http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/11/marine_islam_protest_111808n/
<http://www.thomasmore.org/qry/page.taf?id=20&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=522&month=11&year=2008&_nc=c462d5462e735e700a70ff291171155a> A law firm that defends and promotes America's Christian heritage has filed suit against Marine officials on a behalf of a veteran who was ordered not to express his opposition to Islamic terrorism while driving on military installations. Jesse Nieto is a 25-year Marine veteran who served two tours of duty in Vietnam. His youngest son, Marc, was one of 17 service members killed on October 12, 2000 by Islamic terrorists who bombed the USS Cole. Since 2001, Nieto -- who is now a civilian employee at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina -- has displayed various decals on his vehicle expressing anti-terrorist sentiments such as "Islam = Terrorism" and "We Died, They Rejoiced." Jesse Nieto loyally served America as a Marine for 25 years - including 2 combat tours in Vietnam. And as a father, he gave our Nation his most precious possession -- his son, Marc. Marc and 16 of his Navy shipmates were killed when Islamic terrorists bombed the USS Cole on October 12, 2000. Ever since, Nieto has displayed various decals on his vehicle expressing anti-terrorist sentiments. These decals contain messages such as: "*Remember the Cole: 12 Oct 2000*," "*No Quarter Islamic Terrorist*," and "*We Died, They Rejoiced*." This summer, the Marine command at Camp Lejeune - for whom Jesse Nieto currently works - *ordered him to stop expressing his opposition to Islamic terrorism* - *the very Islamic terrorism that killed his son. * ** Jesse Nieto refused to be silenced; he refused to dishonor the death of his son. On July 31, 2008, two military police officers (MPs) issued Nieto a ticket for displaying *"offensive material."* Nieto refused to remove the "offensive" decals from his vehicle. Two weeks later, *the Base Magistrate ordered him in writing to remove his vehicle from the base until all decals were removed.* He further *banned Nieto's vehicle from all other federal installations.* *GET THIS:* *The order prevents Nieto from driving his vehicle to Arlington National Cemetery (a federal installation) to visit the grave of his fallen son. * Jesse asked the Thomas More Law Center for help. The Thomas More Law Center is a national, nonprofit public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After conducting an investigation into the matter, the Thomas More Law Center filed a federal lawsuit against the Camp Lejeune Commanding Officer and the Base Magistrate. The civil rights lawsuit challenges the military's ban on Nieto's anti-terrorist decals on the grounds that it violates his constitutional rights to freedom of speech and the equal protection of the law. The Law Center's investigation revealed that numerous vehicles are permitted on the Base that display a variety of anti-Christian, sexual, commercial and personal messages. Furthermore, according to information provided to the Law Center pursuant to a Freedom of Information Request, the directive under which Nieto's decals have been banned has not been enforced at Camp Lejuene for the last 5 years. *So why are they banning decals that express opposition to Islamic terrorism?* The banning of these decals is political correctness run amuck in the military. Our troops are being killed by Islamic terrorists, 9/11 was caused by Islamic terrorists, Islamic terrorists want to destroy America, Islamic nations persecute Christians, and *now the Marine command at Camp Lejuene is victimizing a father whose son was killed by Islamic terrorists while serving our nation.** * Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center<http://www.thomasmore.org/>, says on July 31, 2008, two military police officers issued Nieto a ticket for displaying what they described as "offensive material." "They decide to make an example of him, issue a ticket, force him to take off the decals -- and then say if you keep any decals on your vehicle that have anything to do with the Islamic terrorists, you can't drive your vehicle on any federal installation," says the attorney. Thompson says the ban also prohibits his client from driving his vehicle into Arlington National Cemetery to visit the grave of his fallen son. The lawsuit alleges that military officials have engaged in viewpoint discrimination, noting that other individuals are allowed to display anti-Christian decals of a similar nature on vehicles driving onto the installation. "That's the Darwin fish that they have, which is an anti-Christian decal," says the Law Center president. "They're permitting those. But they are saying anything that smacks of criticism of radical Islam -- that is, the terrorists -- we're not going to allow." Thompson describes the case as political correctness run amok. "I suspect the next thing the Marine command will want to do is eliminate the Marine's Hymn since the phrase 'to the shores of Tripoli' celebrates the Marine victory over Islamic forces in the Barbary Coast War and the Battle of Derne," he states in a press release. The Thompson Law Center: https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/ThomasMoreLawCenter/OnlineGiving.html?approach=GopUSA1208&header=Help%20Defend%20Jesse%20Nieto's%20Right%20to%20Battle%20Islamic%20Terrorism Michael Savage On The Nieto Case: http://www.thomasmore.org/qry/page.taf?id=20&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=522&month=11&year=2008&_nc=c462d5462e735e700a70ff291171155a --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
