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To: SilentZ who wrote (491278)	6/28/2009 8:28:55 AM
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Rome fell when it adopted Christianity.

To: SilentZ who wrote (491278)	6/28/2009 8:39:23 AM
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Ky. pastor welcomes guns, their owners to church By Dylan T. Lovan, Associated Press Posted: 06/27/2009 08:52:21 PM PDT mercurynews.com Updated: 06/27/2009 08:52:22 PM PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A gun-toting Kentucky pastor says it's OK to pack heat at church — at least for one day. The Rev. Ken Pagano asked his flock to bring their unloaded handguns — in holsters — to New Bethel Church in Louisville for a celebration of the Second Amendment. When the event got under way a little after 5 p.m. Saturday, about 200 people — many carrying small firearms — sat in the Pentecostal church sanctuary. "We are wanting to send a message that there are legal, civil, intelligent and law-abiding citizens who also own guns," Pagano said in greeting the audience, which included people who do not belong to his church. "If it were not for a deep-seated belief in the right to bear arms, this country would not be here today," he said, drawing hearty applause and exclamations of "amen!" Pagano says he got the idea for the event after some of his church members expressed concern about the Obama administration's views on gun control, though the president hasn't moved to put new restrictions on gun ownership. He says the gathering was meant to promote safe gun ownership. The "Open Carry Celebration" included a handgun raffle, patriotic music and screening of videos on gun safety. A coalition of peace and church groups staged a gun-free event across town at the same time.