A win for the little guy. The Ohio State Supreme Court has declined to hear any further appeal from Oberlin College regarding their defamation case. This means that they (and their insurance company) now owe Gibson’s Bakery $36 million for defaming them years ago.
The case all started with a shoplifting case where Gibson’s pursued charges against several students from the college. The students in question stole a couple of bottles of wine. When confronted by a store employee, they assaulted him.
Oberlin College reacted by protesting against the bakery accusing them of being racists, etc. BLM joined in the protests at one point. An administrator at the college was central to these protests.
The conduct of Oberlin College, a major employer in the town, was and continues to be deplorable. They acted as a bully believing they could bend the will of the local people to their point of view.
The jury recognized Oberlin College’s bullying tactics. The students admitted their misconduct, but Oberlin College could never admit that they were wrong. They presumed that they could bring the Gibsons to their knees. The power of truth has enabled the Gibson family to survive Oberlin’s onslaught.
Oberlin College should review the conduct of their employees in all of this. However, being woke, they probably still think it was okay to defame the bakery.
A win for religious freedom. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the government cannot punish religious hospitals for refusing to perform abortions or any gender transitioning surgeries.
An Obama-era rule required health care providers to perform abortions or gender reassignment surgery if they receive federal funding or participate in ACA exchanges. PDJT rescinded the rule. However, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) refused to disavow enforcing the rule as part of current regulation enforcement.
From Reuters:
A unanimous panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a lower court’s permanent order shielding Christian Medical and Dental Associations and Specialty Physicians of Illinois, along with Catholic hospital system Franciscan Alliance Inc, from any enforcement action under the ACA’s anti-discrimination provision, known as Section 1557, for refusing to perform the procedures, which they say would violate their religious freedom.
The Democrats want to end religious freedom. At least we still have some judges who understand the Constitution.
Another example of Communist indoctrination and anti-Catholic hysteria. A Connecticut elementary school’s assistant principal (elementary schools have an assistant principal?) has been placed on leave. Project Veritas caught Jeremy Boland admitting he won’t hire Catholic teachers because they’re “brainwashed” and won’t indoctrinate children.
Boland: I’m not a huge expert on religion, but Protestants in this area [of Connecticut] are probably the most liberal. But if they’re Catholic — conservative.
Veritas Journalist: Oh, so then what do you do with the Catholics? If you find out someone is Catholic, then what?
Boland: You don’t hire them.
Veritas Journalist: So, would you ever hire a Catholic then?
Boland: No, I don’t want to…Because if someone is raised hardcore Catholic, it’s like they’re brainwashed. You can never change their mindset. So, when you ask them to consider something new, like a new opportunity, or “you have to think about this differently,” they’re stuck — just rigid.
Boland knows progressive teachers are experts at brainwashing kids:
Boland: You’re teaching them [children] how to think. That’s it. It doesn’t matter what they think about. If they think about it in a logical progressive way, that becomes their habit.
Veritas Journalist: So, you kind of like, gear them to think in a more liberal way?
Boland: Mm-hmm. Believe it or not, the open minded, more progressive teachers are actually more savvy about delivering a Democratic message without really ever having to mention politics.
Boland wants teachers to drill those leftist ideas into your child’s head so bad:
Boland: So, it’s subtle. They [teachers I hire] will never say, “Oh, this is [a] liberal or a Democratic way of doing this.” They’ll just make that the norm. And this is how we handle things, it’s subtle.
Veritas Journalist: And that’s how you get away with it?
Boland: That’s how you get away with it.
Veritas Journalist: And how do you make sure the parents don’t find out?
Boland: They can find out, so long as you never mention [the] politics of it.
This is beyond disturbing. This is blatant discrimination based on religion. How many more such people exist within our public school systems?