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Who cares? They would never in a million years allow their mosque to be used to assist the community or law enforcement in such a way.
150 warrants served in Operation Dragnet in Spartanburg County | GoUpstate.com
Ok. So the devil is in the details. But seriously. A massive warrant round up, in the uber-conservative upstate of South Carolina. The prisoners are taken, in handcuffs in custody, into a First Baptist Church to be processed before going to jail!!!!!
No shit. They actually arrested them, and then force them into a Baptist Church before taking them to jail.
The right wing never left the 1800's I suppose.
Oh dont get me wrong, I love the warrant round up. And I for one dont give a shit about where they process them.
BUT...in todays lawsuit happy society, one would think it would be smarter to NOT round them up, force them into a church, THEN take them to jail. That county is going to get sued over this, no doubt about it. Just one of those criminals whines to a lawyer that his freedom of/from religion was violated, and cha-ching!!!
150 warrants served in Operation Dragnet in Spartanburg County | GoUpstate.com
Ok. So the devil is in the details. But seriously. A massive warrant round up, in the uber-conservative upstate of South Carolina. The prisoners are taken, in handcuffs in custody, into a First Baptist Church to be processed before going to jail!!!!!
No shit. They actually arrested them, and then force them into a Baptist Church before taking them to jail.
The right wing never left the 1800's I suppose.
Is there room in the Spartanburg County jail for 150 or more prisoners to be held prior to booking? I would venture to guess there is not.
Are you claiming that these arrestees were forced to participate in some kind of religious exercise while waiting for booking, or are you just coming unglued because of the building they were held in?
Imagine this: Some local mayor or governor, a huge supporter of Barack Obama, does a massive tax-evasion warrant round up. And then herds them into a Muslim mosque before taking them to jail. Would there be outrage??? No question.
A vacant grocery store? An old warehouse? An old gymnasium? The local fenced in flea market? Any number of closed businesses that are big vacant buildings now?? The options are limitless. Spartanburg is among SC's 10 biggest cities, so it's not podunk Mayberry.
But they chose A CHURCH???
Can you imagine the outrage if a San Francisco or Chicago warrant roundup ended with prisoners being herded into a mosque before being taken to jail????
This was stupid.
Merely entering a church does not remove any constitutional religious rights.
We do our voting in a local church, for example.
Merely entering a church does not remove any constitutional religious rights.
Being forced into one while in the custody of the government does. You cant be forced into a church...regardless of circumstance. Freedom FROM religion, remember?
Being forced into one while in the custody of the government does. You cant be forced into a church...regardless of circumstance. Freedom FROM religion, remember?
Please highlight the "freedom from religion" part.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
So you'd be ok with Ram Emanuel having Chicago PD herding prisoners into Chicago mosques first.........then taking them to jail at a later time?
150 warrants served in Operation Dragnet in Spartanburg County | GoUpstate.com
Ok. So the devil is in the details. But seriously. A massive warrant round up, in the uber-conservative upstate of South Carolina. The prisoners are taken, in handcuffs in custody, into a First Baptist Church to be processed before going to jail!!!!!
No shit. They actually arrested them, and then force them into a Baptist Church before taking them to jail.
The right wing never left the 1800's I suppose.
Another example of how churches benefit the communities.
It's probably the biggest, best maintained building in the area. They were generous to allow the use of it.
Oh, and btw, you're a hysterical extremist loon.
That county is part of a 1,000,000 resident CSA, including Greenville, according to the Census Bureau. I bet there was a bigger, empty, non-religious building somwhere in SC's 7th largest city Spartanburg.
I'd have no problem, as long as they were not forced to participate in Muslim religious practice, or subjected to teachings.
If they didn't participate in muslim religious practices, they couldn't enter the mosque for any reason. You cannot enter a mosque without taking off your shoes and all women must cover their heads. Assuming that some of the arrestees were women, they would have had to be provided a headscarf if they didn't have one of their own.
I'm pretty sure there are rooms in most Mosques that are use for nonreligious functions. Shoes off, maybe, but I doubt that a non Muslim woman's head must be covered in all areas of the physical building.
BUT...in todays lawsuit happy society, one would think it would be smarter to NOT round them up, force them into a church, THEN take them to jail. That county is going to get sued over this, no doubt about it.
150 warrants served in Operation Dragnet in Spartanburg County | GoUpstate.com
Ok. So the devil is in the details. But seriously. A massive warrant round up, in the uber-conservative upstate of South Carolina. The prisoners are taken, in handcuffs in custody, into a First Baptist Church to be processed before going to jail!!!!!
No shit. They actually arrested them, and then force them into a Baptist Church before taking them to jail.
The right wing never left the 1800's I suppose.
Is there room in the Spartanburg County jail for 150 or more prisoners to be held prior to booking? I would venture to guess there is not.
Are you claiming that these arrestees were forced to participate in some kind of religious exercise while waiting for booking, or are you just coming unglued because of the building they were held in?
Imagine this: Some local mayor or governor, a huge supporter of Barack Obama, does a massive tax-evasion warrant round up. And then herds them into a Muslim mosque before taking them to jail. Would there be outrage??? No question.
Being forced into one while in the custody of the government does. You cant be forced into a church...regardless of circumstance. Freedom FROM religion, remember?
Please highlight the "freedom from religion" part.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
So you'd be ok with Ram Emanuel having Chicago PD herding prisoners into Chicago mosques first.........then taking them to jail at a later time?
150 warrants served in Operation Dragnet in Spartanburg County | GoUpstate.com
Ok. So the devil is in the details. But seriously. A massive warrant round up, in the uber-conservative upstate of South Carolina. The prisoners are taken, in handcuffs in custody, into a First Baptist Church to be processed before going to jail!!!!!
No shit. They actually arrested them, and then force them into a Baptist Church before taking them to jail.
The right wing never left the 1800's I suppose.
Another example of how churches benefit the communities.
It's probably the biggest, best maintained building in the area. They were generous to allow the use of it.
Oh, and btw, you're a hysterical extremist loon.
That county is part of a 1,000,000 resident CSA, including Greenville, according to the Census Bureau. I bet there was a bigger, empty, non-religious building somwhere in SC's 7th largest city Spartanburg.
150 warrants served in Operation Dragnet in Spartanburg County | GoUpstate.com
Ok. So the devil is in the details. But seriously. A massive warrant round up, in the uber-conservative upstate of South Carolina. The prisoners are taken, in handcuffs in custody, into a First Baptist Church to be processed before going to jail!!!!!
No shit. They actually arrested them, and then force them into a Baptist Church before taking them to jail.
The right wing never left the 1800's I suppose.
Is there room in the Spartanburg County jail for 150 or more prisoners to be held prior to booking? I would venture to guess there is not.
Are you claiming that these arrestees were forced to participate in some kind of religious exercise while waiting for booking, or are you just coming unglued because of the building they were held in?
Imagine this: Some local mayor or governor, a huge supporter of Barack Obama, does a massive tax-evasion warrant round up. And then herds them into a Muslim mosque before taking them to jail. Would there be outrage??? No question.
Being forced into one while in the custody of the government does. You cant be forced into a church...regardless of circumstance. Freedom FROM religion, remember?
There was no religion presented moron. Its a building made of wood bricks and steel just like EVERY OTHER building.
Just change your avatar vote for obama and stop playing games
So a House of God is nothing but a building of bricks, wood and wires? You are not a very good Christian if you believe that.