snake handling preacher won't get 53 snakes back

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Originally Posted by SiblingRevelry

Nope. Just because it's a religious practice doesn't give it an exemption from the law. Why, you might argue that because your religion believes that men should marry many underage women, that you should be free to do so. As the FLDS learned, the good people of Texas were not going to put up with that kind of lawbreaking.

As for the snakes, Hamblin treated them poorly:



http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/10...s-the-law.html

ok, i'm sceptible there; about as much as i would be at 'snake-handling preacher, i guess. Mostly because it is pretty hard to mistreat a snake? They can live on like two mice a year...