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...Johnson Jean-Baptist of Columbia Street, Batilus Gabriel Jr. of Windsor Street and Corey Morris of Newtowne Court were arrested for drinking in public. During a pat down search, drugs were discovered on some of the parties...
...Christian, and a Baptist Pastor. If gay marriages are legalized, I am prepared to spend the rest of my life in prison rather than support sinful behavior. The world has chosen to accept all manner of things as normal and permissible, but the Bible still describes homosexuality to be sinful. I openly protest promotion of this law, but if gay marriages become legal, get my cell ready because I will refuse to marry any homosexuals. Kenric A. Prescott Connecticut...
Between 1984 and 1987, Okhotin says—during which time he and his family were still living in Russia—his father, Vladimir Okhotin, was detained by Soviet authorities for his activities as a Baptist minister, which were seen as “libel against the state...
...Naturism in America, credits German immigrant Kurt Barthel with organizing the first nudist outing in the U.S. in 1929. Barthel trumpeted the presumed hygienic benefits of light and air on the body. Within a decade, the American Sunbathing Association--which later became A.A.N.R.--was founded. It was run by Baptist minister Ilsley Boone, who for decades enforced a family atmosphere by refusing membership to clubs that sold alcohol...
Unfortunately, the communities aren't immune to the prejudices that plague society at large. At the Palms, located on a quiet suburban street near a Baptist church, teenagers on a couple of random occasions have driven by the entrance screaming homophobic epithets. Another time, the decorative concrete seahorses next to the pond were overturned at night. "We have to be careful not to label things automatically as homophobia. The vandalism could just have been mischievous kids," resident Ernie Settanni says...