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Related: About this forumVoters reject Christian-themed water park
There's a headline you don't often see in Texas.
Brazoria (Texas) voters on May 9 rejected a $1.75 million bond referendum that would have funded a Christian-themed water park. Brazoria is a town about 60 miles south of Houston.
It was a pretty small turnout in the town of only 3,000 people, but normally you would expect the fundies to turn out en masse. Instead, out of about 400 votes cast (yeah, about 15%), the referendum was rejected by a 70-30 margin.
I'll take those small wins any day.
Original is here.
You want a Christian-themed water park? Build it yourself and don't expect public money! Duh!
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)water park? I think if it passed, the people could have bought it to a higher court.
And just in passing, I had a friend who grew up a Baptist in Texas and she was not allowed to wear a bathing suit - so it would have had to be male only water park if fundie.
mountain grammy
(27,273 posts)frogmarch
(12,226 posts)I think it's the public funding of it that voters rejected. Some people vote against anything they think will raise their taxes.
onager
(9,356 posts)It reminds me of this classic...
RussBLib
(9,666 posts)They would probably love to have a water park, and Christian-themed would be fine too, I'm sure, if it were totally funded by private money.
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)I can see it now... Matthew 14:22-33 path to the killer whale exhibit this way...
deucemagnet
(4,549 posts)A baptismal wave pool? A walk on water slide? Will Moses part the wading pool?
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Maybe they could do a tie in and launch the Ark in KY!!!!
RussBLib
(9,666 posts)with all those animals on board, yet it still smells daisy-fresh!
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)If the animals are FAKE.... like the story.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I guess the "taxed enough already" crowd overpowered the "Christians need a water park" crowd.
I am not sure how this would even be legal, majority voting for it or not. Like we don't "give" enough tax money to religions just by not taxing them.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)THat would be really boring, you'd just be walking all over, giant spiral staircases, really steep ramps, a lazy pathway...
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Bottled wine, for some reason all the bottled water disappears. Really dry crackers too.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Plaster Jeebus and other christian symbols all over the public domain - fine, other people make the stuff and install it, it's free.
Expect me to shill out mega bucks for a water park?
Hell no!
Gore1FL
(21,886 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)will eventually be built in Indiana and be funded by the Klan and Sheldon .............
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)not enough priests in the state to counter that much pee.
GeorgeGist
(25,429 posts)I was looking forward to Walk on Water.