PART THREE, MORE RECENT NEWS FOR OUR FAITH-BASED READERS AND HISTORY BUFFS TOO, DEBLASIO RIOTS/PROTESTS OK, HASIDIC FUNERALS NO, MORE HISTORY/STATUE DEFACEMENT, VANDALISM, ETC........

NY POST, Bill de Blasio's blatant anti-religious discrimination....About a month after Mayor Bill de Blasio personally led a police raid on a Hasidic rabbi’s funeral in Brooklyn, which he portrayed as an intolerable threat in the era of COVID-19, New York’s mayor visited the same borough to address a tightly packed crowd of protesters who had gathered in response to George Floyd’s death. Far from ordering them to disperse in the name of public health, the unmasked mayor enthusiastically expressed solidarity with the demonstrators.

The contrast between de Blasio’s anger at Jewish mourners and his solicitude toward political protesters figures prominently in last Friday’s decision by a federal judge who deemed New York’s pandemic-inspired restrictions on religious gatherings unconstitutional. The ruling, which said COVID-19 control measures violate the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom when they draw arbitrary distinctions between religious and secular conduct, is a warning to politicians across the country as they loosen the sweeping restrictions they imposed in the name of flattening the curve.

“Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite,” de Blasio tweeted the day of the funeral raid. “When I heard, I went there myself to ensure the crowd was dispersed. And what I saw WILL NOT be tolerated so long as we are fighting the Coronavirus.” De Blasio added: “My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.”

But that period turned out to be a comma, followed by an exception for large outdoor gatherings promoting a cause that appealed to the mayor’s progressive instincts. READ MUCH MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/07/02/bill-de-blasios-blatant-anti-religious-discrimination/ 
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YET ANOTHER ONE.... Another testament to the public education system in America, idiots tore down a statue of Frederick Douglass, the fierce abolitionist. A statue of the former slave in Rochester, New York, was reportedly torn down and removed sometime over the Fourth of July weekend. https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york/rochester/news/0PWSQAmI/another-abolitionist-statue-vandalized-over-fourth-of-july-weekend 

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Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday ripped protesters who vandalized buildings in Lower Manhattan — including one named after the city’s first and only black mayor, David Dinkins — saying they’re “degrading their own movement.” READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/07/01/de-blasio-rips-protesters-for-degrading-own-movement-with-vandalism/
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GETTYSBURG, happy to report that so far, no incidences of cemetery/statue/defacement/vandalism occurred during the July 1-3 anniversary of the battle. ************************************************* 

And in case you missed it...Seriously now....an Elk?  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/07/seriously-now-elk-part-two-more-recent.html

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UPDATED BY SPECIAL REQUEST OF A RESIDENT....THIS IS FROM 2019 REGARDING THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS--Highlights only; make sure to read the entire article AT THE DAILY CALLER, LINK BELOW
--The Senate passed a resolution from GOP Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska presuming that it is unlawful to bar a nominee from office because of his membership in the Knights of Columbus.
--The move came after Democratic lawmakers pressed a judicial nominee called Brian Buescher about his affiliation with the knights, a fraternal Catholic charity.
--Sasse cast the episode as the latest iteration of faith-based hostility Democrats have shown certain nominees. READ MORE AT https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/16/ben-sasse-knights-of-columbus/

Also by special request--recent vandalim at St. John's in Washington  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/06/historic-washington-church-st-johns.html