Damn The Law: Build That Strip Joint Next To The Convent
(CanadaFreePress) On behalf of local residents and the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, Thomas More Society attorneys demanded that the Village of Stone Park, Illinois, put a halt to construction of a three-million dollar strip club, “Get It,” located several feet from the property line of the Sisters’ convent.
“For over 60 years, the Sisters of St. Charles have devoted their lives to teaching the children of Stone Park—service for which they’re now being repaid with a ‘porno palace’ towering over their convent,” said Peter Breen, executive director of the Thomas More Society. “This facility was located in clear violation of state law, and zoning permissions were given without notice to the Sisters, whose convent is located immediately next to this facility.”
In his address to the Village Board this week, Breen identified a state law imposing a one-mile “buffer zone” between adult entertainment facilities and “places of worship,” which he contends prohibits the placement of “Get It” next to the convent and its several chapels.
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“For over 60 years, the Sisters of St. Charles have devoted their lives to teaching the children of Stone Park—service for which they’re now being repaid with a ‘porno palace’ towering over their convent,” said Peter Breen, executive director of the Thomas More Society. “This facility was located in clear violation of state law, and zoning permissions were given without notice to the Sisters, whose convent is located immediately next to this facility.”
In his address to the Village Board this week, Breen identified a state law imposing a one-mile “buffer zone” between adult entertainment facilities and “places of worship,” which he contends prohibits the placement of “Get It” next to the convent and its several chapels.
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Hmmm! I may not be particularly in favor of a strip joint next to a convent, but for people who are supposed to be anti-regulation and interference by government, it is interesting that, when it suits you, you want to invoke government regulations to stop an activity that you do not like. So what is it going to be: Regulations are okay, or regulations are not okay?
ReplyDeleteI see your point, but the better question might be "What's it going to be, the rule of law, or the rule of personal fiat without respect to the law?" I think you will find a central theme of the conservative ethos is the rule of law, not of men, is paramount, and that's what they're invoking here, versus a pro or con stance on regulation, per se.
DeleteWhere do you get the idea that religious organizations are not supposed to interfere with government. Our country was founded on the premise that government was responsible to God first. Modern society has been indoctrinated with the lie of evolution which became popular with Charles Darwin's "Evolution of the Feces", which gave man the opportunity to deny God's creation. Science today debunks most of Darwin's work, but the concept that man is not responsible to God is too hard for our educational system to give up. Once liberal ideals were installed in our universities it became easy to sell the concept of separation of church and state. Law has become what the government wants to make it, instead of law based on Biblical principles intended by the framers of our Constitution.
DeleteLOL - C'mon, no conservative thinks there should be no regulation at all. Such a person would be an anarchist, not a conservative. Conservatives just want LESS than the enormous bureaucracy of today's U.S. government.
DeleteAs far as this atypical case goes, the laws in place that were apparently violated pertain to the city as a whole. Nothing was conjured up by disgruntled citizens or lawmakers just for this strip club vs. convent controversy.
Are the people trying to stop the strip club citing the law because they simply don't want the club to materialize? Sure! But are they wrong in citing the law that was violated as a means for stopping it? No! That is what a republic (and not a democracy which the U.S. isn't) is all about: adhering to the rule of law.
All citizens are free to pursue their desires within the rule of law. If the law wasn't violated, the strip joint would probably go up and the objectors would be overruled.
Here's a clue: 100 years ago people had 10 times the common sense people like you have now, They had Sensible Regulations, with Accountability.
ReplyDeleteAnd guess what? they showed more respect to one another, and everyone had guns and there never was a school shooting. Moderation in all things is what I was taught, but I wasn't raised in a city.
Since you are old enough to type and still can't tell the difference from right and wrong yet, I am afraid it's likely too late for you. Spend some time with the Sisters at the Convent, maybe they can explain it to you.
Truer words were never spoken.
DeleteWhat better way to minister the Word of G-D than having your own group of wayward peoples coming to your door step!! I consider this an excellent opportunity to bring Yeshua/Jesus to the lost.
ReplyDeleteThat's actually a very good irony in all of this!
DeleteJesus himself was once chided for associating with questionable people that were disliked by the community and the apostles. He replied to the people deriding him that "Sick people need a doctor," and that it made perfect sense for him to make the associations so that his good influence could rub off on them.
The nuns of the convent might actually WELCOME the strip joint so they can have more opportunities to try and get some of the obviously screwed-up people who frequent such establishments on the path to righteousness. The lost would be right on their doorstep ready to be helped!
Who got paid off to ignore the law? The proper process would be to debate the legality of the buffer zone law in court first, then after it is declared un-Constitutional or otherwise overturned, go through the normal village of Stone park zoning hearings, which always include public hearings. If there's no public outcry, the sisters then get neighbors they may not appreciate.
ReplyDeleteAs it stands, it looks like good old Chicago clout and graft is at work here. I was born and raised in Chicago, and this looks like business as usual - you find out who to pay off, and you get whatever you want.
Why do we have to wait for Canadian reporters before we hear what's happening at home?
What are they afraid of Nuns applying for jobs?
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