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The one I really like is the prohibition #6:

"the ingestion or external application of an organic substance or material;:

So, lettuce? tomatoes? white bread made of wheat flour? aspirin? any food whatsoever, either animal or vegetable?

Children may eat only minerals, like the clay-eaters of Mississippi, or the famous Cult of the Ingestion of Iron Ore from the state of Texastan or on the planet Utonia?

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If you want to read the same kinds of screaming rants found in Laurel Rose Wilson's insane book, but don't want to spend the money buying it, read the five-star reviews of Satan's Underground on Amazon. Frothing, breathless screeds about how the bad reviews and "facts" about what a shameless con artist she was just show how far the massive Satanic conspiracy goes. A few manage to admit "even if this is fiction..." but bellow "this really does happen because I know a friend's brother's dog walker who totally was ritually abused," etc. etc.

What it really proves is that no amount of information, no number of friendly libs trying to "read the heartland," no amount of careful, logical refutation of obvious bullshit, is going to change their minds. I'm convinced that if God Himself were to come down right now and tell them they were wrong they would stop up their ears and refuse to listen to a word of it. The hardest substance in the universe is now the human brain.

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"participate in a mock, unauthorized, or unlawful marriage ceremony as an individual being married to another individual or a fictional representation"

If this law had existed in Louisiana a few years ago, I guess Mike wouldn't be our House Speaker. He'd be serving time for his creepy ass "wedding" to his daughter.

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I've had it with my comments being disappeared off this thread. CIAO

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I just wrote a two and a half paragraph response to Robyns article that just.didnt.get posted. WTH ? Am I being banhammered by Wonks or iz some one else censoring my comments. Because I thought that was what DeSantis does, not wonks.

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To me, despite reading this entire article, and seeing the words [ paraphrasing ] " there has never been a single proven case of satanic ritual abuse, " reminds me of the sentiment that " If it sounds too weird to be true, it can't be true. " The FBI, though accoladed for going after drug cartels and Human trafficking rings, also went after the Black Panthers with vengeance, and reportedly infiltrated the BLM movement in order to discredit the movement. Also, Task & Purpose, a USMC online newssite, reported a Satanic AND Nazi ring in the ranks of the US military last year. On a personal note, there was a Satanic convention in Boston this past August, most of whose members probably view the devil as an abstract idea and the practice of " satan worship " a novelty akin to Wiccanism, just a lot spookier with a lot more frightening props. They might view " the dark side and devilish impulses " as a natural part of the human experience, whose exploration is valid. Reportedly, over 600 people attended this three day event. To extrapolate that there are truly evil people in this world who harm children via satanic ritual isn't that implausible to me. Though the YouTube channel I found with reports of Satanic Abuse from survivors was chilling and at times plausible, I still had trouble with the videos creator and interviewer for a variety of reasons which I won't divulge here. The survivors interviewed on this individuals channel report truly frightening experiences. I don't immediately discredit them.

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"the ingestion or external application of an organic substance or material; "

No sunscreen or [𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴] uhh, food for kids in Utah...

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Look, I’m just going to say it. If someone had passed this 30 years ago Sam Winchester would be a respected attorney and Dean Winchester would be a firefighter, ok? Instead John Winchester had children crawling into graves to salt and burn.

I presume this will be known as Sam and Dean’s Law?

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Causes a child to participate in or witness:

the torture, mutilation, or sacrifice of an animal (so no more biology classes);

the dissection, mutilation, or incineration of a human corpse (no more biology classes and health classes, no field trips to the county coroner's office):

the causing of serious bodily injury to an individual (no more school sports);

sadistic or masochistic activities (no more school sports, elimination of middle school altogether);

the ingestion or external application of an organic substance or material (no more feeding children); or

an activity that would constitute a criminal offense (elimination of TV and internet);

Causes a child to:

participate in a mock, unauthorized, or unlawful marriage ceremony as an individual being married to another individual or a fictional representation (no more Drama Club); or

ingest, inject, or otherwise intake a chemical compound, narcotic, drug, hallucinogen, or anesthetic (no more medical care for children, and no water, milk or other fluids).

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The biggest shocker in this whole business is that none of the people mentioned are George Santos.

Or are they...?

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"the ingestion or external application of an organic substance or material"

So, I guess no kid can go to Mass and have communion?

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Yep..Utah just banned Catholicism. Which is probably just fine for those theocratic freaks.

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“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”

Carl Sagan.

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A child can't ingest, or witness the ingestion, of "organic substances" if it's part of a "ritual"?

There goes Holy Communion.

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Or Birthday cake

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The chrstofascists eat ‘the organic substance’. Never forget that after Beatrice Sparks ginned up her portrait of a teenage needle fancier, “Go Ask Alice,’ she cooked up the unintentionally hilarious satanic-panic memoir Jay’s Journal. Oh, so recommended!

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Feb 27Liked by Marcie Jones

"Causes a child to participate in or witness:

6) the ingestion ... of an organic substance or material"

Hmm, going after the Catholic Eucharist and Protestant Communion with this one? Then again, this would also prohibit the LDS Sacrament.

Also, if you and your kids have a daily breakfast ritual of taking a Flintstones vitamin, or putting salt and pepper on your eggs, it's the slammer for you, Satanist!!

Clearly, they have no idea what qualifies as "chemical compounds" or "organic substances." E'rbody knows that's seekrit code for drug stuff, and only drug stuff.

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