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To: Natural Law

But of course, in Fairfax County, Virginia, the local government told a church to stop tolling its bells because neighbors were "annoyed" by the noise.


15 posted on 12/02/2006 8:28:29 AM PST by rabscuttle385 (Sic Semper Tyrannis * Allen for U.S. Senate in '08)
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To: rabscuttle385
But of course, in Fairfax County, Virginia, the local government told a church to stop tolling its bells because neighbors were "annoyed" by the noise.

And if true, related to this story how?

23 posted on 12/02/2006 8:31:15 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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They were above the county's noise ordinance levels, and those ordinances were in place before the electronic bell system was installed two years ago.

Wouldn't you want the same standard to apply to an imam's call to prayer? I'll bet you would.


141 posted on 12/02/2006 10:41:54 AM PST by linda_22003
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