ClydeR
10-15-2010, 02:43 PM
President Obama finally did something I like.
The feds were requiring people who wanted to share their religious view in parks to apply for a permit first, even if it was just one guy handing out pamphlets. The Alliance Defense Fund took Obama to court, and Obama lost. Fortunately, Obama decided not to appeal, allowing the court ruling to set the new rules for every park in the nation. And for that I praise him.
The Justice Department declined to appeal the ruling.
The case was brought by Michael Boardley, who was distributing religious materials at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota in 2007 before a park ranger stopped him because he lacked a permit. His attempts to obtain a permit failed, and he later sued.
"It was a bureaucratic nightmare," said Nate Kellum, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, a nonprofit Christian legal defense group. "He was completely stymied from sharing his Christian views with anybody else."
More... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/14/AR2010101407137.html)
The feds were requiring people who wanted to share their religious view in parks to apply for a permit first, even if it was just one guy handing out pamphlets. The Alliance Defense Fund took Obama to court, and Obama lost. Fortunately, Obama decided not to appeal, allowing the court ruling to set the new rules for every park in the nation. And for that I praise him.
The Justice Department declined to appeal the ruling.
The case was brought by Michael Boardley, who was distributing religious materials at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota in 2007 before a park ranger stopped him because he lacked a permit. His attempts to obtain a permit failed, and he later sued.
"It was a bureaucratic nightmare," said Nate Kellum, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, a nonprofit Christian legal defense group. "He was completely stymied from sharing his Christian views with anybody else."
More... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/14/AR2010101407137.html)