What do you think of Sen. Sylvia Allen's(R) speech about mandatory church attendance

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MovingTarget

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Hoo boy, ain't this a pile worthy of stepping in...

No. We do not need church attendance to be made mandatory for any reason. I say this not only as a Christian, but as a Roman Catholic Christian. We've seen the days where the state worked hand in hand with pardoners and summoners. It is a clear violation of the separation of church and state. My own church's history is exhibit A of why we need such a separation.

Furthermore, tea party idiots like that give us Christians a bad name. I used to be a "died in the wool" -type conservative. As I get older, I have come to the realization that Conservatism and Christianity are fundamentally incompatible. When people say things like the OP has quoted, it only makes that belief of mine further solidify.

/dons flamesuit and sunscreen
 

NeoV

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I'm more interested in what people that voted for her and/or live in her state feel about it.
 

Kadarin

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IronWing

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I'm more interested in what people that voted for her and/or live in her state feel about it.
I live in her state. I'll repeat it for you: "She's yet another wackjob, full-on-retard social conservative; the mainstay of the Republican Party."
 

sportage

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FARTS! Smelling all those FARTS?
Again?
Thats why people quit church in the first place. The FARTS!
Lets introduce a bill cutting air pollution in half.
No... by two thirds, by eliminating church attendance altogether.
And just smell that fresh air. Oh wow.

Besides, if that bill passed, when would men have their alone time to check out the computer porn?
All the dads would be at church with the little woman, and the kids.

Also, you do realize church FARTS can cause lung cancer just as much as tobacco. Right?

Fresh air and Sunday morning computer porn.
It doesn't get any better than that.
Dads everywhere deserves it.
They work hard all week long, survive life all week long, just waiting for Sunday morning to get here.
Those two, maybe three hours of daddy alone time.
Lordy lord please don't take that away from me....
 

Newell Steamer

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Somebody needs to tell this lady to stop acting like a fundamentalist kook - we don't want people thinking Christianity can be an oppressive religion, again.
 
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