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Related: About this forumOmaha Radio Host Says Atheists Should “Shut Up” About Mayor’s Comments. Later, He Agrees with Them
May 27, 2014
By Hemant Mehta
Yesterday, I posted about how La Vista (Nebraska) Mayor Douglas Kindig (below) allegedly told an atheist to take me to fucking court because I dont care and Minorities are not going to run my city after the atheist expressed concerns about possible church/state violations at a Faith & Freedom Day hosted by the city.
It only took a few hours before local radio host Tom Becka of 1290 KOIL-AM radio decided to chime in on the incident.
At first, he was just frustrated with the atheists, telling them to stay silent about all of this because it just wasnt a big deal:
I dont think anybodys rights were being hurt. I was not at the event last Sunday but if theyve got a pancake breakfast and theyve got a carnival there, my guess is you could avoid the faith part if you really wanted to. My guess is that you could go and have a nice pancake breakfast, put the kids on the merry-go-round, and enjoy yourself on Sunday without having to worry about the religious part, which is probably a pretty small part of the day. Right? So, as such, just shut up.
But the issue isnt that anyone was hurt or that it was too hard for families to side-step faith. The issue was that the government was promoting an ostensibly Christian event and that may have been a violation of state law.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/05/27/omaha-radio-host-says-atheists-should-shut-up-about-local-mayors-comments-later-he-agrees-with-them/
Audio at link.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)is absolutely no case to be made.
Glad he stepped all over himself.
struggle4progress
(118,032 posts)Does Mehta want to win politically -- or does he just want to feel self-righteous?