...unless it's about 11 degrees out,of course!
Posted on 11/01/2012 12:45:38 PM PDT by massmike
A woman was blocked from early voting near Austin, Texas, last week after wearing a T-shirt that said "Vote the Bible."
A pro-family group called Texas Values said election workers told resisdent Kay Hill at the Taylor City Hall polling place in Williamson County her shirt was quote "offensive."
She was told to turn the shirt inside out, go home and change, or cover up the words "Vote the Bible."
Hill tried to disagree but was eventually forced to cover up her Bible message. Poll workers reportedly provided a jacket for her to wear over the shirt.
"It's outrageous that a person of faith would be mistreated this way while trying to vote," Jonathan Saenz, president of Texas Values, said. "If this isn't voter intimidation, I don't know what is."
(Excerpt) Read more at cbn.com ...
Williamson County is generally conservative, the opposite of Travis County where Austin is located. I don’t know about the city of Taylor.
Nothing wrong with the Tee-shirt, nor with advertisements promoting one candidate over the other, ...just don’t take them into the voting place or within its approach,...law says something like 100ft of the entrance, I believe.
I’m wearing my
“NOBAMA”
“keep the change”
T-shirt this Tuesday.
It will be covered under my jacket before I vote.
After I pull the lever, my jacket comes off and I proudly walk out.
I’d bet that a “Vote AGAINST the Bible” T-Shirt would have been just fine, though...
No electioneering for God within 500 feet of the polls.
I think some people just enjoy kicking the hornets’ nest;)
Stupid,stupid,stupid.
I wouldn’t wear a shirt like that but what if it was a Catholic nun in a habit?
A Jew wearing a yarmulke?
.
In Maryland and WV voters are allowed to display campaign buttons while voting. They can not atempt to influence voters while there or loiter either before of after voting. This was a religious T shirt not campaign material and should have been allowed.
Now if this lady was smart she would have worn a shirt with an American flag on it. That is acceptable. That is not electioneering. That is being patriotic and quite allowed.
No cell phones turned on. No cameras. No campaign signs. You are supposed to just go in to vote.
She should’a been wearing a “Sharia uber Alles” t-shirt.
A Muslim in explosive underpants?
But something as non-specific as "Vote the Bible" must surely be outside of such regulations. What in particular does it promote from a partisan point of view?
Put not thy trust in princes? Hosanna to the Son of David? Woe to you rich?
Meanwhile, a second woman who sported a tee shirt marked, “F**k your neighbor’s mate, Abort the baby, Take drugs, Lie, Cheat, and Steal!” was admitted without challenge.
Naturally, the woman voted for Obama.
...unless it's about 11 degrees out,of course!
LOL, Good one! My husband has several anti-Obama/Democrat T-shirts. I sort of cringe when he goes out in public wearing:
Democraps - The change that splatters.
When in doubt wear a burka...eveyone is afraid
to mess with that sh*t!. s/
things that may be considered offensive must be covered up?
ok...
then homos need to be covered up, as they offend me radically
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