On 10/17/13, 6:28 PM, Tim wrote:
On Thursday, October 17, 2013 5:18:24 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 10/17/13, 6:11 PM, Tim wrote:

On Thursday, October 17, 2013 6:42:46 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:



I didn't say religious polling places were "dangerous," you did. But I



do believe they are completely inappropriate as polling places for



several reasons, including my feeling that voting at a church is a



violation of the Second Amendment.



In other words.."Dangerous"





Why are you looking for "other words" when I provided the exact word:

*inappropriate* ?



Why are you equating the word "inappropriate" with the word "dangerous"?



inappropriate:



Not appropriate; unsuitable to the particular case; unfitting, improper.



dangerous:



Fraught with danger or risk; causing or occasioning danger; perilous,

hazardous, risky, unsafe.



Do you think these words are synonyms?

What would be considered "inappropriate" about casting a vote inside a building dedicated as a house of worship? Is it because some one just might receive religious leanings there? If that be the case, the in you're view I'd think that 'dangerous' would be a term deemed appropriate.



It is inappropriate because it mocks the wall that is supposed to exist
between church and state. For the average citizen, nothing is more
"statelike" than voting for public officials, and that voting should
take place in politically neutral places, like public schools, fire
stations, public libraries, et cetera. A church is not a politically
neutral place.

When I lived in Virginia, we voted at a firehouse. Here, our polling
place is the activities room of a public grammar school.

It took me several years and the threat of a lawsuit to get our polling
place in Florida moved out of an extremist fundamentalist church. Even a
supermarket would have been a more appropriate place.