Discussion: Church Sues After Fresno Strips Polling Site Status Over 'Black Lives Matter' Banners

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And the ass hat who filed the complaint probably gets offended by people who donā€™t say Merry Christmas back, after sheā€™s barged her way into synagogue.

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Rabbi, make me a ham sammich!!

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ā€œThe Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Fresno County clerk for removing the church as a polling site in response to the ā€˜Black Lives Matterā€™ banners hung on its property.ā€

So any church that displays a ā€œPro-Lifeā€ banner is now disqualified?

Cool!

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Those wacky Unitarians trying to co-exist with everyone.

No poll for youā€¦

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Triggered voter :heavy_check_mark:
Snowflake registrar. :heavy_check_mark:

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I suspect Devinā€™s cow is somehow complicit in this.

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Personally, I donā€™t think any churches should be used for voting, it sends the wrong message about us being as secular nation.

With that in mind, this is obviously a move by the registrar to punish political speech they donā€™t agree with, and thatā€™s wrong as well; the 1st Amendment isnā€™t optional or only valid for things you agree with, and the registrar should be smacked down by the courts for violating it.

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But only kosher ham. Like if itā€™s from Whole Foods or Zabarā€™s.

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Fresno borders devin nunesā€™ district.

Maybe if they change the sign to Cow Lives Matterā€¦

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And itā€™s all so commercialized these days!

https://twitter.com/ilyEmbergRosen/status/1136643068399116289

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Whatā€™s sad is that thereā€™s no consequence for the asswipes for doing any of this. The complainer (since they expected their statement to be acted on) was libelling the church and BLM, and the registrar was knowingly violating their first amendment rights. But the only result of a successful lawsuit (which costs money) will be to get the registrar to do what the law required of them in the first place.

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I donā€™t have a problem with the regular purpose of the buildings in which people vote (though I would balk at voting at a prison). Churches are easy to find and are usually located in places that are easy to get to.

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Iā€™m glad there is a date stamp on your post. For a moment, I was concerned that it was original to today ā€¦

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known domestic terrorist group

First off, who believes this (Fox News Viewers)? Secondly, why didnā€™t Orth bother to ask the church what banners it has up, or drive by? Lastly, a group that has never attacked anyone is a domestic terrorist group because it protests the disproportionate killing of African Americans by Police?

Time to chip in a few bucks to the ACLU of Northern Caliā€¦

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That is what I was thinking, are rules evenly enforced. Iā€™d say if within 25 miles the church finds a political banner such as Pro-Life at another polling place then they win, if not I donā€™t have an issue that they loose.

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Most GOPā€™ers seem to be lactose intolerant as wellā€¦

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Nunesā€™ farm is in Iowa!

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The face of hate!

https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/departments/county-clerk-registrar-of-voters

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As far as I can tell, the idea behind ā€œBlack Lives Matterā€ is that black people donā€™t want to be murdered by police, random vigilantes, anyone really. They donā€™t want a traffic stop or sidewalk encounter to end up with with their unarmed selves dead. Seems reasonable to me and if thatā€™s ā€œdomestic terrorismā€ I guess Iā€™m missing something.

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