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Belfast [Maine] Church Closes Amid Fears ‘Liberal’ Churches Could be Targeted Before Inauguration
Bangor Daily News ^ | 1/17/21 | Christopher Burns

Posted on 01/19/2021 6:28:16 PM PST by marshmallow

A Belfast church is closing its doors through Wednesday amid fears that “liberal” churches could be targets before Joe Biden’s inauguration.

That message from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast comes at a time of heightened tension in the United States as Donald Trump is set to leave the presidency this week.

“There is a collective anxiety in our country following the events at the capital on January 6th and I know our giant UU hearts feel every bit of it. Let’s be sure we take the time we need to remain connected to one another and to take care of ourselves,” the church said in a Saturday message to its congregation.

The church made the decision to close after the Maine Council of Churches warned about potential threats to churches “perceived as ‘liberal.’” The council stressed no threats had been made against specific churches, but only relayed a message from the United Church of Christ, which had received “credible warnings” from police.

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1 posted on 01/19/2021 6:28:16 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

These people believe they’re own hype.


2 posted on 01/19/2021 6:29:06 PM PST by Fai Mao (Biden is a pedophile, Kamala is a s*ut.)
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To: marshmallow

All three members will be devastated.


3 posted on 01/19/2021 6:30:31 PM PST by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: marshmallow

Woke, virtue signaling, safe space, morons.


4 posted on 01/19/2021 6:31:05 PM PST by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: wildcard_redneck

and anyone who questions propaganda will be silenced:

19 Jan: Breitbart: Michelle Malkin, RSBN, Gateway Pundit Censored by Twitter on Inauguration Eve
by Allum Bokhari
Michelle Malkin, Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) and the Gateway Pundit have all been locked out of their Twitter accounts for 24 hours for violations of Twitter’s “civic integrity” policy.
Malkin posted a screenshot of Twitter’s message informing her that her account had been locked on her Telegram channel. Twitter cited no reason for the lock in its communication to her...

A Twitter spokeswoman told Breitbart News that both Malkin and RSBN’s accounts had been temporarily locked for repeated violations of the platform’s “civic integrity policy.”
CNN confirmed that the Gateway Pundit was also locked for allegedly violating this policy, which Twitter gradually expanded in the runup to the 2020 presidential election...
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/01/19/michelle-malkin-rsbn-gateway-pundit-censored-by-twitter-on-inauguration-eve/


5 posted on 01/19/2021 6:32:20 PM PST by MAGAthon
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To: marshmallow

They are projecting again.

They are afraid we are going to do what they would do is the situation were reversed.


6 posted on 01/19/2021 6:32:42 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: wildcard_redneck

What you said.


7 posted on 01/19/2021 6:32:42 PM PST by Lysandru
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To: Fai Mao

Their paranoia is getting to be rather amusing.

It is some sort of psychological projection—like a little kid who stole some cookies and has gotten away with it, but is terrified of getting caught and spanked.


8 posted on 01/19/2021 6:33:55 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: marshmallow

I notice the Left has a lot of paranoia, which they lap up like honey.


9 posted on 01/19/2021 6:35:18 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: metmom

“...They are projecting again. They are afraid we are going to do what they would do is the situation were reversed....”

THIS.
They’re not a real church...basically just a “social club” with a little religion tossed in once in awhile to maintain the 401c exemption.


10 posted on 01/19/2021 6:35:24 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: metmom

They know there is a karma problem—what they don’t know (and what none of ever know for sure)—is when the bill comes due.


11 posted on 01/19/2021 6:35:42 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: cgbg

That’s going to be God’s decision and His timing.


12 posted on 01/19/2021 6:36:27 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: marshmallow

Mass hysteria


13 posted on 01/19/2021 6:36:33 PM PST by EBH (Repent, Accept, Proclaim )
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To: lgjhn23

Many (most?) Unitarian churches are leftist political action groups.

They have been violating the provisions of their 501(c)(3) status for decades—and gotten away with it so far...


14 posted on 01/19/2021 6:37:19 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: marshmallow

How does one go about getting on the militant, violent conservative mailing list? There seems to be a lot going on that nobody is telling me about.


15 posted on 01/19/2021 6:38:13 PM PST by suthener
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To: marshmallow
Poofters who don't believe in God.

16 posted on 01/19/2021 6:41:17 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O my great Redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: marshmallow

Drama queens


17 posted on 01/19/2021 6:42:30 PM PST by Citizen Soldier
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To: suthener

I have to repeat an old story for you.

Many decades ago I was in college. One of my best friends was a classmate who was a “townie” (born, raised, lived in an apartment in town).

He had very long unkempt hair, smoked weed, and wore old clothes—so he fit in very nicely in the early 1970s college campus scene.

But—he had a secret hobby—and only a couple of his very closest friends got to find out about it.

Over the years he had collected every Nazi, Klan, and other right wing extremist book, brochure, leaflet, magazine, flyer that he could get his hands on...

There were piles of this stuff, literally from floor to ceiling of his apartment.

It was not that he was actually political—it was just a hobby he enjoyed—something weird, something secret.

Today the FBI would undoubtedly monitor his communications and soon have a SWAT raid and round him up as a domestic terrorist.

The guy never harmed a fly or even said a bad word to anyone.


18 posted on 01/19/2021 6:44:36 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: cgbg

“...Many (most?) Unitarian churches are leftist political action groups. They have been violating the provisions of their 501(c)(3) status for decades—and gotten away with it so far...”

Thanks. Yes. You’re correct. I was just trying to be kind in my post....LOL


19 posted on 01/19/2021 6:44:56 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: marshmallow

Liberal churches are always empty


20 posted on 01/19/2021 6:45:22 PM PST by outpostinmass2 (Y)
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