• Re: More Jesus lunacy...

    From Allen Prunty@1:2320/100 to Ross Sauer on Mon May 23 03:34:00 2016
    Ross Sauer wrote to All <=-

    Starting next week, the program will allow a city judge to sentence misdemeanor offenders to work off their sentences in jail and pay a
    fine, or go to church every Sunday for a year. Offenders who select
    church can pick the place of worship but must check in weekly with the pastor and the police department. If the one-year church attendance program is completed successfully, the offender's case will be
    dismissed.

    This seems like something that would totally violate the separation of
    Church and state. As a former LEO, I don't understan why it would be up
    to the police department to enforce this? If this was the case I would
    see if they had a local Unitarian Church to attend? I wonder if they
    picked the Hindu Temple as their place of worship if that would fly...
    or the local Mosque.

    You can't legislate morality... every time it's tried it fails!

    The Alabama branch of the American Civil Liberties Union plans to send
    Bay Minette officials a letter demanding that they suspend the program.

    I wonder how successfult that was?

    City officials did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press.

    Working for City government her in Louisville, KY this is no surprise.

    Wow... I don't know how I missed this one.

    Allen

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  • From Earl Croasmun@1:261/38 to Allen Prunty on Sun May 29 18:35:56 2016
    Ross Sauer wrote to All <=-

    Starting next week, the program will allow a city judge to sentence
    misdemeanor offenders to work off their sentences in jail and pay a
    fine, or go to church every Sunday for a year. Offenders who select

    Ross won't be getting back to you on this one. He has been gone for a couple of
    years or more.

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