#greece ny

[sriracha-chan]

80 mph winds in my town today. the power is out for like 90,000 people. went out at work about 7 hours ago and counting. thank god i have power at my house. ugh. its a state of emergency and travel is prohibited. kind of crazy the amount of damage there is.

[yourtake]

"It was just a few moments after sunset, and I was shooting every minute or so because the colors were changing so often," said contributor Ken Tucker. More about today's top photo: http://usat.ly/1LFg2HL

[brittneyspictures-blog]

☀️ sunset from earlier ☀️

[alternxtivelarrie]

IMPORTANT AMBER ALERT

Okay guys so a 16 year old girl named Cassidy Geffert was abducted from her home in Greece, NY today on 6/23/14. She’s 5 foot 6 inches and weighs around 145lbs.

The suspected vehicle she’s in is a Black 4-door Sedan 2006 with NY plates GMM9136. It’s possibly heading to Ohio.

I don’t know her, but she’s from where I’m from and reblogging this could help to find her and save her life. She left a note for her parents with blood stains on it indicating she was in danger and a .38 caliber handgun was taken from her home. Please just take the little bit of time to reblog this to help find her. Here’s the news report for more info as well - http://m.13wham.com/article?id=5644046

[gokicker]

A 5-4 Supreme Court ruling upheld that public prayers at town board meeting in New York are a-okay. The Court decided that those communal prayers were NOT a violation to the Establishment Clause (which bars against government establishment of religion). Here's Why YOU Should Care About Prayers At Town Hall Meetings.

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[jamht1972]

Section 189 of the Kentucky state constitution states: "No portion of any fund or tax now existing, or that may hereafter be raised or levied for educational purposes, shall be appropriated to, or used by, or in aid of, any church, sectarian or denominational school." Pretty straight forward, but the state of Kentucky is taxing taxpayers $3,5000,000 to send students on school buses to religious schools in Kentucky, which is a quite clear violation of that state's constitution, let alone federal constitutional concerns. But, a lot of politicians want to use tax dollars to advocate and push their own personal religious beliefs. Even though Christianity is dominant in Kentucky, it seems to need governmental help, at least according to these politicians. On another issue, the Supreme Court has ruled to allow sectarian prayers in Greece, NY (such as prayers specific to Jesus) at public or governmental meetings. Along as the city tries in good faith to find clerics of other religions (such as Muslims) then it is O.K., even if all but one or two of the clerics over a decade have been Christian. Now for those who are Christians and think this is fine, imagine if you are in a Muslim majority town and almost all the prayers at a council meeting are to Allah and from the Quran? Would you be fine with that? As an atheist, humanist and advocate for keeping church and state separate, I don't need nor want the help of the government stating my views on religion. I don't want anyone to get up before some zoning board hearing and state, "yep, there's no god." The business of the government is secular. It is not to promote or entangle itself with religion. By the way, groups that have worked for this principle, also the principle of many of our nation's Founders such as James Madison, included the dreaded American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Freedom from Religion Foundation. If you want, maybe become a member of one or all, and help protect our secular and Enlightenment based republic.

[dearmariah-countmein]

Recently my ASL teacher was forced to resign. In class they were playing a form of charades and the word "cocksucker" was written on the board. In all honesty, yes the word is inappropriate, but it is important to know those signs because with a small mess up you can go from "I like pizza" to "I like vagina" and make a fool out of yourself. If you feel it is wrong for her to have lost her job, please sign this petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/greece-central-school-district-bring-sharon-duffy-back-to-olympia-high-school-middle-school

[solitaryeverylife-blog]

Starting today and continuing for 12 days, Lollypop Farm is offering HALF-PRICE on adoptions.  Lollypop is a great place for animals, but these animals needs homes, and would be much happier cuddling up on your sofa, rather than in a kennel. Click the link to read the article on 13WHAM for all the details.