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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsArgument Between West Viriginia Pastors' Wives Ends With Gunfire in Church Parking Lot
Melinda Frye Toney, 44, is accused of pulling out a pistol that accidentally discharged during an argument with another pastor's wife at New Life Apostolic Church in Oak Hill on May 11.
Toney is the wife of New Life pastor Earl Toney while the other woman, Lori Haywood, is married to New Life's youth pastor, David Haywood,
Fayette Sheriff's Detective Kevin Willis told the Beckley Register-Herald the animosity between the two women had been simmering for some time. Their husbands had thought the women should publicly bury the hatchet to avoid additional strife.
"The pastor and the youth pastor had thought, 'Maybe we could get them together, we can hash this out and fix this before it escalates,' " Willis said Wednesday. "Of course, it just made it worse, I think."
[link:https://www.newsweek.com/pastors-wife-gun-parking-lot-1457652|]
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)"Sudden Death"
blugbox
(951 posts)honest.abe
(8,685 posts)malaise
(269,173 posts)Jebus Effin' Krist!
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)It's bad enough when the Federalist Society wants "originalist" interpretations of the Constitution, the Religionistas want to follow the laws of Moses.
Very few of them manage to uphold more than 3 or 4 of the 10 Commandments and only the 2nd of the Amendments.
Voltaire2
(13,174 posts)maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)Nice hair, Gun Nut.
Freedomofspeech
(4,228 posts)Yikes.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)The higher the hair, the closer to God.
yellowdogintexas
(22,270 posts)all that short poufy bit at the top followed by about a mile of long perm
I'd hate like hell to have to deal with that mess on a daily basis
lonely bird
(1,689 posts)I just ate lunch and then saw that picture.
Where the hell is the nausea medication?
unc70
(6,120 posts)maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)I shared it w/ my daughter.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,609 posts)luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,989 posts)I guess there was a plan to let G-d sort it out.
Freedomofspeech
(4,228 posts)onecaliberal
(32,898 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Sounds important to me. Was it an NRA shirt? That would really be worth it, then.
Give me that old time religion!
progressoid
(49,999 posts)struggle4progress
(118,350 posts)It leadeth me into the parking lot for shoot-outs. It reneweth my faith in the NRA. It leadeth me to buy ammunition. Yea, though I might meet people I dislike, I shall not converse cordially with them, for my pistol is with me. Its full magazine and trigger comfort me. It prepareth for me targets in the presence of my enemies. It arointeth my head in gunsmoke; my mouth runneth overtime. Surely ambulances and corpses shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will worship my firearms forever
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)All that wimpy talk of shepherds and still waters really needs to get butched up for the 21st century. Thank goodness one of these women had the foresight to be carrying so that this argument could have the potential to turn into murder. How else is anyone supposed to know the disagreement was serious?
Collimator
(1,639 posts)Highest clarity, expert cut, three carats minimum.
Thanks.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,430 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,531 posts)"Melinda declined to speak to police after her arrest and requested an attorney instead, according to Willis, who added that a mental evaluation of her may be part of the investigation."
Maybe a mental evaluation should be in order before one gets a concealed weapon permit.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)...so we can't do that.
People need guns to protect themselves from people with guns!
Guns!
Guns guns guns guns guns!!
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Just a little advanced warning would be nice in order to get innocent bystanders out of the area.
keithbvadu2
(36,917 posts)Worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles hold commitment ceremony
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/02/28/pennsylvania-church-ceremony-guns/383815002/
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lonely bird
(1,689 posts)So they dont harm the rest of us.
Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)She's literally "clinging to guns and religion."
oasis
(49,409 posts)Aristus
(66,462 posts)I assume a decades-long murderous feud is in the offing...
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Except the woman with the gun may have killed the other. Someone need to change churches.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)out for you, then use a gun, I guess. ... must be written someplace in their bibles.
Voltaire2
(13,174 posts)The militarization of Jesus goes back to at least the 4th century.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)political reasons, looks good for a politician to attend church with the family. So, when I heard and sung "Onward Christian Soldiers," it was a total WTF to me. All this talk about love, kindness and everything else ... then they sang "Onward Christian Soldiers." And the KKK with their burning crosses and all. God outta one side of their mouth ... and hatred and murder out the other side. ... so totally F'ed up. As George Carlin would say, it's a club. Ha, and often a club to beat people with.
smb
(3,475 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them ...
Former President Obama
In this case guns and religion.
HAB911
(8,915 posts)either was left standing
(sarcasm)
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)they never heard of "turning the other cheek".
Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Stallion
(6,476 posts)hopefully take out the gun-nuts 1 or even better 2 at a time
33taw
(2,448 posts)wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)sarisataka
(18,774 posts)when someone pulls the trigger.
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)and grab the guns and start firing away. Disgusting. And these were supposedly Christian and church going people. Pathetic.
AllaN01Bear
(18,423 posts)Quemado
(1,262 posts)Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas
With Waylon and Willie and the boys
This successful life we're livin'
Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys
Botany
(70,585 posts)What could go wrong?
BTW I am going to Oak Hill, WV in a few weeks. I go through Oak Hill on my way to the Gauley River.
paleotn
(17,970 posts)Beautiful river. Well beyond my capabilities. Think I'll stick to flat water.
Wounded Bear
(58,713 posts)JDC
(10,133 posts)So I guess they are speeding the word that way.
That last quote qualifies for understatement of the year.
barbtries
(28,811 posts)in other news, a woman "accidentally" shot her daughter who was coming from school to surprise her with a visit.
i think some gun nuts just really want to shoot someone. accidental my ass. negligent at the very least.
Initech
(100,104 posts)TeamPooka
(24,256 posts)sdfernando
(4,941 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Her own husband kept her from shooting the other woman, and could have been injured himself, since he was trying to wrestle the gun from her.
nycbos
(6,038 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Respectfully, Florida lifer.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Kiss and make up? I wonder how that's going to work?
spanone
(135,880 posts)I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
hatrack
(59,592 posts)Teh Crazee is strong here.
BlueMississippi
(776 posts)Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus Christ
Coventina
(27,172 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,430 posts)"Turn that other cheek this way, sweetie, and I'll pop a cap in that ass."
Permanut
(5,642 posts)One of them is a "true" Christian, and the other one is not.
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,527 posts)Does this mean that the Second Amendment only applies
to muzzle loading, black powder firearms?
Grins
(7,231 posts)So why didnt the pastor/husbands tell them what they were to do and end the argument...?
lindysalsagal
(20,733 posts)NNadir
(33,556 posts)I told my son we were not to get out of the car under and circumstances short of a severe accident. I made sure we went through in the late hours.
Midnight Writer
(21,802 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)...
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)...so this kind of violence doesn't flare up again.