Amazing new resource for research--Google US Government Search

by under_believer 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  under_believer

  Google has just launched a new service they're calling "Google U.S. Government Search," at
  http://www.google.com/ig/usgov. This is particularly keen because it allows us to easily limit our searches to the .gov TLD. Try searching for "watchtower" or "jehovah". Using this resource I have already found some interesting items:

  • HOLLY BERRY & a. v. WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC. & a., a 2004 appeals hearing regarding a sexual abuse suit wherein an earlier dismissal of Ms. Berry & a.'s claims were dismissed (a sad situation, too... this poor woman went to her elders complaining of "ten to twelve separate occasions that her husband was abusing their children," but the elders did nothing about it.)
  • http://www.chaplaincare.navy.mil/JehovahWitnesses.htm, the Navy Chaplain's information page on JW's (taken from religioustolerance.org)
  • http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/00-1737.htm, a docket page from the US Supreme Court which lists resources for the well-known WBTS vs Village of Stratton case, including addresses and phone numbers of the Society and MORMON AND BAPTIST (!!!!!) lawyers involved in the case
  • http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/cpc/040216.pdf, the Society's zoning and permit submission to the NYC planning commission about the well-known DUMBO construction project

  ...And many other resources. Seriously, it's a trove. Highly recommended.
  
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  candidlynuts

  thats a good resource..thanks for the link
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  Swan

  What I would like to know is why that district circuit overseer gave the Eisenhower Library the Abilene congregation's records (presumably of the Eisenhower family) when we get squat from them when we ask for our records?

  Tammy Edited to correct the rank of CO McIntyre.
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  Lady Liberty

  Thank you...

  I will check it out!!

  L.L.
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  Swan

  This just isn't right. I'm glad the guy won his suit. I might not agree with JWs, but I don't want to see them attacked either. I thought this country had matured since the 1940s. Still some bigots and bullies out there, I guess.

  EEOC v. DWW Partner's LLP d/b/a Right HondaNo. CIV 03-067 PHX VAM (D. Ariz. April 18, 2003)

  The Phoenix District Office alleged in this Title VII lawsuit that defendant, an owner/operator of two car dealerships, subjected charging party, a car salesman who is a Jehovah's Witness, to a hostile working environment because of his religious beliefs. As a Jehovah's Witness, charging party does not salute the U.S. flag, say the pledge of allegiance or swear his allegiance to the U.S. or the state of Arizona. Because of his religious beliefs, charging party was regularly harassed by managers and co-workers throughout his five months of employment. The harassment culminated in a verbal and physical assault by two managers which occurred after the men objected to the way charging party brought down the U.S. flag from the dealership's flagpole. After threatening charging party with termination and verbally harassing him because of his religious practices relating to the U.S. flag, two managers grabbed him and one of them placed him into a headlock while the other punched him repeatedly in the shoulders and ribs with his fists. After the assault, charging party quit his job because he feared for his safety. Defendant initially fired the managers involved in the assault but later rehired at least one of them.

  The case was resolved through a consent decree which provides for payment of $112,500 to charging party, representing $20,000 in back pay, $42,500 in emotional distress damages, and $50,000 in compensation for physical injuries. Defendant is enjoined from harassing or terminating any employees due to their religious beliefs and from retaliating against individuals who oppose unlawful employment practices. The company will conduct training seminars relating to religious harassment at which defendant's president will discuss with employees the importance of maintaining a working environment free of unlawful conduct. Defendant's president will also send charging party a letter, approved by the Commission, apologizing for the unlawful conduct alleged in the lawsuit.
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  under_believer

  Totally agree, swan. Nobody should suffer religious intolerance. You may say that the Witnesses themselves practice intolerance, with some degree of truth... but giving such intolerance back is lowering ourselves to their level.