https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-legislature/oklahoma-house-passes-christ-is-king-resolution/
This asinine resolution violates the #FirstAmendment and the #Oklahoma constitution. It is also an insult to all non-Christian Oklahomans, as well as Christian traditions like the #Mennonites who hold the separation of church and state as a religious value.
Apparently, there is a rumor floating around locally that I'm planning to move to Canada (or another country).
Yes, it is something that I've seriously considered, but it isn't on the table right now. There is too much work to be done here, and I have a lot of family obligations that would make me hesitant to relocate unless it were absolutely necessary.
Circumstances could change though (my religious/cultural connections to both #Judaism and the #Mennonites have a long history of immigration to avoid persecution --- which is why both traditions are still alive today), which is why I recommend all of my friends to:
1. Ensure that you have a valid passport. If money is tight, then just get the passport card (much cheaper, valid for travel by land or sea to #Canada, #Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean).
2. Start putting money into savings because #immigration (even if to Canada or Mexico) is expensive.
3. It's not a bad time to work on improving your language skills. French fluency gets you preference points in the Canadian immigration system (and possible access to Quebec's expedited immigration program), and of course Spanish fluency is essential if you plan to live in Latin America.
Incredibly lazy reporting from #NBCNews, failing to clarify that most #Mennonites DO vaccinate their children, and do not believe in "total separation from the world."
The community in Seminole, #Texas referenced in this story is a much more conservative sect than most modern mainstream Mennonites in North America. NBC News should have clarified this.
Excerpt: There’s also a large Mennonite population, a religious sect that believes in “total separation from the outside world,” according to the Texas State Historical Association. These Mennonites chose to settle in Gaines County, in part, for its lack of regulation on private schools. This includes vaccine mandates.
In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-outbreak-west-texas-grows-unvaccinated-rcna192163
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Sorry, Vee, but as the #US are moving to closer to become the #HandmaidsTale's #Gilead, I think your pic requires an #AltText:
"Here's an alt-text description for the image:
A group of about a dozen women wearing bonnets and long dresses in shades of blue and purple [#Mennonites,] and on a grassy area, holding black books and singing into a microphone. The photo is captioned "Here's a sneak peak of next year's #SuperBowl Halftime Show for all...
While Amish communities in the United States get a lot of profile for their technology-limiting way of life, Old Order Mennonite / Amish communities in Canada observe similar constraints.
Icy conditions are risky for horse-drawn transport and concerns are being raised to reduce accidents.
CBC has a report.
In 2024, the Conservative Mennonites in Virginia (a small community of a few hundred people) have been dealing with:
• A Child p*rn problem involving multiple members
• a criminal coverup of a death by erotic asphyxiation involving a group of men in a barn
• an ongoing saga involving the attempted kidnapping and murder of a family of their own
• the failure of conversion therapy to fix multiile straight marriages of gay partners
and still, they want to cast the first stone
the mennonite church (and amish- and anabaptist-affiliates) are just one big abusive family
Finally watched #WomenTalking and obviously loved it. Additionally:
1. They pitch the hymns far too low and don’t sing in four part harmony (or at least SAT!). Polley should have recorded some actual #Mennonites for audio backup in the singing scenes. They filmed all the barn interior scenes on my second cousin’s farm in Markham so I know for a fact there were many locally available.
2. I could listen to #SheilaMcCarthy telling parables about her horses Ruth and Cheryl all the livelong day.
Finally have enough together for an #Introduction and a profile. Probably a second one later that uses actual phrases.
#Language #Linguistics #Eesti
#Maps #GIS #Atlases #GeographicInformation #GeospatialData
#DataVisualization
#Music
#Food #Cooking
#Dogs #ShihTsu
#History
#Libraries #FreedomOfSpeech #FreePress
#ENFP #MyersBriggs
#ComparativeReligion #Anabaptists #Mennonites
#trauma #ComplexPTSD #CPTSD #TraumaRecovery
