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CousinIT

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Mon Jun 6, 2022, 02:15 PM Jun 2022

(In)Justice Handmaid's creepy religious cult (not sure how she's allowed to work outside the home)

Legal claims shed light on founder of faith group tied to Amy Coney Barrett
Examination of People of Praise comes as supreme court seems poised to reverse Roe v Wade

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/06/people-of-praise-accused-child-abuse-amy-coney-barrett?CMP=soc_568#Echobox=1654508947

“Growing up in the People of Praise, I knew that they held beliefs that would be extremist to the vast majority of practicing Catholics, including on gay rights and women’s rights. I looked at the number of people living in those states covered by the seventh circuit court, and then projected those numbers over a lifetime appointment. It was well into the tens of millions. That’s when I brought the story to the New York Times in 2017. As a supreme court justice now, her extreme views may affect upwards of half a billion Americans in her lifetime,” he told the Guardian.


The rest of it is..well...CREEPY.
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(In)Justice Handmaid's creepy religious cult (not sure how she's allowed to work outside the home) (Original Post) CousinIT Jun 2022 OP
I can't believe my country did this. lindysalsagal Jun 2022 #1
And she replaced RBG on top of that poli-junkie Jun 2022 #2
My name for her is Justice OfDonald Best_man23 Jun 2022 #3
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