Reply #111: I think that is a correct observation

[Malva Zebrina]

we do not like ostentatious displays of religion here--or ostentatious displays of anything here.

But it is curious that in my state of Maine, we have been most accepting of allowing any sect to settle here-in that way we are most accepting-I am thinking mainly of the rather off beat religions that existed in peace without any prosecution -- for instance--the Shakers had a few villages here. There are others also.

It is the glitzy religions that bombard our individual space and resort to accosting us on the street, that are offensive to a New Englander.

When I travelled in Kentucky, I was amazed that bible, gospel singers set up their truck platforms in the WalMart parking lot and sang their gospel tunes for hours, complete with the whole electronic booming. The amazing part was that it was piped inside to the walmart aisles! Never would that happen here--

Well I should never say "never"