Monday, August 14, 2006

Teach them to be "moderates"

Church fined after Cuba travel canceled

A Baptist group has been fined $34,000 (about ten percent of its operating budget) and its travel to Cuba cancelled because the Treasury Department decided that a church's members were engaging in "tourist activities". What are tourist activities?

  • Wearing sandals with black socks.
  • Asking if national treasures are "for sale".
  • Complaining about the bathrooms.
  • Taking pictures during solemn events.
  • Complaining that the food isn't as good as the food in the [ethnic group] restaurant back home.


I mock, because this is stupid, like the entire Cuba travel ban is stupid, and I half suspect is political retribution for breaking away from the Republican-dominated Southern Baptist Convention.

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