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  Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Baker Who Refused to Bake Cake for Gay Couple

  by Simon in

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  seems like such an obviously correct decision to overturn the previous overreach - it should never have been necessary to go to the supreme court but happened because the rights of the religious were being ignored.. as the fundamental level, no one should be able to compel you to work for them or to provide services that go against your beliefs, and certainly not have the government be able to force you to comply.. if this was allowed there would be so many unreconcilable situations that would clog up courts over nonsense.. i also have little patience for these activists that intentionally look to be offended.

  it really doesn't do their cause any good to go round looking to make trouble for people.

  it's also misguided because it ends up strengthening religious rights over effectively stupid issues.. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/supreme-court-sides-with-baker-who-turned-away-gay-couple.html.

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  The issue is really quite simple:

  If I own a 'convenience store' and do not sell beer or alcoholic beverages in any form because of my conscience views on the matter, that is my choice. A customer can not enter my store and claim that since I sell other forms of liquid refreshment, that I MUST provide them with an alcoholic beverage because it is the customers right to consume alcoholic beverages. The government does not have the right to compel me to provide goods and services that I do not wish to provide to the public. I have my rights and the consumer of alcohol has theirs. I do not wish to compel the drinker to stop drinking but do have a right not to provide the alcohol to him.

  It is the same with the owner of the bakery. He did not wish to stop the gay people from living their chosen lifestyle but felt it was his right to not bake a gay themed wedding cake. LoveUniHateExams is pointing out one of the fundamental functions of a 'free market'. Buyers and sellers in the market place both have choices and are rewarded or punished by the market because of the choices that they make. Gay people should realize how lucky some of them are to live in a tolerant Western society that accords them the dignity and rights equal to that of their fellow citizens. Now gay people should realize that others have rights and free choice also and that even those who disagree with them should not be compelled to do their bidding.
  
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  Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Baker Who Refused to Bake Cake for Gay Couple

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  seems like such an obviously correct decision to overturn the previous overreach - it should never have been necessary to go to the supreme court but happened because the rights of the religious were being ignored.. as the fundamental level, no one should be able to compel you to work for them or to provide services that go against your beliefs, and certainly not have the government be able to force you to comply.. if this was allowed there would be so many unreconcilable situations that would clog up courts over nonsense.. i also have little patience for these activists that intentionally look to be offended.

  it really doesn't do their cause any good to go round looking to make trouble for people.

  it's also misguided because it ends up strengthening religious rights over effectively stupid issues.. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/supreme-court-sides-with-baker-who-turned-away-gay-couple.html.

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  God dammit, _Morpheus..................I've told you already, STOP trying to be a voice of reason and moderation! I am beginning to think that you are not a very nice person.
  
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  LEAKED: WHQ Accounts: 2016-2020 Budget

  by Fay Dehr in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  leaked: whq accounts: 2016-2020 budget [part 1 of 5] https://youtu.be/g08tw2v3b4s.

  leaked: whq accounts: 2016-2020 budget [part 2 of 5] https://youtu.be/rpceb5v0vbe.

  leaked: whq accounts: 2016-2020 budget [part 3 of 5] https://youtu.be/2xa08ukc_6i.

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  God dammit , _Morpheus......STOP trying to be a voice of reason and moderation!
  
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  I just watched the final video from this years convention. OMG!!!

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  i am shaking all over right now.

  i think it's worse that the bunker video.. i used to think there was no way that these people would actually "drink the cool aid" if you get my drift, but seeing this video i am now not sure it could never happen.. having a wife who i love dearly trapped in this cult is really freaking me out right now...

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  "It is sort of like Disney on steroids.".......................Or a constipated Quentin Tarantino on Valium, anti-depressants and Gin!
  
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  Canada Branch Financials are Posted (The Bleeding Appears Very Real)

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  posted here:.

  https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=740aq85115d1a04174c4d867e056351ad6836.

  biggest changes:.

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  I handle 'small potatoes' compared to JeffT, but agree with him completely. Any corporation, whether for profit or not, must keep their 'books' according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. So first and foremost, we would need a Consolidated Operating Statement for the ENTIRE Watchtower/CCJW operation worldwide in order to get a clearer picture of their financial condition. On top of that, a Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Capital as well as a Cash Flow Analysis would give us an exact picture of their financial condition. I respect slimboyfat's intellect and admire his tenaciously predicting the collapse of Watchtower/CCJW. However, in this instance he is way out of his league. I have said it before and I will say it again, slimboyfat has no idea what he is talking about (in regards to the financial collapse of Watchtower/CCJW).
  
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  Overlapping Generations

  by JRK in

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  i remember when that came out, my mother didn't catch it in the original article in the wt.

  it was in one of the review "do you remember" thingies that she caught it.

  she asked me if it means what she thought it meant.

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  Jack Barr died December 4, 2010.
  
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  Gerrit Lösch gives a special talk the Norval Assembly Hall in Georgetown Canada

  by wannaexit in

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  the first part was all about the the evils of higher education.

  i couldn't stand it and left.

  was anybody there today?

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  'Higher education is like putting a gun to your head............unless of course we can use you and your 'worldly' qualifications for a mere monthly Bethel allowance.'!
  
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  What Is Exciting About Jehovah’s Witnesses? Anything??

  by minimus in

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  are they the most boring people on earth?

  their music, their videos, their public speaking... all are a big yawn.

  there is no life to the witness religion!.

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  'Generations strung end to end like Christmas lights.................'- WTWizard

  That's the best description yet I have heard of the "overlapping generations"!
  
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  Common phrases which are disappearing during my lifetime

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  many common phrases i've used all my life have been made obsolete by technology advancements.

  "roll up the window" (car windows don't roll up any longer with a hand crank.).

  "hold your horses.

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  "The entomology may be lost on the younger generation..." - _Morpheus

  You may be correct. I can't remember the last time I heard a young person say: 'Don't bug me, man!'
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Scripturally Based Position on Child Protection

  by humblepotato in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  news room > legal developments > legal resources.

  jehovah's witnesses scripturally based position on child protection.

  i am having trouble understanding paragraph 5. it says: .

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  "I can't put it into words but you are ripped apart emotionally and mentally and you never get over it." - Phoebe

  This is something that the uneducated and untrained Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, their middle manager Circuit Overseers and the local lackey elders DO NOT have any comprehension of. Children that are mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically and sexually abused are being put at a life long disadvantage and handicap. These men do not have the qualifications to help such ones. They must get protection from the law and an understanding 'ear' to help them process the trauma and continue to grow as children along a healthy path. I'm with you. The WT disgust me!