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Fairfax County church takes action against TopGolf driving range for wayward golf balls
Washington Post ^ | November 5, 2011 | Justin Jouvenal

Posted on 11/06/2011 11:03:15 AM PST by Alex Murphy

Like something out of the Old Testament, an affliction from on high has rained down on Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Fairfax County: golf balls.

One smashed the rear window of Pastor Bob Barnett’s Honda Odyssey on a Sunday. Another crashed through a church office window, and a third plunked the youth director on the head, knocking him down as he worked with a group of children. In all, 2,637 balls pelted the property during a recent year-long period, the church claims. Members know because they collected each one.

The source is not divine, but the adjacent TopGolf, a state-of-the-art entertainment complex that features a 76-bay, two-level driving range.

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The church is so teed off that members have invoked an obscure bit of Virginia law to seek relief. They petitioned a Fairfax court for a special grand jury to decide whether TopGolf could be prosecuted as an ongoing public nuisance.

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TopGolf chief executive Joe Vrankin said the complex has done everything possible to corral balls, including spending about $350,000 on possible solutions and working closely with the church.

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....Vrankin said TopGolf has paid as much as $2,000 for damage caused by balls hit onto church grounds in recent years.

Vrankin said it requires a “Tiger Woods drive” to clear the netting. The problem, he said, is that 10 million balls are hit at TopGolf each year, so some are bound to sail onto church property.

But he said it’s rare for a ball to fly so far. According to Vrankin, “99.9927 percent of balls stay in the property line.”

How does he know?

TopGolf outfits each ball with a microchip that allows the company to track the length of the drive and the number of balls hit.

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TOPICS: Mainline Protestant; Ministry/Outreach; Religion & Politics
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To: Alex Murphy

Nah, they looked all alike when I lived in Delaware too — your group are sad, sad people who disobey God’s law by saying gay marriage is valid.


21 posted on 11/07/2011 6:59:22 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Alex Murphy

And, more judgement by God on your group for being so adamantly against God.


22 posted on 11/07/2011 7:00:33 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos
Nah, they looked all alike when I lived in Delaware too — your group are sad, sad people who disobey God’s law by saying gay marriage is valid.

Who is "my group", Cronos? Name this group that I supposedly belong to, that (according to you) states that gay marriage is valid.

Name the group, quote the statement, prove my affiliation.

23 posted on 11/07/2011 7:02:39 AM PST by Alex Murphy (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)
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To: Alex Murphy

Presbyterians in the USA consider that gay marriage is valid. Why?


24 posted on 11/07/2011 7:07:13 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Alex Murphy
here's another article for your Calvinist group to explain:

Presbyterians Make it to the Party with First Openly Gay Minister

Go and ask the pastoresses at your denomination if you want

25 posted on 11/07/2011 7:09:23 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Natural Law; Alex Murphy; MarkBsnr

ping to you, NL — here’s another example of God’s judgement on the perverts in the PC kirk


26 posted on 11/07/2011 7:10:20 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos
Presbyterians in the USA consider that gay marriage is valid. Why?

Really? All of them?

27 posted on 11/07/2011 7:14:42 AM PST by Alex Murphy (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)
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To: Alex Murphy; Natural Law; MarkBsnr
consider that gay marriage is valid.

Alex: "REally? All of them?"

As is shown, your lot do consider all gay marriages valid. What a sad, yet expected departure from Christianity...Why have your Presbyterians in the USA gone that way?

28 posted on 11/07/2011 7:23:21 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos
As is shown, your lot do consider all gay marriages valid. What a sad, yet expected departure from Christianity...Why have your Presbyterians in the USA gone that way?

Name the group, quote the statement, prove my affiliation.

29 posted on 11/07/2011 7:26:20 AM PST by Alex Murphy (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)
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To: Cronos; Alex Murphy

Careful Alex... a kielbasa in one hand and a pierogie in the other...a person NOT to be taken lightly...


30 posted on 11/07/2011 7:39:39 AM PST by smvoice (Who the *#@! is Ivo of Chatre & why am I being accused of not linking to his quote?)
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To: Alex Murphy
Name the group

Presbyterians in the USA as I said before -- why does your group support gay marriages?

31 posted on 11/07/2011 7:43:53 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Alex Murphy

quote the statements of your group the Presbos? There are many. Not as wacked out as the Gene Robinson bunch, but close enough.


32 posted on 11/07/2011 7:46:16 AM PST by Cronos
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To: smvoice; Alex Murphy
kiełbasa -- yummy, though it seems like the Presbyterians in the USA prefer to stuff other things. Maybe your country club "kirk" eats flaan?
33 posted on 11/07/2011 7:49:14 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos
Presbyterians in the USA as I said before -- why does your group support gay marriages?

There is no such denomination as "Presbyterians in the USA". And "my group" does not support gay marriages, but you continue to claim otherwise.

Name the group, quote the statement, prove my affiliation.

34 posted on 11/07/2011 7:53:17 AM PST by Alex Murphy (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)
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To: Alex Murphy
of course your group supports gay marriages. The Presbyterians in the USA are flaming in the "lets have gay pastors and gay marriages".

Care to explain why?

35 posted on 11/07/2011 8:02:56 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Alex Murphy

No wonder some folks in the Presbos in the US try to hide their affiliation. Sad puppies...


36 posted on 11/07/2011 8:03:53 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos; smvoice
kielbasa -- yummy

[suppressed laughter]

37 posted on 11/07/2011 8:05:12 AM PST by Alex Murphy (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)
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To: Alex Murphy
"prove my affiliation"

oh, I see.... "prove me, prove me".... tsk, tsk, tsk....

38 posted on 11/07/2011 8:05:39 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Alex Murphy
[suppressed laughter]

Now if your group could only suppress it's other emotions -- "gay marriage", what a joke. The Presbos!

39 posted on 11/07/2011 8:08:06 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos
your group

I have not changed my mind. Referring to a group with unnecessary personalization, e.g. "Quix' group" or "your group" - is making the thread "about" an individual Freeper. It is "making it personal."

Saying "Protestants" or "Pentecostals" or "Presbyterians" would not be making it about an individual Freeper.

Keep the discussion on the issues not the persons, the message not the messenger.

40 posted on 11/07/2011 8:50:19 AM PST by Religion Moderator
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