{"id":38145,"date":"2013-07-05T11:20:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/05\/with-liberty-and-monuments-for-all.html"},"modified":"2013-07-05T17:52:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T23:52:25","slug":"with-liberty-and-monuments-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/05\/with-liberty-and-monuments-for-all.html","title":{"rendered":"With Liberty and Monuments for All"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">If you let one group speak out in the public square, you have to let all of them speak out. And, honestly, I tend to think that&#39;s even better.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103328827291075446110\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"103328827291075446110\">Margie Kleerup<\/a><\/span>)<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/FEsafermMCor_QOn7q26GbZkNtdH3Ahg9BwKdOMLTk2CGhXNpWQ-VH1kTp58WY9S9xsnZDBnz31qDvR7C-MSBV9hHbStqCzXiYv2_0CmpeMp9yk3Tfj8L9ZoKhNj3hNVsyQ=w125-h125' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/05\/us\/to-fight-religious-monuments-atheists-plan-their-own-symbols.html?nl=todaysheadlines&#038;emc=edit_th_20130705'>To Fight Religious Monuments, Atheists Plan Their Own Symbols &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a><br \/>\n                                                Starting with a bench in Florida, the group American Atheists intends to install 50 more secular totems near displays of the Ten Commandments nationwide.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/RMvUtLSD31s' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you let one group speak out in the public square, you have to let all of them speak out. And, honestly, I tend to think that&#39;s even better. (h\/t +Margie Kleerup) To Fight Religious Monuments, Atheists Plan Their Own Symbols &#8211; NYTimes.com Starting with a bench in Florida, the group American Atheists intends to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/05\/with-liberty-and-monuments-for-all.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;With Liberty and Monuments for All&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-church-state"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13188,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/26\/james_dobson_doesnt_speak.html","url_meta":{"origin":38145,"position":0},"title":"James Dobson doesn&#8217;t speak for me","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 26-Jun-08 3:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the most positive thing about religion -- and religion and politics -- I've seen in\u00a0a long time: James Dobson Doesn't Speak For Me\u00a0 Dr. James Dobson recently attacked...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections 2008&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27321,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/03\/speak-the-truth.html","url_meta":{"origin":38145,"position":1},"title":"Speak the truth","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 3-Apr-12 5:35pm","format":false,"excerpt":"... even if ... #ddtbReshared post from +Imaad MohammadGoogle+: Reshared 1 times","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48752,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/09\/being-able-to-speak-doesnt-mean-that-you-can-breathe.html","url_meta":{"origin":38145,"position":2},"title":"Being able to speak doesn&#039;t mean that you can breathe","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 9-Dec-14 10:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"No, actually, really. 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