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Methodist Church expels older members hoping to attract young followers
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Grove United Methodist Church in Cottage Grove, Minnesota longs for an infusion of fresh blood. The church issued a memo that recommends parishioners “over 60” to stay away from the church for two years. After this period, they will be able to ask for a second permission to attend church. “I pray for this church, getting through this age-discrimination thing,” said William Gackstetter, reports Twin Cities. While the church is trying to rejuvenate the list of parishioners, regulars feel humiliated and insulted. Some directly state that this policy is nothing less than a...
Facebook translated the name of the Chinese president as “Mr. Shithole” but later apologized
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Facebook again found itself at the center of an international scandal, but this time the online translator was not able to correctly translate the name of the leader of the PRC and instead gave out “conscious” “Mr. Shithole”. The social media as soon as possible tried to fix the error. An unsuccessful version of the translation was posted on the official page of Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Facebook. According to Reuters, an erroneous translation was discovered on the second day of Xi Jinping’s visit to Myanmar. “We fixed a technical issue that cause...
An attempt to separate trans-athletes from women's competitions failed miserably
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A recently introduced bill by the Florida Republican Congressman Greg Steube on the protection of women and women's competitions was unanimously rejected by Democrats. “With the House passage of H.R. 5 earlier this Congress, women and girls participating in competitive sports across the country are at risk of losing the equal playing field they were guaranteed by the Education Amendments of 1972,” said Congressman Steube following the introduction of the bill, according to press release. “We must protect our female athletes from being forced to compete against biological...
Pennsylvania church spends firearms buy back money in first hour: People don't want to be armed
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On the eve of Martin Luther King’s day, The Church of the Holy Cross in Pittsburgh announced a voluntary disarmament campaign for Americans in exchange for money. The influx of volunteers was so great that 5 thousand dollars of donations ended in about 40 minutes. It is reported that the buyback began in the early morning and the church paid between $ 50 and $ 100, depending on the type of weapon. After almost an hour, a sign was already hanging on the door of the church "We have run out of cash for this buyback. Sorry to turn so many away. You can still turn in guns thou...
California pastor who threatened to shoot parishioners arrested
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The 79-year-old pastor of the evangelical church sent at least 4 letters threatening to commit massacre of parishioners. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday announced the arrest of the suspect. According to official information, Paul Michaelson even indicated the exact date of the alleged attack. In one of the letters sent to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in San Carlos, he wrote that he would shoot people on Sunday, reports CBS SF BayArea. At the moment, Michaelson’s motive is not known, but police clarified that the detained pastor and other church memb...
California family wanted to complain about bullying at school but were brutally beaten right in front of the school
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The mother of a 16-year-old student of James Logan High School in Union City, who was intimidated and beaten by school bullies every day, was also brutally attacked when she arrived to meet with the principal. When the victims' car arrived at the school, two teenagers blocked the path of Maria Guadalupe Jimenez. At that moment, her husband, a newborn 2-month-old baby and daughter were in the car. Obviously realizing why Jimenez came to school, students attacked a woman. Mother was knocked down, at this time a hail of blows rained down on the victim's face, head and body....
5-year-old girl asks for help while two bullies hit and push her in a school bus: VIDEO
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The incident occurred last November in Dallas. A little girl, while traveling on a school bus, was bullied by two older children. The video shows that the girl repeatedly asks the driver to protect her, but he ignores it. Video footage from November 11 shows how two hooligans grabbed, pushed, stabbed with a pencil and strangled a defenseless girl for almost 15 minutes. After several futile attempts to fight back, the baby burst into tears. The mother of the victim, Audrey Billings, appealed to the Dallas Independent School District with a request to dismiss the bus drive...
Missouri lawmaker intends to punish librarians for LGBTQ propaganda
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Missouri Republican Ben Baker proposes a new bill to jail librarians for LGBT propaganda and aiding the “drag queen story hour” event organization. The contradictory tendency of educating the younger generation about sexual minorities, by spending time with transvestites who have a history of sexual crimes against children, led Baker to the idea of creating a bill protecting the fragile minds of “objectionable material”. “The main thing is, I want to be able to take my kids to a library and make sure they’re in a safe environment, and that they’re not gonna be exposed t...
Pranker loving to lick Blue Bell ice cream pleads guilty in court
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The ugly online challenge, which has gone beyond all limits, ends with a guilty plea in the Jefferson County courtroom. Viral videos on social media where people filmed themselves licking ice cream in stores and put them back in the refrigerator without paying, made it easy to figure out the criminals. One such “lickers” was 24-year-old D'Adrien Anderson, who repeated the joke at Texas Walmart. On Wednesday, the man confessed to his deed and asked not to punish him severely. Anderson accused of criminal mischief awaits probation. Port Arthur Police Department Detective M...