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I also forgot to add that there is mixed messaging here. The flier for the event explicitly states “Muslim only” at least twice. (You can see it in the YT link, it’s to a post not a video.) yet this guy who rented it is saying all are welcome…

Thanks for finding a good article to share. I wonder if the govt would have responded the same way if it was themed as a “modest swim night” instead of a religious holy day celebration. i wonder if the Jews rented out a govt facility to celebrate Passover if there would be a similar response. Whereas if that same event was framed as a non-religious dinner party if it would get the same pushback. i imagine that any event hosted would be open for anyone with a ticket, and the article you found suggests that was the case here. So maybe the specific tie to a religious holy day is the issue. Though now we are getting into Christmas territory and that will open a whole can of worms.

My wife stumbled on this news article today and we were trying to figure out the legality of it. http://youtube.com/post/UgkxsdFBF51Fq9zHrtT4PwTdn2gnSUiLQuPx?si=VcxugLUNslojTO5M Whether it was political/religious discrimination from the governor of Texas or was instead following the laws and protecting himself from a lawsuit? the long story short is that a group of Muslims rented out a city water park for an event exclusive only to Muslims and the the governor said it was religious discrimination against non Muslims using government property and forced its cancellation. i don’t know how the US constitution applies here, if anything like this has happened before in Texas from other religious groups, or how Texas law interacts here. what do you all think about this thing? Please don’t talk politics, we all know that you think politician x is a stupid idiot jerk, I don’t want to hear about it. Also I’m going to specifically ping @smac97 because I know he loves this sort of thing. thank you all very much for you time and consideration regarding this topic. Cheers!

On FB the pulse I got was that people didn't like him because he was a white Harvard businessman which is a perfect fit for the church's "corporation" image.

Dude, shut up. You are being obstinate and disingenuous. What even is your point? Your butthurt because people did deposition stuff and records were released to discredit slanderous claims?

How do you see this in light of the latest Epstein file drops? This article is a great one connecting a few dots (from some old news to the recent Epstein file drops) to pretty much every keyword @The Nehor mentioned above, all of the "debunked" stuff that falls right in line with a lot of the OP. https://substack.com/inbox/post/186994547 I'd quote the article here but half of it is screenshots. I promise you'll like reading it. @Pyreaux said, "This mirrors many such people that often use conspiracy rhetoric to deflect from their personal legal troubles by framing themselves as a martyr targeted by a corrupt establishment." Does this really happen a lot? I'm not familiar with people doing this except for maybe Trump? Have other presidents or powerful political or social figures used this tactic before? Does it stretch back throughout history, or is it a recent tactic? As far as LDS specific SRA allegations the only thing I've seen is an obscure site where a member accused President Monson of stuff. His wife wrote a blog showing her support. I don't believe his wife. I don't discount what the guy wrote, but I don't believe his accusations against Monson. I know public figures lie, but any time I watch President Monson speak he strikes me as a genuinely happy and holy man. Call me crazy. I can dig up a link if anyone is interested in reading his written testimony.

I am also happy that there is a bot protector on the site. Hopefully we can start seeing new members again. I refer people I chat with to this forum from time to time and hope some of them will be interested in signing up. Every time I see a captcha I'm now reminded of this article: https://substack.com/@thedreydossier/p-184044880 I'm like Santa Claus, bringing cheer into every thread I participate in.

You two remind me of the movie Grumpy Old Men, but in forum version. Your dialogue in this thread made me chuckle a few times. I bet you two would be pretty good friends if you were neighbors or something. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107050/

Oh ok, thanks Calm.

That's a beautiful charity, thanks for letting me know about it!

I'd like to formally request @Nemesis to lock this topic. It feels like I'm on FB right now.

What ties does the DoD have with scouting? I thought at this point the scouts were basically just kind of loosely floating along in random neighborhoods. I didn't know there were any ties to the US Govt?

I literally linked the most official source of information I can find. I can't help you beyond that.

I'll just leave this here https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/megan-fox-digital-cover-interview-april-2022 If you want more fun articles like this just hit me up.

I think it's a really sweet idea but poorly executed. Definitely has that "local" feel. It made me realize that the church should advertise donations b/c I never realized that non-members could donate before. AFAIK there isn't any other single charity program on the planet where 100% of donated funds go to charity. AFAIK Salvation Army has 18% admin costs and United Way has 15% admin cost. One thing I love about donating to the church's charity arm is that I know all money will be used for charity work and none will end up in any admin's pockets.