Fact is I could care less what they do with the cross in Pensacola, it is quite simply the fact that a radical faction came in and took something away from a lot of good people, for no damm reason.
Andre Ryland and David Suhor - Really don't know what they want to be, first they were Humanist, then they were Unitarian, then they co-founded the local Satanic Temple. They make a habit of disrupting City Commission Meetings speaking loudly over religious groups who have the floor, failing to abide by meeting decorum. They claimed they were going to continue to disrupt the meetings, and file suit against the city if they were not allowed to give the meeting invocation. Suhor had given the invocation twice previously, but his argument was, that the Satanic Temple hadn't been allowed.
Ryland was invited to give the invocation, with stipulation he not make a media circus of it, so he issued a press release. Then was upset because his invitation was rescinded by the commission chairman. Making Ryland's trip through the long list of non-religion religions and taking down the cross even more impressive, is the fact he only lived in Pensacola 4 years, during which time he had to drive almost 5 miles out of his way to be disturbed by the cross in the park. He and his mate muffy enjoy entertaining other couples according to his meetup.com account. Ryland is 68, and apparently isn't into Facebook, but his Twitter account would paint him a Bernie Supporter.
Suhor has harassed not only the Pensacola City Commission, but also the Escambia County Commision, the Escambia County School Board, and the Okaloosa County School Board. He was finally allowed to give the invocation after continued disruption of City Commission Meetings, video of which even made the Washington Post. Feel free to go take a peek at y'all's hero boys...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/nat...6f96_video.html
Oh yes... Last month he decided to call himself an "Agnostic Pagan Pantheist", and his Facebook page was obviously a little over the top, Facebook has shut it down.
Andreiy Kondrat'yev - Claims to be from Russia, was supposedly a Physics Professor at UA- Birmingham. Although he's pale and pasty white he supports the Black Lives Matter movement, is a staunch supporter of the green movement, gloats about using the law to take the cross down in Pensacola, FL but is absolutely grumpy about the police telling him that his group had to have proper permits and insurance to serve food on the streets in Buffalo. He alleges the police were simply picking on their "radical group", bullying them; that they had served food there for ages. (HELLO!! The cross had stood in Pensacola for 50+ years!) Andre is into a number of the radical causes if you look up his Facebook page, and looking for a political idol to have his picture taken with, he chose none other than Elizabeth Warren!
OH YES... It seems Andre and Amanda were divorced before leaving Florida, and moving to Canada, although they both moved to Toronto, Ontario, CA, and according to Amanda's Go Fund Me page, Andre is $20,000 behind in his child support. Amanda and the children are living in a homeless shelter, because she can't afford rent and utilities, but her social worker told her she needed to move out and find something to rent, it would work better for her welfare check. Or, whatever they call their entitlement checks in Canada.
Amanda Kondrat'yev - is a real class act!
https://www.facebook.com/AmandaKondratyev/ - Be sure to check out the highly intelligent selfie video of her standing there making stupid faces at the camera, for the world to see, for however long. But, it was the Democrats' fault that they didn't support her in her bid for Congress.
Has nothing good to say about law enforcement, has nothing good to say about white people although she is Caucasian, she has nothing good to say about anything honestly. Everything on her Facebook page exudes negativity. She attempted a run at the Florida District 1 Seat on the US House of Representatives; and has nothing good to say about Democrats, because they wouldn't support her either. Supports about every radical movement currently in the news if you go far enough through her page.
While a few of you choose to suggest this is some kind of anti-religion victory for you, you need to pull your heads from their rectally fixed positions and look at the underlying issues here. You have 4 loosely wrapped radical activists that have waltzed into a community of Church going people, and took something away from them all, with the court's help. They sit on their social media accounts and gloat about how easy it was to impose their beliefs upon an entire community of believers. Just like a few of you here are gloating about how easy it was for them to impose their beliefs upon an entire community of believers.
What's next gentlemen?
Are you going to sit back and talk smart about how wonderful the court system is, and what a victory it is when those same radicals come after your guns? What about when those radicals take control of government, and they will eventually take control of government again; are you going to think it's really cool when they take everything you've worked for all your life to amass, to redistribute it to the less fortunate, who don't have a damm thing because they've never worked a day in their lives? What about when they make it legal for pedophiles to enter women's restrooms where your daughter or your grand-daughter are subject to be? What about when they want to implant a tracking chip in the back of your head? Take away your retirement? Take away your medical care?
Way back a long long time ago, my mother used to tell me on a real regular basis, you are judged by the company you choose to keep; you should choose wisely. For the benefit of those of you gloating about this cross coming down, you really need to go look at those individual's social media accounts and internet stories surrounding their actions, and then do some serious soul searching if you're going to sit back and gloat with that crowd.