American Humanist Association; Intolerance as policy
The other day, we wrote about The American Humanist Association who were suddenly upset that World War I memorial was ordering them to become Christians in Maryland. Today we read that, in California, the crybaby wienies heard about a cross that a woman had placed placed at the site where her son had been killed in an automobile accident crossing the street a little over a year ago and the American Humanist Association coerced her into removing it.
According to the Post-Enterprise, some local residents heard of the American Humanist Association’s intolerant behavior, and placed their own crosses in the place of AnnMarie Devaney’s cross.
“They said they have to take that one down,” said Doug Johnson. “But they didn’t say anything about putting another one up.”
They were among a handful who showed up Thursday, March 6, as the Devaneys removed the memorial, which included a 5-foot-tall cross. Devaney, who frequently fought off tears during the gathering, called the show of support “awesome.”
In May 2012, 19-year-old Anthony Vincent Devaney was struck and killed crossing Lake Street. In December of that year, the family erected the memorial. A complaint prompted the American Humanist Association in Washington, D.C., to intervene, contending the placement of the symbol in the city right-of-way violated the separation of church and state.
Among those who attended the event was Laurie Howanec She said she was the stepmother of the 17-year-old boy who drove the car that struck Anthony. Howanec said it was the first time she had personal contact with the Devaneys in the aftermath of the incident, but she was moved to show her support.
Well if the American Humanist Association plans on removing the crosses from all of the memorials around the country, they’re going to be mighty busy. Seems like I see one every mile or so here in West Virginia, you know with twisty-turny roads. I see them, some are untidy, but then I realize that they’re not there for me to criticize, in fact it’s not about me at all. I wonder if the Godless-heathens understand that those memorials aren’t about them, at this point, either. But I’m thinking that I want to put up crosses where people haven’t died to mark the death of tolerance.
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Oh, they don’t care whose feelings they hurt, or how many people they upset with their desperate need to run roughshod over people. Those things don’t matter.
The only thing that matters is having their own way.
And I see several crosses and few Stars of David along the highways and byways around here. No one has yet tried to take them down.
This has nothing to do with religion or public lands. My bet is that the American Humanist Association is one paralegal at a desk in a small law firm with a supply of stationary and list of all the federal courts. This is nothing more than extortion by legal writ. Much like the guy that rolled down the street of a California town and sued every business owner under the Americans with Disabilities law for $5,000 each because he could not get up into their shops. He only wanted money and he rebuffed them if they agreed to modify their property. This sounds like the same scam. Local governments will comply rather than fight and pay him for his costs. This outfit does not care one bit that there are crosses on public land, only what they can scam from them.
Its too bad that they are damaging their cause by being bullies and going after grieving mothers/parents and Veteran War Memorials.
WTG Morons..YOU are an offense and a disturbing one at that…GFY!
GOD have mercy on those hateful, intolerant fools, they’ll need it. They seem awfully bold up in MD and CA, let them try their crap here in the Bible Belt and see how quickly they’ll get their asses handed to them!
As a godless heathen, I don’t believe in religion. I do believe in freedom of speech, compassion, and the need of people to grieve in their own way. No, this organization doesn’t represent me any more than the Westboro Baptist jackasses represent Christians. I live in MD and have seen plenty of these kind of memorials. I don’t think, “How offensive!” I do think, “How sad someone passed away under those circumstances.” Memorials are a reflection of the beliefs of those who passed, not on those who had nothing to do with them. I just hope you all don’t paint all of us atheist types with the same brush. (I do accept the label as Godless Heathen, though. My mom calls me that so I take it as a term of endearment!)
I am the same way. Unlike these people, I do not melt like the Wicked Witch when I see a cross or other religious representation.
These people are nasty and mean-spirited and they have corrupted the original meaning of the 1st Amendment.
As a heathen myself, I hate these people. They are everything they are against. Must suck to go thru life hating every Christian they encounter. Be brave and go after some Muslims.
This has less to do with beliefs and more to do with being an adult.
Adults understand that not everyone shares the same opinions, and can live with that.
Children throw tantrums when their widdle feewings get hurt because other people don’t agree with them.
Personally, I’d be right interested in having these folks show me where in the Constitution there is a “wall of Separation between Church & State”. There isn’t one. The 1st amendment doesn’t prohibit the federal government, or any level of government, from working with, or supporting, a religious organization. SCOTUS ruled that the federal government can give funds to religious-based soup kitchens, food banks, etc, if that’s the best way of delivering those services.
The 1st amendment reads:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
The 1st amendment is designed to ensure the freedom of citizens to worship how they please, and to prohibit the federal government from establishing a state religion. That’s it.
I do have to wonder, though, how this group would react if, say, a muslim family lost a child in this manner, and erected a star & crescent at the site as a memorial.
That so called “wall” only exists in a letter Jefferson sent to a baptist minister in (I believe) 1804. From what I understand he was warning against a national religion.
Jefferson’s letter said that the 1st Amendment prevented the government from becoming involved in the affairs of any church. His next sentence in the same letter said that all churches of all denominations and faiths should be actively involved in government. This is all the more compelling, given Jefferson’s own experience dealing with Islamic extremism.
Funny how the left has done such a complete job of cherry-picking one part of one sentence from this letter, and then used it to establish something in his name that Jefferson would’ve fought against tooth & nail.
Sex the generals and a few EM cover for us here. Politics we all have something to say something about. Religion? Believe or don’t believe. It’s the one subject that doesn’t cause issues at TAH. These American Humanists are a separate matter, especially lately. they must be feeling left out or overlooked or something. Like the Westboro Jerks, these clowns are making a name for themselves for the worst of reasons and in the worst of ways. Screw ’em. Oh. And God bless the good guys–including the atheists among us.
It’s one level of disgusting to complain that a monument created in 1925 about the fallen of the Great War. It’s another to harass a grieving mother who set up a memorial for her lost child.
I hope that this, and every other case that these guys make are thrown out of court and that someone counter-sues these people for harassment. What they are doing is far and beyond what an organization can do without repercussions; it’s about time we call them on this.
Since when is a Mother who puts up a cross for her dead son, the same God Damn thing as the state doing it? (see what I did there? Man, I’m tired! The voices in my head are starting to make sense to me)
Fine. let’s take this to its illogical conclusion. If the Humanists are correct we will need to remove all of the crosses from the graves of our fallen in the national cemeteries worldwide. The hallowed ground in which they sleep is owned by the United States as evidenced by the national ensign which flies over them.
PS Just what the fuck is a Humanist? Really? It just sounds like a synonym for anti-everything. While they have a right to spout their stupid, we have a right to denigrate them. Which I will.
A humanist is supposed to be a more inclusive version of a feminist (e.g. they care about the rights of everyone, not just women). The idea isn’t a bad one. Like most ideas, some would corrupt it, like this group.
That’s exactly where they will head, Roger, if they aren’t stopped. That’s exactly what they want, and what they’ll do.
And no, they won’t go after Muslims for anything (as somebody recommend above). They’re not interested in having their a**es handed to them, they just like to bully the non-violent types.
Humanismoriginates from the early 1800’s when a Bavarian educational commissioner decided to put it place in secondary schools. It moved on through German and French schools. Click on the word “Humanism” to read Wiki article.
Humanist Click on “Humanist” to read the Wiki article on them. Its theie manifesto sort of like communist manifesto…
And they are about as screwed up as Hogan’s goat, too.
What kind of living hell childhood did these “humanists” grow up in that would result in an adult that acts this way?!?
Wow, the amount of ignorance about humanism on this page is really astounding.
If any of you want to actually learn something about what you’re trying to talk about, see Google.
-Tim