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Who were really the "intolerant" ones here?

posted 9 years ago by cooler56
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The people in the town were happy living the way they were living, even if it was a strict, theocratic Christian life. Ren could go live somewhere else if they were being so "oppressive." It's not like the townspeople were going to chicago and shoving christianity down their throats. Why not just let people live the way they want to? If you don't like, it then move.

[–] dawnantonis 9 years ago

Well, because more than half the town disagreed with the law... he only became their voice. He convinced no one that dancing was good, they were already in agreement and needed a fresh face to initiate the change....

[–] Hoffman31 8 years ago

Would have been a really short movie if that happened.

Ren: "We can't dance here? *beep* it, I am moving to Provo."

Runtime on the film: 3 minutes, 30 seconds.