Yeah.

Well, the definitely have the chops and foresight to do something actually different in entertainment and show someone living with permanent disabilities, so maybe? But honestly, people die in entertainment all the time and it was really refreshing to see something different. Especially since they handled it…

No.

Yup, basically, but probably with less swearing and more literal damnation:

That sounds horrifying.

If it’s ongoing I would take them in to be sure there’s nothing serious going on. Yeah, kids get sick a lot, but a precautionary checkup is a good idea when they’re not getting better regardless of how serious you think the symptoms are.

I haven’t heard anything that would suggest their religious beliefs were related. I’ve seen rumor but no a source suggesting they were LDS, and LDS doctrine is firmly in favor of modern medicine (seek the best medical care, seeing medicine as one of the blessings God has provided, etc). I haven’t seen anything else…

That’s not doctrine at all though, that’s personal interpretation.

No, FLDS members are explicitly not actual-LDS, and regard actual-LDS doctrines (relevant example: leaders who tell people to get medical care from the pulpit) as heresy.

LDS people are supposed to seek the best medical care along with religious blessings. This has been repeated umpteen times, including in recent LDS conferences.

A significant chunk of his base thought it was just ‘being honest’ and ‘saying what he thinks’.

1) No, the FCC can’t change ‘all of this’. They are an agency with limited power and mandate, not Superman.

I know this is late, but I have point out that marrying across socioeconomic classes is less frowned on now than at practically any point. It would have been much less common in previous eras.

It is mostly just like another bookstore, until the other patrons/storeowner try to hit on you awkwardly. That last part is getting better, but when I gave another local store a chance earlier this year it was of the creepy-staring-owner variety, so doesn’t look like it’s changed that much.

Yeah, it kind of is? They’re both choices people make about how they’re going to live. Or at least, if they aren’t choices than the problem is not the gender of who’s having sex.

She seems to be saying ‘I disagree with what you do but respect your right to do it’, which seems fine to me? If she believes something is wrong she believes it’s wrong.

But there is gay culture and a distinct lifestyle associated with that. So, there’s messy overlap.

Jane Austen

Americans move a lot more than Europeans IIRC, which I think accounts for the difference. There aren’t a lot of families who have lived in the same places for generations, so people are buried all over the place and it’s exponentially more difficult to visit graves.

Many people don’t visit graves because they can’t.