STEVEN A. McCALEB
103 ALVERADO DRIVE
LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI 39560
PHONE & FAX: (228)-868-8428
http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/04/18/mississippi.flag/index.html
http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/ms_symb.htm
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I can
remember as a child we played cowboys and Indians, but times have changed since
9-11.
What I
see now are children playing cowboys and Muslims.
Until
9-11, I never thought about Muslims at all, but since they have stated they will
kill all Americans it hard to like this race of people.
This is
America and, "We The People" decides how our country is run.
If you
are a Muslim, you are a guest in American, and you do not have to live here.
A Biloxi man says the St. Andrews cross is a Christian symbol that has no place on a public display. Mississippi's 5th Circuit Court of Appeals denied John Briggs' claim that the State flag violates the separation of church and state. Now Briggs a convert to Muslim, hopes the U.S. Supreme Court overturns that decision. If that happens, it would be a landmark ruling.
With all precincts counted, the Associated Press reported that 488,630 voters, or 65 percent, favored keeping the 1894 flag, while 267,812 voters, or 35 percent, wanted to replace it.
John Ellis Briggs has spent 15-thousand dollars of his own money fighting Mississippi's state flag. He says, "It's not so much fighting the flag as it is holding up the constitution and by most interpretations of the constitution, you can not display a religious symbol on public property." The religious symbol he refers to is the Saint Andrew's Cross. Mississippi's Court of Appeals didn't agree with Briggs' argument and dismissed the claim citing no first amendment violation.
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"Sons of Confederate Veterans" member John French certianly agrees with the court's ruling saying this is just another frivolous attempt to attack Mississippi's flag. He hopes the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the decision.
But Briggs maintians that it is a Christian symbol and that it violates his first ammendment rights. He also says it excluded other religions.. Briggs says, "As a Muslim, my tax dollars should not be used to display a religious symbol if it's not going to display a Muslim symbol."
Subject: Fw: Prophesy or Coincidence
These things always make me wonder but yet I think they are very
Interesting! Since America is typically represented by an
Eagle, Saddam should have read up on his Muslim passages. The
following verse is from the Koran the Islamic Bible):
Verse 9 : 11
For it is written that a son of
Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle.
The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah
and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair, still more rejoiced;
for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was
peace.
Note the verse number.
John Briggs' first petition was dismissed in the U.S. Federal Court's Southern District in 2001. His latest petition was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court just two weeks ago. It could take several months for a Supreme Court ruling, if the Justices even consider the case.
STEVEN A. McCALEB
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