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Apparently it's actually being used in physical therapy and some seniors olympics, so...there's that.

Perfect - so most of the people who advocated for this law!

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Deuteronomy 22:28-29 describes how an unmarried woman who had been raped must marry her attacker.

I would hate for them to discriminate against me since they must follow their religious beliefs to a tooth in order to run an appropriate business.

Like I said, you have no idea what you're talking about. I knew where you were going with this, and I've refuted it numerous times here. First of all the, actual text is, "If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives." In Ancient Israel, and every other Ancient Near East culture, women were considered a form of property, used to join families and barter marriages. A woman that was not a virgin was not considered valuable anymore, since her bartering value derived from the genetic joining of lineages. So when a woman was raped, she lost value, and the man got a slap on the wrist. This law, however, states that if a guy raped a woman, he would be forced to pay more than half a year's wages to the family and marry her, if she chose. Why would a woman choose to marry her rapist? Because he would provide protection through his family, and her own family as well. It was a punishment for him, and protection for her. Of course, she could choose not to marry him. And even more obviously, we don't live in Ancient Israel so it has no bearing on modern Christians.

And Part #2 of not knowing what you're talking about:

• This bill is currently federal law, enacted by Bill Clinton
• This bill has been upheld in another state by the Supreme Court
• This bill applies religious protection only against government actions, not private citizens, so the entire bakery example is completely irrelevant and is not protected by this bill

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Stop oppressing people, Meta.

"I'm sure you enjoyed that..."


No. No I didn't.

>reposting from Reddit

Yeah, when I think of someone with direct access to an omnipotent being, control over the entire world, and freedom to do literally anything except a single thing, I think 'thought-slave'.

For women?

Why did you choose beer over an ale?

Ales are beer.

What beer did you have?

But does "Mission Accomplished" somehow not imply the end of operations?

No...it doesn't. I have no idea what compels you to think that the first mission of the war constitutes its entirety.

It was a war fought for oil.

Yeah, just look at oil price trends during the war. We sure got our money's worth, there!

I didn't allow small children at my wedding, either. It's pretty douchey to go against the request of the bride and groom, and if someone had brought their kid, my ushers wouldn't have seated them. They'd be asked to wait outside of the sanctuary until the ceremony was over.

For now, the automatic deceleration can be overridden by pressing firmly on the accelerator. Amusingly, you can also tell the car to decelerate to 5mph above the speed limit—so you can actively choose to do 35 in a 30 if you so wish.

Yeah, that sounds safe. Driving on an interstate at 80mph, having your car suddenly let off the gas, then having to smash the pedal down, all potentially in traffic. No way that could go wrong.

Edit: It's in Europe, so convert mph to stones per fortnight or whatever they use over there.

Genuine question:

I know the Bible says gays aren't cool. But what exactly is the religious belief where you're not allowed to serve/interact/share a community with gays?

There isn't one. Like I said earlier in the thread, it's not about not wanting to serve gay people, it's about not wanting to participate in activities which are contrary to one's convictions. A religious person may not support gay marriage, so they don't want to contribute to one, hence the disparity between a birthday cake and a wedding cake; they would make the former, but not the latter. Another example would be a liberal-leaning business refusing to cater for a conservative rally or meeting.