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2010-05-11 Home Front: Culture Wars

Oppressive Government: Feds Tell GA Old Folks They Can't Pray Before Meals

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2010-05-11 16:43|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 In other words: "Old folks are easy prey."

Posted by JohnQC 2010-05-11 18:13|| 2010-05-11 18:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Another Constitutional protection, right there up along the 2nd Amendment, goes out the window.

Note to the bureaucrats, judges and beltway cretins, when your time comes, don't come crying about your Constitutional protections when you fiddled and muddled those of the rest of us.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-05-11 18:44|| 2010-05-11 18:44|| Front Page Top

#3 I think it's ridiculous they're being told they can't pray. It's also ridiculous that for each $6.00 meal served the federal government is paying $5.45 cents and the elderly person only pays 55 cents.

From this center's website: "More than 1,800 are prepared each day for folks who cannot or do not want to prepare meals for themselves." Excuse me? We're supposed to pay for their health care, their social security and their meals because they don't want to prepare them for themselves? They look quite destitute in the pictures. http://www.seniorcitizens-inc.org/port-wentworth-activity-center.html

Sorry, but we're just dealing in funny money now. It is worthless monopoly money that nobody ever has any intention of paying for.

When a public library can pay an author $45,000 to come and speak at a library, we are surely lost. http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/10/neil-gaimans-awesome.html (via Althouse).

Posted by Javins3089 2010-05-11 19:01|| 2010-05-11 19:01|| Front Page Top

#4 The Second Amendment could protect the First, if they are so inclined. And being old, they have somewhat less at risk should they so choose.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-05-11 19:19|| 2010-05-11 19:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually they weren't told they couldn't pray, just not out loud. There was some confusion and it was reported they couldn't pray at all. The confusion was cleared up and a ruling was decided in their favor. They can now say grace out loud.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-05-11 19:19|| 2010-05-11 19:19|| Front Page Top

#6 A lot of people might be surprised at how many seniors are "packing."

Posted by JohnQC 2010-05-11 19:47|| 2010-05-11 19:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, yeah, I know Neil Gaiman is awesome, but $45,000? Sheesh - I did a talk at a local library for a bit less than that.
Well, actually, a good bit less than that. The nice people at the library slipped a $100 check into a 'thank-you' card, and I was just thrilled to bits. A little for gas, and they bought me lunch anyway. I know I am not in NYT best-seller territory yet, but I do give good amusement/informational value. Appreciate me now, save some $$$ and avoid the rush!

Posted by SH 2010-05-11 20:04|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2010-05-11 20:04|| Front Page Top

#8 John QC as a life long resident of GA alot of old folks are packing. They also don't like too be told what they can and can't do especially about religion since we are right smack in the middle of the Bible belt

Posted by chris 2010-05-11 20:12|| 2010-05-11 20:12|| Front Page Top

#9 So I take it yelling "Allan Snackbar!' is right out the window. Just wait until someone looses their head over it.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-05-11 21:23|| 2010-05-11 21:23|| Front Page Top

#10 Elderly visitors to federally funded meals at a Georgia senior citizens center arent allowed to pray

Won't be long before the government controls so much that people won't be able to pray anywhere. Does that church have a loan that the government has a hand in?

This just can't stand. People have a right to pray when and where they want to. As long as they don't get too carried away while driving or operating heavy equipment.

Posted by gorb 2010-05-11 23:53|| 2010-05-11 23:53|| Front Page Top

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