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Teenager Prosecuted for Calling Scientology a Cult
Youth CultureSometimes don’t news stories like this just amaze you?
Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology ‘cult’ | UK news | guardian.co.uk
A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word “cult” to describe the Church of Scientology.
The unnamed 15-year-old was served the summons by City of London police when he took part in a peaceful demonstration opposite the London headquarters of the controversial religion.
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Writing on an anti-Scientology website, the teenager facing court
said: “I brought a sign to the May 10th protest that said: ‘Scientology
is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult.’“‘Within five minutes
of arriving I was told by a member of the police that I was not allowed
to use that word, and that the final decision would be made by the
inspector.”
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LifeI found this excerpt from John Piper’s A Godward Life helpful when thinking about voting based on a single issue.
there are numerous single issues that disqualify a person from public
office. For example, any candidate who endorsed bribery as a form of
government efficiency would be disqualified, no matter what his party
or platform was. Or a person who endorsed corporate fraud (say under
$50 million) would be disqualified no matter what else he endorsed. Or
a person who said that no black people could hold office—on that single
issue alone he would be unfit for office. Or a person who said that
rape is only a misdemeanor—that single issue would end his political
career. These examples could go on and on. Everybody knows a single
issue that for them would disqualify a candidate for office.So it is with politics. You have to decide what those issues are for
you. What do you think disqualifies a person from holding public
office? I believe that the endorsement of the right to kill unborn
children disqualifies a person from any position of public office. It’s
simply the same as saying that the endorsement of racism, fraud, or
bribery would disqualify him—except that child-killing is more serious
than those.
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Is McCain a liberal?
LifeI found this statement by McCain quite funny when I was reading this article this morning:
"I’m a proud, conservative, liberal Republi- Hello! Easy there,"
McCain said, laughing along with his audience at Texas Instruments Inc.He
corrected himself immediately. "Let me say this: I am a proud,
conservative Republican, and both of my possible or likely opponents
today are liberal Democrats."
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