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8/31/2008
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Future Looks Good For Fortunetellers In Vt. Town
Author: Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Source: Boston Globe (MA)
Title: FUTURE LOOKS GOOD FOR FORTUNETELLERS IN VT. TOWN
Suddenly, the future looks bright for fortunetellers, clairvoyants and tarot card readers in these parts.
After banning such activity for over 40 years, the town has repealed an ordinance on the books since 1966.
"When the ordinance was lifted, I actually felt a large weight lifting from my shoulders," said Maria Pawlowski, a tarot card reader. "It was very oppressive to have to refrain from something that was as natural to me as breathing."
Fear of fraud has prompted other communities around the country to ban soothsaying. But critics say it's not government's place to decide whether the beliefs or practices are fraudulent.
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| Thank The Gods... | Sep 1st. at 1:50:34 pm EDT
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Corax (Glendale, Arizona) - Email Me
that people are being more open in Vt. about alternative spirituality. This law that was repealed is just one of hundreds, perhaps thousands that are on the books across the country that all come under the definition of "morality laws", which of course are religiously based and therefore violate the Separation Clause of the First Amendment and should NEVER have been passed or even considered in the first place.
In my own area, they still have those silly sunday "blue laws" which prohibit the sale of anything alcoholic until 10:00 AM on sunday. The original idea of such ludicrous laws was the hope that if someone couldn't go to a saloon or buy liquor before most church services started, these people who wanted a drink, would actually go to church instead! If these pastors thought that such laws would encourage church attendance, they MUST have been on the sauce themselves!
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