Question: What does the USATF and the PC(USA) have in common?
Answer: A controversial regulation that only some enforce.
The USATF struggles with Rule 144.3(f) which bans i-pods (sort of) and the PC(USA) struggles with G-6.0106.b which deals with ordination standards.
The Twin Cities Marathon will disqualify anyone they see wearing an ipod during the race. They follow the letter of the law (actually they don't, the rule doesn't specifically mention ipods or MP3 players).
Portland has declared their marathon "MP3 friendly." Clearly concluding that an MP3 player is not a "similar device" to a video or cassette player, a computer, DVD, CD player, or radio.
At the half-marathon I ran on Monday, they stated the regulation before the beginning of the race, even mentioned it was for safety reasons, but then chose not to enforce it.
Hmmm... what do you do in a situation like this?
