The only time the Watch Tower files an amicus brief is when it involves their Almighty God, Money. The Jimmy Swaggart case involved sales tax of religious items and literature that were sold. The Hare Krishna case involved the marketing AKA: witnessing.
jamiebowers
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LDS, Catholics, Baptists, and Lutheran churches file amicus brief to support Traditional marriage
by designs inwww.4utah.com.
you wonder if the society will join in support of traditional marriage and efforts to overturn same sex marriage..
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Dylan Farrow on her abuse
by sammielee24 ini recall when woody allen split and married his adopted daughter and this originally came out - dylan farrow put this out for everyone to see after allen won his latest award - some people have never believed her story - swife.
february 1, 2014, 3:04 pm.
an open letter from dylan farrowby dylan farrow frances silver dylan farrow.
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jamiebowers
Shirley W, please see LisaRose's post. Allen and Farrow were never married, nor did they live together. The article also says that Allen never spent a single night in Farrow's apartment. I think it's weird that Allen had an affair with his girlfriend's adopted daughter, but there is no point in having the facts misrepresented...Allen, Farrow, and Previn never lived in the same household together.
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Dylan Farrow on her abuse
by sammielee24 ini recall when woody allen split and married his adopted daughter and this originally came out - dylan farrow put this out for everyone to see after allen won his latest award - some people have never believed her story - swife.
february 1, 2014, 3:04 pm.
an open letter from dylan farrowby dylan farrow frances silver dylan farrow.
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jamiebowers
A link to a very interesting article is cited below. First off, Soon Yi was never adopted by Woody Allen. She was adopted by Mia Farrow and her husband by the name of Previn, so technically Soon Yi was the daughter of Allen's long time girlfriend. Soon Yi was 21 when Farrow discovered the affair with Allen. Yes, I think it's creepy, but who am I to say what's creepy and what isn't creepy?
Second, Allen and Soon Yi are married, still together, and raising two adopted daughters.
Third, the initial accusations were made during a bitter custody battle. Allen passed a lie detector test, and Farrow refused to take one. Two of Farrow's employees later said that Dylan was never out of their sight on the day that the incident was supposed to have happened. Some of Farrow's employees also said that the little girl was coached by Farrow.
Fourth, Mia Farrow has not mentioned the facts that she was a character witness for Roman Polanski, (who admitted having sex with a 13-year old girl), and that her brother has recently been imprisoned for child molesting.
There are tons of other facts in the article that could make one think that the only child abuse committed in this case was by Farrow in brainwashing a child into believing that she was indeed molested just to get back at Allen.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/27/the-woody-allen-allegations-not-so-fast.html
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Please read! Breaking News....
by Newly Enlightened inhttp://www.mcalesternews.com/breakingnews/x409169231/da-jehovah-witness-church-concealed-molestation-crimes.
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governing body being accused of covering it up!.
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jamiebowers
I posted this thread on my Facebook page. Thanks for the heads up!
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another JW murder-suicide!
by nowwhat? inthis one in cleveland, ohio.
the wife went into the emergency room at the hospital and blew her brains out.
hours later the police found her husband shot in their car in the parking garage.
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jamiebowers
I heard about this on the news but didn't know they were jws. To you locals commenting on this thread, do you mind pm'ing me where in Ohio you are located?
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Professional Pedophile Cover-Up Agent Will Make Governing Body! 2014
by RottenRiley inhi, recently the brother who helped cover over the sexual abuse in our kingdom hall started to parktake, when i asked why the local scandal dated back so far, all fingers pointed to this one circuit overseer (now almost on the governing body) as the man who told all the elders "hush!
hush hush!
" he recommend the police not get involved because it would put the sour grape kool-aid flavor in the publics eye.
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jamiebowers
Randy Watters brought attention to the fact that Merton Campbell was celebrated in the March 1, 2008 Watchtower as a faithful servant. According to Barbara Anderson's watchtowerdocuments.com, Campbell was involved in pedophile cover-ups. And governing body member Ted Jaracz sent goon squads out to threaten child molestation victims and their families. Based on Watchtower history, it seems the guy of which you speak is well on his way up the corporate ladder.
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Loyalty to Org Over Everything Else
by startingover13 ini'm slowly beginning to realize that the person who i love the most is more loyal to an organization above all else.
some time ago, i wrote about how my girlfriend and i were both df'd for fornication.
i do believe that what we did was out of line, from a biblical standpoint, and i accepted my discipline.
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jamiebowers
Love yourself first and let her go. Your only motivation to get reinstated at this point is to stay in her good graces. That is no way to live or to base a marriage. It will hurt at first, but the pain won't last forever. And you'll be able to start a whole new life based on freedom and honesty. Once you do that, you'll be available to someone who is your intellectual and spiritual equal.
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What allows parents to shun their children ?
by man in black inmy son, went to college and got his bachelors degree.
he started his own anmation company about two years ago, and it really has taken off.. while my wife and i were witnesses, we both received grief about allowing our son to go to college, but we stood up for him and backed his decision to attend 110%.. anyway, this past week he finally closed on a very nice, neat condiminium .. and while he is getting ready to move out on his own, i have quite a few feelings of sadness,as a parent, seeing him move on is kinda rough, but realizing that this is a very good thing for him makes it easier.
he will only be about 7 miles away.
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jamiebowers
In my case it is a sick twist of arrogance and shame. My jw mother cannot fathom being wrong about the Watchtower cult, (or anything else for that matter). And shunning her children makes it easier for her to avoid facing the terrible things she did and permitted to be done to her children.
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Another mall shooting - how soon until the question becomes ...
by Simon in... not "why does this happen" or even "how do we prevent it" but "here's todays locations and body counts".. so sad that some people just went to the shops and now their families will never see them again.. seems like it is an insolveable problem for america..
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jamiebowers
Sammie's Wife, you failed to take into account the mental health systems in the US and other countries. Of course there are mentally ill people all over the world, but the difference is how they are treated.
Dis-Member, you proved my point. Mentally ill people in the US are medicated but not monitored.
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Another mall shooting - how soon until the question becomes ...
by Simon in... not "why does this happen" or even "how do we prevent it" but "here's todays locations and body counts".. so sad that some people just went to the shops and now their families will never see them again.. seems like it is an insolveable problem for america..
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jamiebowers
The problem could be easily solved if the US invested in a solid mental healthcare system. Most of these multiple shootings are committed by people who suffer from mental illness, and there is no safety net to catch them. Care for such people is limited even if they have health insurance. The clinics that provide services on a sliding scale are generally just cattle calls. Patients get put on medications, but there is very little follow-up to be certain the meds are being taken and the patients are functional.
Americans will never willingly give up their guns. Since that is the case, the US government has to do something about the mental health system in order for these tragedies to at least decrease. Also background checks should be done for anyone buying weapons, and that includes relatives who are mentally ill and live in the gun owner's household. Had that law been in place and followed by Nancy Lanza, Sandy Hook would've never happened. Her son, Adam, was clearly troubled, and there is no reason in the world that she couldn't have stored those weapons in a secured environment outside of her home.
Nothing will probably eliminate mass shootings, but the US has to put some programs in place, so they're not so frequent. That is, of course, if we don't want to live in armed camps. Schools are already arming personnel. I wouldn't be surprised if malls, stadiums, and other public gathering places aren't next. I live in a small town between Cleveland and Youngstown, and there are armed guards at grocery stores in both cities.