Freedom to work, bet or go to church. Won't someone tweet Cardinal Cuomo and see that he obtains the free legal advice of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. See NY Const. Art 1, Sec. 3.
Updated: Sun., Apr. 15, 2012, 6:20 AM Pastor gives hell to XXX ad
By KATE BRIQUELET
Last Updated: 6:20 AM, April 15, 2012
Posted: 11:22 PM, April 14, 2012
This Manhattan preacher was asking for a sign — to be struck down!
Baptist Rev. Freddy Wyatt was so repulsed by a steamy Vitaminwater billboard across the street from his Flatiron church that he embarked on a Twitter mission to have it removed.
The four-story ad on the Broadway Plaza Hotel featured a half-naked woman with the words “XXX you’re up” covering her bosom. It was enough for Wyatt to fear that it would turn the city’s purest of virgins into Delilahs and Jezebels.
“I was angered and brokenhearted,” said Wyatt, 34, who has helmed Gallery Church in a Broadway loft for three years since arriving from Clarksville, Tenn. “This ad takes something that’s pure and precious and just strips it of its value.”
On April 3, shortly after the ad went up, the father of three sent four tweets to Vitaminwater and parent company Coca-Cola demanding that they nix the “larger-than-life garbage.”
The next day, the company left him a voicemail. And on the third day, Good Friday, the soft-drink giant stripped the billboard from its wall on 27th Street.
A Vitaminwater spokeswoman declined to comment. Still, Wyatt is so thrilled that he said he’s serving the sugary drink at today’s service.
“Here’s four tweets from a random pastor, and without even a conversation, they took it down,” he marveled.
Baptist Rev. Freddy Wyatt was so repulsed by a steamy Vitaminwater billboard across the street from his Flatiron church that he embarked on a Twitter mission to have it removed.
The four-story ad on the Broadway Plaza Hotel featured a half-naked woman with the words “XXX you’re up” covering her bosom. It was enough for Wyatt to fear that it would turn the city’s purest of virgins into Delilahs and Jezebels.
“I was angered and brokenhearted,” said Wyatt, 34, who has helmed Gallery Church in a Broadway loft for three years since arriving from Clarksville, Tenn. “This ad takes something that’s pure and precious and just strips it of its value.”
On April 3, shortly after the ad went up, the father of three sent four tweets to Vitaminwater and parent company Coca-Cola demanding that they nix the “larger-than-life garbage.”
The next day, the company left him a voicemail. And on the third day, Good Friday, the soft-drink giant stripped the billboard from its wall on 27th Street.
A Vitaminwater spokeswoman declined to comment. Still, Wyatt is so thrilled that he said he’s serving the sugary drink at today’s service.
“Here’s four tweets from a random pastor, and without even a conversation, they took it down,” he marveled.
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Dear Attorney General Eric Schneiderman:
The Bettors of the State of New York and the employees of the remaining OTBs, public benefit corporations, have no standing to ask for your Opinion to the following simple questions with seemingly obvious answers::
1. Will the Attorney General defend the constitutionality of NY PML Sec 105?
2. Does NY PML Sec 105 apply to Nassau OTB?
3. Does NY PML Sec 105 violate the rights of New York Bettors secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3?
4. Is NY PML Sec 105 vague, indefinite and/or overly broad as the term "Easter Sunday" does not define one and only one Sunday in all years (see eg Gregorian and Julian Calendars)? See article from the Wall Street Journal on Calendars below.
I hope that you will sua sponte issue an Opinion as to the above so that bettors may bet, workers may work or not as they wish, and the State and its subdivisions make money. There are tracks running all across the United States every day of the year that bettors want to bet. Track calendars may be found at eg www.ntra.com. The OTBs also sell New York Lottery tickets which are drawn every day of the year. The OTBs also cash non IRS Lottery tickets in cash for any sum, a convenience for many Lotto Players.
It is critical in these current time that the OTBs are open when customers want to bet. I believe that your Opinion will belatedly validate the actions of New York City OTB taken on the advice of its Counsel in 2003.
Sincerely yours,
Open On 1st Palm Sunday, Otb Rakes In $2m - New York Daily News
articles.nydailynews.com/.../18220335_1_racing-and-wagering-boar...
Open On 1st Palm Sunday, Otb Rakes In $2m. BY JERRY BOSSERT DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER. Monday, April 14, 2003. New York City Off-Track Betting ...
§ 105. Supplementary regulatory powers of the board. Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, the board through its rules and
regulations or in allotting dates for racing or in licensing race
meetings at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted shall be empowered
to: (i) permit racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on any
or all dates from the first day of January through the thirty-first day
of December, inclusive of Sundays but exclusive of December twenty-fifth
and Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday; and (ii) fix minimum and maximum
charges for admission at any race meeting.
The Bettors of the State of New York and the employees of the remaining OTBs, public benefit corporations, have no standing to ask for your Opinion to the following simple questions with seemingly obvious answers::
1. Will the Attorney General defend the constitutionality of NY PML Sec 105?
2. Does NY PML Sec 105 apply to Nassau OTB?
3. Does NY PML Sec 105 violate the rights of New York Bettors secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3?
4. Is NY PML Sec 105 vague, indefinite and/or overly broad as the term "Easter Sunday" does not define one and only one Sunday in all years (see eg Gregorian and Julian Calendars)? See article from the Wall Street Journal on Calendars below.
I hope that you will sua sponte issue an Opinion as to the above so that bettors may bet, workers may work or not as they wish, and the State and its subdivisions make money. There are tracks running all across the United States every day of the year that bettors want to bet. Track calendars may be found at eg www.ntra.com. The OTBs also sell New York Lottery tickets which are drawn every day of the year. The OTBs also cash non IRS Lottery tickets in cash for any sum, a convenience for many Lotto Players.
It is critical in these current time that the OTBs are open when customers want to bet. I believe that your Opinion will belatedly validate the actions of New York City OTB taken on the advice of its Counsel in 2003.
Sincerely yours,
Open On 1st Palm Sunday, Otb Rakes In $2m - New York Daily News
articles.nydailynews.com/.../18220335_1_racing-and-wagering-boar...
Open On 1st Palm Sunday, Otb Rakes In $2m. BY JERRY BOSSERT DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER. Monday, April 14, 2003. New York City Off-Track Betting ...
§ 105. Supplementary regulatory powers of the board. Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, the board through its rules and
regulations or in allotting dates for racing or in licensing race
meetings at which pari-mutuel betting is permitted shall be empowered
to: (i) permit racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on any
or all dates from the first day of January through the thirty-first day
of December, inclusive of Sundays but exclusive of December twenty-fifth
and Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday; and (ii) fix minimum and maximum
charges for admission at any race meeting.
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Orthodox Calendar - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
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Containing the saints and feasts commemorated each day, the life of the saint. Also indicates fast days. From the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America.
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