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UPPSALA, Sweden, July 29 (UPI) -- The Church of Sweden is considering a proposal to institute fines for swearing at meetings of the Synod, the church's official governing body.
The motion, proposed by two Synod members, follows an outbreak of profanity during the annual Synod meeting last year and is due to be voted on during this year's September meeting in Uppsala, the Swedish News Agency TT reported Thursday.
The Synod members said in the proposal that soccer trainers are fined $70 for using profanity during games.
"It is tempting to compare how language, behavior and restraint are handled in sport, which seems to have come a lot further than the Synod," the motion reads.
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