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Assemblyman Martin Garrick has introduced legislation in Sacramento calling for placing the Surfing Madonna mosaic at the entrance to Moonlight Beach State Park in Encinitas.
On Thursday, the San Diego office of state parks denied a request by the city of Encinitas to place the 10-foot-by-10-foot piece on state land at the beach park. In its decision, the office cited a state Attorney General opinion that said placing the work on public property would violate the no preference clause in the California Constitution. The clause is interpreted that government cannot appear to favor one religion over another.
The mosaic depicts Our Lady of Guadalupe on a surfboard with the words “Save the Ocean” down the side.
Last week, Logan Jenkins
wrote on how absurd the AG's anti-Madonna ruling was.
No one with a functioning frontal lobe can look at Leucadia artist Mark Patterson’s ocean-loving bolt out of the blue — or listen to him discuss his creative inspiration — and infer that the mosaic promotes Catholicism. Only a deputy AG doing the polka on the head of a pin could draw that delirious conclusion.
If you know anyone who turned Catholic after viewing the Surfing Madonna, please contact Encinitas Undercover.
If Mr.Patterson's mosaic doesn't promote Catholicism then his is either naive or foolish. Of which his is neither.
ReplyDeleteFollow the money. Mr. Patterson is.
I wondered why I suddenly didn't want to eat fish on Friday anymore after viewing the Surfing Madonna!!
ReplyDeleteAnybody know where the leucadia blog went? Looks like a hostile take over by Stocks has occurred. The website seems to be gone.
ReplyDeleteHow is this introducing this legislation "fiscally conservative"? Surely all of you smart "conservatives" will be outraged at such wasteful government spending.
ReplyDeleteLogan Jenkins is goofy and clueless. However, I did enjoy his choice of words when referring to the AG's logic -- "zombie". Is the irony lost on him? Talk about bizarre.
ReplyDeleteDisplaying a religious icon on state land is an endorsement of the legitimacy of that religion. It creates the appearance that the government favors one religion over another.
Catholics and non-Catholics alike are offended by the Surfing Madonna. If it goes up on public land, expect a lawsuit.