Judge offers church attendance as alternative to rehab/jail:

A Kentucky judge has been offering some drug and alcohol offenders the option of attending worship services instead of going to jail or rehab -- a practice some say violates the separation of church and state.

District Judge Michael Caperton, 50, a devout Christian, said his goal is to "help people and their families."

"I don't think there's a church-state issue, because it's not mandatory and I say worship services instead of church," he said.

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My country is a laughingstock. So many idiots. So many assholes in power.

Worship services instead of rehab? That'll work. No one gets loaded to go to church, I'm sure.

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Don't you know it's impossible to abuse drugs and alcohol if you go to church every Sunday.

because it's not mandatory and I say worship services instead of church," he said.

"Great, Yer 'Onner, there's some great services down at Our Lady of Single Malt!"

"I don't think there's a church-state issue, because it's not mandatory and I say worship services instead of church," he said.

If the church offered rehab classes and the judge offered the offenders a choice of getting rehab at either a secular institution or a religious institution, I think that would be acceptable. But this vague "worship services" crap is definitely promoting religion and unconstitutional.

Heh. If you can find yourself one of those churches that uses peyote as a sacrament, that could work out to be a pretty sweet deal.

Don't you know it's impossible to abuse drugs and alcohol if you go to church every Sunday.

Not church, worship services.

But I guess since atheists are going to hell anyway, a little jail time won't hurt 'em.

Kristin, what school did you decide on?

The worst part of vacation is coming back to work and figuring out who is doing what and where all the students are in terms of work. Of the suck, if you ask me.

I worship myself, at the holy temple of doughnuts and beer. Does that count? Oh, wait, you mean I have to worship someone of your choosing? Bzzt! Wrong answer.

In other worship news, the dude at Dunkies this morning gave me a commemorative Red Sox "2004 World Champions" cup. I feel like I am in the second grade, and just found a Star Wars glass in my happy meal. I did not even ask for the cup; they just gave it to me.