amarillo, tx. went by park and lots of police. lots of protest. not many listening to these fools.

Pantex fires Grisham; union files protest

http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-05-06/pantex-fires-grisham-union-files-protest

Speaking out against radical Islam might have cost Amarillo mayoral candidate David Grisham his job guarding the nation's largest nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant, Grisham said Thursday.


http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-05-07/free-speech-may-prove-complex

The fundamentalist street preacher and leader of Repent Amarillo said he received notice Thursday he had been fired from his post as a security police officer at the Pantex Plant east of Amarillo.

Free speech may prove complex

Freedom of speech trips off the tongue as a simple, basic right.

But a Sunday afternoon rally in Sam Houston Park might prove the principle more complex than some people think.

Onstage, two passionate preachers who like to speak their minds no matter the consequence.

Offstage, two divergent audiences, likely with opposing ideas of the messages they'll be hearing about homosexuality, abortion and radical Islam.

Qur'an-burning pastor, Terry Jones is Grisham's invited guest speaker for today's rally.

DUers may remember Grisham from when he also tried to burn a copy of the Qur'an but was convinced to cease by Panhandle citizens. Moments after Grisham surrendered his lighter, a punk on a skateboard rolled by and snatched the holy book from his hands.

i thought something really bad happened there.

my youngest son wants the punk, jacob isam to run against this dude and see who gets more votes

i hate the repent org in town.

A group called Amarillo Citizens Against Repent Amarillo (ACARA). They hold regular meetings and even have a Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Amarillo-Citizens-Against-Repent-Amarillo

They will post photos, recaps and links to local news reports on that page if you want to keep up with today's events.

5:30 news to see if there is any coverage
Mom lived at Craig until she moved in with a church friend a couple of months ago or I would have been driving past the park about that time