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Atheists & Agnostics

Curmudgeoness

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

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2015, 12:50 PM

May 2015

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.

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Voters reject Christian-themed water park [View all] RussBLib May 2015 OP

I have never heard of something like that - a publically funded hollysmom May 2015 #1

Good for the 280 or so voters who rejected this nonsense! mountain grammy May 2015 #2

That's great, but frogmarch May 2015 #3

LOL! Love that sign. onager May 2015 #4

you're probably right RussBLib May 2015 #7

Pity - the Christian-themed walking paths would have been a people-watching blast whatthehey May 2015 #5

I'm curious what that would be like. deucemagnet May 2015 #12

A baptismal wave pool? A walk on water slide? Will Moses part the wading pool? AlbertCat May 2015 #13

I'd love to see them try to recreate Noah's Ark in a water park RussBLib May 2015 #17

Could work AlbertCat May 2015 #22

A $1.75 million bond is quite a lot for a town of 3,000. Curmudgeoness May 2015 #6

Now Jesus haz a sad. Arugula Latte May 2015 #8

LOL!!! truebrit71 May 2015 #9

your signature is literally mesmerizing. PeaceNikki May 2015 #11

Jesus water park? Lordquinton May 2015 #10

You want fries with your loaves and fishes? AlbertCat May 2015 #14

they only serve wine Lordquinton May 2015 #15

Well they're nothing if not cheap. beam me up scottie May 2015 #16

I wonder if there is some dude at the bottom of the slides baptizing the riders. n/t Gore1FL May 2015 #18

Holy Water Land olddots May 2015 #19

that water won't be holy after 1000 kids go through it Lordquinton May 2015 #20

Shit ... GeorgeGist May 2015 #21