Georgia’s Sweeping Gun Law Sparks Religious Backlash

[billh58]

http://news.msn.com/us/georgia%e2%80%99s-sweeping-gun-law-sparks-religious-backlash?gt1=51501

Some churches are advising members not to pack heat, after passage of a bill that critics call the "guns everywhere" law.

Robert Wright, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, sent an open letter last week to the 56,000 members that make up the dozens of Episcopal churches throughout north Georgia with a simple message: Don’t bring guns into the house of God.

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“Jesus did not preach a gospel of self-protection, a gospel of live by the sword, die by the sword,” Wright says. “Quite the opposite.”

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta issued similar guidelines last week for its parishes, which encompass 69 counties throughout Georgia. “The last thing we need is more firearms in public places, especially in those places frequented by the children and the vulnerable,” Archbishop Wilton Gregory wrote in the May 1 issue of the Georgia Bulletin.

We can only hope that the more enlightened citizens of Georgia will follow suit, and severely restrict where gun nuts can carry their lethal weapons. The NRA may be able to buy Georgia politicians, but it appears that it can't buy concerned Georgia citizens.

[Hoyt]

1. It appears most churches are banning guns, except -- as one would expect -- Southern Baptists.

[billh58]

2. Yep, it figures --

God, guns, and gays...

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3. From the artcle:

“Weapons in a place of sanctuary seem to me to be inconsistent with a God of love,” he says. “The prince of peace isn’t spelled P-I-E-C-E. It’s P-E-A-C-E.”

[billh58]

4. Great line... n/t