Posted on 10/20/2005 11:09:48 AM PDT by Millee
An Ellettsville family whose home is decorated for Halloween contacted police after someone placed on its porch a flier that suggests Halloween praises the devil.
Dalene Gully told Indianapolis television station WRTV that she took offense to the flier, which was placed outside her home by the House of Prayer Church of Bloomington.
"I started reading it, and I was very, very upset by it. I found it very accusatory and very threatening," Gully said.
The church's pastor, Larry Mitchell, said the people who left the flier would have preferred to talk with Gully, but she wasn't there.
Mitchell said the church didn't intend to upset the Gully family, but rather tell people that Halloween isn't harmless fun.
"Halloween is not fantasy," Mitchell said. "We're training up our children, and obviously this lady was trained up in this. Halloween seems like it is taking just as much prominence as Christmas."
The Gully family filed a complaint with the Ellettsville Police Department. The incident also prompted the family to install an alarm system at the home, the station reported.
"This is my home, and I like Halloween. If I want to decorate my home, I have every right to decorate my home," Gully said.
And you know someone that actually fueled their jack-o-lantern that way....or did you read it somewhere?
My take? The church folks have every right to send a letter and she has every right to decorate her house. Pity adults have this sort of problem, isn't it?
And how much trouble do you think you'd be in if you did that? None at all? Which is precisely the point, Mr. I-signed-up-today-and-immediately-decided-to-start-slinging-insults.
That's right. Finding a flyer on their door might cause them to become very, very, very upset and feel offended.
They might even have to call the cops and have an alarm system installed. LMAO!
Demon-lover....how dare you even suggest something like that....
The opinion of a jackanapes who hates Halloween is hardly "truth."
The only information it apparently contained was "Hi! I am a lunatic who can't deal with Halloween."
Yippee! A Haloween Thread!
I buy meat from a guy that works out a pickup truck. The meat is better than anything in the stores and it is less expensive. Give it a try!
"And you know someone that actually fueled their jack-o-lantern that way....or did you read it somewhere?"
I'm just upset that some found my secret jack-o-lantern fuel. It's been such a closely guarded family secret until now.
And more cow bells!
They're so busy looking for evil they don't see what is literally under their own nose.
I used to think that.
But then I saw Matt's outfit . . .
It must be Satan!
Is it hard to light?
Hmm...people who leaflet my door have my anger directed at them. I don't care whether they're real estate agents wanting me to sell my house, home repair folks wanting to sell me new windows, or religious folks objecting to the gauze ghost hanging from my tree.
My opinion: Unless I am breaking some law, they should stay off my property and mind their own business.
If they drop paper on my lawn, I call them and insist they return and remove their litter. If they refuse, I file a complaint for littering against them.
If I find them stuffing flyers in my door, I inform them that they are trespassing on my property and that I will press charges if they ever return.
I love Halloween. I dislike busybodies.
"Threatening"? Have you seen the text of the flyer?
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I have to agree. I saw the first Halloween decorations in this area the first week of September. People are decorating their entire yards, porches and roofs. It really has become the equal of Christmas.
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