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Media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from ABC News New York
by Londo111 inhttp://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/dockets.cfm?dist=1&doc_id=2025979&doc_no=a136641.
see last item:.
"media request to record/broadcast oral argument; from abc news new york".
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Jehovah's Witnesses Application for Trolley Preaching Rejected by Village of Glen Ellyn, Illinois
by jwleaks inglen ellyn won't allow jehovah's witnesses brochure rack on sidewalk.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/ct-jehovah-witness-brochures-tl-20141209-story.html.
the glen ellyn village board (usa) on monday night voted 4-2 to reject a request by a kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses north of glen ellyn to place a portable brochure rack on a public sidewalk in downtown glen ellyn for evangelistic purposes.. glen ellyn currently bars commercial signage and the placement of any kind of structure whether temporary or permanent on its public sidewalks without village board approval.
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Glen Ellyn won't allow Jehovah's Witnesses brochure rack on sidewalk
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glen-ellyn/ct-jehovah-witness-brochures-tl-20141209-story.html
The Glen Ellyn Village Board (USA) on Monday night voted 4-2 to reject a request by a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses north of Glen Ellyn to place a portable brochure rack on a public sidewalk in downtown Glen Ellyn for evangelistic purposes.
Glen Ellyn currently bars commercial signage and the placement of any kind of structure — whether temporary or permanent — on its public sidewalks without Village Board approval. At the same time, free speech laws make street ministry or evangelization legal.
Recently, the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses had been using the Glen Ellyn Metra station property to perform street ministry that included its portable brochure rack. The railroad subsequently revoked that permission, said Village Attorney Greg Mathews, prompting the Witnesses to approach the village.
So, the Witnesses instead proposed setting up their rack in front of The Patio Restaurant, 552 Crescent Blvd., and just south of the Illinois Prairie Path and north of Olive and Vinnie's at 449 N. Main St. The Kingdom Hall made its request, which was for two days a month for an initial term of three months, to trustees.
On Monday, several trustees said they felt a public sidewalk is the wrong place for an evangelistic cart. Trustee Tim O'Shea likened the Jehovah's Witnesses brochure rack to a sign, while Trustee Jim Burket said he simply is not a fan of the placement of items on the public sidewalk.
Trustee Pete Ladesic told his colleagues he has no issue with the hall's evangelistic efforts, but that he did not support the use of the brochure rack, suggesting that approving the hall's request would be "starting to go down (the) path" of setting a precedent. He suggested that the hall's leaders should instead search for a stretch of privately owned sidewalk in downtown Glen Ellyn for the rack, which then would be out of the village's purview.
Trustee Tim Elliott, who supported the measure, said that the hall's request provided a low-risk opportunity to evaluate the proposed use of a brochure rack.
"This is a religious organization that is doing this on a nonprofit basis and it's (for) two days a month for a period of three months," Elliott said. "My recommendation would be that I think we ought to let them go with it. If staff says this creates a firestorm of protests and issues and traffic, then we've learned our lesson, and if this applicant or others come to us in the future, we can say no."
No officials from the Kingdom Hall attended Monday night's meeting.
December 8, 2014
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Village Board of Glen Ellyn (USA)
Consider a license agreement with Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses to allow a brochure rack on the public sidewalk in downtown Glen Ellyn. (Planning and Development)
Don Jurasz, Minister of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses located at 24W410 Great Western Avenue in unincorporated Glen Ellyn, has requested permission to place a brochure rack on the public sidewalk in conjunction with a public outreach ministry activity. Members of the congregation wish to conduct street ministry and speak to members of the public on public property as an effort of the church. There are no restrictions on individuals performing street ministry, evangelization, or witnessing. These activities are protected as free speech and individuals may engage in these activities at any time. However, the church wishes to place a brochure rack on the public sidewalk during their outreach ministry efforts (see attached photo).
The placement of a structure on the public sidewalk is prohibited by the Village Code and therefore requires either a Village Board waiver or approval of a license agreement by the Village Board.
Village Board code waivers are generally intended for infrequent or one-time events. Since the church wishes to undertake these efforts over a few months, the issuance of a license agreement is a more appropriate mechanism to grant approval of the request. The church initially requested permission to conduct their activities once or twice a day on three days each week for a period of 6 months. In conversations with Village staff, the request has been scaled back to twice a month for 3 months. The church can certainly perform their ministry, without the placement of the brochure rack, as often as they wish.
The church also initially requested to perform their ministry at the southwest corner of the intersection of Park and Crescent Boulevards. The Police Department expressed a safety concern regarding the location due to the existence of many conflicting distractions at that intersection (e.g.; student crossings, commuter crossings, vehicle movements and the train tracks). Staff suggested two safer locations in the downtown that contained sufficient sidewalk width and offered less distractions to motorists and pedestrians. Those locations are in front of The Patio Restaurant at 552 Crescent Boulevard and just south of the Prairie Path and north of Olive and Vinnie’s at 449 N. Main Street. The attached map shows the proposed locations.
As requested by the church, staff has prepared a draft license agreement for Village Board consideration. The draft license agreement, attached, requires submittal of the standard Certificate of Liability Insurance in advance of the placement of the brochure rack. It also requires the typical 5-foot wide clear path and a minimum of one person accompanying the rack at all times. The church can locate the brochure rack in either one location or the other during their ministry operations. They may place the brochure rack any two days per month between 6:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. or between 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The agreement expires March 31, 2015. If the church wished to continue the use of the brochure rack beyond that timeframe, they would need to reappear before the Village Board for a new license agreement.
Request: That the Village Board consider the request of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses for a license agreement to allow a brochure rack on the public sidewalk in downtown Glen Ellyn.
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BRITAIN - A High Court Judge has ruled that a Jehovah's Witness boy can receive a Blood Transfusion
by jwleaks inbritain - a high court judge has ruled that the son of two jehovahs witnesses can be given a blood transfusion despite religious objections from his parents.. mr justice moylan was told by doctors that the very young boy had suffered severe burns in an accident and might need a blood transfusion.
the judge concluded that a blood transfusion would be in the youngsters best interests in spite of the deeply held views of his mother and father.. the judge said a health trust with responsibility for treating the boy had asked for a ruling.
he did not name anyone involved and did not give the childs age.. judgment - www.jwleaks.org/blood/case-no-fd14p00803.
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BRITAIN - A high court judge has ruled that the son of two Jehovah’s Witnesses can be given a blood transfusion despite religious objections from his parents.
Mr Justice Moylan was told by doctors that the “very young” boy had suffered severe burns in an accident and might need a blood transfusion. The judge concluded that a blood transfusion would be in the youngster’s best interests in spite of the “deeply held views” of his mother and father.
The judge said a health trust with responsibility for treating the boy had asked for a ruling. He did not name anyone involved and did not give the child’s age.
JUDGMENT - www.jwleaks.org/blood/case-no-fd14p00803
DOCUMENTS AND COURT RULINGS RELATING TO BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS - www.jwleaks.org/blood
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2012 WT financial statements in Britain
by EndofMysteries inhttp://theworldnewsmedia.org/file/view/2012-wtbtsb-financial-report.pdf.
it seems it is possible to get some financial statements from some countries.. it's interesting seeing how they must report in what way they are a charity.
many spin doctoring and word games to make it appear they are doing charitable things.. also interesting was how the trustees were consenting to reducing the reserves and sending them to another country, probably wt usa it looks like.
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Daily Text And Copyright Issues
by Bangalore infound this on a jw group on facebook.. .
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"Tight Pants" by Mentally Diseased - a tribute to Anthony Morris III
by jwleaks intoo tight pants by mentally diseased.
(with thanks to baggy trousers by madness).
too tight pants in kingdom halls.
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“Tight Pants” by Mentally Diseased
(with thanks to “Baggy Trousers” by Madness)
Too tight pants in Kingdom Halls
Spandex breaking all the rules
Must not show your private jewels
Watchtower’s ever changing rules
All the elders are corrupt
Apostates they don’t give a f***
Trying not to think of when
This system is about to end.
Oh what fun we had
In too tight pants it was a fad
Theocratic school
Was how to bend the scriptural rule
Oh what fun we had
The prophecies all turned out bad
Overlapping ways
We’re living in the last, last days.
The truth about The Truth today
Governing Body’s lost its way
Make it up just as they go
Spandex out it’s just for show
Jehovah’s Witness gone insane
Shunning family yet again
Work at Bethel get no pay
Trolley preaching’s here to stay.
Oh what fun we had
In too tight pants it was a fad
Theocratic school
Was how to bend the scriptural rule
Oh what fun we had
The prophecies all turned out bad
Overlapping ways
We’re living in the last, last days.
Anthony Morris he’s the third
There’s a reason that it rhymes with turd
Bible preaching in the park
Bible preaching after dark
Too tight trousers, spandex flirt
Camel-toe it’s got to hurt
Elders come they think they’re Lord
Back of the head with the silver sword.
Oh what fun we had
In too tight pants it was a fad
Theocratic school
Was how to bend the scriptural rule
Oh what fun we had
The prophecies all turned out bad
Overlapping ways
We’re living in the last, last days.Baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers, baggy trousers…
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Caleb Spoofs
by Smiles inmade these caleb & sophia spoofs in honor of am3 and his cronies at wbts.. enjoy.. smiles.
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Melbourne's Herald Sun -- "confessions of a Jehovah's Witness"
by MrMonroe inall the dubs pouring into melbourne, australia for the international convention gonna choke on their cornflakes when they read this .... http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/former-jehovahs-witness-lifts-lid-on-stifling-doomobsessed-religion/story-fni0ffsx-1227092921890.
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They were masters of the Orwellian art of making inconvenient history vanish.
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Child Shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses International Convention, Melbourne, Australia (17-19 October 2014)
by jwleaks indocuments and media releases relating to the shunning and discrimination of a special needs child by jehovahs witnesses in relation to the melbourne international convention, 17-19 october 2014. the following documents and press release were received by jw leaks in relation to the jehovahs witnesses international convention at etihad stadium, melbourne, australia.
it is understood that due to last minute information in relation to the administration and control of the first aid health services at the convention the following press documents had not been released to the media.. prior to publishing and releasing the following sensitive information, the members of the team at jw leaks made formal inquiries with the victorian workcover authority (vwa) and the administrators of etihad stadium (melbourne stadiums limited) as to whether measures have been put in place to prevent the jehovahs witnesses and watchtower bible and tract society of australia from operating any first aid health services and first aid department in alleged breach of applicable health and safety laws.. we were assured that the jehovahs witnesses will no longer have control of the first aid management at the event but that st john ambulance first aid officers will be on site for each of the three days.
it is our understanding that this was done for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of all 70,000 daily patrons and delegates attending the convention.
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Documents and media releases relating to the shunning and discrimination of a special needs child by Jehovah’s Witnesses in relation to the Melbourne International Convention, 17-19 October 2014
The following documents and press release were received by JW Leaks in relation to the Jehovah’s Witnesses International Convention at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia. It is understood that due to last minute information in relation to the administration and control of the first aid health services at the convention the following press documents had not been released to the media.
Prior to publishing and releasing the following sensitive information, the members of the team at JW Leaks made formal inquiries with the Victorian Workcover Authority (VWA) and the administrators of Etihad Stadium (Melbourne Stadiums Limited) as to whether measures have been put in place to prevent the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia from operating any first aid health services and First Aid Department in alleged breach of applicable health and safety laws.
We were assured that the Jehovah’s Witnesses will no longer have control of the First Aid management at the event but that St John Ambulance first aid officers “will be on site for each of the three days”. It is our understanding that this was done for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of all 70,000 daily patrons and delegates attending the convention. No mention was made of who is providing the mandatory first aid health services to the hundreds of employees and volunteers at the workplace during the setup and dismantling of the convention. We have no information in relation as to what as happened to the hundreds of members of Jehovah’s Witnesses who volunteered or listed their names to volunteer as staff for the First Aid Department at this convention.
http://jwleaks.org/2014/10/16/child-shunned-by-jehovahs-witnesses-convention-melbourne-australia/
MEDIA ALERT
16 October 2014
Child Shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention at Etihad Stadium
Melbourne, Australia
While over 70,000 people attend the Jehovah’s Witnesses International Convention at Etihad Stadium this weekend, 17-19 October, one child will not be attending.
A special needs child has been prevented from attending the religious event by the refusal of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and their administrative corporation, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia, to accommodate any potential emergency health needs of the child.
Allegations have been made that the child has been discriminated against on the basis of her emergency medical needs. Despite efforts by Melbourne Stadiums Limited (MSL) the operators of Etihad Stadium, the Jehovah’s Witness event organisers refused to help the child attend.
The father plans to lodge a discrimination complaint with the Human Rights Commissioner on behalf of his daughter against the organisers of the Jehovah’s Witnesses International Convention at Etihad Stadium. “If I can’t find a lawyer to represent my little girl in this complaint then I will lodge it myself,” the father said, adding, “children should not be discriminated against because of their disabilities or medical needs.”
In a letter issued this week to the managers of Etihad Stadium, MSL, the father of the six-year-old child thanked the stadium administrators for their help over the past six months in trying to assist in attending the event. In his letter the father stated:
“Part of the medical management plan for our daughter is for us to register her condition with the first aid department at any large event we attend. This includes giving the first aid officers a copy of our details, our daughter’s medical condition and history, and the medical emergency management system in place in the event she does suddenly collapse and needs emergency treatment.”
The child and her family’s attendance at the event hit a hurdle when the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Watchtower Society informed the father that they do not provide any health services in the State of Victoria and therefore cannot accept any health information.
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New Jehovah's Witness Podcast - Press Release
by God_Delusion inhi guys,.
here's the press release for jw podcast, where we discuss the show and the presenters.. i'd love to hear your feedback!.
http://www.jwpodcast.org/2014/10/15/new-jehovahs-witness-podcast-show-announced.
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