concerning recent threads about providing building repairs or other services for a church, i am wondering about how the wt stand would hold up under legal scrutiny.. example; a jw is self employed in the hvac business.
a church calls him to provide routine service for their heating and cooling system.
suppose it is in area which is predominately of a certain race or ethnicity.
While we usually associate the Civil Rights Act of 1964
with racial discrimination, it clearly encompasses religious discrimination.
"The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex
or national origin. "
Quote taken from:
Based on this, I don't see how it is legal for a business owner to refuse service to a person (or an organization)
based on that person's (or organization's) religious beliefs.
concerning recent threads about providing building repairs or other services for a church, i am wondering about how the wt stand would hold up under legal scrutiny.. example; a jw is self employed in the hvac business.
a church calls him to provide routine service for their heating and cooling system.
suppose it is in area which is predominately of a certain race or ethnicity.
Concerning recent threads about providing building repairs or other services for a church, I am wondering about how the WT stand would hold up under legal scrutiny.
Example; a JW is self employed in the HVAC business. A church calls him to provide routine service for their heating and cooling system. Suppose it is in area which is predominately of a certain race or ethnicity. He is a good JW and refuses to serve them, and when asked for a reason he tells them that he doesn't give service to churches besides his own.
He is sued for religious or racial discrimination, or both.
Under US law (the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for instance) I tend to think the WT stand may be interpreted as illegal and could be challenged in court if it hasn't already.
I'll leave it at that, maybe someone with a legal background will comment.
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let's all open up our crystals to 2 facet 1: 1 - here we lean about how buddha escapes prism.
Here is a similar thread on this site from about 5 years ago when the Indianapolis Indiana assembly hall was sold to a church.
we all know stephen lett's infamous quote that we're living in "the final part of the final part of the last days!
shortly before the last day of the last days.".
well, there is an interesting interview with larry graham and his family that has a variant on this, where he says that we're living in "the last of the last of the last days".
I see on Wiki that he released a solo album in 2019.
I think he is still an active JW.
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let's all open up our crystals to 2 facet 1: 1 - here we lean about how buddha escapes prism.
Love the purple exterior!
if you go to a restaurant, do you tip and typically how much?
if you were given a 90 minute time frame to eat at a restaurant, would that restriction limit your tipping to the waitress or waiter?.
also if you order a coffee and donut and pick it up, do you contribute to the “tip jar” that’s on the counter?
Yes, absolutely. In the US it is expected and usual.
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2021/4/4/22364730/president-nelson-unveils-plans-for-the-church-to-build-20-new-temples-mormon-lds.
A little curious about the Stirling video posted. I wonder if it is intended to portray some story from the Book of Mormon. I've watched a few videos recently in which the Mormon beliefs about the population of the Americas. Historically it is ridiculous; it is astounding the lengths they go to to find 'evidence' to support their previously-arrived-at conclusions.
how and when did the "understanding" of the progressive ("new light") understanding start?.
anybody knows?.
thanks!.
Proverbs 4:18 was the theme text for The Divine Plan of the Ages in 1886
to the person who requested the files and documents on the watchtower doing business with the klu klux klan, i will need to send you that in a file folder.
it would be easier if i could send everything to your email.. bottom line was, the canadian branch of the watchtower had a radio station in canada named "chuc" in the 1920's.. i am giving jeff and alan credit on this.
they did a wonderful video about it.
I've always thought that the WT choice of the name 'Birth of the Nation' for a Watchtower article was a little too close for comfort to 'Birth of A Nation', the 1915 silent film which was hugely popular in the US and reflected widespread support for the KKK and its ideology. Surely it wasn't a coincidence.
i was for no particular reason thinking about this topic.
i search on google if the concept of cities of refuge is also documented outside the bible.
i did not really find it.
I've read somewhere that the cities of refuge, though spoken about in the Bible, were never used much in Israel, or maybe not at all. I'm not sure where I read that, maybe in BAR or someplace like that.
