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LINK A Kentucky City Plans to Use $1.2 Million in FEMA Relief Aid to Build a Church | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

The city of Versailles, Kentucky, just west of Lexington, wants to use about $1.2 million in relief money that came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to build a new tornado shelter to help residents in case of a future disaster.

That all sounds reasonable. That’s the sort of thing you want the government to do.

Here’s the problem: The land they want to build the shelter on happens to be owned by First Baptist Church. And now the city and church have struck up a deal to basically build an extension of the church that would primarily be used for worship… unless there’s an emergency, in which case it would be used as a shelter.

snytiger6 9 Feb 19
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This deal should not be made. A tornado shelter is not a church and vice versa.

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Imo, one can ALWAYS trust on the fact that the ' Tithe Collectors ' ( aka Churches/Priest and the like) WILL ALWAYS find a way to WEASEL their way into ANYTHING and EVERYTHING where FREE money is concerned and that, imo, INCLUDES the Safety of EVERYONE in times of pending/looming Disasters as well.
In other words, imo, "Yes, you can build it and have BUT it MUST be a part of the Church and WE shall control it."

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The power of religion.......is the excuse to be a moron.

Yes, and also a Justification/Reason for being self-serving, Money-Grabbing Arse-holes as well imo.

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Not shocking for the butt hole of the country

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Putting up a million dollar place in their property. Cute trick.

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