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A new commentary is revealing how Democrats in one state are pushing their "decency" agenda so that children will have access to pornographic materials in libraries.
The events are developing in Maryland and are being exposed by Jeffrey Trimbath at the Daily Signal.
"The term 'Orwellian' is overused in modern political discourse. That’s because the authoritarian regime of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel is an easy comparison for whatever thing the speaker wants to argue against in the political debate du jour," he explained. "But sometimes the comparison is truly deserved—like when politicians seek to quell political discourse by torturing language itself to suit their ends and disparage their opponents."
That, he explained, is what's going on in the Maryland legislature, where House of Delegates speaker Adrienne Jones, a Democrat, demanded support for her "decency agenda."
"What could be wrong with that? After all, American politics could certainly use more decency," the commentary said.
"I am not asking for Marylanders to believe in what I believe in, or compromise their values. We know that we will never agree on everything, and we shouldn’t," Jones said. "To me, decency is about respect. Respect for our community, co-workers, friends, and families."
But the actual contents of the agenda are a little bit different.
Such as a "Freedom To Read Act" hidden among other "nondiscrimination" schemes, the report said.
That simply would take away the abilities of libraries that get state funding to "regulate or restrict access to pornographic materials," the report said.
"I’m not exaggerating. Anyone paying attention to debates about the content of public school libraries over the past several years—including all the allegations of 'book banning'—is familiar with the caliber of smut that the radical progressives are trying to foist upon our kids," Trimbath wrote.
He said the new "decency" plan guarantees access to "indecent materials"-- "which is the term that the Maryland Code uses to describe this kind of stuff."
"If exposing school-age children to sexually explicit materials is now the 'decent' thing to do in Maryland, then words have no meaning anymore," he said.
He pointed out that the real goals of the leftists are the destruction of family, religion, and common decency.
"That’s exactly what this is all about; if the radical activists in our school systems left discussions of sexual ethics and values to families, then kids actually might disagree with them—and the progressives simply can’t allow that."
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A court appeal is being planned for a judge's decision in a case involving wrongful eviction – when authorities who knew the wrong person was being targeted and were given a valid lease to review, still threw a blind man and his two daughters into the street during a snowstorm.
The word comes from the Rutherford Institute, which is working on the case Murphy v. Delaware on behalf of William Murphy and his daughters, ages 11, and 17.
The problem is that government officials "knowingly" enforced an eviction order against the wrong person.
But the district court denied claims that the officials violated the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as the Fourth and 14th Amendments with their "evict first, ask questions later" attitude.
"With every ruling handed down, it becomes more apparent that we live in an age of hollow justice," explained constitutional lawyer John Whitehead, chief of the institute.
"Increasingly, the courts have become fixated on siding with the government against rather than with safeguard the rights enshrined in the Constitution."
Rutherford explained, "William Murphy, a blind, 52-year-old widower, and his two daughters, aged 17 and 11, moved to Wilmington, Del., in order to be closer to other family members. Murphy and his daughters moved into a 775-square-foot rowhouse on Nov. 17, 2020, under a one-year rental lease for $750 per month along with rental assistance from Social Services. The landlord complained about a delay with receiving the partial rent payment from Social Services, and in Feb. 2021, the water and electricity to the home were shut off in violation of state law and the landlord allegedly made a veiled threat. Then, on the morning of Feb. 11, during a bitterly cold snowstorm, constables arrived at the Murphy home, ordered them to vacate the premises, and gave the family 30 minutes to collect their belongings and leave. Even though the person named in the eviction Order was someone other than Murphy, and despite Murphy showing proof of a signed lease in good standing, Murphy and his daughters were still ordered to leave the home, unable to take most of their personal possessions with them, and were left to challenge the wrongful eviction in court. One week later, a state magistrate judge found the Murphys had been unlawfully ousted from their home and that the landlord had weaponized a writ of eviction for a previous female tenant to wrongfully evict Murphy and his daughters."
Whitehead explained because the error should have been obvious, a federal civil rights complaint was filed against those responsible for tossing the family into the street.
The district court, however, dismissed the case, and that ruling now is being appealed.
WND reported when the case arose that the eviction notice was in the name of Viola Wilson, and the constables had admitted Murphy was not, in fact, Wilson.
Wilson reportedly was the name of a previous tenant in the home.
When the courts originally ruled that the eviction was improper, Murphy chose to cancel the rest of the lease and moved into other accommodations.
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The pursuit and promotion of transgenderism in America have exploded under Joe Biden's presidency, as he's made that issue one of the key components of his term in office, another being abortion.
So there have been male athletes taking athletic competition medals away from girls, there have been cases of males barging into restrooms and locker rooms for women, and assaulting them, and worse. Children even have been taken away from their parents because mom and dad don't, because of their faith, believe the scientifically impossible presumption that a male can become female, or vice versa.
But now one advocate for the ideology, a health club corporation, is learning that it's not always the financially wise agenda to pursue.
A report from Fox Business explains how the Planet Fitness company dropped in value by $400 million after it canceled a customer's membership for complaining about a man in the women's locker room.
"Planet Fitness critics are saying 'go woke, go broke,' calling on the top fitness chain to receive the 'Bud Light' treatment after an uproar over its transgender locker room policy created a social media stir," the report said.
The Bud Light treatment, of course, came out of the previous decision by the beer maker to align itself with transgenderism. The corporation lost hundreds of millions of dollars, the beer's top reputation in the market, and more.
Analysts say Bud Light is unlikely ever to return to the position it once held in the market.
The Fox report pointed out the health club chain dropped in valuation from $5.3 billion to $4.9 billion "just days after revoking an Alaska woman's membership for snapping photos of a transgender woman, who was biologically male, shaving in the women's locker room."
The case involving the woman, Patricia Silva, was documented online by the X account of Libs of TikTok, which had since urged gym supporters to boycott the chain.
Then came an update: "Whoa. Planet Fitness saw $400 Million wiped off its value since we broke the story of them allowing men-in-female lockers rooms and then banning the woman who exposed it. Turns out people don’t want to support companies who cave to gender pseudoscience and allow men in women’s private spaces! #BoycottPlanetFitness Do not let up! Keep it going!" the posting said.
The corporation, in pursuit of its agenda to provide men open access to women's private areas, canceled Silva's membership and said it was because of a policy violation – taking photos in a locker room.
Corporation officials have doubled down on their gender dysphoria agenda, the report said.
"As the home of the Judgement (sic) Free Zone, Planet Fitness is committed to creating an inclusive environment. Our gender identity non-discrimination policy, states that members and guests may use the gym facilities that best align with their sincere, self-reported gender identity. The member who posted on social media violated our mobile device policy that prohibits taking photos of individuals in the locker room, which resulted in their membership being terminated," the company said.
The issue hasn't, however, been put to rest yet, with more and more reacting negatively to the chain's agenda.
Elon Musk said, for example, "Planet Fitness sounds like a creepy place.
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President Trump won the Republican primary in Arizona this week, but he wasn't distracted by any potential GOP headwinds to his campaign or the Oval Office in 2024.
He was focused only on Joe Biden – and the "criminal" events that he is accused of participating in.
At an airport while passing through, Trump was confronted by a reporter, who said, "Your campaign strategy seems to be to call Biden is criminal. Why is that?"
Trump responded bluntly: "He is a criminal. He got caught. Read his laptop."
He continued, "And you know who's a criminal. You're a criminal for not reporting it. You are a criminal for not reporting it."
Liz Harrington, who posted the video, said, "This is what they call a mic drop."
In fact, Congress right now is investigating allegations that the Biden family actually is a Biden crime family, and took in millions of dollars from some of America's enemies by selling access to Joe Biden, as vice president or president, to those enemies.
Witnesses have explained that in one of the deals involving China and access, Joe Biden was the "big guy" who was supposed to be given 10% of the action.
Congress' work is focusing now on whether Joe Biden should be impeached, and witnesses have confirmed Joe Biden's active participation in the strategy run by multiple members of the Biden family.
The reference to the laptop was to a computer abandoned at a repair shop by Hunter Biden. It has been confirmed as being real, and contains many references to Biden family scandals and more.
Among the most serious claims so far has been that the Biden clan sold access to Joe Biden to China, and that Communist regime infiltrated the Barack Obama White House while Joe Biden was vice president.
Biden's critics say that's why so many of his decisions have appeared, actually, to help the communists there.
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Former U.S. President Barack Obama was caught on camera Monday entering and exiting 10 Downing Street in London, the home of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, sparking questions and theories about the reason for his unannounced visit.
"Why is Obama having private meetings with world leaders?" asked American political activist Laura Loomer.
Loomer later added: "Glad it has now been confirmed that Obama is running the country. Guess Biden was too sick today to make the trip to the UK. His body is shutting down. It's only a matter of time now."
Reactions to the video include:
"He no longer trusts Joe Biden ... He is handling it himself."
"Because Obama has never stopped being POTUS. We know he's pulling the strings with Biden."
"He has been betraying America like this since Trump was first inaugurated. We should look upon foreign leaders who took these secret meetings with him as enemies."
"Lol, you have to ask? The real question is, why are they letting us know it's happening?"
"Well, if he's attempting to conduct foreign policy on his own, that would violate the Logan Act, which Mike Flynn was unfairly prosecuted for. Presumably, he's not doing that. Which means he's speaking for the government. Then you have to ask, why doesn't President Biden trust our ambassador to Great Britain to do their job properly? Bottom line, something is screwy somewhere."
"They have to discuss his 4th term."
"Yes, I love how people act like this is normal. It's not."
"Needs to pick up a certified copy of his forged birth certificate from MI6."
Sky News in Britain reports:
Our political correspondent Tamara Cohen says the meeting was a "courtesy visit" while Mr Obama is in London for meetings to do with his foundation.
Mr Obama and Rishi Sunak have never met before as the former president left office in 2017.
As it was a private meeting, Tamara says we will not be given a full readout of everything they discussed.
Likely topics, however, include the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
"Whether it touches on UK or US politics, we may not find out," Tamara says.
She adds that it "took us all by surprise to see him walking up the street" when Mr Obama arrived this afternoon.
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A Christian organization that for decades has simply handed out free Bibles is being blocked from its mission by a Georgia hospital, and sources report it's because of the leftist ideology there involving "diversity, equity and inclusion."
A report from the Daily Wire notes the issue involving Gideons International is happening at the Phoebe Putney Health System.
That corporation provides health services to "hundreds of thousands of people in over 40 Georgia counties," the report explains.
The Wire reported, "Gideons hasn’t had its Bibles in the system’s hospitals for months after maintaining a working relationship for several years."
The questions being raised is why "inclusion" practices "would be used to exclude Christians from sharing Bibles with those who are sick or on their deathbed," the Daily Wire said.
The Gideons, a group that dates back to 1899, has handed out more than two billion Bibles in more than 95 languages in 200 countries and territories, the report said.
Many people see the group's work mostly in the Bibles found in hotel rooms.
The report said, "A source familiar with intimate knowledge of the situation said that Gideons was first restricted during the response to the coronavirus pandemic from entering Phoebe. The organization wasn’t let back in after COVID restrictions were relaxed and they attempted to resume their work last year."
The report said the Gideons were informed by the hospital corporation that their work was "a violation of the DEI policy" so they were being banned.
The Wire explained, "The source said that the policy was 'clearly anti-Christian' and that citing DEI to restrict the Gideons made no sense because Christians were being excluded instead of included."
Hospital corporation officials declined to respond.
The report noted that the company took a "leftward drift" after Scott Steiner, CEO, was brought on staff several years ago.
"Steiner is a member of the Georgia Diversity Council, which describes itself as the 'premier resource for diversity best practices and leadership development in the state of Georgia,'" the report said.
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ISRAEL – On Monday, March 25, 2024, the sun, earth, and moon will perfectly align, creating a penumbral lunar eclipse two weeks after a total solar eclipse transverses the continental U.S.
WND spoke with Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries about the celestial events. Biltz deeply understands the connection between eclipses and biblical holidays.
In the upcoming lunar eclipse, the Earth’s shadow will block out 97% of the moon’s surface. This eclipse will be a "blood moon," the result of atmospheric conditions that give the moon a reddish tint rather than black when it moves into the shadow. The red color comes from some of the sunlight passing through Earth’s atmosphere where it gets bent and colors like blue and green are filtered out, leaving behind longer wavelengths like the color red.
While the science is clear, Biltz emphasizes that the deeper significance of these phenomena is biblical.
"The number one reason for an eclipse is to be a sign," he explained. "It is a sign that is beyond man’s control, something he cannot manipulate."
Pastor Biltz emphasized that the Hebrew calendar must be studied to understand the significance of these celestial signs.
"Our Gregorian calendar is based only on the sun. It's a great calendar, very scientific, but it's not the one God uses," he emphasized. "God said to let both the sun and the moon determine the times. And we can only have a total lunar eclipse or a solar eclipse on a full moon. What good are eclipses if you're not recognizing when they can occur? Passover and Sukkot are on a full moon, but the Hebrew calendar does have a solar element. It's adjusted so that the holidays occur in the same season every year. The month begins with a new moon, but the years are adjusted with a leap year. So, for example, Passover is always in the springtime and we adjusted through the use of a leap month."
"Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time for everything, but by using a solar calendar, most of Christianity's plucking at planting time and planting at plucking time, because they don't know what time it is," Biltz said. "They don't know what the season is."
He explained that a leap month is added seven times over a 19-year cycle because the lunar and solar cycles come back together again every 19 years.
"This is also why, on the solar calendar, you have to add one day every four years," Biltz added.
While lunar eclipses occur on average one or two times a year, Pastor Biltz explained that when they fall on the biblical holidays, they are significant. This convergence is what Biltz refers to as a "blood moon tetrad," a phenomenon he first identified in 2008.
His blood moons prophecy is based on a series of four consecutive total lunar eclipses coinciding with Jewish holidays with six full moons in between that have no intervening partial lunar eclipses. This series is referred to as a tetrad.
The most recent tetrad began with a total lunar eclipse on April 15, 2014, the first night of Pesach (Passover). This marked the first of four consecutive eclipses. The second lunar eclipse took place on Oct. 8, 2014, marking the second night of Sukkot. The third lunar eclipse was on April 4, 2015, the second night of Pesach, and the fourth occurred on Sept. 28, 2015, the second night of Sukkot.
"NASA declares you can mathematically only have one total lunar eclipse in a year and a half," Pastor Biltz said. "But here, there were four total lunar eclipses in a year and a half. This is like hitting the lottery."
Indeed, in the past 2,000 years, a blood moon tetrad (four sequential lunar eclipses with no partial eclipses in between) has occurred on the Jewish holy days of Passover and Sukkot only eight times, most recently in 2014-2015.
However, the tetrad in 2014 was the second of eight tetrads to take place during the 21st century. This is remarkable, as in the past millennium, only four documented tetrads have occurred on or around the Jewish holidays of Passover and Sukkot, and each one was followed by a major event that shifted Jewish and global history. Those tetrads occurred in the years 1428-1429, 1493-1494, 1949-1950 and 1967-1968.
For instance, the Tetrad in 1428-1429 marked the end of a big wave of forced conversions for the Jews in Spain, and the Tetrad in 1493-1494 signaled the end of the Spanish Inquisition, which concluded with the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. Then there were the blood moon tetrads of 1949-1950 (corresponding with the creation of Israel as a nation in 1948) and 1967-1968 (with the unification of Jerusalem occurring in 1967).
The notable exception was the blood moon tetrad that occurred in 2014-2015. No major war or significant event happened that year.
"I was trying to figure out what it was, but it was October 7 that showed me what that Tetrad meant," Pastor Biltz said. "The 1967-1968 tetrad of blood moons was a seven-year warning of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Yom Kippur in 1073 was the very first day of the Jubilee cycle. And then the 2014-2015 Protective Edge incursion into Gaza and the Blood Moon that accompanied it were a seven-year warning before the October 7 war which happened on Simchat Torah, the very last day of that same 50-year Jubilee cycle. So, the last Jubilee cycle was bookended with wars and blood moons."
Pastor Biltz emphasized that not only will a total solar eclipse traverse North America on Monday, April 8, 2024, but it will be followed by an "almost" blood moon tetrad.
"The first eclipse will be a partial lunar eclipse," Biltz noted, "But then there are three total lunar eclipses in a row. There are four lunar eclipses in a row, which is phenomenal, but only three are total."
"But they are all happening on the feasts, two years in a row," Biltz said. "That should be a wake-up call to Israel."
The first lunar eclipse on March 25 will coincide with the Jewish holiday of Purim. Biltz noted that it was fitting that the moon should be eclipsed on Purim, as Esther means "hidden."
"Purim is not in the Torah, but it is important for the Jews because the story of Esther is about the dangers of assimilation," Biltz said. "No one knew Esther was Jewish. The Jews wanted to assimilate, but God miraculously delivered them. The Jews have enemies, but they have to fight the assimilation as well."
Pastor Biltz referred to the Talmud in its discussion of eclipses (Sukkot 29a), which specifically described solar eclipses as being a bad omen for the nations who base their calendars on the solar cycle. He noted that since the United States became a nation in 1776, only eight total solar eclipses have completely crossed the continent.
"And when did they occur?" Biltz asked rhetorically. "The Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Vietnam War."
He remarked that the upcoming total solar eclipse will cross the border into Canada, passing over a city called Economy in the end.
"I think this is a warning we're going to see an economic tragedy coming to the whole world," Biltz said. "It will begin in the United States, but it will reverberate throughout the whole world."
Thankfully, the next blood moon tetrad that falls on the biblical feasts will not take place for another 500 years. It should be noted that a prophecy in the Book of Joel indicates that the coming of the Messiah will be preceded by a blood moon.
"Before the great and terrible day of God comes, I will set portents in the sky and on earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke; The sun shall turn into darkness And the moon into blood. But everyone who invokes the name of Hashem shall escape; for there shall be a remnant on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, as God promised. Anyone who invokes God will be among the survivors." (Joel 3:3-5)
This is also stated in the New Testament in Acts 2:20 and Revelation 6:12.
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A city "equity' officer being paid some $75,000 a year by College Park, Maryland, is being profiled online for desiring that the United States "burn to the ground" so that her ideology "can rise from the ashes."
And she wants it all to happen without any effort on her part, apparently, as she insists, "I don't want to work."
It is Fox News that has documented the ideas and agendas of Kayla Aliese Carter, who apparently is supposed to be eliminating systemic racism in her city.
The report reveals she said she is working with activists to orchestrate "how we will eat and live and grow after we burn it all down."
In her post as "racial equity officer" under Mayor Fazlul Kabir, she supervises a team pushing for "racial equity" in city departments, policies, practices, programs and budgets, the report said.
Her hire came after the city adopted an agenda in the wake of the death of George Floyd in 2020 that condemns "systemic racism" and supports "black lives."
Her social media posts cited in the report range from extreme to scary, including, "Why do Black people always have to rationalize our violence and anger?"
She reminded, in 2021, "Remember we are at war against colonialism. We can't forget," and "I can't wait for society to collapse so MY ideology can rise from the ashes!"
From 2020 came, "Today I cohosted and occupied space with dozens of people who have committed their lives, businesses, and money to Black liberation. On all days, every day, each day. Light workers. Already planning (BEEN PLANNING) for how we will eat and live and grow after we burn it all down."
From about the same time, "Do y'all understand why the oppressed are constantly shamed out of using violence?? BECAUSE THE OPPRESSOR WANTS TO BE THE SOLE PROFITEER OF VIOLENCE. THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH BACK TALK. 'DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO' FACE A--. No."
She routinely calls white people "yT."
"I can't believe I forgot to tweet this earlier but I went in the office this morning a yT said, 'You cut your hair -- or took it out I guess...' I was so confused bc I haven't had braids in a month... but this distracted me from the fact that I need a new job," she wrote. And she said, another time, "This yT man in my meeting just said, 'I want to take a moment and give the floor to any Black... participants to... tell us what MLK Day this year meant to you.' I SWEAR I AM WHEEZING WHO HIRES THESE PEOPLE?"
In 2022 came, "This is why I cant (sic) trust yT people."
In 2021 was, "I hate when White children stare at me its literally terrifying so I just state (sic) back until they stop."
Police? They're "White supremacists," she charges, Fox documented.
She would rather not be holding her city post for $75,600 a year, she said, expressing a hope to be a "collage artist," or "lady of leisure."
"Tired of being so underpaid also tired of applying to new jobs. I don't wanna go back to s*lling dr*gs but this economy is getting desperate. … Engaging in important dialogues exploring the impact of capitalism on daily life its (sic) a Tuesday and I have to work."
"I need a new job but the problem is that I don't want to work I just wanna lay in my bed being a girl can anyone help me with this?" she noted in January.
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Special Counsel Robert Hur, who earlier suggested not charging Joe Biden with federal crimes for keeping classified government documents as a "private" person, told Congress on Tuesday some of Biden's answers on the issue simply were "not credible."
The Daily Signal reported Hur testified before the House Judiciary Committee on his finding that Biden "willfully retained and disclosed classified materials” after his vice presidency.
A Democrat asked Hur if there was reason to believe Biden lied during the investigation, to which Hur responded there were questions for which Biden's answers were "not credible."
Evidence shows Biden not only kept classified documents but read from them to a ghostwriter working on a book, meaning Biden had a financial incentive to keep the government secrets.
Gaetz noted, "It’s a lie is what regular people would say, right?"
Hur also said Biden's claim that the documents were "in filing cabinets that were locked or able to be locked" was "inconsistent" with the evidence.
The Daily Caller News Foundation noted former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy explained that Hur's report did not "exonerate" Biden.
"Prosecutors don’t exonerate people," McCarthy told "America Reports" co-host Sandra Smith. "The gig is that you look at the evidence that you have, and you decide whether you can prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt on all the elements of a criminal offense. The fact you draw a conclusion you don’t think you can get over the high-proof hurdle does not mean either that the crime did not happen or the suspect did not do it. It just means you don’t think you can prove the case."
Hur was forced to fire back repeatedly when Democrats claimed his work deliberately caused a "political firestorm" because of his assessment of Biden as "diminished."
He said politics played no part in his work.
Hur also corrected Rep. Jamila Jayapal when she claimed Biden was exonerated in the report.
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A Wyoming atheist who sued the city of Gillette because city officials didn't let him deliver an invocation at a city meeting as often as he demanded wanted $24 million for the offense, but now has lost at the state Supreme Court.
It was Bruce Williams who sued Gillette Mayor Shay Lundvall demanding that he should be allowed to deliver invocations at meetings in the same proportion as there are atheists in Wyoming. Pew Research suggests some 3% of Wyoming residents say they are atheists, so Williams presumably was arguing to deliver invocations at 3% of the meetings, meaning about three every eight years if the meetings were monthly.
He had been permitted to deliver his speech at least once a year for the last nine years.
But a report at Cowboy State Daily explained he demanded more.
District Judge Stuart S. Healy III originally dismissed the case, explaining the city and mayor have immunity from lawsuits under these circumstances.
The state Supreme Court now has agreed, the report explained.
Williams also had complained he was required to cite the Pledge of Allegiance, to which he objected because it includes the words "under God."
The decision from the high court said, "We acknowledge Mr. Williams’s efforts to convince us to allow his complaint to proceed. However, '(the) decision of whether to waive immunity for a governmental entity – belongs to the Wyoming Legislature, not this court.'"
The decision was written by Justice Lynne Boomgaarden.
Under Wyoming's Constitution, the state and its political subdivisions are immune from lawsuits unless the lawmakers authorize them.
Their latest update on that issue came in 1979 when they adopted the Wyoming Governmental Immunity Act which provides permission for lawsuits for specific situations.
That law also, the court ruling said, while allowing some contract lawsuits, is not a tool for launching civil rights fights.
That would be, the ruling said, a federal law.