Las Cruces: Shameful silence

The leading factions of government-involved promoters of Christian privilege in Las Cruces have reveled in the shameful rulings against the First Amendment civil liberties by Federal District Court of Las Cruces Judge Robert Brack and his minion, federal Magistrate Lourdes Martinez.
These two judges would better serve the public in traffic court, or no court, well away from deciding the rights of the people guaranteed by the First Amendment. They lied.

The triad of the City of Las Cruces, the private Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce, and the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education, frolic under their blanket of prejudice in their status quo bed. Not to go unrecognized is the infected degreed influence from the various supporting departments of the New Mexico State University that mockingly promote 'multiculturalism' but aid and abet the LCPS and the others. Also, not to be left out are the religious factions that dictate .... . Or those who make decisions based on the 'wink and nod' of what they think their religious leaders want them to do.

The shameful silence of citizens and pulpits is a blight on the city as their silence encourages the promotion of hateful disdain toward others. There is no salvation from hate. The outcome of the lawsuits for justice was set from the beginning by the triad. Their silence proves it. As part of the plan, Judge Lourdes Martinez, in partnership with the defense lawyer, William Babington, 'lost' the Pretrial Order (PTO) for two years and for those two years denied any knowledge of her wrongdoing. Mental reservation? Job security?

Only when Judge Brack's personal Clerk of the Court, Bernadette Howell retired, did the PTO reappear.

One of the unspoken factors that influence the actions of the judges was them obviously putting their religion before their oath of office and thereby mocking the U. S. Constitution they are bound by. When judges lie and illegally promote their religion in the courthouse, chambers and courtrooms, then are relieved of their crimes by outside religious factions, only to return to their ways after penitence, our secular justice is doomed. The federal courthouse is not a church!

When citizens end up in any court for any reason, there should be no doubt that justice will be served. There have been cases where honest judges have seen a conflict between their personal beliefs or their experience and the law and recused themselves. When that happens Justice is served. Justice belongs to the people, not the four-flushers pretending to be judges.

Suffer the little children

As most of you know, but many just don't want to think about it, the Las Cruces Public Schools (LCPS) Board of Education continues its involvement in introducing the Christian religion into the schools. The 'funny' thing is the summer Church (Bible) Camp theme that has been around for years. It's Summer! It's Church (Bible) Camp time!

Now, after being exposed last summer of sponsoring a NASA program for elementary school children with the New Mexico State University Education Department at an evangelical church, the LCPS is at it again. The NMSU Education Department lied about the location being a church and the use reasoning was that it was 'free.' An LCPS policy is that its programs will be held at public school sites for free.

There is an excellent science program named Mad Science that introduces school children to various aspects of science beginning in the elementary schools. From every thing I can tell, there is no religious involvement in the programs, just science. No 'intelligent design.'

Through an obvious backdoor maneuver LCPS has joined El Paso ISD, Texas, to promote various programs of the Mad Science at exclusionary locations - one country club in El Paso; two at churches. One church is a Baptist church in El Paso, the other church is the evangelical Mesilla Valley Christian School (MVCS) in Las Cruces.

All three of the locations are exclusionary and totally inappropriate for 'public' education of children and for programs supposedly for science. The usual programs at the Baptist church are unknown at this time, but an experienced guess would categorize it as 'evangelical.' The Mesilla Valley Christian School is well-known for its bible-based evangelical programs and is decorated inside with religious themes for proselytizing. A very strange place to hold 'public' school science programs.

It is my understanding that MVCS is a promoter of the 'intelligent design' theme. If so, there is a serious conflict about to happen.