[GovernmentShrinker]

Not anti-Christian, anti-freedom.

[Cultural Jihad]

Not anti-Christian, anti-freedom.

Anti-freedom would be telling the good people of Virginia that they have no freedom to set their own laws and standards.

[Diverdogz]

Yeah. Like the Rhode Island Nightclub should have had the right to use any kind of insulation they want, and Great White should be able to use fireworks inside, too.

Sorry, but sometimes governments pass GOOD regulations which implement lessons learned (usually as a result of tragedy). Fire Codes are good things. People who visit the church shouldn't have to be fire experts to recognize hazards and *know* to avoid a particular building to maintain a reasonable level of safety.

Crap, we often sneer at third world countries when they have frequent accidents that just don't happen here because of our rather refined engineering/building codes. For that I'm grateful and am willing to put up with a little bit of 'government intrusion'.

[Gabz]

Not anti-Christian, anti-freedom.

It's neither.

If they had a sprinkler system they would be fine - they don't. Fire Marshall rules and regulations are a bit different than many other arbitrary rules and regulations.