The fellowship of the KKK wants to adopt a 1 mile stretch of Highway in Georgia - you can't just ignore them

Submitted by JR Harris on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 15:33

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The fellowship of International Keystone Knights of the KKK wants to "adopt" a one mile stretch of highway in Union City, Georgia. Although I am sure that most people realize who we are dealing with in this battle, I think we should look for the similarities, not the differences in this case. The KKK is a secret society, hidden by anonymity that performs ritual chanting in ceremonies with an agenda to recruit members to grow their fellowship in the name of God. There are groups that disagree with them and are disgusted with there ceremonies and actions. They are welly organized and unfortunately can not just be ignored, like other secret organizations who the apologetic members say that it is your choice, and you just have to walk away from them, sometime you just can't.

http://orange-papers.org/forum/comment/41093#comment-41093

Unfortunately, the KKK is a cult that is invading the very fabric of our society and you can't just walk away, no matter how many of the cult members tell you that you have the choice to do that.

KKK chapter wants to adopt stretch of Georgia highway

By Nick Valencia, CNN
June 11, 2012 -- Updated 2033 GMT (0433 HKT)

Atlanta (CNN) -- A North Georgia chapter of the Ku Klux Klan has applied to "adopt" a stretch of highway in Union County, Georgia, according to paperwork obtained by CNN on Monday.

The application, which would allow the white supremacy group to receive state recognition for cleaning up a one-mile portion of a highway, was filed by the International Keystone Knights of the KKK on May 21.

If the Georgia Department of Transportation accepts the application, the KKK would be responsible for cleaning litter on a part of Georgia State Route 515 in the Appalachian Mountains near the North Carolina border.

"All we want to do is adopt a highway," said April Chambers, the chapter's secretary. "We're not doing it for publicity. We're doing it to keep the mountains beautiful. People throwing trash out on the side of the road ... that ain't right."

Jill Goldberg, a Georgia DOT spokeswoman, confirmed the application but said, "the department is deferring comment beyond that, however, until a resolution is determined."

DOT officials will discuss the matter Monday with representatives from the state attorney general's office, she said.

Read the rest: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/11/us/georgia-kkk-highway

What makes some secret societies who claim to be guided by a higher power different? Should people complain? What if no one puts up a fight to stop this.

justme

Mon, 06/11/2012 - 16:57

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The KKK? You can't just walk

The KKK? You can't just walk away? Sure you can. They shouldn't even be recognized or acknowledged. Their application should be tossed or filed away as invalid. They're bigots. That's the whole premise of their group, bigotry. That's why they're a secret society and hide their faces. They have a history of lynching black men, burning down their houses, and more ugly, criminal, bigoted actions. If the DOT in Georgia even takes their application seriously and recognizes them as a valid group, there's a much more serious problem in this country of bigotry than I knew. *shaking my head*

JR Harris

Mon, 06/11/2012 - 17:09

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I agree they shouldn't be allowed, but if they are allowed....

What happens if a major highway is dedicated to the KKK, are people going to refuse to use it? What if they have to use it to get to work. You see, I brought this up because they are a secret society that believes they are doing the right thing, regardless of if it is right by other groups of people. If no one complains it will not be stopped. This is where awareness of what is going on is important.

Members of the AA faith believe one way, and many other people believe another way and want to stop them. Where do you draw the line? What is a "good" cult and what is a "bad" cult. If people complain about AA and its brainwashing techniques, the usual answer is "sometimes your brain needs washing" to stop the complaint in its tracks. Some people think that is wrong, while the cult members claim it is alright. The KKK has a very bad outlook on what they think life should be, but what happens when they move next door and try to force their agenda on you? What happen if AA members move next door and infiltrate your family?If you want to just walk away, you may have to move.... is that right or should you stand your ground?

"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.

justme

Mon, 06/11/2012 - 17:41

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I understand your point.

I understand your point. Probably AA (just like Scientology and other religious cults) is accepted by society since many who are in the cult believe it works for them.

You and others are doing a very good job of exposing the harm the cult of AA can cause. Hopefully this work will eventually bring enough recognition to the facts that at least people aren't forced by court order into a cult which supposedly spiritually heals a non-existent "disease" by demeaning a person.

As for the KKK, I thought that group was outlawed years ago. I'm very surprised that they're even being recognized as a legitimate organization. There should be laws against bigotry. Yes, people should complain. They should file petitions, write their congressmen, anything to get their voices heard. The KKK should be shut down. I'm so surprised to hear they haven't been by now. Maybe having a group like that is protected by the 1st amendment (freedom of speech)?

Personally, I don't like it one bit when any person or any organization tries to push their agenda on me. This includes the federal government which takes my tax dollars and spends them on illegal wars all over the world. That's another topic entirely, though related.

Clara

Mon, 06/11/2012 - 17:55

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The KKK has other stretches

The KKK has other stretches of highway it has adopted. It has the same right as any other group to assmble and efforts to knock them down have lost. They have won the right to parade in Tennessee and in Chicago.

Remember Christopher Stevens when you vote.

JR Harris

Mon, 06/11/2012 - 18:29

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What the State of Georgia will provide the KKK

What We Will Provide

- We loan you safety vests which must be worn by all participants while volunteering on GDOT right-of-way.
- We provide you with free trash bags and dispose of the trash you collect and leave bagged at predetermined locations in your adoption area.
- We waive the permit fee for Adopt-A-Highway groups.
- We provide and install your recognition signs.
- We provide a safety training slide show.
- We waive insurance requirements for volunteer participants.

Source:http://www.dot.state.ga.us/informationcenter/programs/environment/adoptahi...

The Sign

For each segment sponsored, one litter removal sign with sponsor recognition panel is placed on the shoulder of the freeway, facing traffic within each one-mile segment. Signs measure 60" x 48" and are blue with an image of the Georgia State Bird, the Brown Thrasher.

Sponsor recognition panels measure 56" x 16." AHMC's art department will work with you to design your sponsor panel for the best visibility and exposure. Click the image to the right to view the sign specs.

Signs are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Source: http://adoptahighway.com/market-ga.html

Imagine what this sign will say....

JR Harris

Mon, 06/11/2012 - 19:05

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Neo Nazi's in Missouri get cleanup signs - State renames road

Springfield, MO - Lawmakers renamed a section of highway in Springfield that a neo-Nazi group adopted to keep litter-free after a Jewish civil rights leader.

Rep. Sara Lampe, D-Springfield, got an amendment added to a transportation bill to rename a portion of West Bypass from Farm Road 142 to West Sunshine the “Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel Memorial Highway.” Heschel marched with Martin Luther King Jr. at the Selma, Ala., Civil Rights march in 1965.

Lampe said she asked Jewish groups to nominate a religious figure to counter the Springfield unit of the National Socialist Movement, which adopted the section of road.

“It’s a counter to hate,” Lampe said.

Two signs noting the National Socialist Movement’s participation in the Adopt-A-Highway program went up last October. The Missouri Department of Transportation could not turn down the group’s application to be in the program based of its views because of the group’s First Amendment right.

A Jewish organization in Kansas City will pay for signs marking the memorial highway along the same stretch of road maintained by volunteers from the neo-Nazi group. “I’m leveling the playing field,” Lampe said.

In HB683, Rep. Bob Dixon got a provision added to rename a one-mile portion of East Chestnut Expressway from the new airport entrance road to Interstate 44 the “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Mile.”

Source: http://www.vosizneias.com/32220/2009/05/22/springfield-mo-state-senator-of...