John Travolta & Dick Jordan Have a Lot in Common

Most people know who John Travolta is. They also know he's a strong supporter of Scientology, a cult-like religion that most deem an absolute farce. Travolta is such a devotee of the group founded by L. Ron Hubbard that he ill-advisedly starred in the widely panned Battlefield Earth, a movie based on one of Hubbard's science fiction novels.

While we certainly don't support Scientology, we do support Travolta's right to espouse these beliefs and to try to convert others to his way of thinking. This is the United States, after all. We also support anyone's right to speak in favor of the Salvation Army Church and to attempt to encourage the support of others.

Yet, we have to wonder why some are such ardent supporters of this outlier in the world of religion? Many groups contribute to society's needs without discrimination against women, homosexuals, etc. These groups don't appropriate large chunks of cash for themselves. These are the groups we feel are Christ-like.

That brings us to Tuesday's Florence City Council meeting. Anyone else watch it? It lasted all of 11 minutes (we assume due to the current health/lockdown situation). In that 11 minutes, council chair Dick Jordan got in three positive, even fawning, comments about the SA Church. 

We're not sure if Jordan has some sincere and misplaced love of this organization or if he simply wants to keep promoting a group that removes "undesirables" from the downtown area. We highly suspect the latter.