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Fire, Anti-Gay Graffiti at United Church of Christ After Same-Sex Marriage Resolution
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| Jul 9, 2005
Posted on 07/09/2005 1:33:01 PM PDT by phoenix_004
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To: phoenix_004
Defacing a church because they support gays doesn't solve anything, sigh.
And yuck, I want to vomit at the sight of Bill and Hillary by the way.
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posted on
07/09/2005 1:35:57 PM PDT
by
FeeinTennessee
(www.saluteheroes.org.........www.peoplepolitical.org)
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To: phoenix_004
Doing evil in the sight of God doesn't bode well.
To: phoenix_004
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posted on
07/09/2005 1:41:28 PM PDT
by
Humidston
(Hillary's Full Name - EVITA PEYRONie's CLINTON)
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To: FeeinTennessee
I agree, defacing someone else's property because you don't agree with them are the actions of a weak minded person. UCC is anti Christian, but we're supposed to love our enemies, even when we hate their actions. Destroying their property isn't showing love.
After saying that, my first reaction is to wonder if they defaced their own church to get some publicity. It's been done quite a bit lately.
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posted on
07/09/2005 1:44:46 PM PDT
by
digitalbrownshirt
(http://digitalbrownshirt.blogspot.com)
To: phoenix_004
Funny how the churches of the people who founded and defined America have all turned leftist. After all, the UCC is a direct descendant of the New England Puritan Congregationalist churches. The Episcopalians and the Presbuterians are not far behind the UCC.
To: William Creel
I disagree with setting fires or committing acts of vandalism, but they certainly deserve to be confronted for trying to pervert Christianity.
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To: phoenix_004
Sigh, so much politically correct BS and so little time
The fire came a day after two black churches were heavily damaged by seven arson fires in Sparta, Tenn. Authorities said there was no evidence that it was a hate crime, but they were not ruling anything out.
Someone also tried to set fire to a mosque early Saturday in Bloomington, Ind., and the FBI was investigating it as a hate crime.
Why is it a hate crime in a mosque but not in a church?
Ever wonder why the media sees fit only to report fires in black churches, mosques and churches that have endorsed homosexuality as hate crimes?
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To: Lucky Dog
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posted on
07/09/2005 1:49:36 PM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: digitalbrownshirt
After saying that, my first reaction is to wonder if they defaced their own church to get some publicity. It's been done quite a bit lately.
I wondered that too. It is interesting that the congregation member happen to arrive just in time to stop the fire from becoming serious. Since he was there to cut grass, it can be assumed it was daylight. I'd think an arsonist would most likely strike at night.
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To: FeeinTennessee
You're right. Setting fire to a church is a cowardly act. I think the solution is for congregations to withdraw from the UCC.
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posted on
07/09/2005 1:51:23 PM PDT
by
cloud8
To: phoenix_004
this may well turn out to be a hoax by some liberal - Lord knows it's happened before. But even if this was a genuine attack by someone displeased by the UCC's actions, there is no way that this can be condoned. I am deeply troubled to see fellow FReepers reacting so positively to this crime. I would expect behavior like that from the creatures over at the DUmp, but not here. Flouting the rule of law and destruction of private property is not the conservative way.
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posted on
07/09/2005 1:58:19 PM PDT
by
sassbox
To: digitalbrownshirt
... my first reaction is to wonder if they defaced their own church to get some publicity. It's been done quite a bit lately.If this crew is anything like the UCC people I have known and been associated with in the past, it is a highly suspicious occurrence. What does "a small fire in the sanctuary" that can be put out in a few minutes, discovered by someone who had no reason to be in the sanctuary, suggest to others? This account doesn't add up.
To: sassbox
That's the good/bad thing about free speech, we can disagree with what other people say, but they still get to say it. The overall reaction seems to be anti-arson/anti-grafitti, which is what I would expect. It's certainly what I'd hope to hear from FReepers.
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posted on
07/09/2005 2:09:29 PM PDT
by
digitalbrownshirt
(http://digitalbrownshirt.blogspot.com)
later pingout and I wonder if it was self-perpetrated hate crime as so many are?
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posted on
07/09/2005 2:10:28 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, are incompatible with freedom. P. Henry)
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