I saw it on FR. I did not bookmark the link.
However, only yesterday it was on the news and in the papers that everyone was strictly forbidden from mentioning Jeffords name in front of the children.
Tonight, there is this http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019458/posts
Which has nothing to do with religion, but everything to do with the thin evidence.
I have an idea you are pretty young.
Find an old Catholic who lived in a remote area of the South in the 1940’s and 1950’s and ask him how the “real” Christians treated them.
There is a thing called body language and it exists in the written word as well as in life on the street and I see in a lot of the stories about this situation connotations or body language, if you will, that indicate religious persecution.
Now there are a lot of religions I don’t agree with: Snake handling, just to make an example, but the fact is that the government is forbidden to get into that.
If a felony has been committed, that is one thing but even then the cops are supposed to have the evidence before they arrest.
They can’t even arrest Drew Peterson even though they know he killed two wives because they do not have proof.
And that is the way it should be.
I am not a lawyer, but if I had been, it would have been a criminal defense lawyer even though much more money is made in civil law.
Because it is the cops duty to follow the law, dot every “i” and cross every “t”.
Otherwise, you end up with cops just pointing their finger at you and off you go.
Breaking up families and traumatizing children on nothing more than an anonymous crank call is way over the edge.
Even a crank call requires some level of investigation, but the investigation must come first, not last.
No, I’m probably older than you are (but I’m flattered!). I find that most people will treat you with the amount of respect you give them, and I’m pretty outgoing and friendly. While I got the occasional odd question, and of course, they ALL tried to convert me, I don’t take that as disrespect. In fact, if you care about someone and you think they are in dire need of saving, you will try to save them. That’s how I saw it.
As for your point about the govt not getting into religions, they will and should when laws are being broken. Calling something a religion does not let you get away with breaking the law.
And, they have not arrested anyone yet.
Have a great day! I’m going to go take more pictures of dragonflies, they are everywhere here!
susie