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Racist Churches are Protected by the 1st Amendment

Journal by DeathMonkey

When the church doors open, only white people will be allowed inside.

That’s the message the Asatru Folk Assembly in Murdock, Minnesota, is sending after being granted a conditional use permit to open a church there and practice its pre-Christian religion that originated in northern Europe.

Murdock council members said they do not support the church but were legally obligated to approve the permit, which they did in a 3-1 decision.

“We were highly advised by our attorney to pass this permit for legal reasons to protect the First Amendment rights," Mayor Craig Kavanagh said. "We knew that if this was going to be denied, we were going to have a legal battle on our hands that could be pretty expensive.”

City Attorney Don Wilcox said it came down to free speech and freedom of religion.

“I think there’s a great deal of sentiment in the town that they don’t want that group there," he said. "You can’t just bar people from practicing whatever religion they want or saying anything they want as long as it doesn’t incite violence.”

After permit approved for whites-only church, small Minnesota town insists it isn't racist

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  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Thursday December 24 2020, @02:15AM (2 children)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Thursday December 24 2020, @02:15AM (#1090895) Journal

    All the constitutional amendments are optional. How else could you have repealed prohibition, which was a constitutional amendment?

    Enough of the right people decide to repeal the 1st, it's gone. Same as is true of any part of the constitution.

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday December 24 2020, @06:57PM (1 child)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday December 24 2020, @06:57PM (#1091050) Journal

    You are revealing your inner fascist, not that you ever really tried to hide it. You trying to drag us back into the Commonwealth?

    God save the Queen
    The fascist regime...

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    • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Saturday December 26 2020, @04:53AM

      by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Saturday December 26 2020, @04:53AM (#1091371) Journal
      The queen? I lost respect for her when she didn't sell Johnson packing when he illegally prorogued parliament. If I could immediately tell it was illegal, why shouldn't she? She's supposed to know how this stuff works. And of course the judges agreed it was illegal. Because it was obvious.

      Prince Charles face on postage stamps? People will be spitting on the wrong side. Put his face on money and everyone will go all-digital. Too bad we can't skip directly to Harry and Megan.

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