Baudette Region - Last week’s objections unexpected - Comments

"The Misguided Ripple

Sandstrom — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:51:44 -0600

"The Misguided Ripple Effect" in this weeks letter to editor said it well about efforts of the Church to make legislation for the private life of people. We are seing two growing and vocal groups in our country, those wanting to use the rule of law to force their spiritual beliefs on others and people who support our consitution and wish to keep separation of religion and state. I'd love to see both sides spend some time looking at our nations military war costs, our nations lack of health care and a health care system where everyone pays a different price and the uninsured pay the highest,or how about the failed 30 year old war on drugs where drugs are more available and gangs/cartels have gotten rich and drug addicts(alcohol,tobacco,RX and street drugs) requesting treatment are often denied that due to the cost!

Regarding the Church request

Sandstrom — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:57:35 -0600

Regarding the Church request to change the law to make Baudette "pornography free...to make it clear we value our children and the blessings of marriage..." Our nations past hundred years has shown without any doubts that prohibitions are not effective ways to change behavior....examples include the alcohol prohibition from 16 January 1919 to 5 December 1933; during this time use increased....and most recently our nations 30 year old war on drugs has shown itself to be a failure; drugs are cheaper and more available while gangs got rich and deaths to cops and others are still on the increase due to this prohibition.....but maybe a change in behavior is not what the Church wants? Whatever the Church wants I suggest it should not be done by rule of law, as Church and State should remain separate and in fact the right to freedom of religion is so central to American democracy that it was enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution....and as for CENSORSHIP which is what this Church request is about I see that too as the Church wanting to be part of the state....I wonder has the Church tried to outlaw alcohol or how about tobacco and how do those drugs effect the family? My point is I hope the city supports the constitution of the United States.

Last week’s objections unexpected

Cindy Olson — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:56:10 -0600

We were surprised this week by the mayhem that occurred after the newspaper came out last week. Mostly because it wasn’t the mayhem that we had anticipated.
We ran an article that came from our editor’s coverage of a Baudette City Council meeting on January 11.
The article was regarding the sale of adult magazines at the local Holiday Stationstore. It is the only location in town where literature of that nature is sold, and the local ministerium was at the city council meeting asking the council to ban the sale of such materials within the city limits.