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Riding the Jesus-Go-Round
A judge in Florida has ruled that The Holy Land Experience, a Christian theme park, is being used "to spread what it considers to be God's word," and is therefore exempt from all property taxes.
Zion's Hope, which runs the park in Southwest Orlando, uses walk-through dioramas and reproductions of relics and cities to present the history and stories of the Bible for its visitors. Guests, assuming their attire is not "immodest" and they refrain from smoking and bringing any outside food or drink inside, pay $29.99 per adult and $19.99 per child to enter the park.
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Missing the point entirely -- which is hardly unusual -- Christian groups such as Washington-based Christian Defense Coalition are planning to install 100 Ten Commandments monuments, bringing the total to 1,000 commandments within a year following the Supreme Court's ruling that non-religion-promoting religious displays do not violate the constitution.
Without actually reading anything or listening to anyone or, like, paying attention, the Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney said, "We see this as an historic opening, and we're going to pursue it aggressively," misunderstanding entirely that the single fact that they're trying to promote Christianity with Christian monuments violates the very ruling they...
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