Free speech advocate
By Sherri Schofield - IR letter to the editor - 03/10/2009
I was so pleased to see that Canyon Ferry Baptist Church won their appeal in the 9th Circuit. It was a great victory for freedom of speech that will set the precedent for the future. It gives freedom to pastors across the state to speak out on the real-life political issues we face that could dramatically impact our families.
The only thing that disturbed me about this cast was that it took the 9th Circuit of Appeals to recognize the real issue: freedom of speech, and the harassment of our community establishments, such as churches, by people who want to shut down all competition.
Montana prides itself on freedom issues. Why was this subject not seen in the first place in our courts? Are Helena politics so crushingly controlling that politics overrides freedom of speech here?
Thank you, Canyon Ferry Baptist Church, for the good fight you put up in defending freedom of speech!
Sherri Schofield
Reader Comments:
Clancy Coot (me)
Then the Churches should pay taxes if they insist on being political machines and not only providing spiritual guidance to their flocks as they supposedly do. I do not belong to this church, and as an individual tax payer, do not think group/mob religious opinions should overly influence the political process.
al wrote on Mar 10, 2009 8:30 AM:
" I disagree with the court's ruling. Organized political activity should not be magically exempt from election law just because it takes place in a building with a cross out front. As evidenced on their website (http://www.cfrbc.net), Canyon Ferry Baptist Church is one of many that promotes something called "Spiritual Battle", calling anyone who does not agree with the Baptist agenda "Satan". This strategy is primarily a means to keep tithers riled-up and focused so that attendance will stay up and money will keep coming in. The ultimate goal, of course, is political power and all the worldly things that come with it. Naturally, these divisive tactics make enemies in the secular world where previously there were none. I think believers should ask themselves: is that really what Jesus would do? "
VRC wrote on Mar 10, 2009 6:13 AM:
" The front group that our now Public Service Commissioner put up to this failed effort to surpress free speech failed completely and cost a lot of money. How long will actions that are clearly in violation of our civil rights granted in the Constitution go on without being totally rejected by the first line of the judicial system. "
purple wrote on Mar 10, 2009 1:29 AM:
" Dems and libs only believe in free speech when it is THEIR speech which should be the only one heard.They proved that when they wanted a return to the fairness doctrine - they wanted conservatives to give while exempting liberals. "
By Sherri Schofield - IR letter to the editor - 03/10/2009
I was so pleased to see that Canyon Ferry Baptist Church won their appeal in the 9th Circuit. It was a great victory for freedom of speech that will set the precedent for the future. It gives freedom to pastors across the state to speak out on the real-life political issues we face that could dramatically impact our families.
The only thing that disturbed me about this cast was that it took the 9th Circuit of Appeals to recognize the real issue: freedom of speech, and the harassment of our community establishments, such as churches, by people who want to shut down all competition.
Montana prides itself on freedom issues. Why was this subject not seen in the first place in our courts? Are Helena politics so crushingly controlling that politics overrides freedom of speech here?
Thank you, Canyon Ferry Baptist Church, for the good fight you put up in defending freedom of speech!
Sherri Schofield
Reader Comments:
Clancy Coot (me)
Then the Churches should pay taxes if they insist on being political machines and not only providing spiritual guidance to their flocks as they supposedly do. I do not belong to this church, and as an individual tax payer, do not think group/mob religious opinions should overly influence the political process.
al wrote on Mar 10, 2009 8:30 AM:
" I disagree with the court's ruling. Organized political activity should not be magically exempt from election law just because it takes place in a building with a cross out front. As evidenced on their website (http://www.cfrbc.net), Canyon Ferry Baptist Church is one of many that promotes something called "Spiritual Battle", calling anyone who does not agree with the Baptist agenda "Satan". This strategy is primarily a means to keep tithers riled-up and focused so that attendance will stay up and money will keep coming in. The ultimate goal, of course, is political power and all the worldly things that come with it. Naturally, these divisive tactics make enemies in the secular world where previously there were none. I think believers should ask themselves: is that really what Jesus would do? "
VRC wrote on Mar 10, 2009 6:13 AM:
" The front group that our now Public Service Commissioner put up to this failed effort to surpress free speech failed completely and cost a lot of money. How long will actions that are clearly in violation of our civil rights granted in the Constitution go on without being totally rejected by the first line of the judicial system. "
purple wrote on Mar 10, 2009 1:29 AM:
" Dems and libs only believe in free speech when it is THEIR speech which should be the only one heard.They proved that when they wanted a return to the fairness doctrine - they wanted conservatives to give while exempting liberals. "
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