Actually, one of the plaintiffs, Susan Galloway – who is Jewish – and has been a resident of Greece since 2000, objects to, is offended by, and feels unwelcome at Board meetings because of the alignment of the Board to Christianity.

She also serves on the advisory board of Edu-Cable.

You know, that whole “cable access thing” that happened in Greece last year? Gee, I wonder if that has anything to do with it? Hmmmmmmmmmm……..

http://www.au.org/site/DocServer/Greece-Complaint-and-Exhibits-A-E.pdf?docID=2461&JServSessionIdr004=cqnxffetb1.app5b

The other woman, Linda Stephens – is an Atheist – and has resided in Greece since 1970. Her husband was a detective for the Greece Police. She’s offended too by the prayers, and feels unwelcome at Town Board meetings.

Apparently, the Pledge of Allegiance doesn’t bother her at all…..being an Atheist and all, she’d still feel welcome by the Board and wouldn’t be uncomfortable by the Pledge at all? I mean, the Pledge says “under God” and that kinda flies in the face of her beliefs, doesn’t it?

She also has lived in the town for years…..never being denied any services…..her husband worked for the Greece Police Dept. and was never denied his job or anything.

I hope the court rules in favor of the sectarian prayer…..if not, I’m going to sue Linda Stephens and Susan Galloway for infringing on my rights of free speech.

I live in Greece, and I’m not a believer in organized religion, nor do I pray. I have never been denied any services, and I have always felt welcome at board meetings.

What a waste of my taxes….these women have nothing better to do? Sheesh!

jax

Good catch on the Edu Cable connection. I skimmed the lawsuit and brushed right by that. Everyone knows they’ve been grinding axes over there for a long time.

The blogs are all over this. I agree that it is odd that 2 people out of almost 100,000 sat they don’t feel welcome at the town hall because someone said Jesus and and now Greece taxpayers will have to foot the bill for a lawsuit.

Below is a post on the D&C blog that shows the tolerance and understanding that some on the other side of this issue espouse.

“Invoking magical beings and requesting their support is, however, not rational. In most cases, asking invisible entities to help you out gets you a free ticket to the loony bin. Doing so under the auspices of a government institution calls into question whether the officials involved are capable of making rational decisions – or are basing their actions on magical beings.

So, feel free to listen to the voices in your head at your favorite place of worship. Just don’t try to drag the rest of us into your delusions.”

I’m not the best practitioner of my own faith, but this is pretty offensive. I’m sure if I dumped on somethignhe/she believed in… well, there’d probably be a lawsuit. The poster gets to write it, but it is really poor form.

Debate the constitutionality of this topic all day, but this just smacks of the real reason why these people don’t want to allow others to freely express their faith are pushing this. They don’t want religion to exist.

My bigger problem is that a number of these same people will support allowing pornography in a library where there’s children, arguing that we do NOT have a right to NOT be offended.

However, they support a lawsuit brought by someone who felt offended by something.

Where I come from, that makes you a hypocrite.

I found a Linda Stephens who was on a NOW PAC endorsement group.

This must be her — no surprise that PAC endorsed all Democrats.

Both of these woman are members of the Greece Democratic Committee. Galloway said in the complaint she first attended with her “friend” who ran for town board.

Could that be gay marriage advocate Joe Mellaca?