# Lucky South Cacalacky : christianexodus.org **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 26, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234 "2004-05-26T20:37:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/1 "2004-05-26T20:37:48Z")
[“Would you like to live in a Christian nation with government similar to the early United States? Well, here’s your chance!”](http://christianexodus.org) According to [this](http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38571) article, South Carolina beat out Alabama and Mississippi for the honors. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/2 "2004-05-26T20:55:40Z")
It’s a non-issue. Remember that what you linked to was World Net Daily, a news source barely on par with Fox. Translation: A bunch of nutters (in this case Christian) put up a website claiming all kinds of shite. They will try to get wonky laws passed, and they will fail. Next week they’ll do something different, but equally as insane. End of story. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/3 "2004-05-26T20:57:19Z")
> [@](#): > > If all goes according to plan, Burnell is hoping to have a constitutional convention by 2014, with a president of the new nation – _still to be known as South Carolina_ – elected in 2016, which is also a presidential election year in the U.S. Well thank god I won’t have to change my “Location:” > [@](#): > > “Independence first, details later,” he says. Now come on, that’s funny. Independence . . . Profit What a fruitcake. If he comes to town I’ll look for him holding a sign or something downtown and get a picture for you guys. They should all fit in the picture: > [@](#): > > Already a **dozen** people are actively working on the project, and some 1,500 e-mails of support have been received. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/4 "2004-05-26T21:05:15Z")
Do these people go to schools that don’t teach American history or something? People who try and succeed from the Union historically have a fairly poor track record. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/5 "2004-05-26T21:08:46Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > Do these people go to schools that don’t teach American history or something? > > People who try and succeed from the Union historically have a fairly poor track record. Meh. Let 'em get their way. More freedom for the rest of us that way. But why can’t they take one of the cold states? Why can’t North Dakota become the new Assholia? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/6 "2004-05-26T21:11:07Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It’s a non-issue. Remember that what you linked to was World Net Daily, a news source barely on par with Fox. Considering the subject matter, I wouldn’t expect to find it discussed anywhere \*but \* WND. This [blurb](http://www.storyhunters.com/godandcon/archives/000843.html) on [storyhunters.com](http://storyhunters.com) is the only other recent link I could google. While not the most traditional pit fodder, I figured it might bring some entertainment to the locals. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/7 "2004-05-26T21:11:13Z")
Loony is right. > [@](#): > > The federal government is considering whether marriage, the foundation of civilization since Creation, should be reserved solely to a man and a woman. I don’t recall the part in Genesis where Eve took Adam’s hand in a solemn vow of Holy Matrimony. But the initial goal as stated- getting 50,000 adherents to move to a single state in order to effect change in the political climate isn’t too far out there. The Libertarian Party is currently trying the same thing. I think, not so long ago, they reached the goal of 50,000 persons committed to make the move and selected New Hampshire as the state. Haven’t heard much about since then. This thing was the brainchild of some fairly young guy as I recall, too. He was in his early twenties, I think. Can’t remember his name, tho’. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/8 "2004-05-26T21:59:11Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > People who try and succeed from the Union historically have a fairly poor track record. Heh heh heh. People who try to secede from the Union historically do not succeed. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/9 "2004-05-26T22:18:12Z")
Why South Carolina? C’mon. Wyoming’s the obvious choice: sparsely populated, largely ignored, and easily fenced off thanks to the handy-dandy rectangular shape. ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/10 "2004-05-26T22:19:33Z")
Hell, let 'em all move to one place. It’ll make keeping track of them that much easier. And this: > [@](#): > > It is evident that our Constitution has been abandoned under our current federal system. The efforts of Christian activism have proven futile over the past five decades and, whereas desperate times require desperate measures, we are now in the most desperate of times. Oh c’mon! With one of their own in the White House they are referring to now as, “the most desparate of times,”? I mean it’s not like the One World Order is in place yet, with babies being aborted all over the place and Catholics running the show. That’s not even scheduled to happen for another decade, fer chrissakes. > [@](#): > > The success of [ChristianExodus.org](http://ChristianExodus.org) will lead to an independent Christian nation where people may once again worship God under the protection of a friendly government. In addition, such a nation will be free of burdensome taxation and federal meddling in local affairs. Matter of factly, the liberties we have lost to liberalism over the past century will be restored in one fell swoop. Nutters, indeed! Kinda hard to create a nation without infrastructure, and kinda hard to finance infrastructure w/o taxes. I dunno, it’ll be kinda fun to watch and see if they’re any more succesful than the Libertarians. Wonder if Vegas has a line on either of these things working? Waste ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/11 "2004-05-26T22:27:40Z")
Charleston is a beautful city, and doesn’t deserve that. If we can keep Charleston, the nutjobs can have the rest. I can just hear myself saying it now: “If you hate this country so much, why don’t you just move to Fundistan?” ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/12 "2004-05-26T22:29:44Z")
Oh, they’ll have taxes; they just won’t be wasted on the sorts of things Christians don’t stand for, like feeding the poor and healing the sick. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/13 "2004-05-26T22:33:45Z")
Here it is. [http://freestateproject.org/index.jsp](http://freestateproject.org/index.jsp) I had a number of details wrong. Apparently they _aren’t_ affiliated with the Libertarian Party as such: > [@](#): > > We are not a political action organization. We are not tied to any political party or organization; we do not run candidates for election, we do not financially support or endorse candidates, and we do not oppose or endorse legislation. I guess they expect this thing to evolve and crawl outta some swamp entirely on its own. And they’re looking for only 20,000 people; 5674 have pledged to date. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/14 "2004-05-26T22:47:58Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > Why South Carolina? C’mon. Wyoming’s the obvious choice: sparsely populated, largely ignored, and easily fenced off thanks to the handy-dandy rectangular shape. Why South Carolina? They’re just up to they’re old tricks, again, the rascals. Wyoming’s a good kid. Quiet, but good. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/15 "2004-05-26T22:52:36Z")
Wanna bet that this new nation’s Constitution will have an amendment to ban the teaching of evolution in the top five? ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/16 "2004-05-26T23:04:36Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Wanna bet that this new nation’s Constitution will have an amendment to ban the teaching of evolution in the top five? Amendment? Nah, it’ll be in the original document. ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/17 "2004-05-26T23:18:27Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Wanna bet that this new nation’s Constitution will have an amendment to ban the teaching of evolution in the top five? What **LeeshaJoy** said. Besides, I would be willing to bet that they wouldn’t feel the need to amend what they consider a perfect document from the go. And **UB** : While the gang of 5K+ may **say** that they’re not affiliated with any party, they have been any number of places claiming that Libertarianism is just the keenest thing ever and that they want to create a Libertarian test bed. Waste ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/18 "2004-05-26T23:23:55Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Heh heh heh. People who try to secede from the Union historically do not succeed. They don’t go to schools that teach American history, I don’t go to schools that teach correct word usage. It’s a lose-lose. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/19 "2004-05-26T23:34:59Z")
On the bright side, if they pull this off, I think that means we get to shoot 'em. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234/20 "2004-05-26T23:46:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Would you like to live in a Christian nation with government similar to the early United States? Hmm- Let’s see what that might entail. [ul] [li]Human Slavery[/li][li]Women unable, actually non-property owners unable to vote[/li][li]Genocidal wars against American Indians[/li][/ul] > [@](#): > > “A Christian nation. That sound a pretty good place to me.” David Dotson :eek: I assume this is another one of those parody sites? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-south-cacalacky-christianexodus-org/247234.md?page=2)