Here's the new one, What do you think

Here's the article, what do you think? Is saying that homosexuality is wrong now something that can be defined as bullying? So is it now okay to say that same sex marriage is right, but if you say that marriage is a man and a woman you are now bullying? You are now in violation of law. Is this another example of the definition of tolerance is I can believe anything I want, but you can not believe what you want if it is at all a Christian belief. To me, that is what it sounds like. Anyone have a thought?


A Fort Worth high school student says he was suspended from school for expressing his Christian beliefs in class. His teacher, however, saw it differently, labeling the student's comments about homosexuality as bullying.

The comment came during a German class, where conversation turned to vocabulary for Christianity and the Bible. Dakota said one student asked about translations for homosexual terms.

"I said, ‘I'm a Christian, and I don't think being gay is right,'" he said. "If the same situation comes up, just different scenario, I think I'd do the same thing," he said in comments made to local Fort Worht television station.

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His decision to speak out earned him a full day of in-school suspension, and he was banned from campus for two more days.


"I was blown away that this led to a suspension," said Matthew Krause with Libery Counsel, a nonprofit law firm. "Once we got into it and found out that's the only thing he said to a classmate, we knew pretty quick there had been a violation of his constitutional right to free speech."

Fort Worth ISD would not comment, other than a statement saying, "Suffice it to say, we are following policy in our review of the circumstances and any resolution will be in accordance with district policy." Krause said the teacher opened the door to the topic and the student's statement.

After initially reducing the suspension to just one day, administrators dropped it completely on Wednesday.

A Home Bible Study Now Required To Get Permit??????

Below is the article. What do you think? Does a home bible study require a conditional use permit the same as a church? Does that mean that a weekly poker game should also have to have a conditional use permit? What about the red hat club? Book club? Read the article and tell me what you think.

A city in Southern California is demanding that a small home Bible study group stop meeting unless they obtain a cost-prohibitive permit.

The homeowners, Chuck and Stephanie Fromm, were fined $300 for holding the Bible study. Mr. Fromm appealed the ruling to the City of San Juan Capistrano, which was founded as a mission in the late 1700’s and is home to California’s oldest building still in use, a chapel where Father Junipero Serra celebrated mass. Fromm was told by a hearing officer that regular gatherings of more than three people require a conditional use permit. Officials also stated that further religious gatherings in the home would be subject to a $500 fine per meeting. The City eventually rejected the appeal and Pacific Justice Institute has taken the next step by appealing the decision to the California Superior Court in Orange County.

The Bible study group, which met on Sunday mornings, until the City threatened further fines, was perfectly suited for his home, said Chuck Fromm. There was no noise beyond normal conversation and quiet music on the home stereo system. They met inside their family room and patio area. Many neighbors have written letters of support, denying they were disturbed by the presence of the Bible study. The group is not affiliated with any particular church, nor is it seeking to establish a church in the home.

The City of San Juan Capistrano is insisting the home Bible study is not allowed because it is a “church,” and churches require a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) in residential areas. Pacific Justice Institute represents the Bible study participants and will fight the city’s decision. In other cases, PJI has represented larger churches that have been required to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of the CUP process, such as engineering and traffic studies, architectural designs and seismic retrofits. CUP’s require public hearings and can be denied outright or granted with numerous limitations.

“Imposing a heavy-handed permit requirement on a home Bible study is outrageous,” said Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice Institute. “In a city so rich with religious history and tradition, this is particularly egregious. An informal gathering in a home cannot be treated with suspicion by the government, or worse than any other gathering of friends, just because it is religious. We cannot allow this to happen in America, and we will fight as long and as hard as it takes to restore this group’s religious freedom.”

Would you like a 25 foot cross in your neighborhood?

I was reading this article and had to stop and ask myself how I would feel. So I thought I would see if anyone would respond to the article. What do you think? Keep it, take it down.

A nearly 25-foot cross in the front yard of an elderly woman's home is stirring controversy in a Los Angeles neighborhood.

Neighbors complain the cross is an eyesore that is attracting unwanted attention to their San Fernando Valley cul-de-sac and hurting their property values.

The cross has drops of blood-red paint in the area where Jesus' hands and feet would have been nailed. It also features a crown of thorns and a sign that says, "Jesus I trust in you."

"When you turn down our cul-de-sac, it looks like there is a church on our street," Laurie Biener of the West Hills neighborhood told the Daily News

Neighbors' complaints have prompted city building inspectors to take a look at the cross. They're expected to determine this week whether it complies with zoning rules or should be removed.

Homeowner Laly Dobener said she erected the cross to express her devotion to her Catholic faith and hopes her religious freedom will be protected.

"I don't understand what my neighbors are so upset about," the 72-year-old told the newspaper. "This cross isn't hurting anyone."