More people died in the back of Ted Kennedy's car than in Mulligan's restaurant. Oh- wait, since he was a Kennedy, we'll give him a pass on murder...now that's a bad message don't you think?

Not real sure why this turned into a blast the wonderful Rev. Dr. Nelson Price. However, he does not attend Roswell Street Baptist anymore - just for the record -since you say look next door. He is still involved and helping our hurting world. Also, while blasting the "Family Values" resolution - you are blasting Jesus. Beware. None of us are perfect and we are all sinners and need forgiveness. Wish there were more Cobb Countians like Dr. Price!

My favorite sign is the one that says " Border Patrol Agents Eat Free"!

I hope to see one that simply reads " ILLEGAL ALIENS GET OUT!"

So funny! I LOVE those signs and sometimes drive out of my way just to see what Mulligan's has posted. So glad that there are still people who have the guts to say what they really want to say!

I am offended by the snarky church signs all over the county, but I will not write a letter about it. As long as it does not affect me physically, do what you want. Touch me or my family and it is a different story

Simple, you don't like it, don't read it.

This is a free country!

How long do you plan to leave this ridiculos non-letter letter on this site? With all that is going on in this county, state and country, it would seem there would be more important things to cover than someone's hurt feelings.

Let the cretinous yahoos have their little sign. At least they are attempting intelligent conversation, and at least we know what to expect from them. If the messages shock you, consider the source, count your blessings that "there but for the grace of God go I," and drive on.

I see that Mulligan's got all their stooges to write in crying about their freedom of speech. Yes, I agree with you, you do have freedom of speech and I have the right not to go to your bar full of hatemongers. I'll drink somewhere else. "I'm With Ya" --I never thought about that, but you raise a good point. And as far as Nelson Price, I think t.c. was referring to the fact that he and Fred Bentley Jr. AUTHORED the anti-gay "Family Values" resolution. Sure, he's not doing much now but that gave Marietta a bad name nationwide as did the Obama shirt and gave creedence to what many self-righteous northerners love to perceive as The South: narrow-minded rednecks with a lynch-mob mentality. As a midtown Mariettan who has lived a block from there most of his life, I would defend their right to post whatever they want, even though they disgust me just as much as Roy Barnes' hideous Ten Commandments stained glass wall. Now that's an embarrassment to the city!

As a Christian and a citizen, I support Mulligans to put whatever the law will allow on his signs. Don't like the law? Change it.. and thereby take a step closer to a dictatorship. I find many of the signs humorous, and a few of them unsettling. But Mulligans is one small businessman running his own legitimate small business. I worry less about his signs than the crap liberals with a national audience try to ram down everyone's throat, calling it 'truth.' Even worse, the likes of Jesse Jackson, Jeremiah Wright and Al Sharpton who use their church pulpits to sow hate and discord in their flocks and furthering the divided between races. I'll sit down with Mulligan and a cold beer and discuss civility long before I'll sit thru one of the aforementioned 'pastors' screaming, hate-filled diatribes.

If the signs bother you, don't read them. It is his right to post what he thinks and it is your right not to read them. Last time I checked, this is one thing Nobama has not tried to change- freedom of speech- but give him time- I'm sure that is on the chopping block, too!

So Mulligan's owner has no right to post whatever sign he wans on his property, right? But you think you have the right to decide what he can and cannot say. I think you would fit in very well in Russia, Cuba or Venazula. It is your kind of thinking that is styming tis country right now. Can't disagree with the administration without being called a racist, can't disagree with welfare for life, you are a bigot and racist and un-American - can't express any criticism at all, for fear some one might be offended. Oh Lord, what has happened to this country tat was once so great. It is people like you Loretta who are destroying this country. If you don't like the signs, as one said, find a different route down Roswell. But quite trying to make yourself "czar" over free speech. I think we haev enuogh czars already, and probably this one is on the horizon. If you can't deal with the facts - squash the dissenters. How American!!!!

Typical Obama supporter and liberal - anyone who disagrees with my opinion is wrong and does not have a right to express a disenting opinion. You people are more like Hitler.

One of the things that makes this a great country is our freedom of speech. Just because you disagree with the comments does not mean that they should be forced to remove them. Their right to post their views is the same right that you have to voice your opposition in this public forum. So it seems, you are a hypocrite.

I have never been nor do I intend to visit the establishment listed in this article...HOWEVER, the root issue is called Freedom of Speech! It is irrelevant if you are offended or not - the hard, cold reality is if we censor this person, why not censor radio, television, papers, magazines or any other publication? I find it peculiar that liberals are the first to cry out for censorship - look at all the rhetoric that was leveled at GW Bush and the liberals were all for it, no cry's of outrage what so ever....but if any one dare speaks out against Obama or any other liberal icon, now its racist, inflammatory and hatred.....two sets of standards.

Sorry you don't like the signs, but its called Freedom of Speech.

I recommend you find a different route into Marietta.

Loretta,

I completely agree with your sentiments (as well as comments from True Christian). Having grown up in Marietta in the early 70's, I can profess that while many attitudes have changed for the better, there remains an unseemly under-belly of self righteous hate in this community and this hatred is directed at anything perceived to be of the "other".

Anyway, considering this is Marietta we're dealing with and its still only the 21st century, a call for humanity and civility will have little effect...so I would suggest a somewhat counter-intuitive strategy to try and push Mulligans out of the community by tapping into some good old fashioned right-wing self righteousness.

Stay with me here Loretta...now this purportedly conservative-friendly establishment "Mulligans" has the gall to serve alcohol literally in the shadows of 2 sacred houses of God, right? St Stephen's Methodist and of course Roswell Street Baptist Church...are you with me yet, wink, wink?

Well along this line of thinking, I for one cannot fathom that our licensing board would stand for the continual re-licensing of a restaurant to pour alcohol in this sacred avenue of worship for so many in our community and in such close proximity to 2 of our most respected churches. Just who do these commissioners think they work for? The liquor industry or the citizens of our community?

I'm hoping you're with me Loretta and God-fearing Christians of Cobb County. What do y'all say? Let's rally to remove alcohol from the heart of Roswell Street.

Here's your solution.....buy him out. He's exercising his freedom of speech. Someone should exercise a little capitalism and buy the place.

There is plenty of room, however, for the first amendment. What's great about the United States is that the owner of Mulligan's reserves the right to display these signs, as controversial (yet, often truthful) as they may be. Thank God the Constitution doesn't require conservative Christianity to be my religion and that we still have the right to say and display unpopular opinions.

Last I checked, we are still protected by the Constitution of the United States, which protects freedom of speech, whether tasteful or not. Ms. Vitale, maybe your concerns should be more directed towards the self avowed communist czars Mr. Obama has appointed to help him rewrite our constitution. If American's continue to bury their heads whilst our freedoms continue to be eroded, the day may soon come when the only ideas & thoughts we are allowed to see or hear will be on state run television & newspapers & will be the thoughts the government decides will be best for us. It isn't such a far fetched notion, that we are on a similar path as Cuba & Venezuela. That means, Ms. Vitale, your letter to the editor would not have been printed, either.