Indiana state trooper pulls woman over and asks 'do you accept Jesus Christ as your savior?'
Ellen Bogan was rolling down U.S. 27 in Union County, Indiana when she was pulled over for a traffic violation. The state trooper let her off with a warning, but not before asking some bizarrely unprofessional questions:
Did she have a home church?
Did she accept Jesus Christ as her savior?
Ellen said she felt helpless to leave the traffic stop, even after the warning had been issued:
"The police officer is representing the government ... so that means, as a representative, this person, while on duty, while engaged in official action, is basically overstepping and is trying to establish religion."
Bogan, who lives in Huntington, said Hamilton asked her about her faith multiple times during the traffic stop. Because he was a trooper and his police car was still parked behind hers, she said she felt she could not leave or refuse questioning.
"The whole time, his lights were on," Bogan said. "I had no reason to believe I could just pull away at that point, even though I had my warning."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/06/1334731/-Indiana-state-trooper-pulls-woman-over-and-asks-do-you-accept-Jesus-Christ-as-your-savior?detail=facebook#
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What would you do in this situation? I work in healthcare and come across people, usually clients, questioning me about this type of thing all the time. I usually answer that this issue is private and personal. As long as I come across as a compassionate and caring professional, that answer is usually sufficient. I am not sure if such an answer would suffice a religious zealot in a police uniform. I would feel extremely violated in this situation. The police do not have the right to question somebody else about their faith.
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