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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
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With the recent spate of posts of articles regarding the advancement of muslim rules, (foot washing basins, polygamy)
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it appears that in an election year the enforcement of a religious rule in our polling place deserves some comment.
To: colorcountry; Pan_Yans Wife; MHGinTN; Colofornian; Elsie; FastCoyote; Osage Orange; Greg F; ...
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:09:07 AM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(TEFLON......IT'S NOT JUST FOR COOKWARE ANYMORE.)
To: greyfoxx39
is de-caf OK? Buckler? O’Douls?
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:12:21 AM PST
by
lmc12
To: lmc12
No tea, alcohol...postum OK. How can you prove it’s de-caf if it’s in the cup, already made?
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:13:50 AM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(TEFLON......IT'S NOT JUST FOR COOKWARE ANYMORE.)
To: greyfoxx39
Would Romney have prohibited coffee at state dinners, too?
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:14:08 AM PST
by
mngran2
To: greyfoxx39
No it is not alright. These polling places are not the “ward” but polling places, PUBLIC polling places.
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:14:36 AM PST
by
svcw
(The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.)
To: mngran2
As I wasn’t on the Romney guest list, I wouldn’t know about the state dinners.;)
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:15:58 AM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(TEFLON......IT'S NOT JUST FOR COOKWARE ANYMORE.)
To: greyfoxx39
No caffeine? I know plenty of LDS people who drink cola drinks.
To: mngran2
Mitt Romney was the keynote speaker at a Chamber of Commerce Breakfast in my city and there was plenty of Joe.
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:16:42 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: greyfoxx39
The cities of Mesa and Gilbert are already wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Mormon Church...this doesn’t surprise anyone living in the east valley.
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:17:14 AM PST
by
Towed_Jumper
(Stephen Hopkins: Founding Father who had Cerebral Palsy.."My hand trembles, my heart does not.")
To: HungarianGypsy
No caffeine? I know plenty of LDS people who drink cola drinks.And I know plenty of Christians who lie, fornicate, and swear, but that doesn't mean its allowed in their churches.
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:18:41 AM PST
by
mngran2
To: mngran2
And, that applies to rules in polling places....how?
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:20:57 AM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(TEFLON......IT'S NOT JUST FOR COOKWARE ANYMORE.)
To: greyfoxx39
Tough call. If they own the building, they should be able to set the rules inside the building...but then again, the building is being rented or granted for use to perform a secular, public function.
}:-)4
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:21:16 AM PST
by
Moose4
(Hey GOP...don't move toward the middle. Move the middle toward us.)
To: greyfoxx39
At Catholic polling places, they have 8 kinds of domestic on tap. :)
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:21:23 AM PST
by
ChurtleDawg
(voting only encourages them)
To: greyfoxx39
I'm a bit lost on the confrontation here ... if persons who are not of the Mormon faith have volunteered to man polling places which are set in Mormon buildings, thus, non-Mormons are being disallowed ease and comfort according to Mormon rules, then these secular activities, ie., polling precincts, should NOT be set up in Mormon buildings. This is discriminatory to persons who are not Mormon -- they should not be subjected to the requirements of a faith they do not espouse because they wish to do their country a service.
By the by -- do they disallow chocolate as well? I'm not Mormon, I ask because chocolate also has caffeine in it.
So whats a good Catholic Irishman or Irishman-for-a-day to do with St. Patricks Day?
What any good Catholic should do regardless the holiday -- give Jesus His due respect. Is it really so difficult to miss out on the drinking binge when the day falls during Holy Week? Such a sacrifice? I recall the Pope giving dispensation regarding meatless Fridays during Lent when St. Patrick's Day happened to fall on a Friday -- sheesh, people, you can't miss the corned beef ONE year?
To: greyfoxx39
“Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.”
- Paul, from Colossians 2:16-17
To: massgopguy
Mitt Romney was the keynote speaker at a Chamber of Commerce Breakfast in my city and there was plenty of Joe. Was the breakfast held on Mormon turf? That is the problem here, not that those of the Mormon faith cannot be around caffeinated products.
To: greyfoxx39
I have a simple solution.....
Why don’t they just let the heathens imbibe in their hot caffinated beverages during polling and then simply hold a rededication ceremony afterward to cleanse the premises like they do after a Temple tour?
:-)
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:25:27 AM PST
by
colorcountry
(To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: colorcountry
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:26:49 AM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(TEFLON......IT'S NOT JUST FOR COOKWARE ANYMORE.)
To: HungarianGypsy
No caffeine? I know plenty of LDS people who drink cola drinks. What a crock of bull. There is not any food we probably eat that is not in some way harmful is some way. This is just another rule placed to test how much power they have over the flock. Not working.
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posted on
03/03/2008 11:27:03 AM PST
by
Logical me
(Oh, well!!!)
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