Consistent with our mission, ABP encourages a thriving online community, including comments on news and opinion articles. We strive to maintain a respectful, engaging and informative conversation. If you wish to participate in the discussion, we ask that you adhere to the guidelines below and to the spirit of the community they seek to create.

Comments Policy

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Moderation: Comments are moderated by the community and ABP staff. Please report violations of our policy and guidelines to Natalie Aho at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Email Privacy:  An email address is required to register. Your email addresses will not be published or shared. It may be used by the author of an article or by ABP staff to respond to you privately.

Language and Manners: Conversations should be civil in language and tone. 

• Civility: We encourage debate and dissent, but personal attacks, offensive language, persistent trolling or other abuse will not be tolerated. Likewise, we welcome criticism of the articles we publish, but we will not allow blatant or persistent misrepresentation of ABP or our journalists.
  
• Relevance: A comment that does not add to the conversation, runs off on an inappropriate tangent or kills the conversation may be deleted.
  
• Commercialism: We will remove any posts that are obviously commercial or otherwise spam-like. Advertising opportunities are available through ABP.
• Trackbacks: All trackbacks will be treated in line with our Comments Policy.
  
• Spam: Any comment determined to be possible comment spam will be marked as spam and deleted.
  

Violations: We reserve the right to revoke the comments privilege for repeat abusers. Please report abuses to Natalie Aho at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

All Rights Reserved: We reserve the right to edit or delete any and all comments and to block access to persons who violate these policies and guidelines.

Hold Harmless: All comments are the responsibility of the commenter. By submitting a comment, you agree that the comment content is your own, and to hold this site, Associated Baptist Press, and all subsidiaries and representatives harmless from any and all repercussions, damages, or liability. We will remove any content that may put us in legal jeopardy, such as potentially libelous or defamatory comments, or material posted in potential breach of copyright.

Length: Comments are limited to a pre-defined word count of approximately 250 words. Continuous comments entered simultaneously in order to bypass word count limits will be removed.

Ownership: ABP has the right to retain the copyright to all comments.


Community Standards and Guidelines

• Participate in conversations in response to our content, and take responsibility for your comments.
• Be careful about blurring fact and opinion and consider carefully how your words could be (mis)interpreted or (mis)represented.
  
• Link to sources for facts or statements you reference, and encourage others to do likewise.
  
• Don't reward disruptive behavior with attention, but report it when you find it. Contact Natalie Aho at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
  
• Protect your privacy. Never share private information such as a mailing address or phone number in your comment.
  
• If you have questions, concerns or suggestions, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
  

Participants who violate the comments policy, community standards, or terms and conditions will have their posting privileges for all ABP community areas withdrawn.