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mysteryowl

(7,390 posts)
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 01:35 PM Oct 2020

Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett lived in home of secretive Christian group's co-founder

Source: Guardian/US

Amy Coney Barrett lived in the home of one of the founders of the People of Praise while she was a law student, raising new questions about the supreme court nominee’s involvement with the secretive Christian faith group that has been criticized for dominating the lives of its members and subjugating women.
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The revelation offers new clues about the possible influence of the People of Praise, and one of its leaders, on a woman who may shape the direction of the supreme court for the next 40 to 50 years. Barrett has said she is a “faithful Catholic” but that her religious beliefs would not “bear in the discharge of my duties as a judge”.

Public records – and a record of a speeding ticket – show that Barrett’s husband, Jesse, apparently also lived in the home in the years before their 1999 marriage. The public records examined by the Guardian show where individuals receive their mail, including bills. It is difficult, based on the records alone, to determine when precisely individuals lived in the residence. The database shows no other residence for Amy Barrett at that time.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/06/amy-coney-barrett-people-of-praise-home



Well, well, well, confirmation of radical, demented, religious beliefs. Pence must be having sleepless nights he is so over-the-moon about his dream judge. Apparently, they want America to be a radially conservative religious country.

puke, puke, puke

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Dianne Feinstein, California, Ranking Member
Patrick Leahy, Vermont
Dick Durbin, Illinois
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
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Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
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Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett lived in home of secretive Christian group's co-founder (Original Post) mysteryowl Oct 2020 OP
Getting A Whiff Of Harem Here, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #1
It sounds decidedly creepy and culty, doesn't it? mcar Oct 2020 #23
Indeed, Ma'am The Magistrate Oct 2020 #25
Yep. intheflow Oct 2020 #24
As Do Koresh, Sir, And Jeffs.... The Magistrate Oct 2020 #29
the perks of the alpha. ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 #27
So 'Tis Told, Ma'am The Magistrate Oct 2020 #28
my son used to say- pity we didnt descend from gorillas. ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 #30
More A Difference Of Culture Than Genetics, I Expect, Ma'am The Magistrate Oct 2020 #31
meh. war for territory is how chimps evolved and took over. ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 #32
Perhaps, Ma'am The Magistrate Oct 2020 #34
She is NO Catholic benld74 Oct 2020 #2
Good point. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #4
Mmm, so cult-y. BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #3
Hopefully, she will be asked about this in the hearings. mysteryowl Oct 2020 #5
Cultish with an extra side of creepy, please Captain Zero Oct 2020 #33
Wow, a real-life handmaid! Blue Owl Oct 2020 #6
I disagree '‿' quaint Oct 2020 #22
Sorry quaint -- I should've included the "sarcasm" emoji Blue Owl Oct 2020 #42
They have more in common with fundamentalists in cilla4progress Oct 2020 #7
This woman may have fit in ok at Notre Dame, madaboutharry Oct 2020 #8
Since that type of faith Karma13612 Oct 2020 #43
Sex cult vibes all over it Miguelito Loveless Oct 2020 #9
+++++++++++++!!! 2naSalit Oct 2020 #15
Yes! Absolutely! (eom) Loge23 Oct 2020 #17
Darn ... Sex Cults are never as cool as they sound (nt) mr_lebowski Oct 2020 #51
Barrett needs to be grilled about any oaths she's taken. Snarkoleptic Oct 2020 #10
These are all the same. She was sleeping with Kevin. PSPS Oct 2020 #11
No Supreme Court Religious cult member this should disqualify her. kimbutgar Oct 2020 #12
Call Senators, so they know too! mysteryowl Oct 2020 #13
Sharia law. "Christian" style. CousinIT Oct 2020 #14
+1 2naSalit Oct 2020 #16
In her case I'd call it Maria law. LastDemocratInSC Oct 2020 #36
Getting a strong Warren Jeffs feel from all this. NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #18
Just listen to that mousy little voice. hamsterjill Oct 2020 #19
And then they raise their daughters the same way so they Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #44
Yes, exactly. hamsterjill Oct 2020 #45
Ma'am, not to seem unseemly, but... were you ever "touched" by the chosen one? truthisfreedom Oct 2020 #20
Let's GO with This. LovingA2andMI Oct 2020 #21
She Is Dangerous LovingA2andMI Oct 2020 #26
This is getting closer to the NXVIM Cult scandal. NBachers Oct 2020 #35
Was she one of them, whatchacallit...'Sister Wives'? LudwigPastorius Oct 2020 #37
They wont fucking care if she shot someone on 5th Ave. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #38
She either belongs to a cult or a modern day hippie commune DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #39
Interestingly, Jonestown was pretty much both those things ... mr_lebowski Oct 2020 #52
Sounds like she was part of the cult's inner circle. patphil Oct 2020 #40
Wait, she lived there with her husband before marriage? Isn't that fornication? SunSeeker Oct 2020 #41
Freak. (nt) klook Oct 2020 #46
i was going to say she needs to be convinced to withdraw considering danger to all certainot Oct 2020 #47
No wonder she's so fucked up. These religious cults are not unlike the Cult 45. They are wedded. Evolve Dammit Oct 2020 #48
K and R oasis Oct 2020 #49
Amy Covid needs to go away right now. We got too many dumpster fires goin on. Vivienne235729 Oct 2020 #50

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
1. Getting A Whiff Of Harem Here, Sir
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 01:38 PM
Oct 2020

Most cult leaders insist on some 'personal touch' with female followers....

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
25. Indeed, Ma'am
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:16 PM
Oct 2020

These secretive, hyper-christian cults with a charismatic leader requiring strict bible adherence are by now getting the air of a pizza delivery in a porno. There's always some reason the tender young things should know the 'personal touch' of this godly man.

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
28. So 'Tis Told, Ma'am
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:29 PM
Oct 2020

As one might hear 'lucky we drew the crooks, not the puritans' from an Australian, we seem to have drawn for ancestry chimps not bonobos....

 

ihas2stinkyfeet

(1,400 posts)
30. my son used to say- pity we didnt descend from gorillas.
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:35 PM
Oct 2020

but i cant see a path for that. bonobos, now, that could work.

 

ihas2stinkyfeet

(1,400 posts)
32. meh. war for territory is how chimps evolved and took over.
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:46 PM
Oct 2020

without being killers, we would all still have built in fur coats.

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
34. Perhaps, Ma'am
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:53 PM
Oct 2020

Since Robert Ardry and Desmond Morris I have seen little but sport in attempts to picture pre-species history.

madaboutharry

(40,211 posts)
8. This woman may have fit in ok at Notre Dame,
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 01:43 PM
Oct 2020

but she never should have come anywhere close to serving as a judge.

She is a religion zealot. I don’t believe she doesn’t bring that to her opinions.

Karma13612

(4,552 posts)
43. Since that type of faith
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 04:33 PM
Oct 2020

Goes so deep, she wouldn’t even realize she was basing here court decisions on those innate beliefs. It is who she is.

I have to say, I wasn’t sure if she just looked washed out and pale at the party because she hadn’t slept or was tired, or having some residual COVID effects. She seems very lifeless.

Now I am wondering if this is her demeanor, bred from years in this Patriarchal cult.

We need to do everything in our power to keep her off the supreme Bench.
She will do more negative harm than all of RBG’s years of good.



Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
10. Barrett needs to be grilled about any oaths she's taken.
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 01:46 PM
Oct 2020

Tho she'll prolly lie about it and justify that as 'lying for the lord'.

kimbutgar

(21,148 posts)
12. No Supreme Court Religious cult member this should disqualify her.
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 01:50 PM
Oct 2020

Keep finding more stuff and take her down.

mysteryowl

(7,390 posts)
13. Call Senators, so they know too!
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 01:55 PM
Oct 2020
Senate Judiciary Committee (Democrats) - CALL THEM! They need to know about this!

Dianne Feinstein, California, Ranking Member
Patrick Leahy, Vermont
Dick Durbin, Illinois
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Chris Coons, Delaware
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
Mazie Hirono, Hawaii
Cory Booker, New Jersey
Kamala Harris, California

CousinIT

(9,245 posts)
14. Sharia law. "Christian" style.
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 01:59 PM
Oct 2020

That's what Republicans want. It's amusing (kind of in a not-so-funny way) to watch them whine about "sharia law" being implemented here --- WHEN THEY'RE GUNNING FOR HAVING IT IMPLEMENTED HERE THEMSELVES -- only they'll call it "Christian".

Pffft.

Pretentious hypocrisy is ever their hallmark.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
19. Just listen to that mousy little voice.
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 02:23 PM
Oct 2020

I’m being VERY serious here. For example, women in the Quiverful movement are taught to speak “sweetly” at all times. Listen to Michelle Duggar.

ACB sounds the same way to me. Beaten down and lacking self-worth.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
44. And then they raise their daughters the same way so they
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 05:45 PM
Oct 2020

know no other lifestyle...and the cult continues and flourishes.

truthisfreedom

(23,147 posts)
20. Ma'am, not to seem unseemly, but... were you ever "touched" by the chosen one?
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 02:46 PM
Oct 2020

And can you point at the doll and tell us where?

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
26. She Is Dangerous
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:20 PM
Oct 2020

This Nomination MUST BE STOPPED. Amy Coney Barrett is a CULTIST.

Destructive cults, groups, movements and/or leaders "maintain intense allegiance through the arguments of their ideology, and through social and psychological pressures and practices that, intentionally or not, amount to conditioning techniques that constrict attention, limit personal relationships, and devalue reasoning."

-- Margaret Singer, Ph.D


https://culteducation.com/mind-control.html

SunSeeker

(51,557 posts)
41. Wait, she lived there with her husband before marriage? Isn't that fornication?
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 04:14 PM
Oct 2020

So the People of Praise are hypocrites. As usual.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
47. i was going to say she needs to be convinced to withdraw considering danger to all
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 06:56 PM
Oct 2020

but i doubt there's anything there

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