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Mormon, Catholic doctrines can collide (No coffee, tea in polling place?)
East Valley Tribune ^
| March 1, 2008
| Lawn Griffiths
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?
-SNIP-
First, lets 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. Shell 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 dont want to see what I look like without my daily dose of caffeine. Its 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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: catholic; elections; lds; mormon; mormonism
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To: Elsie
I promised my wife I would be nice today.
381
posted on
03/04/2008 1:07:43 PM PST
by
Old Mountain man
(Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
To: Elsie
They don't want you going postal, Elsie.
And...what gun(s) do you have?
382
posted on
03/04/2008 1:08:08 PM PST
by
pby
To: Tennessee Nana
tuna noodle
tuna noodle
tuna noodle
383
posted on
03/04/2008 1:08:52 PM PST
by
Old Mountain man
(Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
To: Old Mountain man
There is a new FR
tax FEE on the use of extra O's and !'s.
Please donate double at the next fund drive.
384
posted on
03/04/2008 1:08:57 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Godzilla
385
posted on
03/04/2008 1:09:25 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Tennessee Nana
I have been wondering is aliens had abduced our OMM...CALL SECURITY!!!!
Resty has taken over TN's keyboard!
386
posted on
03/04/2008 1:10:45 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Tennessee Nana
Too late!
You’re OUTTED, Missy!
387
posted on
03/04/2008 1:11:25 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: sitetest
folks who keep missing the point while making themselves out to appear like haters. Funny, there only seems to be one posting words of hate on this thread.
388
posted on
03/04/2008 1:11:48 PM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(TEFLON......IT'S NOT JUST FOR COOKWARE ANYMORE.)
To: greyfoxx39
It appears as though there are standards dictated by others on your possible motives. I don't understand.
389
posted on
03/04/2008 1:12:00 PM PST
by
pby
To: Tennessee Nana
Religious restrictions are against the COTUS...Where?
390
posted on
03/04/2008 1:13:11 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Old Mountain man
Then do it again tommorrow.
It may get to be a good habit.
391
posted on
03/04/2008 1:14:39 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: pby
No problem, for I am gruntled.
392
posted on
03/04/2008 1:15:02 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: pby
And...what gun(s) do you have? This net is not secure.
393
posted on
03/04/2008 1:15:40 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie; Old Mountain man
I am glad to hear that you are gruntled.
Is that because OMm is playing nice, today?
What gun(s) do you have that you wanted to take into the Post Office?
394
posted on
03/04/2008 1:16:44 PM PST
by
pby
To: Elsie
Shhhh...are you not ban compliant?
395
posted on
03/04/2008 1:17:41 PM PST
by
pby
To: Elsie
To: Elsie; Old Mountain man
I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony!
397
posted on
03/04/2008 1:19:21 PM PST
by
pby
To: pby
They don’t like it much if I park my pack howitzer in their parking lot.
398
posted on
03/04/2008 1:19:30 PM PST
by
Old Mountain man
(Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
To: Elsie
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
To: pby
400
posted on
03/04/2008 1:21:52 PM PST
by
Old Mountain man
(Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
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