Archived My real-life "Footloose": I grew up in a town that banned secular music (salon.com)
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Archived My real-life "Footloose": I grew up in a town that banned secular music (salon.com)
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[–] derram ago
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'Iâ\x80\x99m a long, long way from my hometown and my original set of beliefs, but sometimes I write about evangelicals in my fiction, and invariably the questions come: did you grow up this way?'
'I canâ\x80\x99t say why I liked those songs â\x80\x94 few would say they were the best the 1980s had to offer. '
'Held at the ground of that self-same campmeeting was Icthus (Greek for fish, symbol of Christ), an enormous Christian music festival established in 1970 as the god-fearing answer to Woodstock. '
'In the Midwestern "Footloose" town, both secular music and dancing were officially off limits. '
'What was rarely up for debate, however, were the dangers of secular music, with its relaxed approach to sexuality and morality. '
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