Monday, December 5, 2011

Update to Post about Freedom of Assembly

Apparently, the Supreme Court has refused to take the case of the church that rented space at a New York city school. This mean that the decision by the Court of Appeals is currently the law of the land.

Fox News - Court: NYC Can Ban Churches From School Buildings

While I don't think that churches should want to meet in government owned buildings, they should at least be treated the same as any other group. What is most interesting was the courts statement that, "Bronx Household acknowledges that it excludes persons not baptized, as well as persons who have been excommunicated or who advocate the Islamic religion, from full participation in its services." The article said that the judge took acceptance that the church didn't allow Muslims or people who were not baptized in it's services.

Go back to the post about freedom of assembly and read what I wrote. This is not about religion although that is the biggest target, this is about your right to get together with people who believe as you do without allowing in people who disagree with you, the heart of freedom of association.

It is a scam - foreign currency tax

The Washington Examiner - Report: Obama, UN to tax US for Green Climate Fund


Basically the article says that the President wants to put a tax on every currency exchange. Lets say you go to England and exchange dollars for euros, you would get taxed to pay for climate change and the money would go to the United Nations. What is interesting is that this would come up now just as the Federal Reserve is flooding foreign banks with dollars, I wonder if there is a connection.