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Lancero

(3,002 posts)
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:04 AM Jun 2014

Religious Freedom for All - As long as you're Christian (Beebe AR Church dispute)

[quote]Bertram and Felicia Dahl initially got a supportive response from the local government of Beebe, Arkansas, when they announced their intentions to open a church in the garage behind their home, but Mayor Mike Robertson completely changed his mind upon hearing that the Dahls' place of worship was a pagan church, reports Arkansas Matters.

...During a meeting with Robertson, he reportedly told them that they "would not be opening a Pagan anything" in the town, and that they would be barred from the docket if they tried to attend a town meeting.

City Attorney Barret Rogers told Arkansas Matters that the property could not operate as a temple due to the zoning laws. However, the property's R-2 zoning designation allows places of worship and private nonprofits with conditional and special use permits, a category which Seekers Temple falls into.[/quote]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/19/pagan-seekers-temple-arkansas_n_5511213.html

Another link to the story, with a interview by Bertram - http://wildhunt.org/2014/06/update-on-beebe-that-mans-god-is-not-my-god.html

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Religious Freedom for All - As long as you're Christian (Beebe AR Church dispute) (Original Post) Lancero Jun 2014 OP
Hey, the mayor would probably be a member, like Baptist don't know each other in the liquor stores, Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #1
It's a "Christians only" law. Because non-Christians don't have "religious freedumb." blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #2
Sure hope the ACLU or somebody pops in and sues the mayor and Beebe. sinkingfeeling Jun 2014 #3

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
1. Hey, the mayor would probably be a member, like Baptist don't know each other in the liquor stores,
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:20 AM
Jun 2014

the mayor probably won't know others. I would hope as Americans who are supposed to be tolerant of others religions or lack of religion and then you find some crap like this. It might not be for me, but I can be tolerant.

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