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Halloween Decoration or Hate Crime?
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| 10/12/07
| Liz Tufts
Posted on 10/12/2007 5:46:02 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
What's supposed to be a simple Halloween decoration is now brewing up some controversy in Chicopee. One group is calling the decoration a hate crime.
Driving down East Street in Chicopee it's hard not to notice a witch hanging from a noose. To many, it's an innocent Halloween decoration, but for Kelly Lynch it's offensive.
"We don't harm anyone, we worship god, we are not evil, and we don't cast spells, " says Lynch.
Lynch is a witch. She has been studying witchcraft since she was a child, and says it's her way of life.
"We are just like Christians, Muslims, we have our own religion, " adds Lynch.
That's why when she saw the life-like witch hanging in someones front yard she went straight to the home owner's door.
"He told me to lighten up, it was a Halloween decoration, I know it's his constitutional right, but I want it down. To make that your only decoration...it's kind of odd, " stresses Lynch.
But the owner will do no such thing. His neighbor says he has every intention of keeping it up.
"There's no way it's coming down. I think it's funny people are getting so upset, it's only a decoration, " says neighbor, Kevin Belder.
But Lynch says it's no laughing matter. She says it's a hate crime against her religion
"Look at Louisiana, it's the same thing, what if a black family burned crosses, or nooses it would be the same thing, " says Lynch.
And if the owner still doesn't take the Witch down from its noose by Halloween, Lynch plans to protest outside his home.
She says it's not only a hate crime against her religion, but offensive to the entire community.
"It's depicting death. I wouldn't destroy a cross or bash a religion or race,so I don't expect that to happen to me, " adds Lynch.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: halloween; hatecrime; massachusetts; springfield; witch
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posted on
10/12/2007 5:46:44 PM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
To: TornadoAlley3
Witch needs to get a life..
3
posted on
10/12/2007 5:47:17 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: TornadoAlley3
4
posted on
10/12/2007 5:48:54 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: TornadoAlley3
5
posted on
10/12/2007 5:49:47 PM PDT
by
bill1952
(The 10 most important words for change: "If it is to be, it is up to me")
To: TornadoAlley3
Halloween is an odd holiday... although I do enjoy seeing kids get candy and get all hyped about it. Not so much on all the skeletal witch druid evil stuff.
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posted on
10/12/2007 5:50:17 PM PDT
by
Eyes Unclouded
(We won't ever free our guns but be sure we'll let them triggers go....)
To: TornadoAlley3
And if the owner still doesn't take the Witch down from its noose by Halloween, Lynch plans to protest outside his home. Wow! A real witch at your house on Halloween! Make HER give out the candy.
To: TornadoAlley3
8
posted on
10/12/2007 5:52:12 PM PDT
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: LibFreeOrDie
OK, I’ll say it. Ms Lynch has more than one reason to fear a noose...
9
posted on
10/12/2007 5:52:27 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Lib-uh-rulz can't foresee even the clearest consequences to their actions...)
To: TornadoAlley3
Man, sure glad I don’t go home to that witch every night.
Get a life was about the best suggestion I can think of, so I agree with the person that posted it.
10
posted on
10/12/2007 5:53:44 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Hillary has pay fever. There she goes now... "Ha Hsu, ha hsu, haaaa hsu, ha hsu...")
To: TornadoAlley3
What's supposed to be a simple Halloween decoration is now brewing up some controversy in Chicopee. One group is calling the decoration a hate crime. Driving down East Street in Chicopee it's hard not to notice a witch hanging from a noose. To many, it's an innocent Halloween decoration, but for Kelly Lynch it's offensive.
"We don't harm anyone, we worship god, we are not evil, and we don't cast spells, " says Lynch.
Lynch is a witch.
11
posted on
10/12/2007 5:54:00 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: null and void
Although I suppose I shouldn’t get too hung up on her name...
12
posted on
10/12/2007 5:54:03 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Lib-uh-rulz can't foresee even the clearest consequences to their actions...)
To: TornadoAlley3
13
posted on
10/12/2007 5:55:38 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto)
To: TornadoAlley3
Are there any men in this so called religion? or is it all spinsters with a dozen cats that cant get a date?
14
posted on
10/12/2007 5:55:52 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: no one in particular
Soooooo, who’s going dressed up as a møøselimb and carrying a severed head?...
15
posted on
10/12/2007 5:56:07 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Lib-uh-rulz can't foresee even the clearest consequences to their actions...)
To: usmcobra
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posted on
10/12/2007 5:56:12 PM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
To: mylife
Yes there are men witches, I know a couple personally.
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posted on
10/12/2007 5:57:19 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Lib-uh-rulz can't foresee even the clearest consequences to their actions...)
To: TornadoAlley3
"We don't harm anyone, we worship god, we are not evil, and we don't cast spells, " says Lynch. Tell that to Hansel and Gretel.
18
posted on
10/12/2007 5:58:14 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
To: TornadoAlley3
19
posted on
10/12/2007 5:59:26 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: null and void
sometimes they just write themselves...
20
posted on
10/12/2007 6:00:40 PM PDT
by
steveo
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
To: TornadoAlley3
She needs to see the witch ‘go splat’ decorations then.
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:01:15 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(If you set something free, and it returns, it must really like being captive.)
To: null and void
Ive only met the female ones and they all look like the cow in this story
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:01:31 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: steveo
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:02:14 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Lib-uh-rulz can't foresee even the clearest consequences to their actions...)
To: SandRat
"We don't harm anyone, we worship god, we are not evil, and we don't cast spells, " says Lynch. Oh yeah? Then what happened to my NY Yankees these past 7 baseball seasons ??? /chuckle
Eeeenywees, kinda interesting that a self-described 'witch' named "Lynch" is objecting to a Halloween display portraying a witch hanging from a noose.
Just an observation, thats all ....... :)
To: TASMANIANRED
Yeah, let her get a taste of what Christians have to put up with. Besides if she is somehow associating herself to the stereotyped witch character by being offended at it at the same time she’s trying to distance herself from stereotypes (we don’t cast spells, we are nice people etc etc), she’s got problems.
To: TornadoAlley3
But Lynch says it's no laughing matter. She says it's a hate crime against her religion "Look at Louisiana, it's the same thing, what if a black family burned crosses, or nooses it would be the same thing, " says Lynch. And if the owner still doesn't take the Witch down from its noose by Halloween, Lynch plans to protest outside his home Shut up,shut up,shut up you dammed loon
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:04:22 PM PDT
by
Charlespg
(Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
To: Mr_Moonlight
Then what happened to my NY YankeesChief Wahoo put the whammy on them.
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:06:16 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
I can’t see her. Her lack of humor give me a clue, though.
Some are hot, some are not. I strongly suspect a male witch would have a pretty good field to play, I wouldn’t be all that surprised if it’s a 10:1 ratio...
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:08:13 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Lib-uh-rulz can't foresee even the clearest consequences to their actions...)
To: TornadoAlley3
Besides, nobody has the right to not be offended. Look at what Christians have to put up with today in the country FOUNDED by Christians.
We get the capitol architect removing God from the flag flying certificates. We get ‘piss christ’ and it’s passed off as art. We get the ‘sisters of perpetual indulgence’. We get negatively stereotyped in most if not all mainstream movies and tv shows. We get atheists calling us a disease or diseased people and that we’re the problem in the world. We’ve got people losing their lives because they are Christian and being put in jail for it all over the world.
No honey, you don’t have the right not to be offended. It is a decoration not a statement. You’re the one making it a statement. The guy isn’t doing it out of hate, like the above examples I’ve cited of real hatred towards Christians.
To: TornadoAlley3
Halloween Decoration or Hate Crime? A piñata, maybe?
30
posted on
10/12/2007 6:10:29 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich!)
To: Secret Agent Man
BUMP. Your post says it all!
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:11:21 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(PIMP my Senate. They're all a bunch of whores anyway!)
To: TornadoAlley3
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:13:35 PM PDT
by
jimboster
(fROM)
To: TornadoAlley3
Grow some thicker skin witch. I have a skeleton in me and I'm not offended when I see skeletons at Halloween.
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:17:37 PM PDT
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: mylife
Chief Wahoo put the whammy on them. Are you sure about that? Perhaps there was Voodoo already in the air with this:
And this:
... I'm just sayin, thats all ... /grin
To: Charlespg; All
35
posted on
10/12/2007 6:18:43 PM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
To: Secret Agent Man
36
posted on
10/12/2007 6:19:53 PM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
To: Mr_Moonlight
Sox are putting the Whammy on the Tribe so far tonight
37
posted on
10/12/2007 6:21:03 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: TornadoAlley3
"Look at Louisiana, it's the same thing, what if a black family burned crosses, or nooses it would be the same thing, " says Lynch. A black family burning crosses and hanging nooses in Louisiana? I think Ms. Lynch has been smoking some serious crack.
38
posted on
10/12/2007 6:24:50 PM PDT
by
Sloth
(Democrats and GOPers are to government what Jeffrey Dahmer and Michael Jackson are to babysitting)
To: SampleMan
--- "We don't harm anyone, we worship god, we are not evil, and we don't cast spells, " says Lynch. --- Tell that to Hansel and Gretel.
*snort*
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:29:10 PM PDT
by
Finny
(We have enemies within, and one of them is envy. -- A British naval officer in time of war)
To: TornadoAlley3
I am sick of people being offended. Get thicker skin! I am offended by a lot of behaviors and symbols but I don’t go around whining about it. Not that anyone would get rid of treasonous dims or communist or islamic symbols anyway.
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:34:39 PM PDT
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: usmcobra
My thoughts exactly!
Just Damn!
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:35:11 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: TornadoAlley3
Trouble is, this wich lady is a true wacko and true wackos are scary. Infinitely scarier than a bully. I hope the guy keeps a eye on his six.
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:36:41 PM PDT
by
joebuck
To: Dumpster Baby
I told Hillery to quit her radar avoidance flights.
43
posted on
10/12/2007 6:37:42 PM PDT
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: mylife
Chief Wahoo put the whammy on them.Well he sure did but he was only able too because of the Hitlery curse. LOL
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:41:59 PM PDT
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: Nuc1
Now there is a Witch!
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:44:30 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
Indeed! Looks kinda like the one hanging from the noose.
46
posted on
10/12/2007 6:45:24 PM PDT
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: TornadoAlley3
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posted on
10/12/2007 6:46:48 PM PDT
by
peggybac
(Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
To: TornadoAlley3
In the words of the late entertainer, Jimmy Durante, “Everybody wants to get into the act!”
48
posted on
10/12/2007 7:26:36 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
To: TornadoAlley3
49
posted on
10/12/2007 7:31:59 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
To: mylife
or is it all spinsters with a dozen cats that cant get a date? What does their cats getting or not getting a date have to do with anything?
50
posted on
10/12/2007 8:08:16 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(U.S. Citizen since 1946: “Made in the USA, by proud American workers!")
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