Animal sacrifices close barbershop
A Massachusetts barber is cutting more than hair, say health officials, who closed his shop after finding evidence of ritualistic animal sacrifices.
How to properly sacrifice a chicken.
Boston’s NBC affiliate reports William Camacho purports his religious freedoms have been violated.
Camacho practices Palo Mayombe, a Caribbean religion that has been called “the dark side of Santería.”
Tuesday, two chickens and four roosters, one dead, were removed from the New Bedford shop’s basement.
“Well it’s very insulting to me,” Camacho told the TV station. “’Cause what happens is that — where I come from, it’s very known — and this town, it’s ignorant for them, ‘cause they don’t know what type of religion it is.”
Camacho could face animal cruelty charges. He says the shutdown is costing him $700 per day.
“I’m losing money and I’m waiting for the city to reopen me,” he told WHDH-TV.
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Animals are better than you will ever be
August 18th, 2011
5:38 pm
take your ignorant sick ass back to the sadistic country you came from. should never have allowed your stupidity to come here, let alone set up a business. i hope the violations you get in jail make you cluck like a chicken too!
ND
August 18th, 2011
6:31 pm
I suppose if he had eaten the chicken it would have been fine. Typical white cultural imperialism and hypocrisy.
alpharettan
August 18th, 2011
7:24 pm
7 doors down from me, in Alpharetta, is a house that practices santerian ritual animal sacrifices. Chickens, even a goat, I think. Police says they can’t do much. Freedom of religion, and all that. Thank god they are moving. At least one good thing from this lousy economy.
Eating Boogers For The Protein
August 18th, 2011
7:35 pm
And how is this more bizarre than Christianity and their stories of talking snakes, men who live inside big fish and a guy that managed to build a large boat and capture two of every species on this planet?
What if Jack and the Beanstalk was a bible story?
August 18th, 2011
7:37 pm
Amen
blacksheep
August 18th, 2011
7:51 pm
Religion (any of it): just an excuse to be stupid.
Benzetto
August 18th, 2011
7:53 pm
Have you been to boston lately? a haircut is 15 – 25 dollars and if he owns the shop and charges booth rental he can easily clear $700 a day. Stop being judgemental you losers.
alpharettan
August 18th, 2011
8:45 pm
like it or not, the US was founded and built primarily by Christians. The rest of you are “guests.”
SheShe
August 18th, 2011
8:47 pm
If the chickens could have just made it across that damn road……….
SheShe
August 18th, 2011
8:54 pm
Why do people find it so difficult to believe that it was possible to round up 2 of each animal in Noah’s day? Two wolves would have replaced all dogs, two lions for all cats…..we are the ones responsible for all these domesticated off spring versions. Noah would have been smart enough to toss pit bulls out of the ark and into the rising waters.