Dancing For Jesus Pays Off

City To Pay Christian Group Banned From Holiday Fest 

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — The city has agreed to pay $31,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a pre-teen Christian dance troupe kicked out of the Holiday Festival last December because of their religious message.

Chula Vista also agreed to provide to police officers and city officials annual First Amendment training “with emphasis on the rights of religious persons to express their faith in the public square.”

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Why are there so many negative campaign ads?

Because they work:

While some voters say they react negatively to negative ads, Professor David Schultz of Hamline University says the contrary.

“Negative attack ads work, according to psychologists, simply because they also hit us with emotional feelings that we might not be able to control,” said Shultz.

Negative ads are usually seen closest to election time and are aimed at a particular kind of voter. Campaigns often have two goals when it comes to attack ads as well. “Organizations that use negative ads do that,” Schultz said, “to turn swing voters off, against their opponents, or to make sure swing voters just don’t vote on Election Day. 

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