Spanglish at its Best

Most free-thinking people know as they drive around the downtown area of Las Cruces that the Latin crosses on the tower of City Hall are there specifically to proselytize the people. A Christian beacon, if you will.

Many observers laugh at the seemingly redundant wording on the front of City Hall: City of Las Cruces City Hall. Pretty funny. Any moron knows Las Cruces is a city. But what's not realized is the influence of Spanglish - that illiterate sounding of local Spanish interspersed with English.

But here Spanglish was intentionally used to mask the intent of the message: City of Las Cruces translated in the local proselytizing Spanglish it means the 'City of the Crosses,' all the while knowing 'las cruces' means the crossroads. This comes from the attempt of the city to distance itself from its collaboration in the misdeeds of the local federal judges' illegal rulings about using public funding for religious purposes.  All those known to be involved have been rewarded.  

Truth and Justice in a Federal Court

On 11 January 2012 a great senior federal Judge Ronald R. Lagueux of the First Federal District of the United States ruled that "no amount" of "history and tradition" "can cure a constitutional infraction." Judge Lagueux did his duty to the people and our Constitution. This judge did not join the religious bigots that harassed the plaintiffs. He did not join the religious bigots and make a ruling to satisfy their outrageous demands.

Judge Lagueux did not use his Catholic religion to justify a wrongheaded ruling that would have only brought shame to his court. Every court, from low to high, belongs to all the people equally, and there by should be shameless. Any judge who brings shame upon his or her court, should immediately resign.

Every citizen should read Judge Lagueux's Decision and Order. It is written in simple language and can be found, among other places, on the New York Times web site article dated 31 January 2012 under the story line of: "A Brave Stand in Rhode Island." Also, Case 1:11-cv-00138-L-DLM Document 27, Filed 1/11/12.

The cases and reasoning behind his final decision are the same that was presented to the local federal Judges Robert Brack and Lourdes Martinez, which they chose to ignore and rule for the local religious bigots.

Or contact me and I will email you a copy. It is 40-pages long - double spaced.

Another New Mexico Lie Exposed

Shortly after that fool of a governor, Billy Richardson, appointed a coreligionist, Rhonda Faught, Deming/Las Cruces, as the NM State Engineer, she changed the NM Transportation Department's logo to represent the Christian Holy Trinity. This Trinitarian design is now seen on all Transportation Department signage and documents throughout the state. Of course, denials abound when questions arise about its religious intent. Just another in-your-face example of the religious prejudice emanating from Santa Fe.

Increased Proselytizing by City of Las Cruces

Note photos on the 12/10/10 posting. The City of Las Cruces is increasing its illegal activities, nothing new here, and continuing the installation of the proselytizing Latin crosses signage on lamp posts about the city.

It's not enough to place the signs where traffic signs-only were restricted, but the new idea now is to install them at an IN-YOUR-FACE eye-level position to force an attentive driver, and passengers, to look at the City's Latin crosses symbol. See lamp post at east Wal-Mart entrance/exit on Triviz Drive and across Telshor Drive from Olive Garden. See the signs at Camino Real Middle School and Alameda Elementary School (2).

You will also find these various in-your-face signs in front of businesses who support the City's proselytizing. Locations: Olive Gardens, Buchanan Insurance, Stull Real Estate, Citizens Bank, Kiwanis Club, etc..

For those of you that don't understand what is going on with the City's symbols this is for you:

Look at the City's illegally adopted symbol. You will see three stacked Latin crosses. You will also see 15 points surrounding the crosses. Now, think Gospel of John 3:15 (three crosses- Verse 15) - "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." If you don't see it, you are in denial, or perhaps afraid to see it. Comically, yet pathetic, Federal magistrate Judge Lourdes Martinez said, "I can't see that third cross....."

Naming the New High School in Las Cruces

CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL:

I propose the name for the following reasons:

1. Next year, 2012, is the Centennial Year for the state of New Mexico.

2. Celebrating a ‘Centennial High School’ not only represents the past of our history, but it also represents the hope of our future – our children.

3. Promoting a ‘Centennial High School’ is an inclusive, welcoming non-sectarian name for all the various, past and present and future cultures, races, religions, and representatives of nations that have built our community and state.

4. ‘Centennial High School’ would be a means to include the often ignored Las Cruces and surrounding area in the state-wide celebration of statehood.

5. The Sun-News has a list of suggested names that are all quaint and well-meaning in their fashion, but any one of those names on such an edifice would not do justice to the purpose of pride the children would feel while attending such a school with an inclusive name.

6. Additionally, some of the combinations of initials of the proposed names can be used to accent the oftentimes vulgarities of youth.

Intentional Proselytizing by City of Las Cruces

Government-owned lampposts and street lights' poles for the posting of political signs and notices, garage sales, lost pets and missing persons, etc., has always been restricted to only signs that pertain to traffic information.

Except in the city of Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. It's not enough for the police, firefighters, city employees, all city vehicles, every document generated by City Hall and its departments, every newspaper advertisement, mailings, and every major building to have the in-your-face representation of the Christian Trinity crosses.

The City is now engaged in placing signage with the illegal Trinity crosses symbol on all the byways of the city at eye-level to force the vehicles' drivers to see the symbols. The signage is particularly noticeable at locations near schools and the crosswalks for the students.

Federal Crimes in Las Cruces

Federal money comes with the old strings attached. Lawyers make thousands of taxpayers' dollars ensuring cities, counties and states follow the rules. Except in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The main string (rule) is one requiring all federal rules and laws be obeyed which pertains to that project the money is allocated for.

Judge Robert Brack made no law as federal judges do not have that power or authority, and basically insulted all of Christendom, or so one would suppose, when he ruled that the three Latin crosses the City of Las Cruces uses is not religious. Even his trois singes pals at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals cannot write laws, nor the organization that wrote their ruling for them, which supported the denial of the religiosity of the crosses of Las Cruces.

The latest violations of the federal laws are seen on the new, small, 15-passenger buses the City of Las Cruces purchased with taxpayers' funds, which now exhibit the Gothic-inspired symbol titled "Keep Las Cruces Beautiful." The brochure-promoted sun replaced with the triune crosses of the Trinity surrounded with 15-points for the Gospel of John 15. Or is it the three crosses also representing the number '3' and 15-points also representing the number '15' for the Gospel of John 3:15?

This latest attempt to divide the city by promoting Christianity and excluding the religious and non-religious Others is a perfect example of the Christian hegemony maxim: "We do it because we can and we will continue to do it."

Remember: sectarian, prejudice, Christian, exclusion, Las Cruces, and even beautiful, all have the same number of letters.