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Lancaster, California: A City without a Bookstore
Lancaster, California’s only general purpose bookstore—serving a city of close to 200,000 people—closed a couple of weeks ago. It was a Waldenbooks, and, ironically, it shut down within about a week of the city’s mayor—R. Rex Parris—making this comment to a gathering of 160 … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope Valley Press, books, bookstores, Christianity, Henry David Thoreau, Jesus, John Calvin, r. rex parris, reading, thoreau, walden, waldenbooks
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Mayor R. Rex Parris decides that Lancaster is not a Christian city afterall—but atheists and agnostics are not on his apology list
In a startling reversal, the mayor of Lancaster, California—R. Rex Parris—held an interfaith press conference to walk back this comment, which he made twelve days previous to a gathering of 160 people: We’re growing a Christian community, and don’t let anybody … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, Antelope Valley Press, atheism, atheists, books, bookstores, Christianity, God, Islam, Jesus, r. rex parris, sherry marquez
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