Religious intolerance and the vast overreach of church-state separatists recently hit new levels of stupidity at a public housing complex in Minnesota.
Apartment staff told an elderly widow to cease any religious activity in public areas of the housing unit.
The woman stated she was simply discussing the Bible with a fellow resident and was abruptly silenced by a social worker claiming her actions were prohibited because the complex is funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This particular resident did not just accept this obvious violation of her First Amendment rights.
After seeking advice from the Alliance Defending Freedom, the group sent Osborne Apartments a letter on her behalf asking them to rescind their ban.
As of this writing, the incident is still unresolved, and no one affiliated with the apartment complex has commented. The good people at ADF, however, are making a very clear case supporting the resident’s rights.
The legal advocacy firm explains that HUD has never prohibited religious discussions in public housing units, noting even a recent HUD official who said that doing so would violate her freedom of expression.
Reversing this idiotic decision is “the right thing to do,” ADF’s letter continues, adding that many residents of the complex “fought or saw their spouses fight in wars to defend our nation and the freedoms upon which it is built.”
The letter requests a written response by Oct. 26 along with “written confirmation … that you have restored the freedom of the residents to pray, discuss the Bible and engage in other forms of religious expression.”
There is an ongoing assault on religion — especially Christianity — across our nation, and this unfortunate woman is currently fighting her own personal crusade against the God-haters on the left. With the ADF on her side, not to mention the U.S. Constitution, I have no doubt she’ll be victorious. The sad thing is that she was ever put in that position to begin with.
The bullies behind this Bible ban remain quiet for now. I’ll be keeping up with developments on this story and look forward to reporting on their eventual realization that Americans still have a right to express their faith — whether they like it or not.
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People, what does it take for you to realize how groups such as this want to take your First Amendment rights from you regardlless of the topic? Well keep voting for the Liberal agenda and it will get around to
you too.
I’m not a person who attends church, but I consider myself to be an individual who acknowledges the fact that there is a superior being that rules over us all, and will at some point determine our fate. Be it God, Or Jesus Christ, or some other entity, all need to be aware that what we do, and say, is seen by many, and affects the very fiber of our society. Just like a stone tossed into a still pond creates ripples that travel till the ponds banks, so to our words and actions. If I do anything to offend a person, my actions will affect the way that person perceives someone else, and maybe the way that person acts towards the next person. Apartment build managers, have no right to butt into another person’s private conversation with another, nor does that manager have the right to deny the woman her Constitutional Rights of Freedoms of Speech and Religion. HUD has no right to impose any restrictions on it’s tenants, in regards to their discussions on religion, politics or any other subject. It is a private discussion.
Sent a letter? Just another wasted stamp. Letters are a waste of time unless it say`s I`m Gonna Sue. I think the lady should have gotten a lawyer to sue the apartment and the social (communist worker) and her department. Seems like suing someone is the only way that gets their attention. Sad state of affairs.
COMMING SOON TO YOU,,,,,,,,YOU,YOU ALONE STANDING WITH THE “LORD GOD” WILL HE KNOW YOU !!!!! OR WILL HE DROP YOU HEAD FIRST IN THE LAKE OF FIRE !!!! STANDUP FOR YOUR SAVIOR AND HE WILL STAND WITH YOU AND KEEP YOU IN HIS HAND !!!!
Like our brothers and sisters all over the world, we must with them, obey God rather than men. The scriptures compel us to preach the Word in season and out of season. The choice for Christians is to obey or not.