Michigan mayor who compared atheists to Nazis, KKK now handing out ‘In God We Trust’ posters

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

Michigan mayor who compared atheists to Nazis, KKK now handing out ‘In God We Trust’ posters
Tom Boggioni
08 Mar 2015 at 17:22 ET



Mayor Jim Fouts - City of Warren

A Michigan mayor who recently lost a lawsuit brought by the ACLU after he banned an atheist “reason station” on city property is now distributing “In God We Trust” posters from his office at City Hall.

According to C&G News, Warren Mayor Jim Fouts is offering the posters free of charge to the public despite the city paying $100,000 in costs, damages and fees after Fouts refused to allow the atheist station to be set up next to a “prayer station” in the City Hall atrium.

Fouts made news in July last year when he defended his decision, while comparing atheists to Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan.

“The city has certain values that I don’t believe are in general agreement with having an atheist station, nor in general agreement with having a Nazi station or Ku Klux Klan station,” Fouts said at the time. “I cannot accept or will not allow a group that is disparaging of another group to have a station here.”


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/michigan-mayor-who-compared-atheists-to-nazis-kkk-now-handing-out-in-god-we-trust-posters/

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[shenmue]

1. Boo, hiss

Jerk.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. What the fuck about "separation of Church and State" don't you get, assclown?

What an Un-American jackass...

[Moostache]

3. Why do they hate America? (n/t)

[sakabatou]

4. What a douchebag

[Bryce Butler]

5. I guess the first lawsuit wasn't enough...

He wants a second.

[LiberalElite]

6. Generalissimo Giulani

didn't care about the civil rights lawsuits piling up either.

[corkhead]

7. He is not representative of the typical Warren resident imho, but sadly elections have consequences

when most people don't vote, nut jobs like this from the American Taliban end up in office. Granted, it is likely that a repub is going to usually get elected in this "Reagan Democrat" suburb where they often vote against their own best interests but that is why in those cases Democrats need to vote in the repub primary for the least crazy candidate or you get a shit-stain like this the mayor's office.

[blkmusclmachine]

15. Depends on who's "counting" the votes, now, doesn't it?

[jpak]

8. Wow - what a creep. GOP poster ratfuck of the week

[Faygo Kid]

9. Ugh. I grew up in Warren.

Long time ago, but I spent my years until 20 there. Sorry to read this.

[rpannier]

10. I cannot accept or will not allow a group that is disparaging of another group to have a station

From the man who compared Atheists to Nazis and the KKK

Irony meter off the charts

[ErikJ]

11. Did he forget this?

[Judi Lynn]

13. Amazing image. Imagine Klansmen inside a church. Clearly it's not one they intended to burn. n/t

[jmowreader]

22. It isn't hard to do, with apologies to John Lennon

The full name of the Klan is "The Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan."

[love_katz]

17. I think someone needs to send the above picture to the barforama that is the mayor of Warren.

These brainless jerks never seem to get it. The image of the KKK in the church says everything that needs to be said about these disgusting excuses for politicians. Gah!

[kimbutgar]

12. I'm sure the tax payers are happy he cost them $100,000 for his idiocy.

Just think what the community could have used the money for instead. I would start a recall or call on him to resign because he wasted taxpayer money.

[Panich52]

14. Unfortunately, His Theocracy will get away w/ his blatant stab at separation, thanks to Pres DDE

Eisenhower's 2 big errors were both committed at the behest of pushy, influential Christians: adding "under God" to the pledge and changing the inclusive US motto from "e pluribus unum" to the secular, devisive "In God We Trust."

Those 2 travesties count heavily against all the positives of his administration because of the damage they continue to cause.

[MisterP]

18. I'd put the Bay of Pigs, Ajax, and PBSUCCESS as quite a bit higher

[blkmusclmachine]

16. GOP is now full-on fascist, theocratic enemy of America and democracy. ISIS laughs.

[hatrack]

19. What shitbird town is this?

Would love to avoid it on any future trips north.

[romanic]

20. Warren, MI

is a typical post WWII sprawlburg of Detroit. An ugly mish-mash of houses and down-trodden retail corridors that have seen better days. As a metro-Detroit resident, you're not missing much by avoiding it. :lol:

[Alkene]

21. Gott mit uns (God with us):

during the Second World War Wehrmacht soldiers wore this slogan on their belt buckles, although there was wide variation in the degree of support among the Wehrmacht for the Nazi party.

[jmowreader]

23. That's an...interesting portrait

He looks like he'd have a bright future in the movies, if they were still making movies about the Third Reich.

I know all about Godwin's Law and I know he had nothing to do with Hitler...but I have never seen anyone who screamed to me "this guy looks like a fucking Nazi!" as much as he does.

[GeorgeGist]

24. Evil