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Letters: Churches shouldn’t be polling places

Voters cast ballots in February’s Republican presidential primary at Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church in Lexington.
Voters cast ballots in February’s Republican presidential primary at Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church in Lexington. Matt Rourke AP
Columbia, SC

It comes across as sooooo inappropriate for religious properties (such as my parish) to be used as polling stations to vote for politicians. After all, a politician and a temple priest voted together to put Christ on the cross.

Satan must really get a good laugh at this.

Chandler S. Vincent

Aiken

This story was originally published May 14, 2016 at 2:09 PM with the headline "Letters: Churches shouldn’t be polling places."

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