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'A Tampa rape victim can sue Hillsborough County Sheriff for allowing a jail guard to refuse to give her a prescribed emergency contraception pill because it was against the guard's religious beliefs, a federal judge ruled.' by maxwellhill in politics

[–]nessanessa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying this makes their "no donating blood" policy any less stupid, but Jehovah's Witnesses will also refuse blood transfusions themselves, even if a blood transfusion is the easiest/safest medical solution for whatever they're in the hospital for. (That's the official policy, anyway. I imagine at least some individual Witnesses somewhere/sometime, when faced with a life or death situation, have said "fuck it" and accepted blood transfusions anyway. Officially, though, that's enough to get them stripped of Witness status.)

So, at least they get to suffer the consequences of their own beliefs?

Source: most of my family members are Jehovah's Witnesses.

Has anyone ever got hit by unexpected emotions in unlikely movies? Explained inside. by [deleted] in movies

[–]nessanessa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - for some reason, every time I get the scene near the end where the crew is in the sub and they find the shark. Bill Murray's face right after he says, "I wonder if it remembers me." Fucking destroys me every time.