You guys just need stuff repeated four or five times, don't you?
Well you certainly are good at repeating yourself...
You don't even bother to respond, if you're reading it at all. You just reflexively say "you've proven nothing" or "you haven't explained."
I respond with "you haven't explained anything" because you haven't. You use talking points. Do you know what talking points are?
It's okay, I have small children, so I understand.
Lucky them...
I don't need a link to explain to you that everything a government does is authorized by a law somewhere.
So the Postmaster at a Post Office, who of his own volition puts up Christmas decorations is actually a puppet of the Federal Government bent on pushing their Christian Agenda, which is clearly outlined in the many laws regulating, nay FORCING, him to do so?! MY GOD! HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO BLIND!?! :roll: :lol:
Every penny spent, every manager hired, every acre of public land bought, every decoration put up was the result of a law either declaring it, or giving someone else the power to do it.
There is no "Make **** look festive" law, but I could be wrong...once again, care to PROVE it? I know you hate to prove what you're saying, but I could be wrong.
It's called the rule of law.
If you want a link so bad, here:
What is the Rule of Law?
HOORAY! A LINK! TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA NO LESS! GO HAWKEYES!! Oh wait, this is a research paper done by two students...alright, fair enough, they're Hawkeyes so I'll give it a go!
In any event, hanging your hat on the word "law" is silly. It's obvious the First Amendment would be a joke if governments could simply circumvent it by saying their actions weren't really "laws." You're opening it up to an equally absurd claim that the government can do all kinds of things to restrict freedom of religious practice, speech, etc.
Hanging your hat on this notion that these lawn decorations are somehow
legislated onto the front lawn is silly.
On to the RULE OF LAW! Paper by
By Helen Yu and Alison Guernsey
The rule of law does not have a precise definition, and its meaning can vary between different nations and legal traditions. Generally, however, it can be understood as a legal-political regime under which the law restrains the government by promoting certain liberties and creating order and predictability regarding how a country functions. In the most basic sense, the rule of law is a system that attempts to protect the rights of citizens from arbitrary and abusive use of government power.
Right off the bat, we're going to have some issues I can tell...No precise definition? well you must love that since you don't like dictionaries or words with concrete definitions. From what they've mentioned in this paragraph the "Rule of Law", doesn't have any application to
LAWN DECORATIONS...
A. Elements of the Rule of Law
In his book The Morality of Law, American legal scholar Lon Fuller identified eight elements of law which have been recognized as necessary for a society aspiring to institute the rule of law. Fuller stated the following:
OK now we're on to a legal scholar talking about Morality of Law? Alright...I'll run with that...Here we go:
1. Laws must exist and those laws should be obeyed by all, including government officials.
Ok, so where does this apply to lawn decorations being put up? Is it the fact that the law that requires they be put up doesn't exist? or that not everyone obeys it?
2. Laws must be published.
Excellent, then you should be able to provide me with the laws to which you are referring, Misterman.
3. Laws must be prospective in nature so that the effect of the law may only take place after the law has been passed. For example, the court cannot convict a person of a crime committed before a criminal statute prohibiting the conduct was passed.
Still not seeing a relation to decorations...
4. Laws should be written with reasonable clarity to avoid unfair enforcement.
Well clearly if ever such a law was written about these lawn decorations, it sure as hell isn't written clear enough!
5. Law must avoid contradictions.
6. Law must not command the impossible.
Alright, well if the law exists, I can agree with this.
7. Law must stay constant through time to allow the formalization of rules; however, law also must allow for timely revision when the underlying social and political circumstances have changed.
Once again, if the law exists, I'm sure there was enough time to put up/take down said lawn ornaments.
8. Official action should be consistent with the declared rule.
Once again, again, if the law exists, Then let's be consistent with it!