I have often chuckled about this;
Of the places where I have lived in the United States, some larger and others smaller than Sioux Falls, never have I previously encountered a local population and a newspaper so hellbent on referencing scripture in its opinion pages.
Letters to the editor are supposed to serve as forums to discuss civic issues. Quoting of biblical passages and televangelist-style Bible thumping such as the letter “Jesus will come again” in the Jan. 11 Argus Leader do nothing to promote discourse and belong in sermons and Sunday school classes, not the Voices section of the area’s largest newspaper.
Sioux Falls leaders like to claim the city is a growing and progressive place to live and raise a family. Unfortunately, some citizens and the Argus Leader insist on giving visitors and potential new residents the impression that the region is a backwater, hillbilly enclave of intolerant zealots, which I know to be untrue.
The reason the Gargoyle prints those letters is because they got nothing else coming in. Think about it. If the only two things you read is the Bible and the Gargoyle you would be a little ‘intolerant’ yourself.