{"id":5968,"date":"2017-04-12T13:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=5968"},"modified":"2017-04-12T13:00:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T17:00:55","slug":"alabama-senate-authorizes-church-police-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bobfelton.com\/?p=5968","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Senate authorizes church police force"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Alabama Senate has signed-off on a bill authorizing a church to set-up its own police force<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Alabama Senate voted 24 to 4 on Tuesday to allow the Briarwood Presbyterian Church, a megachurch located in suburban Birmingham, to break with precedent and establish its own police force.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You think that video of cops dragging a doctor off a United flight was something? Just wait till there’s a church split and the heresy-hunters are signing the paychecks.<\/p>\n

I’m a strong believer in church\/state separation, and so I’m hoping the bill fails when it goes to the House. But there is a bright side: If it passes, the whole world will get a timely reminder of what happens when law enforcement is in the hands of the Pious (If ISIS isn’t warning enough, I mean.)<\/p>\n

Or, as frequent commenter Bernie helpfully advises, you could just watch this Monty Python sketch.<\/p>\n