Hindus join Satanists demanding equal placement on Oklahoma capitol grounds

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Members of the world’s oldest faith would like to join a display of religious symbols at Oklahoma’s state capitol, joining a Judeo-Christian tablet and a proposed Satanist monument.

The Universal Society of Hinduism plans to submit an application to the Oklahoma State Capitol Preservation Commission for permission to place a statue of Lord Hanuman on the statehouse grounds.

“If the Oklahoma State Capitol was open to different monuments, we would love to have a statue of Lord Hanuman, who was greatly revered and worshipped and known for incredible strength and was (a) perfect grammarian,” said Rajan Zed, president of Universal Society of Hinduism.

The Satanists’ plans shocked and disturbed lawmakers, one of whom said he was offended because “this is a faith-based nation and a faith-based state.”

That’s where the Hindus come in.

The fourth-largest faith group in the U.S. – and third-largest in the world – said it would like to join the religious displays to honor Oklahoma’s Hindus and raise awareness about their faith.

Zed said he’d written the preservation commission chairman and others to ask for detailed procedures, required forms and outlines for conditions to be met for proper approval.

The Hindu group said their planned statue of Lord Hanuman would be “big and weather-proof.”



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Spade you are right America has decided to be a faith based nation and interfere
in government affairs of all kinds. Therefore its only fitting that all Faiths who are
taxpaying citizens should have their faith and symbols on display. If one group
has it the rest should have it. What happens when the Kamasutra folks want to
take part and issue demonstration pamphlets? Could be interesting.
 
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That statue actually makes me snicker when I envision the Bible thumpers seeing it.

And of course, everyone should be protected from unwanted beliefs...........







Satanists unveil proposed statue for OK state capitol



A 7-foot tall goat-headed Baphomet deserves a place on state grounds?




Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/Satanists_unveil_proposed_statue_for_state_capitol.html#LXEYICJ45I0ElpuQ.99












 
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Okay, everyone in Oklahoma get out of the gene pool! Play time is over.................








An Oklahoma high school suspended a 15-year-old student after accusing her of casting a magic spell that caused a teacher to become sick, lawyers for the student said on Friday.

The American Civil Liberties Union said it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on behalf of student Brandi Blackbear, charging that the assistant principal of Union Intermediate High School in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, suspended her for 15 days last December for supposedly casting a spell.

The suit also charged the Tulsa-area Union Public Schools with repeatedly violating Blackbear’s civil rights by seizing notebooks she used to write horror stories and barring her from drawing or wearing signs of the pagan religion Wicca.

“It’s hard for me to believe that in the year 2000 I am walking into court to defend my daughter against charges of witchcraft brought by her own school,” said Timothy Blackbear, Brandi’s father.

‘Outlandish Accusations’

Joann Bell, executive director of the ACLU’s Oklahoma chapter, said the “outlandish accusations” had made Blackbear’s life at school unbearable.

“I, for one, would like to see the so-called evidence this school has that a 15-year-old girl made a grown man sick by casting a magic spell,” Bell said.

A lawyer for the school district declined to comment.

The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, alleges that Blackbear was summoned to the office of assistant principal Charlie Bushyhead last December after a teacher fell ill, and was questioned about her interest in Wicca.

According to the lawsuit, Brandi Blackbear had read a library book about Wicca beliefs and, under aggressive interrogation by Bushyhead, said she might be a Wiccan. In fact, Blackbear is a Roman Catholic, according to the newspaper Tulsa World.

“The interview culminated with Defendant Bushyhead accusing Plaintiff, Brandi Blackbear, of casting spells causing (a teacher at the school) ... to be sick and to be hospitalized,” the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit stated that because of the “unknown cause” of the teacher’s illness, Bushyhead advised the 15-year-old girl “that she was an immediate threat to the school and summarily suspended her for what he arbitrarily determined to be a disruption of the education process.”




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Curses only work if the victim believes curses can harm them. It is a psychological game, a self fulfilling prophesy. The person actually makes themselves sick worrying about it.
 
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It's a cunning plan by the left... I can tell that there is an army of socialists inside that Trojan Dollar, just waiting to leap out and attack OKs fiscal conservatism
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So what's the 'cunning plan' you envision?
 
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Oklahoma TV station censors evolution talk on Cosmos reboot






This past Sunday, Carl Sagan’s universe documentary Cosmos was heroically resurrected after nearly 35 years. Taking Sagan’s spot in the space chair, Neil deGrasse Tyson — who has to be more famous at this point for the love he evokes from Redditors rather than for being a brilliant astrophysicist — is now ushering viewers through the mysteries of the universe. The reboot has so far been met with overly positive reviews, but not everyone is completely pleased with the way A Spacetime Odyssey is run.


A television station in Oklahoma censored the first episode’s discussion about evolution.


Local Fox affiliate KOKH — which resides in Oklahoma City — did not simply bleep or cut out the evolution segments from the episode. Instead, it happened to interrupt the segment with a very conveniently timed news break, seen below.




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Wonder when the Muslims and Satanists will Petition to get their books on board..........






A high school curriculum supported by Hobby Lobby chain president Steve Green, billed as a way to teach archaeology, history and the arts through Bible stories, also tells students God is always there in times of trouble and that sinners must "suffer the consequences" of disobeying.


The Mustang School Board in suburban Oklahoma City voted this month to place the Museum of the Bible's curriculum in its schools as an elective for a one-year trial after being assured that the intent is not to proselytize but to use the Bible to explain key principles in the arts and sciences.


While the course does explain the inspiration behind famous works of art and holds a prism to historical events, it also endorses behavior for religious reasons and implies that bad things happen as a direct result of disregarding God's rules.


Andrew Seidel, a lawyer with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, wrote to the Mustang district this week complaining that "negative aspects" of God, such as jealousy or punishing children for the actions of their parents, are not mentioned in the course.


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The Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is calling on the Civic Center to rescind permission for a Devil Worshiping group to host a Black Mass in the publicly funded space


According to Civic Center Spokesperson Jennifer McClintock, the event is scheduled for Sept. 21 in the smallest venue at the historic performing hall. The 92-seat theater is in the basement.


“I’m hoping we sell out,” said Adam Daniels, the leader of the Devil Worshiping group.


Despite calls by the church to cancel the event, McClintock said the Civic Center said it is illegal to do so. “We work in the interest of content neutrality so we can’t judge shows that want to rent space here based upon the content of their production,” she told KOCO’s Erielle Reshef.



Church leaders like Archbishop Paul Coakley see the Black Mass as sacrilege.


“It’s really an attack on the fundamental act of Catholic worship, which is the Mass, and upon the beliefs of all Christians, which is the sovereignty of Christ,” he told Reshef, adding, “I wonder if the Civic Center would permit a group to come in and rent the space to burn a Koran, I hope they would not, but this is equally abhorrent.”


Coakley is now sharply decrying the event, prompting event organizers to welcome the added publicity.


“The guys on the other side of the coin are making enough noise they want to know what’s going on,” said Daniels.


But Coakley said, despite the heightened publicity, the church’s involvement is necessary. “I think that somebody has to speak up and speak out and I didn’t look for this challenge but I can’t turn away from it.”


McClintock said the Civic Center has received more than 500 calls and emails against the Black Mass. She said staff will work to answer all of them.


: Devil worshiping group to host Black Mass amid push back from Catholic Church Leaders | Oklahoma City - OKC - KOCO.com
 
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