Some people just have that sunny, friendly disposition....
Posted on 03/03/2008 11:08:00 AM PST by greyfoxx39
Religious and cultural traditions collide in odd ways.
• Is it right to tell election poll workers, assigned to Mormon church meeting houses, to not bring coffee, sodas or anything else caffeinated to refresh themselves during their long day tending to voters?
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First, let’s look at the polling place duties and sipping Maxwell House in the meeting house.
Longtime Tempe poll worker Mary Ann Hemmingson has signed up to work the polls for the March 11 election. She’ll spend her 14- or 15-hour day in a church, but no longer one that belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“I never sign up to work at a Mormon church because the board workers there are not allowed to have any caffeine on the premises,” she said. “That means no coffee in the morning and no Diet Coke in the afternoon. ... You don’t want to see what I look like without my daily dose of caffeine. It’s not a pretty picture.”
“The Word of Wisdom” portion of the Doctrine and Covenants, put forth in 1833 by church founder and prophet Joseph Smith, says that “hot drinks are not for the body or belly.” Add to that what H. Burke Peterson, first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, said in 1975: “We know that cola drinks contain the drug caffeine. We know caffeine is not wholesome nor prudent for the use of our bodies. It is only sound judgment to conclude that cola drinks and any others that contain caffeine or other harmful ingredients should not be used.”
Advising followers to restrict what they take into their bodies is one thing, but applying that mandate to those people who perform a public job inside their buildings in a one-day stint seems to be taking things too Far.
(Excerpt) Read more at eastvalleytribune.com ...
So that's why you called my post "Horse Hockey"?
more serious than asking workers to duck outside in sunny Arizona for a swig of coffee.
Nice straw man attempt.
If one is available, and it works logistically, sure, why not.
My own church is used as a polling place because there ins’t a nearby alternative that isn’t also in use.
sitetest
Some people just have that sunny, friendly disposition....
Worked the polls in any schools lately? The walls are plastered with garbage promoting global warming, safe sex or whatever cause the NEA happens to feel is important.
I much prefer a synagogue or church with their far more subtle symbols such as a picture of Jesus, a star of David or a scripture verse. I've poll-watched in both places and the religious institutions are always cleaner, and usually roomier, more comfortable and more friendly, even if it doesn't happen to be my favorite denomination.
And what kind of dietary restrictions are placed on those that enter the building?
Funny, MY sensitivity to religious control on a polling place doesn't quite measure up to your standards for your preference for "cleaner, and usually roomier, more comfortable and more friendly, place"
Do the catholic churches require the voter or poll worker to perform the "sign of the cross" and genefluct when entering? And would that come under the "more comfortable and more friendly place" definition if they did?
"Your babblings denied."
All I am saying is that even if they do, it is far less of an inconvenience that what I've put up with at polling places here-- running the gauntlet with union and party hacks, sometimes even inside the polling places, supposedly neutral poll workers who don't follow the rules, those who "accidentally" misplace registrations, especially for registered Republicans and on and on.
Common sense tells me that even if you brought a coffee thermos into a polling place in a Mormon Church in New Mexico and did not identify it as such, you would be free to sip out of it as long as you did not flaunt it. Have you ever had any actual experience doing this or putting up with some of the things I've mentioned here, or is it that you just don't like Mormons?
If so, have you ever tried to get your local precinct to find another polling place? What was the result?
I deny denying the denial of the denied babbles....but they are on sale today only.
You talk about kindness from your lips! LOLROTF
Hey!
You posted on this forum LOLROTF
My side of this conversation ends here.
Your point is......?
Joseph Smith had a bar and sold booze...
Your point is......?
You are a twit!
Such erudite remarks! ... FAIR not sending material to you today?
In the Word of Wisdom, “Joseph Smith says “hot drinks are not for the body or belly.”
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Joseph Smith didnt know what he was missing...
A good hot cup of tea is a joy,,,
I have a lifetime of tea running in my veins...
:)
Thanks for the PING
I’ll keep my “babbling” to a sweet roar...
Just the facts, Ma’am..
:)
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