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Halal Supermarket in France Told to Sell Pork and Alcohol or Face Closure
A halal supermarket in France has been ordered to start selling pork and alcohol or face being shut down.
Good Price discount store in north-west Paris has been accused of breaching the conditions of its lease by not acting as a general food store, the local housing authority has claimed.
It argues that the local community in Colombes are not being served properly at the shop if no pork or alcohol products are sold there.
[...] The shop is allegedly prioritising a certain group within society which breaches the country's principles, the authority said.
Source: Metro
Cannes Bans "Burkinis" Over Suspected Link to Radical Islamism
The mayor of Cannes in southern France has banned full-body swimsuits known as "burkinis" from the beach, citing public order concerns.
David Lisnard said they are a "symbol of Islamic extremism" and might spark scuffles, as France is the target of Islamist attacks.
France is on high alert following a series of incidents including July's truck attack in nearby Nice.
Anyone caught flouting the new rule could face a fine of €38 (£33). They will first be asked to change into another swimming costume or leave the beach.
Source: BBC News
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 14 2016, @01:10PM
Maybe you can be more specific, and tell me where these snake handlers hold court?
Once again Runaway's ignorance of his own environs needs the resources of SoylentNews to bail him out. How can such ignorance survive in the modern world? Any-whooo: Pentacostals. The "burn on the fifth day" people. Protestants, fundamentalists, they take a few lines about how true believers can handle venomous vipers (not the car, idiot) and not be harmed; drink deadly poison, and not die; listen to Fox News, and not be turned into glibbering imbeciles. Turns out, they were wrong about all of these, or what is more likely their own explanation, they lack sufficient faith. You know how much faith it takes to withstand Fox News? Have you ever contemplated what it would be like to pleasure Roger Ailes? This is the level these snake handlers do not rise to, but average Republicans manage to do this every day, some of them twice a day! (And, no, I will not name names. )
So, we have Catholics, whom most of the wacko (waco?) christians do not consider to be christian. Does the Pope shit in the woods. Then there are the Lutherens, mostly northern, Scandanavian or Kraut types. Of course, there are the Anabaptists sects, Hutterities and Menonnites and Stalagtites: all pacifists and mostly harmless. Regular Baptists not so much. Most of these are the "holy rollers", prone to demonic possession, speaking in tongues and writing bad checks. Then we have the Methodists, Episcopalians, and Anglicans: they think Jesus was British, and that both Trump and Hillary are one of them. Finally, two very bad kinds of christians: Prosperity Gospel, and Identity Christianity. Creflo Dollar thinks Jesus wants you to be rich; pretty obvious he never read the gospels. Rich people burn in hell, along with their money, which is what keeps the hellfires burning, so hell is really not likely to freeze over soon. And then the Identity folks: Neo-Nazis, Jesus was a white guy, because what kind of loser inbreed Aryan type would want to follow a Jewish carpenter? I mean, they would much rather just handle snakes, drink poison, and die! And really, this is the best we can hope for.
Now, as for the Planet Kolob; Christianity as a means to get a prophet laid! Yeah! And if only there were some way to get it to propagate over generations. Hmmmm?
So now, Runaway1956 from the Missouri Synod, do you know where the snake-handlers hold court? It is not a reference to a "Conan" movie. Right there, down the gravel street from you! Pentecostals? Assembly of God-ites? Calvary Chapel? Steeple-jackers, Dominionists, Republicans.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday August 14 2016, @03:20PM
You seem to make the mistake of ASSuming that all Pentecostals are snake handlers. In fact, you almost seem to think that all Christians are Pentecostals, and thus, snake handlers.
Again - I've not seen any of these snake handlers "holding court" anywhere around me. Among the craziest "Christians" I have seen, are Jehovah's Witnesses. We don't even have any Mormon/Latter Day Saints, or similar offshoots near by. One of them tried to move into a town south of Texarkana, but the law snatched his ass up. http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2008/sep/26/fbi-arrests-tony-alamo/87603/ [texarkanagazette.com]
Snake handlers. Most of the dimmest of rednecks around here think that snake handlers are freaking crazy. They aren't attending any snake handler sermons, shows, conventions, courts, or whatever. I suppose that there might be a few crazies within a hundred miles who believe in that crap, but they aren't building any Snake Handler churches.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15 2016, @06:34PM
We don't even have any Mormon/Latter Day Saints, or similar offshoots near by.
You'd be surprised, we're everywhere ;) [lds.org]
One of them tried to move into a town south of Texarkana, but the law snatched his ass up.
As they should, Warren Jeffs and his ilk are self-destructive nutjobs. The 10+ Million of the rest of us worldwide are law abiding and want nothing to do with that crowd.