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48. well, mostly

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 09:54 PM

Mar 2015

Only one person died through Peine forte et dure in the history of America, in the person of Giles Corey. It happened at the time of the Salem witch trials. Corey was crushed because he refused to enter a plea, and so on September 19, 1692, stones were placed atop his body in attempt to force him to do so.

https://didoisux.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/death-by-crushing-peine-forte-et-dure/

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Sen. Allen (AZ) would make church mandatory. God help us. [View all] KamaAina Mar 2015 OP

words fail me uppityperson Mar 2015 #1

.... greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #2

So if this law were enacted, not only would I have to go to "church", but no_hypocrisy Mar 2015 #3

wasn't an abortion doctor killed in a church with a gun? Sheepshank Mar 2015 #18

Not for me HassleCat Mar 2015 #4

Buckle up, folks. beam me up scottie Mar 2015 #5

She OK with the manpower and budget it would take to create an agency to track and enforce that? tanyev Mar 2015 #6

Would we be required to pack heat in church? (nt) stone space Mar 2015 #7

Words are what I do for a living. hifiguy Mar 2015 #8

A church of their choice, eh? I can see a lot of churches springing up in bars! MADem Mar 2015 #9

Especially wine bars KamaAina Mar 2015 #10

Pray and Drink clubs! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #52

I bet it wouldn't take long before churches had to apply to get on an approved list. tanyev Mar 2015 #11

Yeah ... Maybe a "moral rebirth" ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #12

Works for me! KansDem Mar 2015 #13

Preach it brother! leftofcool Mar 2015 #15

Well that was the Law here in the Bay State, once upon a time. One_Life_To_Give Mar 2015 #14

Didn't they also burn "witches"? Lifelong Protester Mar 2015 #28

That's a viscious slander! Retrograde Mar 2015 #43

well, mostly foo_bar Mar 2015 #48

Hung for disobeying clergy as well One_Life_To_Give Mar 2015 #57

Last year I visited colonial Williamsburg in VA betterdemsonly Mar 2015 #49

No surprise. She's a Mormon, and her district is heavily Mormon. nt Zorra Mar 2015 #16

A whole lotta crazy goin on in Az Politicalboi Mar 2015 #17

Did People Like This Fall Out Of The Dark Ages? colsohlibgal Mar 2015 #19

Many nuttier Arizona State Reps come from isolated mormon parts betterdemsonly Mar 2015 #47

Great! Will all the workers be guaranteed a day off to go to church? BTW, freshwest Mar 2015 #20

I for one welcome our new kitteh overlords... beam me up scottie Mar 2015 #23

What about Jewish People? vankuria Mar 2015 #21

Arbeit macht frei KamaAina Mar 2015 #22

"(R)equiring every American to attend a church of their choice on Sunday"? NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #24

"probably we should be debating a bill..." panader0 Mar 2015 #26

I know. My disdain is not directed toward Arizona... NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #45

I use to live in Arizona atreides1 Mar 2015 #54

All of those old farts who vote R are retirees from back east. panader0 Mar 2015 #55

I would only go to the Pastafarian church hifiguy Mar 2015 #25

And the lawmakers there will decide which church you will go to. SummerSnow Mar 2015 #27

The real world is starting to look far too much like hifiguy Mar 2015 #34

Hmm, never heard of it. I'm going to look it up. Curl up with a good book time. SummerSnow Mar 2015 #35

It's a movie. hifiguy Mar 2015 #40

1963, Air Force boot camp at Lackland AFB church attendence WAS mandatory. n/t Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #29

what day of the week would they arrest people? rurallib Mar 2015 #30

we can gather at his office flobee1 Mar 2015 #31

He is a she KamaAina Mar 2015 #33

5 years ago she said the Earth is 6,000 years old. Archae Mar 2015 #32

I am an atheist. LisaL Mar 2015 #36

She'll send the atheists like us to Joe Arpaio's boot camp hifiguy Mar 2015 #42

Church of Pokemon! Paulie Mar 2015 #50

Another idiot who has not read the 1st Amendment. muntrv Mar 2015 #37

Probably can't count to 1 KamaAina Mar 2015 #38

But she'd be the first to say that making voting mandatory is "threatening valerief Mar 2015 #39

Making church mandatory LiberalElite Mar 2015 #41

Amazing, isn't it. All they speak of is more and more government intrusion with no government. RKP5637 Mar 2015 #53

There are people who believe "Freedom of Religion" Retrograde Mar 2015 #44

Because, you know, "freedom" means being forced to Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #46

Words fail to describe the lunacy! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #51

Someone apparently hasn't read 1 Timothy 2 jmowreader Mar 2015 #56