CM PRESS # 738

BIG U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING YESTERDAY FAVORING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Said that religious institutions--not the government--can decide who can be hired and fired to do the religious work of the institutions.  This ruling reinforces the ministerial exception to civil rights laws.

Had the court not ruled this way, religious institutions might  have faced discrimination lawsuits if they refused to hire atheists or those who did not believe or follow the particular religious institutions' religious beliefs and practices.

Discrimination?  At its heart it really just means choice.  
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RUSSIANS TRYING TO CRACK DOWN ON 'EXTREMIST IDEAS'

What are extremist ideas?  They're the ones that some in power don't like.
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SWARTZENTRUBER AMISH REFUSE TO PUT ORANGE TRIANGLES ON THEIR BUGGIES AND REFUSE TO PAY FINES ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS--GO TO JAIL INSTEAD

Will wear specially dyed jail uniforms rather than the standard orange ones.
        
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ISRAELI RULING ON CITIZENSHIP CALLED RACIST

Palestinians married to Israelis can't live in Israel with their spouses.
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Sandy Genis

 UPDATE ON THE SANDY GENIS NINE MONTH CHARTER

A reader just sent us this message:

"The Orange County Charter that Sandy Genis loves to invoke all of the time is only 2 pages. Two pages!


"This isn't rocket science!!!!"
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Queen of  Slow--Wendy Leece.
In this photo it appears she may
be moving her lips.  Is she reading
something?



GOSLOW WENDY AND THE GOSLOW WENDYITES IN A DITHER

They say they can't read the seven page draft charter between now and the next meeting on the charter to be held on February 13.

We imagine a conversation in the lair of the Goslow Wendyites...

"It's impossible.  How can anyone read seven pages in a month? 

"This City Council is going too fast. Reading seven pages in a month is, why, it's er, ah, like rocket speed.  We're not geniuses.

"We can't move our lips that fast, they'd get all sore and stuff if we tried to read that fast.

"Sandy Genis said when she was on a committee someplace or other to come up with a charter it took them nine months.  See, that's at least how much time we need to read seven pages--nine months, or maybe longer.

"Let's all go very slowly down to City Hall and slowly complain.

"WE WANT SLOWNESS!  WE WANT SLOWNESS! WE WANT A CITY COUNCIL THAT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING!  WE WANT A CITY THAT STAGNATES!"
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Those are our  opinions.  Thanks for reading them.  If you're a Goslow Wendyite, the above may take you  a week or so to read, so we won't expect any comments from you right away.