Alabama church gets its own police force.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/21/1866322/-Alabama-governor-signs-law-allowing-church-to-have-its-own-police-force?detail=emaildkre

I guess giving churches their own armies is next....

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Alabama church gets its own police force. (Original post)	trev	Jun 2019	OP
Hey, the Catholics and the Protestants had wars between them for 400 years here	DFW	Jun 2019	#1
So are we to assume	Ohiogal	Jun 2019	#2
Boy, am I naive. When I read the titile of this post, I thought....	EarnestPutz	Jun 2019	#3
I see nothing in this article regarding rationale.	Progressive Jones	Jun 2019	#4
Separation of church and state?	Tech	Jun 2019	#5
Briarwood of course! If you want to see where they are location on Google Earth/Street..	JustFiveMoreMinutes	Jun 2019	#6

Response to trev (Original post)

Sat Jun 22, 2019, 04:13 PM

DFW (41,290 posts)

1. Hey, the Catholics and the Protestants had wars between them for 400 years here

America is only catching up.....

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Response to trev (Original post)

Sat Jun 22, 2019, 04:15 PM

Ohiogal (17,897 posts)

2. So are we to assume

Mosques in Alabama have the same right to do this as well?

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Response to trev (Original post)

Sat Jun 22, 2019, 04:31 PM

EarnestPutz (967 posts)

3. Boy, am I naive. When I read the titile of this post, I thought....

...it would be a black church that had been threatened by their white Christian "brethren" from up the street. What could I have been thinking. The historical perspective about this particular flavor of presbyterians, going back to the Civil War, is no surprise. Just upscale southern baptists I guess.

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Sat Jun 22, 2019, 04:39 PM

Progressive Jones (3,188 posts)