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Originally Posted by docholly
My father (and his KKK family members) were born in Birmingham. He left at age 18.. came back at 50 to work in the civil rights movement (thus me living there from 1965-1970) died there, buried there with my mom next to him. Luckily we lived in Huntsville which was filled with "yankees" from the NASA glory days. But the few times i spent more than 3 or 4 days there reminded me of why I don't go to church--EVER. I do agree with you, that one cannot "judge" an entire state based on their leadership alone. There are parts of Nevada that could be interchanged with Gardendale and you'd never know the difference.
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The Southern church culture at one time had many positive aspects..brother helping brother, social interaction, etc. But so many of the mega churches have become political arms of the parties' agendas. It's a little unsettling to me since the church has been used at various times in history for all kinds of ungodly activities...usually the result of a merger between religious and political leaders.