What is the actual status of this? This is outrageous

I didn’t know about the RLUIPA until I read the doc, so I didn’t realize there was even a conflict. I thought this was pure judicial activism.

The Church has carried its burden on this question. As the Tenth Circuit has noted, a substantial burden exists for the purposes of RLUIPA where the government “prevents participation in conduct mo- tivated by a sincerely held religious belief.” Sebelius, 723 F.3d at 1138 (10th Cir. 2013). Although the Town alludes to a bit of a disconnect between the Church’s assertion that it is compelled to allow the poor to “live among you” and its desire to have people live in RVs on Church grounds rather than in homes and residential areas where Church mem- bers live, it does not ultimately dispute the sincerity of the Church’s assertions on this point, which are supported by sworn affidavits. See Doc. 8–4 at 24, 38. And while the Town may eventually show that the Church’s beliefs are not in fact sincere or that there is a non-religious motivation behind the desire to allow people to live on Church property, it has not done so at this point. See Grace United Methodist Church, 451F.3d at 648 (“The jury found that Grace United had failed to prove the proposed operation of the daycare center was a sincere exercise of religion under RLUIPA.”).

To me, live among you means in the church, not an RV on the outer perimeter of the church lawn, 400 feet from the property line.

I also take issue with the use of the RLUIPA to argue that churches can essentially do whatever they want as long as it’s a sincerely held religious belief. That is as absurd as Kanye West claiming he should pay no tax because his album is preaching and he’s actually operating a church rather than just being an asshole.

I’d like to see RLUIPA amended.

The town’s land use code IS the law! This activity isn’t permitted. Bring the homeless into the church, don’t turn it into a trailer park.

This court just granted the church an injunction preventing enforcement of the law. Although this is America 2024, laws don’t seem to matter anymore.

Ridiculous. Churches pay no tax and act like they are above the law. This needs to change.

The funeral is private.

That’s very interesting, I had no idea. Yes, Tylenol or acetaminophen.

Skeptical of anybody who calls it Paracetamol.

“… we know that Microsoft, Google and Facebook have already agreed to this.”

Wait, what?

I ordered four 2 TB SSDs from them and got two 2 TB and two 1 TB, but all four had an Amazon barcode saying they were 2 TB. I didn’t immediately install, was waiting for other parts, then once I realized they defrauded me, Amazon said it was more than 30 days and they couldn’t be returned. Trying to get an agent that could help was damn near impossible, and then I had to pay a restocking fee for a mistake that wasn’t mine. I am still shocked they didn’t detect their mistake mislabeling a bunch of SSDs. I’m not going to shop with a company that connects me to a robot, especially the least sophisticated AI robot on the planet. I thought Amazon was a technology leader?

Short short short short

Honestly the executive comp is outrageous for an unprofitable company, and yes, anecdotally it does seem to be shrinking, if not in sheer user activity, certainly in quality.

Is this why the privacy policy was updated?

Almost need to spend as much time learning the norms of modern web development as you do learning the syntax and behavior of Javascript.

How do forms work and how do you suppress their default events?

How does Juniper spruce up AI offerings?

Gotta admit, bilge of a container ship is pretty fucking exclusive…

I turned my phone upside down and it looks nothing like a Christmas tree, hence my confusion

What is this actually meant to be?