Monday, February 01, 2010
Where is Robespierre
"Mayor R. Rex Parris of Lancaster, CA, a community north of Los Angeles, has a prescription for making the Antelope Valley city a better place to live: make it more Christian. "We're growing a Christian community," Mayor Parris told the audience at a Tuesday state of the city address. "And don't let anybody shy away from that." He also urged citizens to support a municipal ballot measure in April that would allow prayers, even sectarian prayers mentioning specific deities, at city meetings. The mayor sponsored the ballot measure after the ACLU, in response to complaints, sent the city a letterrequesting "that Lancaster immediately cease opening its City Council and Planning Commission meetings with Christian prayers, or prayers that are specific to any one particular sect or religion" or face a lawsuit."