some form of disaster happens or we limit population ourselves through diverse means. Advances in medicine are one of those things that is changing the natural order of things. The survival of the fittest rule of evolution no longer applies because of it in this day and age (and this is coming from an MD). I'm not saying what I'm doing as an MD is bad (I love helping people) but we are the ones that have changed the human population drastically from what it was 100 years ago and many people that would have died of natural causes, simply haven't and have been given a chance to procreate and increase our numbers. If that immoratlity gene becomes reality and its use becomes widespread and we still procreate the way we do know, then the sh*t will really hit the fan, so to speak.
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Wouldn't you have thought that the steppers would have discovered that they could take nonsteppers with them long before this? Sure they would've, and this would have solved the Humanity Firsters problems, which was mainly more about jealousy than anything else.
Not really. When the police officer steps with Rod he starts seizing and convulsing and requires medical treatment to be stabilized. This isn't something a phobic can do regularly, nor can they be taken multiple steps in a row safely.


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When you start getting more comfortable you will start finding ways to make the tables optimal for each application use
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That's great advice, thanks!
The bit that requires special attention is securing the scripts that are running.
Having logins and submitting new links equals web forms and the use of GET and POST so you'll be wanting to do a bit of work to make sure your DB queries and inserts are secured from iffy SQL injection or other dodgy user inputs. Don't just think mysqli_real_escape_string will do the job...it'll likely not even work unless you've covered the configuration of the host in advance.
Working for a web design/development company I've seen a few rather farcical examples of "content management systems" that so called developers (created by others outside our company) have written in PHP that miss or just ignore these risks.
I'm in the middle of writing my own (super simple) blog and even though it's literally bare-bones (has no comments system yet and probably wont) and a few pages to list the articles/archive it's something I have to pay attention to as well.
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Just because something's gross doesn't mean it isn't valuable. Case in point: Whale vomit. A man taking his dog for a walk on the beach came across a pile of (maybe! hopefully!) whale regurgitation. Now he could stand to make more than $50,000 from the find.
Who would pay tens of thousands of dollars for whale excrement? The perfume industry, of course. The substance, while foul smelling when it first hits land, becomes much more pleasant as it dries in the sun—and can be used to help prolong the scent of perfume.
According to the BBC, Ken Wilman's dog began sniffing the substance (known as ambergris) while walking on Morecambe beach in England. Wilman went to investigate, picked up the stone-like object, gave it a whiff and then dropped it like a bad habit. Wilman told the BBC: "When I picked it up and smelled it, I put it back down again and I thought 'urgh.'"
Wilman left the beach, but something about his stinky discovery stayed in his mind. He did a little research at home and figured out that it was likely ambergris. He then went back to the beach and retrieved the seven-pound object. A French dealer has already offered more than $50,000.


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Moving day arrived Tuesday at the Cape San Blas Lighthouse.
The U.S. Air Force began the move of the keepers' quarters and oil house on the grounds of the Cape San Blas Lighthouse in the fight to save the lighthouse and buildings from encroaching erosion.
The Air Force out of Eglin Air Force Base, which owns the property on which the lighthouse and buildings sit, contracted with CCI Contractors out of Shalimar, which in turn subcontracted the work of moving the keepers' quarters and oil house to Stone's House Movers out of Sneads.
The keepers' quarters are being moved back roughly 100 feet, leaving them essentially the same distance from the coast as the lighthouse which is not considered in imminent danger.
"This was an Air Force initiative to move these buildings," said public information officer Mike Spaits. "We contracted to have the buildings moved and secured the $50,000 to fund the move. We had a partner in the (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) but this was an Air Force initiative."
Tuesday the first of the two keepers' quarters was moved. The second and the oil house will be moved later this week.
The moves are being made to buy time. The Air Force has already rendered the lighthouse and buildings surplus and the application for applying to take possession of them expired the last week of November.
The National Parks Service is now reviewing the applications for a final award. The Board of County Commissioners and city of Port St. Joe both submitted applications.
"We are responsible for protecting our historic resources," said Maria Rodriguez, chief administrator for historic resources with Eglin AFB. "That's why we are moving them back, to get them out of harm's way."
Hurricane Isaac this year was effectively the final straw in the protection of the lighthouse, which has long sat in an area of Cape San Blas that is rapidly eroding.
Isaac took an additional 27 feet of shoreline, rendering the one entrance road into the lighthouse grounds impassable.
A new entrance road was constructed to facilitate the move of the lighthouse and buildings once a final destination has been determined.
The keepers' quarters and oil house will remain on temporary moorings to facilitate the move to a new location. The county is proposing Salinas Park; the city a bayfront area which would be part of George Core Park.
After the buildings are moved, the Air Force will begin to clear debris from the shoreline surrounding the grounds.
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Guys, I know it's only the first day but I will be away from tomorrow for a week.
I will have a 3g card and my laptop with me but won't be able to get to use it very often! Also having just checked the signal strength in the area I think I will be lucky to get any kind of signal!
So if I can I will check in, otherwise please PM me with any problems and I will see what I can do when I return.


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Rock 'n' roll tunes, "killer" fame, and a red Corvette. No, we're not talking about cruising down the road in your C6 with your iPod ablaze, dreaming of international superstardom. No, let's turn the clock back to 1957, when a man and his pumping piano made history in the emerging rock-music scene with the now-famous single, "Great Balls of Fire."
So what does Jerry Lee Lewis have to do with Corvettes, you ask? Actually, reports show that Lewis owned several Vettes over the years, including the '80 convertible you see here. And since Chevrolet didn't build any droptop Vettes from '75 through '85, this customized version caught our attention in more ways than one.
The car started life as a T-top model with a 190hp 350 and an automatic transmission-nothing out of the ordinary there. It's unknown whether the droptop conversion took place immediately or a few years down the road.
Indeed, much of the life of this red beauty was spent hidden away from the eyes of the public. Some rumors state that Lewis bought the car after recovering from stomach surgery in 1981, and that it was later seized by the IRS. (We tried to reach Lewis through his publicist but were unsuccessful.)
What the documents show is that the car was traded in at John Ellis Chevrolet in 1989. After that, it was kept in numerous collections until it resurfaced at a Mecum auction just over two years ago.
Conversion Factor
The mid '70s spelled the end for many factory convertibles. With sales slumping and federal safety regulators breathing down manufacturers' necks, many carmakers decided to eliminate their convertible offerings altogether. While many topless-Vette fans were content to make do with a T-top model, the more ardent among them clamored for a proper droptop model. For them, a conversion was the only way to go, and a handful of specialty coachbuilders-including Duntov, Flint Corvettes, Greenwood, and Perfection Auto-were happy to oblige.
The most famous of these creations was the Duntov-ACI turbo, of which an estimated 86 (of a scheduled 200) were built. To some, aftermarket convertible conversions like these are a legitimate part of Corvette history. Others regard the whole enterprise as a regrettable mistake. Whatever your thoughts on the matter, it's clear that historically noteworthy examples like the Lewis car will continue to pop up at auction for years to come.
The Auction Block
On May 28, 2007, at the Belvidere High Performance Auction in Illinois, a red Corvette took its spot at center stage as the auctioneer unleashed an especially breathless sales pitch:
"Here before you is an absolutely fabulous 1980 Corvette convertible-yes, convertible-previously owned by the infamous Jerry Lee Lewis! Crazy Jerry . . . had to have a Corvette convertible . . . so he built one! Here she is, the 1980 Corvette convertible owned by the man himself! Included with the car is a letter from a dealership confirming that this vehicle [was] owned by Jerry Lee Lewis. This Corvette has been freshly painted, [has] a brand-new interior, and comes complete with a 350ci motor [and] automatic transmission."
The car sold for $15,500 and has since been kept in a private collection and rarely driven. It will be interesting to see when this unique piece of Corvette history surfaces again.
The C3 As Collectible
Third-generation Corvettes have been admired over the years for their sleek lines and-in some cases-bracing performance. And while C3 values have always trailed that of the earlier Corvette models, that doesn't mean the shark cars are completely devoid of investment potential.


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MADISON, Wisconsin - Henry Lelei turned in another
stellar performance for the Aggies as his time of 23 minutes, 26 seconds, over
an 8,000-meter course placed the A&M senior fourth among a national caliber
field at Friday's fourth annual Wisconsin adidas Invitational held on the Thomas
Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course.
Racing on a splendid day with the temperatures in the low
50s, the Aggie men placed 19th overall in a field of 45 teams. The
A&M women finished 46th in team scoring.
Lelei was with the lead group throughout the race,
clicking off mile splits at a 4:43 pace. Lelei covered the first mile in 4:53
as the lead group opened with a slower pace. Lelei then had splits of 9:06 and
14:56 at the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter marks.
"It was a good field and the weather was great," said
Lelei. "I enjoyed racing my friend from Arizona. I knew it was going to be a
tough race against him and the field had a lot of ranked teams. It was a big
challenge for us."
Arizona's tandem of Lawi Lalang and Stephen Sambu
finished first and second, with times of 23:03 and 23:07. Iona's Matt Gillespie
placed third in 23:25, just a second ahead of Lelei. Wisconsin's Maverick
Darling took fifth in 23:28.
"Lelei is way ahead of where he was at this point last
year, and he ended up placing ninth in the national meet," said Texas A&M
assistant coach Wendel McRaven. "That bodes well for him individually. A year
ago he placed 26th at this meet, running a 24:16. Now he is fourth
at 23:36, so that is a nice progression."
The men's team title went to Stanford with 135 points
while Iona placed second at 145 and Oklahoma finished third with 166 points.
The rest of the top 10 teams included Texas (267), Arkansas (308), Columbia
(308), Michigan (338), New Mexico (350), Eastern Kentucky (379), and UCLA
Texas A&M finished two places behind No. 1 Wisconsin
(489) and just seven points behind Georgia's tally of 505 points for 18th
place. Other teams placing behind the Aggies were Kansas (526), Arizona State
(528), Washington (542), Minnesota (542), Illinois (545), Arizona (608), Notre
Dame (615), Virginia (639), and Harvard (655).
"For the second year in a row this meet is one of the
best regular season meets in the sport," stated McRaven. "To finish 19th,
and be two places behind the No. 1 team (Wisconsin 17th) in the country,
shows the quality and depth of this field. To run well you have to be ready and
show up."
James Hodges was the next A&M runner to finish the
course, running 24:08 to place 70th. Stephen Curry clocked 24:16 to
finish 94th. C.J. Brown (24:33) and Micah Dettmer (24:38) rounded
out the scoring for the Aggies as they placed 161st and 183rd.
The sixth and seventh finishers for
A&M were Isaac Spencer (195th - 24:44) and MacLean O'Donnell (277th
- 25:42).
"I think we had some bright spots, Henry Lelei ran great,"
noted McRaven. "He stuck his nose in there and competed really up at the front
of the pack. James Hodges continues to show a lot of progress, and Stephen
Curry the same thing. I thought we were really solid through the first three
Iowa State claimed the women's team title with 108 points
with Stanford runner-up at 180 and Washington in third with 250 points. Cornell
(262) and Providence (263) rounded out the top five teams.
Vanderbilt, the defending SEC champion, placed 18th
with 486 points while Missouri finished 43rd with 1,060 points. The
Aggies, with a team score of 1,150 points, placed ahead of Kansas (1187) and
Nebraska (1400).
Amanda Jenkins led the Aggie squad for the second
consecutive outing. She covered the women's 6,000-meter course in 21:08 to place
"I'm thankful I'm healthy and have been able to run well
this season," noted Jenkins. "I tried my best and it happened to place me first
among the team. I just try to gauge where I should be at different stages of
the race. You kind of have a goal for yourself that you set each race, so I
just try to stick with my goal. Then I use other people in the race to push me
and see if I can do better."
Finishing behind Jenkins for the A&M squad were
Hillary Montgomery (178th - 21:14), Shawn Dalglish (264th
- 21:52), Gabby Salazar (275th - 21:59), and Grace Fletcher (277th
- 22:00). Sophie Blake (22:08) and Tara Upshaw (23:13) were the sixth and
seventh runners for the Aggies.
"With the women's team the only disappointing thing was
in the way we raced today, it's not reflective of the progress we made," said
McRaven. "Two weeks ago we could see that progress. Today we didn't get to see
that continue, because we didn't race very well.
"That's part of the sport. In a field this size, with so
many bodies out there, you have to stay engaged in racing. It's easy to be
running pretty well and get discouraged when you see a lot of bodies in front
of you. That is something we have to learn from with this fairly inexperienced
In the men's open division Collin Slattery placed 42nd
with a time of 25:12 while Bobby Zeller posted a 26:46 to finish 95th.


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Our generation, yours and mine, has not made a record of wihddh we can be proud. We have fought two world wars and won great military victories, but in both instances we have lost One peace. Present indications point to the fact that we are about to en-gage <in. the third world war. . We have succeeded in spending the ac-cumulative wealth of generations pmeceQlng us and to mortgage the (KUbure of generations yet unborn. This deplorable record of ours has come about because of our inability to think straight on fundamental subjects. "The Boy Scout cated to the creation of good citizen-ship. Its whole program is one of Instruction on the , essentials of straight thinking and \good conduct* We inherited from our fbre&wthers a wonderful country, the greatest In fact that it was "ever mbn's privi-lege 'to live in. It is our saqrad duty to "pass it on to those who come ' after us, at least as good as we re-ceived it. Today our record is bad-one way in which iwe can make up for our shortcomings of the past is to support such movements as the Boy Scouts. The futua* of civili-zation rests la the.youth.of today —let n» help the Boy Scout: to train our men of tomorrow in the "ways of bxtegrity, good citizenship and a determination that this Nation of free Feature* of , Boy Scouts,. Oub Scouts and Zx-ployera w4^ pai#ci*)ate.lq.4he rally to which parent . and .the, public have been invited. Rally chairmen are Walter J. Miranda, "VHrgll L. Dickey and Theodore S. Solstern, The program includes a flag ceremony, songs^ motion picture, a puppet show, dem-onstrations of knot tying, signaling, first aid, rescue work, handicrafts, games and a talk by. foimer mayor Cyril O. Ryan, local campaign chair-man* Team captains are WlMard Evans, Soward MacDougall, the Rev. R. O. Biamris, and Edmund Lumley, jr. and William AQom. ' The business district will be cov-ed next week, but several score team membeiB on Sunday will Stage a '\iawn tO dUSk" naampa^ attempting to call on all homes in the village in one day; Any 3tee-porter missed by the workew may send * contdbwMon made 'out.to the Boy Scouts , of. America in care of Mr, Ryan at the Municlplal Building. Freeport is.served by six Boy Scout Troops 'and four Oub Scout Packs. < Columbus Ave. Pupils In Dental Weak Broadcast In observance, of ': Obilldren'B Dental SeaMh' .Education Week pupMs "of the Columbus ,a?e, achool 'broadcast a play Tueao^ jnbrnmg over SbaUon WNYO in'MhnhB*tan. Jt .will' be repeated t6%dght .over -" WOBB,. $he local, gteMon/ ; \ .' In the oast .are paolel /WHlson, Rodney <3%arke, Carolyn SmMih, Jef-frey .Kraua, 'Paul Dickey Land -ZhrreH. •;'•,'• •'••• :" .- .. ' , "'' 34 Acts jpn MarcK of D*mes Friday NigKt; Card Party - The two big events that are expected to put the.Freeport March of Dimes over the top are to be held within the next few days. First there is the twb-and-a-half-hour show'to be g4ven tomorrow night In the audi-torium of. the Preeport High School auditorium under the .direction of Patrolman Joseph Romeiba, with Unity Party to Pick Candidates Monday The annual meeting and conven-tion of the Unity Party will be held In Exempt Firemen's .Hall Monday at 3 P.M. Officers for the coming year will be elected and candidates for Mayor and two trustees are to be nominated as well as for vil-lage judge. Mayor Robert L. Doxsee, Trustee Reward J. Baker and William F. Bracken, whose terms expire on April 1, and Judge Hilbedt R. John-son have agreed bo be candidates 4c succeed themselves if the mem-bers of the Unity Party desire them to do so. Mayor Doxsee Proclaims 'Negro History Week* Mayor Robert L. Doxsee this week Issued a proclamation setting aside next week, beginning with Lincoln^ Blathday Monday as "Negro History Week," as a week of dedication for the contemplation and conslderation^pf Fegro history." and requesting "that the citizens and institutions of this village take such steps as seem appropriate to celebrate this occasion hi a fitting manner." Three Postal Employees Called to Active Duty Three members of the ataff of the Freeport Poat Office whq be- Wing of the 52d Fighter Wing, New York Air National Guard, with its annory In White Plains, have been ordered <to report for active duty wish the unit on March 1. They are Major Bernard J. Ciot#, a clerk, and M. Sgt. Alfred R. Fish-er, assigned t» the. headquarters, and Pvt, Robert Golden, of the weather station, clerks. .'.%.. 2 Freeporters Get Lucille M, ' Serr, 17, 37 . aye.; a Freeport EUgh School senior, and Robert Ai Meyers, 16, 143 North Main st., a student In the Technical High School, Brooklyn, have been chosen as being "outstanding poten-tial scientists" and winners In the •tenth annual Science Talent. Search of- the Westlnghouse Educational Foundation^. Aialntalned by the Westlnghouse Electric Corp* They wlith 360 high school seniors In 34 states, will 'be awarded honorable mention citations and recommend-ed to colleges and universities for scholarships. In past years, the announce-ment reads, this group has received niany such scholarships. Frederic Wood as mualc director. Then there will be the card party in the Elks clubhouse Tuesday at 1 P.M. Patrolman Romelka &as arranged a program of 34. acts by top notch dancers, singers and acrobats. The program will open with Her-man Stenzler, blind accordlanldt and his band. Hemian'was a five-time winner on the Paul Whiteman's TV show and soon will appear on Ed Sulivan's program. He and his band also will accompany all the acts. Local Schools Furnish Talent ,.The Academy of Theatrical Arts under the direction of Virginia Rug-gerio and Gene Taylor and the Children's Theatre Project under the direction of wiieMa Mdher and Mrs."Mildred Miller will each pre-sent six top performers. "Mariana," sensational 16 year old soprano from Queens will sing ""Day Dreams" from "Romeo and Juliet" and "Bell Song" from the opera, "Lakn'e." 6he has appeared at Oamegio Hall and also on Eddie Cantor^ Program. Miss Joan MAUer who made quite a hit in Hollywood with her inter-pretive dancing will donate her ser-vices that evenoing. The 1043 un-defeated Baiber shop quartet known as the Pour Woodsmen will add to entertainment. Joyce 'Uayton, 16 year old Ocean" Rotary Speaker Dr. Alien Dr. Allen Sbodkdale, will be the speaker at a joint meeting of the Rotary Olubs of Freeport and Rock-vllle Centre to be held In the Elks clubhouse ton&ght at 7 o'clock. I%r. Stockdale has been representing the National Association of Manufactur-ers for ten years. Wog&ill D. A. R. Marks Anniversary Hears About 'Voice of America/ at Lunch In Elks Clubhouse Muoib Delgado, Special Assistant to the Chief of the International Broadcasting Division, n. 6. Depart-ment of State, told of the operations o* the Voice of America at a lunch-eon given Saturday In the Elks *WMMA^i#^^ will bap out a Jew numbers. Officials to S*ng as Quartet Mr. Delgado reported that 77 pro grams In 26 different languagea con ' elating of 200,000 words loca. Mrs. Rlchamd Avqgan Is the Free-port dhalnnjan of the 1061 Mhrch of Dimes. Merchants Open 4^ Day Sale Today With Percentage Going to Hospital Freeport merchants are to ^* bnsineas. with charity in which reaidenta of the village, and those from ont' of town, may participate during the fonr-day piid-winter aalea"starting today and continuing "Uhmougn tomorrow, Saturday and Monday. • During these four days not only mill Hie pMcea of aU merchandise be greatly wduced with a:vlew to dis-posing of the winter stocks to make room Jo?; the gpring goods, but all members of .the Meithants* IXvIs- 'lon. of* the. Freeport Gbauiber. of {Commerce and othejrs wbio are par- -Udpatlng, are to donate at least 5 percent of the proceeds^ of the s Jor,(0he fbur days to the build-fund iof the 8»u*h.NBgsaii Oom? munitles Hospital, Thus eyerydne ^wbpmakesa dollar poiphase will be; giving at least 5 cents to the^hos-. pltal; wltb larger purchases, in. ' " Consequently, people doing their shopping AuiJng these days -shoulo7 , sure- befbre .\*ihey. <&> any ^ ' K ' Migy deslr,e to ' aid the $1,500,000 hospMlal expansion fund, that they, are in a store that is going to contribute to tlie fund* This they, can dp by observing be-fore, they enter whether 'there Js in the window a placard, conltaining the picture of a* baby,, and, the of - iflclal announcement eupplied by the hospital, that, the place of business is participating Jn the campajgn. . Warren Baonet, chairman of the ' Division, said yestenday mePohanbs hbped $0- be sJble to ^ntriibute .a subatanitial , sum towaid'the $lj!00,000 goal; Be said each merchants .would make his "con-trJbutlon individually/to the\cam-conahittee, and that when the. donations were v In a repoi* the total received will .be issued and; dredited" t Mrs. W. jr., aaog several selections accompanied by Mrs. MIMon M. Oombs. J. Edwin Olark and Wilson. J. Kerry were in change of luncheon reservations end Mrs* John W*.Dodid was chairman of the committee of arrangements. Blood Doner Session ^ Cdled for March 6 ^ The first blood doner sesaion of the Nassau Ooun|)y Red iCross Blood Program 4o be held in Free - port since World War n Is sched- •uled for Tuesday, .MArch 6. Mrs. Leon , N. Swlsher, chaimian of the Freeport Branch has named Mrs. Oametlt: Ay/Goetschlus, Mrs. RAchard G. McChesziey co-chairmen of this program, . • At a meeting of the branch Mon~ day in .Mrs. S^ylaher's home, Mrs. ?Selen Klappeit^as named canteen chairman;and Mrs. Gladys Dprrlck, Sonool Nurse^ vice-chaliman of Health and Safety, Mrs. William W/ Winshlp^ recognlHpn chairman, an-nounced ten-year service bars had been presented to .Mrs. Benjamin Bradley and 'Mrsi,- Howard B. 'A nominating committee was ap-ipolnted ..comprising Mrs. E. Free" man Miller, chairman; Mi?. John W*vDodd, MM. McQhesney, Mm. Wlnqhip and Mrs, Theodore of Rooseveltr / Bogrd Moves to Bim Nigh Operating ansfer Calls Hearing Feb. 19 Due to Complaints OVer Atlantic Ave*, Plant * 73ie Village Board at its meeting Monday night called a hearing for Monday n Ight, February 19 to con-sider the adoption of an ordinance to i&rovlde for the abatement of noise and the operation of transfer station and warehouses In residen-tial areas during nights and Bun-days. Mayor Robert L. Doxsee said the board had had a problem on ita Rands for some time and wanted >he public to decide how to solve it. He recalled that some yeara back the 'board changed the zoning of a poiMon of the west end of the village bo the Baldwin, line front residence to business and the Bulki-ng Department granted a pemWT for he erection of a warehouse Side and Atlantic Area., In con-fom*% y with Uhq zoning ordjnemce. However, he continued, the ownere later changed the status of the busi-ness from a warehouse to a tMuiaf er ataHdon, since which time It bad been operated all night, draining complaints from, people living in the area who said the noise drlglna- Ing at the plant kept them awake. The Mayor added he and other members of the board had been at the place, which la operated by the Codbett Trucking Co., at all houre of the night, What they had tried to pursuade the owner bo conduct the business more quietly, had ap-pealed -to the dlatrlot attorney and the Department of Health without of the plant from 10 P.M. to 7 A-M., and all day on Sunday. Loiter it wag decided to hold the specific hours .to be fixed in the amendment Jn abeyance. Trustee SewhFd J. Baker, who lives near bhe plant, moved that thg hearing be called, and Tbuatee Leonard D, B. Smith, who was In office when the change of zoning was voted, seconded *t. A. adoring wag held on the pro? posed recpdAMoatlon, reclasa&flication and amendments to the comprehen-sive. Zoning Ordinance. -Village Counsel Martin 1^. Weyrauioh, ex* plained that no changes had' been made In existing zones but that all to the ordinance had been inserted in their proper places give the ordinance continuity. He added that before it was finally adopted, further hearings would be held U the board. decide<& any amend- * meats were needed^ He expressed regret that George M&lslen, a mem-ber of the Zoning Board of Appeals iwho had woyted so hard to perfect he Zoning Ordinance, should have jeen taken ill Sunday and rushed to a hospital, preveniUng him from attending the hearing. ?. Qomdon Ediwamds; chairman of the Zoning Board, of Appeals, pro-posed sever&K Changes, as did din-on . R, Golden, chairman of the )eaut&ficatlon committee and sev-eral represenJhtifves of civic clatlona. Another hearing "will be leld on Monday night, March 6, and (the board hopes to' adopt all the or-dinance before the end of the fis" cal year on Mhmch 31. egre* _was , expressed . over ,. the resignation of Victor O, Wade as a meqplber of the Waterf«>nt com-mittee due to his transfer to Jersey Bell LoboratorJes by which e. Is 'employed.. •••••'." .- • V.'V ., A resolution was adopted estab-. : lading Saturday, March 10 ag reg-day from noon irntll'8 PAf./ or the annual village election on Tuesday, March 20. The .report of Superintendent of Buildings .W. F. DeMott sahxnwed ' permits for/ 49 h«w buildings esti- , mated to cost '$383^200, and two for ad<lons and alterations Involving, $2,320,; or a; total of $389,570 issued ; during January. ^ " . J^; THE CANNON PHARMACY ALL DAT •yi'^ The Pharmacy, : 1 : and Church dtS4 will remain Jopen Sunday a#er the at 2 PJJ.; The ^: t%le^ phone; is WRe^ipoi*."8-OMi. • •.'.',;•!'. -\%< r' ;='.^'/;'.M i \ \ -.'..••• -. . . ; . 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