Anon-Voter wrote:Jes,
We have people that do those **** jobs now every day ... are you telling me that only the perverse and sinful do those jobs now. What, no religious pious people do **** jobs any more?? You're telling me that there are no pious lawyers, grocery clerks, garbage collectors, etc. etc. etc....Anon
'Course not. But it ain't easy to fill these jobs, and now the town adds a religious litmus test on top of everything else. This will weed out more possible workers. And it's also a religious litmus test for everything else. Love or hate lawyers, there's only about a million of 'em in the US. You'd have to (a) find a devout lawyer and then also (b) attract him or her to the area. Oh, and (c) you'd have to set that person up so that they would not have to take divorce cases for money, and (d) you'd also have to require that that person make all arguments, etc. under a particular ideology, which could, I suppose, violate some Professional Responsibility considerations, e. g. zealous representation of a client and not being able to go into a legal business partnership with a nonattorney. Plus this mythical creature would have to be able to handle all sorts of things, since there would probably only be one of them -- so they get criminal matters (yes, even the devout will occasionally get into trouble with the law. Even if they're innocent, they still deserve representation, yes?), wills, real estate matters, divorce defense (what if someone leaves the town and wants to get a divorce? Someone will have to appear in court for the resident), corporate matters, tax law, etc.
And that's just the town lawyer. The town teacher will have to be able to teach every subject, every grade. Actually, that might be a considerably easier slot to fill, as Catholic education already happens all across the US. So let's say that that's a slot that's filled. Okay.
Town mayor? Town doctor (and what about therapeutic abortions or prescribing estrogen for hormone replacement therapy -- do the citizens of the town get their medical records thrown open to make sure that that nasty, horrible Necon is being used for menstrual cramp amelioration and not birth control?)? Town hardware store owner? Everyone will have to pass the religious litmus test. And, as has been stated above, what's to stop most people from driving or walking or biking to the next town over, where porn, booze and birth control are all available? Heck, that already happens with dry towns -- people just drive elsewhere for beer. It's a profitable thing, to own a liquor store on the edge of a dry town.
Essentially, it's a wholly untenable situation, unless the town is on a desert island and completely free of the US. And even then, who would want to live there? Aside from the Big Brother aspect, and the religious litmus test, and the very likely tininess of it (which is crazy-making to a lot of people), what's in it for the residents of the town? In a way, it's not as good as being out here, among us heathen types. Isolated persons who are never subject to temptation can never be tested by it. But those who resist offered temptation can be strengthened by their resolve, and lead by example. Love or hate their moral values, but it's like dieting in a land of no food -- no will power is developed. But dieting in a land of temptation is extraordinarily difficult, and you really get something out of success. Assuming you succeed, of course.
Anyway, this is just a lot of publicity for a nutty magnate, more than anything else. The whole idea is untenable and laughable. But he got his wish -- he got us and thousands of other people to talk about it.
