Police Stop Indiana Woman, Ask If She's Accepted Jesus Christ As Her Savior Yet
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/rachelwitkin/indiana_woman_was_stopped_by_police_asked_if_she_d_accepted_jesus_christ
by Rachel Witkin
October 09, 2014 8:34 AM
Police Stop Indiana Woman, Ask If She's Accepted Jesus Christ As Her Savior Yet
It's already terrifying to be stopped by the police, even when it's just for a traffic violation. But an Indiana police trooper made the ordeal even more uncomfortable -- by asking driver Ellen Bogan if she'd accepted Jesus Christ yet.
Bogan says that Indiana State Police Trooper Brian Hamilton pulled her over for alleged traffic violation in August. He handed her a warning ticket, and then went completely off-topic, asking if she went to church and if she'd accepted Jesus Christ as her savior.
"It's completely out of line and it just -- it took me aback," she said to The Indianapolis Star.
Bogan said that the trooper asked her about her faith multiple times, but that she didn't feel like she could leave or not answer his questions because he was a police officer.
"The whole time, his lights were on. I had no reason to believe I could just pull away at that point, even though I had my warning," she said. "I'm not affiliated with any church. I don't go to church. I felt compelled to say I did, just because I had a state trooper standing at the passenger-side window. It was just weird."
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The Indiana state affiliate of the American Family Association, a certified hate group, weighed in. The Huffington Post reports "Micah Clark, executive director of the American Family Association of Indiana, sees it differently, telling the newspaper that while a traffic stop might not have been the best time to quiz someone about faith, it doesn't mean the officer should lose his right to free speech."
Bogan, along with the ACLU, has also filed a lawsuit in federal court against Hamilton. The lawsuit argues that Hamilton violated Bogan's First and Fourth Amendment rights by asking about her religious background.
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That should win them a lot of converts.
13mm Mercury tipped silver exploding rounds, the silver from a blessed cross.
Its normal use is in killing vampires, but I'm sure it would work well in getting converts during traffic stops.
(I soooo wish someone would make a real version. That would be a pistol I wouldn't mind buying. Alucard's other pistol, a .454 Casull semi-auto is another I would like.)
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We just talk about our pets! 
I've been lucky. I'm in Massachusetts, so the chances are slim I'll get someone holding scissor blades to my throat and demanding I accept Jesus. But you never know!
Doctors and dentists especially should not be preaching the gospel to their patients, and cops should not be preaching to people who they pull over.
I read a study one time where it said that businesses that preach the gospel, and especially businesses that target the elderly and have a religious agenda, are the ones most likely to screw over their customers, and the most likely to be completely dishonest about the products that they sell. I've often wondered why a business would broadcast that they believe in Jesus. 
but I think some businesses do it as a marketing ploy since many Americans seem so religiously enthralled. Ironically from the stories I was told about Jesus I sincerely doubt he would approve let alone be flattered that he is being reduced by some to what amounts to a used car salesman.
might be the interest of local police officer 
