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8/17/2009
11:01:44 am EDT
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Let’s Keep Religion Out Of The County Fair
Author: Michael Pearlman (blog) Source: New West
Title: LET’S KEEP RELIGION OUT OF THE COUNTY FAIR
Aaahh, the county fair. Ferris Wheels, fried dough and 4H exhibits. And in northern Wyoming, a healthy dose of government-paid-for evangelism.
I’m no native, but I’ve lived in Wyoming long enough to realize that most residents, to a large degree subscribe to a live and let live attitude. Something along the lines of, “I’ll stay out of your business as long as you stay out of mine. Oh, and keep the government’s hands off my property and my guns.” Of course, diversity isn’t one of our state’s strengths, and sometimes government officials don’t bother to pause and think about whether they’re supporting a religious message, even when it’s cloaked in “wholesome, family-friendly entertainment.”
If you lived in Park County, Wyoming and decided to attend the county fair last month, you had a wide selection of free entertainment to choose from. Alongside the agricultural exhibits and 4-H livestock, there was also a performance by Reach, Inc. a nonprofit group out of South Dakota which offered KidzJam. Among other things, KidzJam includes kids being lead in prayer and being instructed to spread the word of Jesus.
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| Last I Checked..... | Aug 20th. at 11:59:57 pm EDT
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Batman (Madison, Wisconsin) - Email Me
.....unbeknownst to the fundies, HATE IS NOT A FAMILY VALUE.
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| ....... | Aug 20th. at 7:17:44 pm EDT
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Corax (Glendale, Arizona) - Email Me
fundys: may they choke on their own tongues every time they speak the unholy name of jeebus!
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| I Believe... | Aug 17th. at 12:25:55 pm EDT
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bigcat (peoria, Illinois) - Email Me
That this person does have a valid point, although he is sadly in a minority in a state where skirting the law is a practiced art by the Fundies in that area.
Yes, I agree wholeheartedly that if they want to proselytize at public functions and have their own rules it should be on their own dime and not funded by those unwilling to participate, since-in essence that is actually stealing and misappropriating money for their own use.
The problem is- this has gone on so long -that it has become an accustomed practice which is why they look so clueless about it. Naturally they never expected that someone would actually complain.
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| Unfortunately, Not Unique | Aug 17th. at 12:12:26 pm EDT
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Ex Ignus Adveho Lux (Mankato, Minnesota) - Email Me
I'm from MN, and in the dinky town I used to live they had the county fair. Every year they'd have an entire building full of evangelical groups and posters of aborted babies surrounded by crucifixes. Gotta love that moral majority.
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