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Thank you Taoist

Aaaaannddd the crown of thorns and nails thing to the right..... Screenshot and sent to.... You'll find out soon Ashe County!

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Transplant, this isn't a new law, it's a recent ruling on a case that has been going on for a while. Way before Bufurt even got the job. What it does show is what the law has always said. A law that's been in place since 1791.

Taoist. You missed two more over his left shoulder on the desk behind him

No drunkard the law doesn't apply back in time so if you are going to quote a recent ruling don't try to apply it backwards - go back to your bottle cupcake

http://www.ashecountysherif...sions.html

Lol, can't believe I missed that one. A massive Holy Bible and annotated NT sitting on his work desk. Unbelievable. While Johnny is cooking meth in Creston, Bufurt is reading scripture, holed up in his office on county time.

Transplant, I'll admit I've had a drink or two since, but I'm pretty sure the prayer vigil wasn't months ago. And the article is valid here because of the way Bufurt can't learn and keeps pushing his religion from his office.

My bad, got Rowan and Rutherford confused.

You little people are taking something the Sheriff did months ago and criticizing him for a ruling made now? Seriously you are stretching way too far cupcakes

Rowan County, skittles.

I agree light1, the sheriff demanding that the commissioners pray in Jesus name is upholding Christianity as a higher religion. That was what was going on in Rutherford county, IF BUCHANAN KEEPS THIS UP ASHE CO WILL BE SUED!

I don't think it's a big deal that our commissioners pray before the meetings. What is a big deal is when our sheriff select goes in front of the commissioners asking/demanding that they pray in Jesus' name. This is a religion specific request and is not lawful under the constitution. When Bufurt took his sheriff select oath, he swore to defend and uphold the laws of the constitution. By him making these requests is a direct defyment of the constitution which could lead to a lawsuit or if the right people get ahold of it, dismissal from his role of sheriff.

transplant, you'd do yourself a favor to crawl back under that rock you've been hiding under and leave this to the educated people to discuss. It's not a rehash when a new ruling was just released, Stupid.

Oh my let's rehash this again ! Seriously?

I doubt that the folks on the hill will stop opening their meetings with prayer until and unless they are taken to court to stop it.

I'll tell you what should be illegal, when three yes I said Roark, Rose, Perry get up in front of a camera in a government building and pray over anythig as big of a mess as they have made in our county. Hypocrite!

By that argument, the founders were ok with states controlling the press and censoring political speech. I have trouble with thinking they would leave such a loophole. And I've never seen anyone else try to argue it only applied to the federal government.

I still argue that the courts ignore the phrasing of the First Amendment. The First Amendment was only ever meant to apply to the Federal government and not to state and local governments. That's why most early state constitutions including our own include some form of these rights in their State Constitutions. Though NC as you know requires a believe in Almighty God to hold office (but that probably violates the 14th Amendment to the US constitution not the 1st Amendment).

In an apeals court ruling, a lower court decision was upheld saying that they cannot coerce the public into participating in a specific religion

http://m.wbtv.com/wbtv/db_3...d=UxzOoRSM

Yep, watch Bufurt keep it up and get the county sued again