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A Rare Friday Night Colbert: The President Is Slithering Off to Mar-a-Lago but the MAGA Menace Isn't Going Away

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mmmirele1/16/2021 9:02:41 am PST

re: #99 Anymouse šŸŒ¹šŸ”šŸ˜·

Religion preference over the law.

Danny Masterson (ā€œThat 70ā€™s Show,ā€ noted Scientologist) is charged with three counts of rape. He additionally faces four lawsuits from women accusing him of rape.

A Los Angeles judge ruled that the lawsuits must be thrown out, and the case go into arbitration with the Church of Scientology (since the four women had ā€œcontractsā€ to arbitrate disputes within the church, never mind that a contract cannot be used to cover up crime).

Danny Mastersonā€™s arraignment on multiple rape charges postponed again (USA Today)

This is completely shameful and these arbitration agreements should not be allowed. Iā€™d note that this DOES NOT do away with the criminal case against Danny Masterson. So he gets his space-alien arbitrationā€¦he may be doing it while heā€™s defending himself against rape charges. So this is not a complete Get Out Of Jail Free thing.

That said, this is a problem even outside space-alien cults. A lot of Evangelical churches, particularly of the Calvinist flavor, are requiring people to sign ā€œcovenantsā€ before theyā€™re accepted into membership. BEWARE. These are legal documents and could force you into arbitration with a group that is not impartial. Moreover, these churches reserve the right to impose discipline which could have serious and deleterious effects on peopleā€™s lives. (E.g., forcing a woman to stay with an abusive husband because the Bible only allows a marriage to end by death or adultery.)

My friend Dee Parsons has talked about this a lot at her blog: thewartburgwatch.com

My advice to people who are asked to sign a membership covenant is to run. I donā€™t expect thatā€™s the case with the more vocal participants here at LGF but to the lurkersā€”you donā€™t have to put up with this.