Ban the bells?
Posted by: roth0003 on: October 10, 2009
Phoenix, Arizona has a noise ordinance forbidding the ringing of church bells (which register about 67 decibels). It allows the ringing of the bells on ice cream trucks (which chime in at about 70 decibels), however.
Three churches – St. Mark Catholic Parish, Christ the King Liturgical Charismatic Church, and First Christian Church – have filed suit against the city in hopes of being allowed to resume ringing the bells. Perhaps they were reluctant to defy the ordinance in light of the fact that the pastor of Christ the King was issued a suspended jail sentence earlier this year.
Please note that the sound of normal conversation ranges from 60-70 decibels.
I wonder if it will next be illegal to talk about one’s faith?
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3 Responses to "Ban the bells?"
October 9, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Here in England many church bells in urban areas have been muffled – presumably so as not to wake the hung-over party-goers. It's very sad.
I believe it may still be the law that Catholic churches can only have one bell – I'll have to find out.
October 9, 2009 at 8:41 pm
It is usually one person ( non believer) that makes the complaint about the bells. Can you imagine if we believers were united and complained about religious restrictions what would happen.
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- Anne: Lovely! There is no sound more delightful, except maybe the cooing of a baby! Babies can be pretty noisy too! But, we've already banned those,
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October 9, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Lovely! There is no sound more delightful, except maybe the cooing of a baby! Babies can be pretty noisy too! But, we've already banned those, haven't we? Shame…