Posted on 03/08/2013 11:28:15 AM PST by nickcarraway
Is it just me, or is modern journalism hard to interpret?
“Escorted out”??? The poor woman was dragged out and hit the platform floor.
I hope her son ‘escorts’ her to a lawyer’s office. When will hired security stop thinking they can manhandle people?
Red flag, here. X-rays "prove" "possible" fractures? A poke and "Does this hurt?" identifies "possible" fractures. The point of x-rays is a yes or no.
You can’t laugh in Nanny Bloomer’s New Yawk and now you can’t sing in Floriduh. What’s this country coming to?
“....I was beating my little beads with the bottle ...”
LOL...gotta try that one....
FL CONSTITUTIONSo then, by what right does the transit authority presume to prohibit this?
ARTICLE 1, SECTION 3. Religious freedom.—
There shall be no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace or safety. No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.
You are going to get so droned for posting that.
Hey, I thought that sentence was above average purple monkey elephant.
I’m thinking I might memorize that.
Repeat it over and over again. Aloud.
While riding the MetroRail.
Obviously mass transit rules are in conflict with the free exercise clause of the Constitution.
Thank the hippies for this one, they likely had to implement the policy to keep the freak show under control, and this grandma was the unintended consequence.
The rules appear to prohibit singing or playing of an instrument without a permit. No mention of religion that I can see. What if she were singing the Internationale or some rap tune?
Reasonable restriction for those riding on public transportation. As to the manner of her being escorted, that’s another issue worth examining, but the Article 1 claim is bogus.
Perhaps the Metrorail officials do not want anyone singing or making excessive noise on the train and that is a good rule as she or anyone else singing on a train would annoy the other passengers.
And her singing of a Christian hymn is not relevant in this case.
“Obviously mass transit rules are in conflict with the free exercise clause of the Constitution.”
Not at all.
Lady - get to the BACK of the bus - if you want to sing Christmas carols...
If grandma was beating beads with a bottle, most likely she was part of the Florida freak show.
Singing to myself is a vice of mine. Do it without thinking. Picked up the habit while hiking or walking a couple of miles to work decades ago.
Often it is something like Gospel Ship, or I’ll Fly Away. A lot of old Country...some newer stuff like The Black Keys...Trouble Weighs A Ton.
Had a rude awakening years ago though. It was a warm Fall day, I was working in the yard cleaning up, splitting wood and singing Pour Me Another Tequila Shelia Then Take Off That Red Satin Dress.
I hadn’t noticed a nun and her elderly mother were sitting outside next door.
MRS P6 MADE ME AWARE....VERY AWARE...!
What is sad is that everyone in that car should have stood up and started singing with her... Throw us all off the train - If you can. That would have been a Chik-Fil-A moment.
What passes as American these days leaves much to be desired.
If that had been a group of homies yelling at each other with obscenities (like they so often do), that “security guard” wouldn’t have said or done a thing. She was just an easy target for some cop wannabe.
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