Louisiana Gov. choppers to church, despite protests.Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971, in Baton Rouge) is the Republican Governor-elect of the U.S. state of Louisiana. He defeated eleven opponents in the jungle primary held on October 20, 2007, including two prominent Democrats, State Senator Walter Boasso of Chalmette and has used $225,000 in taxpayer funds during the past 20 months to travel by helicopter to churches throughout the state, the Baton Rouge Baton Rouge (băt`ən r  zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. Advocate reported.
Last fall, the newspaper focused on Jindal's helicopter rides, which cost the state $1,200 an hour. At that time, the governor said he was unaware of the extent of the expense, yet according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a follow-up report, he continued to make the trips. Although he is Roman Catholic, Jindal insists on worshipping at conservative Protestant churches This is a list of Protestant churches by denomination. Anglican/Episcopal Church Anglican Communion Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and PolynesiaAnglican Diocese of Auckland= Archdeaconry of Waimate== Parish of Kaitaia200 miles away from his Baton Rouge home. He claims he mixes these church visits with meetings with local officials throughout the state and insists these trips have nothing to do with maintaining his gubernatorial seat come next election.Yet the governor does not attend the churches to quietly pray; he speaks during the church services, telling the same account of his conversion to Christianity Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person to some form of Christianity. The exact understanding of what it means to attain salvation varies somewhat among denominations. that he did while campaigning. "I'm glad he goes to church," said Republican State Sen. Robert Adley, "but I don't think we ought to be paying his way there." |
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