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[Siquo]

[Bauglir]

Ah, memories (that was my Facebook profile picture for about a year). Love it.

[Vector]

I found this sort of interesting--women in priesthood issue.

Discuss.

[Leafsnail]

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ.

Ah, gotta love cheap sectarian snipes.

Other than that... well, firstly it misrepresents the case (remember part of the problem is that the woman was very obviously was not a minister, wheras reading this article you'd think she was) and secondly it's slippery slope fallacy all the way.  Also, to be honest I don't feel much sympathy for sexists even if they're trying to use their religion to justify it.

[Vector]

A few more articles:

"On blogging threats and silence"

More on how to eat and feed your body.  I like this woman.

It's legal to beat your partner or spouse in Topeka

[Descan]

Welp, I'm moving to Topeka. Maybe I can get a two for one deal!

[Pnx]

"On blogging threats and silence"

This kind of thing is why I'm reluctant to disclose anything more than my approximate location. Anonymity certainly has it's perks, but it's a bit of a double edges sword. There are a lot of people who will be abusive on the internet just for kicks, and I've heard stories about people getting abusive phone calls even when they weren't doing something like blogging about a "controversial" subject.

I imagine when you run that kind of blog it's much worse though.

More on how to eat and feed your body.  I like this woman.

*sigh* I really need to fix my diet.

It's legal to beat your partner or spouse in Topeka

I believe this was brought up twice before now, not that it's not still relevant.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It's legal to beat your partner or spouse in Topeka

Scumbag Government: Decriminalize spousal violence, gun down potheads.


Meanwhile, in the state of Georgia....

[Nadaka]

I found this sort of interesting--women in priesthood issue.

Discuss.

Separation of church and state means that religions do not get a free pass to break the law.

This means you can't fire an employee for filing a legitimate legal action even if that is official church doctrine.
This means that fundamentalists are not allowed to beat their wives with a rod as thick as their thumb even if that is official church doctrine.
This means that the church of Scientology can not put 2 bullets from an .45 caliber handgun in your head for exposing church secrets, even if that is official church doctrine.

Allowing religion special exceptions from the law sets a very dangerous precedent.
Religious organizations should have their tax free status revoked until they provide proof of non-profit status.

[Phmcw]

Actually tax break for non profit organisation is maybe a bad thing.
Did you know that Ikea use that status for tax evasion?

[Nadaka]

Actually tax break for non profit organisation is maybe a bad thing.
Did you know that Ikea use that status for tax evasion?

I had no idea, how does that work for ikea?


I also have a completely unrelated question, but no really good articles to point at.

What do you guys think of Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan? Or the fair/flat tax proposals that some libertarians are advocating?

[Leafsnail]

Or the fair tax proposals that some libertarians are advocating?

Possibly the most cynically misnamed idea ever?

[Nadaka]

Possibly. Though the "fair" taxes I have seen tend to be flat income taxes that have size of household or poverty level income exemption. That is certainly more fair less unfair than the 9-9-9 plan that puts a MASSIVE increase in taxes on the people least capable of paying them along with a MASSIVE decrease in taxes on the people most capable of paying them.

edit: word choice is important.

[Aqizzar]

I know this one hasn't been posted yet.  I don't know if it's "thread appropriate", but I for one consider keeping firearms away from drunk people to be a Progressive issue, since it certainly appears to only be Conservative legislators arguing for allowing people to bring firearms into bars.  Lo and behold, a cosmic news story - a member of the Tennessee state legislature who sponsored just such a law was arrested for driving drunk, with a loaded gun at hand.  Because even if it was legal to carry a gun into a bar, it would still be illegal in Tennessee to handle a gun while drunk, let alone a car.

[Phmcw]

Actually tax break for non profit organisation is maybe a bad thing.
Did you know that Ikea use that status for tax evasion?

I had no idea, how does that work for ikea?

They have he most complicated status in the world, and somewhere along the line, they "are" a non-profit organisation based in Holland. But not really. It's quite confusing.

Here the exert from wikipeadia :

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In September 2005 IKEA Social Initiative was formed to manage the company’s social involvements on a global level. IKEA Social Initiative is headed by Marianne Barner.

The main partners to IKEA Social Initiative are UNICEF[52] and Save the Children.[53]

On the 23rd of February 2009 at the ECOSOC event in New York, UNICEF announced that IKEA Social Initiative has become the agency’s largest corporate partner, with total commitments of more than 180 million US$.[54][55]

Examples of involvements:

    IKEA through IKEA Social Initiative contribute €1 to UNICEF and Save the Children from each soft toy sold during the holiday seasons, raising a total of €16.7 million so far.[56]
    IKEA Social Initiative provided soft toys to children in cyclone affected Myanmar.[57]
    Starting in June 2009, for every Sunnan solar-powered lamp sold in IKEA stores worldwide, IKEA Social Initiative will donate one Sunnan with the help of UNICEF.[58]
    In September, the IKEA Foundation pledged to donate $62 million to help Somali refugees in Kenya. [59]
    According to The Economist, however, IKEA's charitable giving is meager, "barely a rounding error in the foundation's assets."[60]

In 2009, Sweden's largest television station, SVT, revealed that IKEA's money--the three per cent collection from each store--does not actually go to a charitable foundation in Holland, an IKEA has said. Inter IKEA is owned by a foundation in owned by a foundation in Liechtenstein, called Interogo, which has amassed twelve billion dollars, is controlled by the Kamprad family.[61]

Another very dubious example is the "Bill and Melinda gate foundation" that look more like a tax free investment society than a charity organisation.