Voters reject Christian-themed water park

[RussBLib]

There's a headline you don't often see in Texas.

Brazoria (Texas) voters on May 9 rejected a $1.75 million bond referendum that would have funded a Christian-themed water park. Brazoria is a town about 60 miles south of Houston.

It was a pretty small turnout in the town of only 3,000 people, but normally you would expect the fundies to turn out en masse. Instead, out of about 400 votes cast (yeah, about 15%), the referendum was rejected by a 70-30 margin.

I'll take those small wins any day.

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You want a Christian-themed water park? Build it yourself and don't expect public money! Duh!

[hollysmom]

1. I have never heard of something like that - a publically funded

water park? I think if it passed, the people could have bought it to a higher court.

And just in passing, I had a friend who grew up a Baptist in Texas and she was not allowed to wear a bathing suit - so it would have had to be male only water park if fundie.

[mountain grammy]

2. Good for the 280 or so voters who rejected this nonsense!

[frogmarch]

3. That's great, but

I think it's the public funding of it that voters rejected. Some people vote against anything they think will raise their taxes.

[onager]

4. LOL! Love that sign.

It reminds me of this classic...

[RussBLib]

7. you're probably right

They would probably love to have a water park, and Christian-themed would be fine too, I'm sure, if it were totally funded by private money.

[whatthehey]

5. Pity - the Christian-themed walking paths would have been a people-watching blast

I can see it now... Matthew 14:22-33 path to the killer whale exhibit this way...

[deucemagnet]

12. I'm curious what that would be like.

A baptismal wave pool? A walk on water slide? Will Moses part the wading pool?

[AlbertCat]

13. A baptismal wave pool? A walk on water slide? Will Moses part the wading pool?

Maybe they could do a tie in and launch the Ark in KY!!!!

[RussBLib]

17. I'd love to see them try to recreate Noah's Ark in a water park

with all those animals on board, yet it still smells daisy-fresh!

[AlbertCat]

22. Could work

If the animals are FAKE.... like the story.

[Curmudgeoness]

6. A $1.75 million bond is quite a lot for a town of 3,000.

I guess the "taxed enough already" crowd overpowered the "Christians need a water park" crowd.

I am not sure how this would even be legal, majority voting for it or not. Like we don't "give" enough tax money to religions just by not taxing them.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Now Jesus haz a sad.

[truebrit71]

9. LOL!!!

[PeaceNikki]

11. your signature is literally mesmerizing.

[Lordquinton]

10. Jesus water park?

THat would be really boring, you'd just be walking all over, giant spiral staircases, really steep ramps, a lazy pathway...

[AlbertCat]

14. You want fries with your loaves and fishes?

[Lordquinton]

15. they only serve wine

Bottled wine, for some reason all the bottled water disappears. Really dry crackers too.

[beam me up scottie]

16. Well they're nothing if not cheap.

Plaster Jeebus and other christian symbols all over the public domain - fine, other people make the stuff and install it, it's free.

Expect me to shill out mega bucks for a water park?

Hell no!

[Gore1FL]

18. I wonder if there is some dude at the bottom of the slides baptizing the riders. n/t

[olddots]

19. Holy Water Land

will eventually be built in Indiana and be funded by the Klan and Sheldon .............

[Lordquinton]

20. that water won't be holy after 1000 kids go through it

not enough priests in the state to counter that much pee.

[GeorgeGist]

21. Shit ...

I was looking forward to Walk on Water.