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tacy has always consisted of the established church making its bed with Caesar, seeking its preferment at the expense of others.
This was true in Nazi Germany, it was true in the Middle Ages, it was true in Rome after Constantine and it is true here in Rappahannock County — to a much lesser extent, but the principle remains the same.
It’s a double shame in the fact that not so long ago in the scale of history the shoe was on the other foot, and the laws were being written against their denominations, even as close by as Culpeper, where Baptists were jailed for preaching openly.
If anyone thinks that these zoning laws directed against churches are to protect the “quiet enjoyment” of residential property, think again. Richard McNear, who drafted the plan, went on record with the true motives. I quote from the Rappahannock News of Aug. 23, 1984: “He (McNear) said the special use was an effort to ensure protection of neighbors from other than standard Christian religions.”
A recent article in the Washington Post showed that this use of zoning laws to attack the free practice of religion is fairly widespread, but that in some areas, churches have overcome it by uniting against it,
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