--- On Tue, 11/18/08, Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I thought a lot about their question while we were there.
> I think it was designed to determine my social standing in the community.
> Just as everyone in town with social/business aspirations was
> Republican(even if they were Democrat), that same everyones attended the
> Methodist church (even if they were Lutheran or atheists or pagans). The
> aspirers wanted to know if I was one of them, or if my religious beliefs
> would override social/economic considerations or worse, if I would make the
> flagrantly offensive choice of worshipping with the Episcopals (only
> appropriate for very old money).
> Those who were not aspiring, wanted to know if I was pretentious or one of
> them.
>
> A complicated question, but it was small-town Virginia. Did
> I mention that we did not buy a home there?
>
> Cathy