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[Link] 'Can I hug your tree naked?': Tourists urged to respect Bali after social media controversies
Read: 9/5/2022 www.abc.net.au
It's known as the Island of the Gods, but that's lost on some Western influencers who like its picturesque temples and landscapes for risque social media content.
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[Link] Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?
Read: 13/3/2022 torrentfreak.com
In 2018, Watch Tower filed for a DMCA subpoena that would've required YouTube to hand over the identity of an animator who parodied the religious group in his videos. When that stalled, Watch Tower filed a copyright lawsuit.
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[Link] Citipointe churchgoers give standing ovation for under-fire principal
Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
The head of Brisbane’s Citipointe megachurch has told worshippers to lobby MPs about proposed religious freedom and sexual discrimination laws, after the church school’s failed attempt to introduce enrolment contracts with anti-gay and anti-trans provisions.
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[Link] Record Labels Still Want to Know if Piracy Trial Jurors Read TorrentFreak
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
The piracy liability trial between several major record labels and Internet provider Grande is about to begin. To rule out conflicts, both sides submitted an updated series of questions for the jury selection.
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[Link] Hillsong founder Brian Houston steps down as leader of church
Read: 30/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
Hillsong founder Brian Houston has announced he is stepping down as leader of the church as he defends criminal charges that allege he covered up his father’s child sexual abuse.
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[Link] Shooting at holy site in Jerusalem kills one and injures four
Read: 21/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Israel says the shooting at a holy site for Jews and Muslims by a Palestinian gunman has left one dead and four injured. The attack took place near an entrance to a contested flashpoint shrine known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, police said.
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[Link] Michael Flynn Wants to Outlaw All Religions Except Christianity Now
Read: 15/11/2021 www.vice.com
Disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn claimed this weekend that if the U.S. wants to be one nation under God, then it needs to outlaw all religions aside from Christianity.
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[Link] The Growing Crusade Against Sex, Muslim Culture, and Lesbians in India’s Ads
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
India’s leading fashion designer was forced to withdraw advertisements for his latest line of wedding jewellery after he was threatened with legal action by a politician from the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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[Link] For These Buddhist Monks, Sex Ed Starts With Safe Masturbation
Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com
Sunshine pours in through the monastery classroom window as monks in crimson robes lock their gaze in rapt attention at the chalkboard. Their instructor smiles warmly and asks them what they know about the use of a condom.
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[Link] Trump Supporters Have Already Turned on the Cyber Ninjas
Read: 9/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Doug Logan, the CEO of Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company that conducted the bogus election ‘audit’ in Arizona over the last six months, says he won’t be conducting any more recounts—unless God tells him to.
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[Link] My Cousin Baptized My Dead Relatives Into the Mormon Church
Read: 30/9/2021 www.vice.com
My cousin has been baptizing my dead family members into the Mormon Church. I wasn’t thrilled when I found out. These baptisms are called “baptisms by proxy” or “baptisms for the dead,” and they’re pretty common in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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[Link] TV Pentecostal pastor pleads not guilty to sexual assault of teenager at his Sydney home
Read: 27/1/2021 www.abc.net.au
After more than 30 years, John McMartin was forced to step down as the senior pastor of Inspire Church at Hoxton Park, which attracts a weekly crowd of about 5,000 parishioners.