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Let’s tell these bloody street preachers where to go

by Lainie Anderson

06 Nov 05:55am

Filed under: Adelaide, God, Preachers, Religion, Speakers Corner

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In the name of God, why should anyone be force-fed the word of the Lord while they’re shopping?

Feeling pretty good about Judgement Day. Pic: Greg Higgs

That swarthy dude with his dulcet tones outside Roger David in Rundle Mall? He can convert me to men’s suits any day. But these sanctimonious sermonisers and their 100-decibel rantings? No way, Jesu.

Myer is My Sunday place of worship, thank you very much, and Adelaide City Council can have My Vote for ridding our secular shopping strip of these screechy preachers who are apparently just as deafening as chain saws, jackhammers and farm tractors.

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