'Jesus Tattoo' group claims Lubbock ISD violated free speech rights, lawsuit shows

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The art from the "Jesus Tattoo" bulletin board was included in the lawsuit filed by Little Pencil LLC, the advertising campaign's sponsor, against Lubbock Independent School District on Tuesday.
Provided by Little Pencil LLC

A civil rights lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday by the originator of a controversial ad campaign for Jesus last year accuses the city’s largest school district of discrimination and violating his right to free speech.

Neither side commented further Wednesday, July 29, on Little Pencil’s suit to force the Lubbock Independent School District to grant its “Jesus Tattoo” ad time on the giant video screen at Lowrey Field — the football stadium in PlainsCapital Park — during the 2014 high school football season.

LISD officials declined to comment until they’d been served with the suit, and on Wednesday, Alliance Defending Freedom — which issued a news release Tuesday when the suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Lubbock — said it would have nothing further to say.

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A detailed look at the 30-page complaint provides a broad look at how Lubbock-based Little Pencil has probed at the school district’s policies after LISD rejected a $1,600 deal to include jesustattoo.org’s ad in the video rotation at eight high football games last fall.

More at http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2014-01-29/jesus-tattoo-group-claims-lisd-violated-free-speech-rights-lawsuit-shows .

[font color=green]One of the comments is very informative:[/font]

nowhereland 01/29/14 - 11:57 pm

Why Hire Defenders of Hate?

This Jesustattoo.org group claims they are a "small anonymous humble group" that just want to spread the "word". Yet they have hired 5 attorneys from ADF, one the biggest defenders of hate, murder, and torture around the world, to represent them. Alliance Defending Freedom is itself a hate group.

The Alliance Defending Freedom organization has a long history of hate. They have ties to most hate groups that try to pass themselves off as religious groups. Pastor Scott Lively who has served in leadership positions in the AFA, a listed hate group with the Southern Poverty Law Center, is on trial for crimes against humanity for his role in atrocities around the world. He has peddled influence and legislation in Russia, Uganda, Belize and other countries.

Many gay and lesbian people are being murdered, tortured, and falsely imprisoned due to his influence on legislation in foreign countries.

David Miller and Mark Persall have some deep pockets and their "small humble group" approach is very disinginuous. Don't let the soft messaging confuse you. I have no doubt in my mind this was a calculated effort to test the bounds of the SCOTUS decision on religious advertising in public schools.

Furthermore, Lubbock ISD needs to get it together going forward. There should be absolutely no religious advertising at Public Schools. Once you let one in, you have to let the group that wants to kill people in other countries in. These folks did their homework in Arizona. They knew exactly how to stake LISD out and exploit this situation.

Their message is not about tolerance. If they can defend murder, torture, and false imprisonment in other countries, what message would they promote here??

www.aclu-tn.org/pdfs/briefer_religion_in_public_schools Lynch v Donnelly 1984

"School sponsorship of a religious message in impermissable (sic)...."

These are legal battles that will determine what type of influence hate and intolerance will have in our public schools.

Lynch v. Donnelly 1984

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alliance_Defense_Fund http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/pastor-scott-lively-on-trial-for-crimes-against-humanity-running-for-governor/politics/2013/12/16/80333#.Uunii5p3tjo

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1983/1983_82_1256

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2005/spring/a-mighty-army

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2013/fall/Dangerous-Liasons

http://equalitymatters.org/blog/201401220002