Religious Freedom for All - As long as you're Christian (Beebe AR Church dispute)

[Lancero]

[quote]Bertram and Felicia Dahl initially got a supportive response from the local government of Beebe, Arkansas, when they announced their intentions to open a church in the garage behind their home, but Mayor Mike Robertson completely changed his mind upon hearing that the Dahls' place of worship was a pagan church, reports Arkansas Matters.

...During a meeting with Robertson, he reportedly told them that they "would not be opening a Pagan anything" in the town, and that they would be barred from the docket if they tried to attend a town meeting.

City Attorney Barret Rogers told Arkansas Matters that the property could not operate as a temple due to the zoning laws. However, the property's R-2 zoning designation allows places of worship and private nonprofits with conditional and special use permits, a category which Seekers Temple falls into.[/quote]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/19/pagan-seekers-temple-arkansas_n_5511213.html

Another link to the story, with a interview by Bertram - http://wildhunt.org/2014/06/update-on-beebe-that-mans-god-is-not-my-god.html

[Thinkingabout]

1. Hey, the mayor would probably be a member, like Baptist don't know each other in the liquor stores,

the mayor probably won't know others. I would hope as Americans who are supposed to be tolerant of others religions or lack of religion and then you find some crap like this. It might not be for me, but I can be tolerant.

[blkmusclmachine]

2. It's a "Christians only" law. Because non-Christians don't have "religious freedumb."

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Sure hope the ACLU or somebody pops in and sues the mayor and Beebe.