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Chris Thomas was first elected as Clerk for the Shelby County Probate Court in September 1994. The Probate Court Clerk is responsible for the administration of the court's two divisions.
Mr. Thomas has been actively involved in community affairs for most of his adult life. Prior to being elected Probate Court Clerk, he served as a member of The Memphis City School Board from 1991 through 1995. He is a past President of the West Tennessee State Court Clerks.
A graduate of Kingsbury High School and a 1987 graduate of the University of Memphis with a degree in marketing, Mr. Thomas is married and the father of five. He and his family are active members of Faith Baptist Church in Bartlett. He is a past Chairman of the Board of Youth for Christ (now J.I.F.F.) and is an Advisory Committee member for Life Choices. He is on the Mid-South Fair's Senior Youth Talent Committee and was the 2005 Race Director for Memphis-Mid-South Race for the Cure. He is also Chairman of the Escort Marshals Committee for the Stanford St. Jude Golf classic and on the Marguerite Piazza St Jude Gala Board.
Mr. Thomas was re-elected Clerk in 1998, 2002 and 2006. Prior to his election as Clerk, Mr. Thomas worked for ATS Telephone & Data Systems
Oh, puleez. Everyone knows Kwanzaa was totally made up by a sicko and has nothing to do with religion.
So, by being non-religious it is protected from having to suffer being "protected" the way religions are -- which has evolved to mean banished from the public square by a long series of absurd legal precedence.
Its ironic, disturbing, and pathetic all at once.
this is the same doublespeak which some argue to allow a menorah but not a manger.
But Brooks, who has hosted the first night of Kwanzaa for the past 12 years, maintains that the celebration is not religious.
Then what IDIOT started it, and why are they trying to make it COMPETE with Christmas???????????????????????
Kwanzaa is a seven-day cultural event honoring black and African heritage with the goal of separating blacks in America from Christianity and so-called "white culture". Each night is dedicated to different principles, including unity, self-determination and faith all of which have communism and black separatism as either their basis or goal.
"I'm waiting for my lawyer to provide me with a written statement which mainly consists of unbelievably arbitrary and hair-splitting definitions of all the relevant terms."
Screw Kwanza and the fools that celebrate this made up b.s. holiday.
...Brooks, who has hosted the first night of Kwanzaa for the past 12 years, maintains that the celebration is not religious.
Kwanzaa is a seven-day cultural event honoring black and African heritage. Each night is dedicated to different principles, including unity, self-determination and faith.
The reason why I care at all is because I live with my girlfriend (who is black) and her daughters. They know very little about Kwanzaa. I try to explain to her what it's all about and she just bristles and doesn't listen. Did I mention that sha's also a democrat but doesn't know why, she only votes for democrats without knowing anything about the issues, and although by practice she's more conservative than liberal, she denies it and does "her cultural duty" by supporting democrats and race hustlers.
A "pan-African holiday" invented in the United States and celebrated nowhere in Africa.