Sometimes you just have to feel sorry for people

[K-W]

http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/6628817.htm

Resident calls panther statue 'pagan'
By Jack Douglas Jr.
Star-Telegram Staff Writer


STAR-TELEGRAM/RODGER MALLISON
Chris Jambor and Charles Wright climb on a panther sculpted by Charles' father, Deran Wright, in this Dec. 18 photo. On Tuesday, a woman petitioned the county for its removal.

FORT WORTH - As protesters continued to roar in Alabama over the court-ordered removal of a religious monument, a lone woman stood before Tarrant County commissioners on Tuesday, saying that the bronze statue of a panther represents "paganism" and should be removed from government grounds.

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An unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Texas board of education, Castillo said she believes the monument should remain in place in Montgomery and that the panther in Fort Worth should go.

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Humanity never ceases to amaze me.

[Maple]

1. Panthers are

pagan?

Well anything is possible I suppose, but since it's not a universally recognized symbol of anything but panthers, I'd say this is a 'monumental' stretch.

[RedSox02]

2. Wait a second!

If she thinks that the ten commandments "should stay", but a Panther monument must go, what is her basis for keeping the commandments? Religious discrimination?

Actually I would like to know what most protestors down there and Alabama would say to a copy of the Quaran being put on display at a Courthouse.

Do they think only Christian monuments should be allowed? I mean these are the same people that want to ban Harry Potter among other things from our libraries.

[LunaSea]

3. was it black?

just a guess.

[Maple]

4. I thought of it

being black...but doubt anyone would call the Black Panther movement 'pagan'....or would they? Hmmmmm.