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"The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in this case could determine, for the first time, whether nonprofit organizations doing charity work motivated by religious belief must be exempted from paying unemployment taxes."

#SCOTUS #ChurchAndState #secularism #charity #atheism #law

atheists.org/2025/03/atheists-

American Atheists · Atheists ask Court to Defend Workers’ First Amendment RightsWashington, D.C. — American Atheists, a national civil rights organization, filed an amicus brief today in Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in this case could determine, for the first time, whether nonprofit organizations doing charity work motivated by religious belief must be exempted from paying unemployment taxes. In Wisconsin, the state labor commission denied an application for exemption submitted by Catholic Charities, whose activities were deemed “not religious.” The state Supreme Court agreed with that assessment, finding the organization “did not proselytize, did not conduct worship services, religious outreach, or religious education.” Catholic Charities contends that Wisconsin — and numerous other states with similar unemployment insurance programs — are violating its free exercise rights. The nonprofit is demanding that its employees be excluded from critical government benefits, like unemployment insurance protections, solely because they work for a faith-based organization. American Atheists, which advocates for the separation of church and state, disagrees. “Empathy knows no creed, and charities around the country employ millions of people who each have their own reasons for doing charitable work. Their rights must be protected,” said Geoffrey Blackwell, Legal Director for American Atheists. “For example, if the Supreme Court takes Catholic Charities side in this case, health care workers in places like Durango, Colorado, where the only hospital within two hours is run by a religious organization, would be denied government unemployment protections solely because the hospital where they work has religious reasons for providing health care. That is a situation no American should face.” In the amicus brief filed today, American Atheists maintains the Establishment Clause rightfully and forcefully prohibits the government from using its taxation powers to coerce professions of religious belief, and that Catholic Charities is, therefore, violating the First Amendment by seeking a tax exemption based solely on a profession of religious belief. “The legal theory Catholic Charities is presenting here echoes the very same violations that shocked American colonists and prompted them to ratify our First Amendment,” stated Blackwell. “The Supreme Court has repeatedly found that excluding people from government programs, like unemployment insurance, based on religion alone is unconstitutional.” “Nonprofit employees are public servants, and whether we’re religious or not, we are all motivated by a desire to make a positive impact on our communities,” said Nick Fish, President of American Atheists. “It’s unconscionable that an organization like Catholic Charities would try to deny their hardworking employees public benefits simply because it’s religious.” You can read American Atheists’ amicus brief here. A decision is expected from the U.S. Supreme Court by late June.

What's up with open source Not for Profits behaving like nasty ass corporations?

Is it because of the executive management teams or is something else going on?

Context: I'm referring to the shit from Mozilla and Wordpress and perhaps others. These are projects backed by "not for profit" foundations, yet they engage in trademark litigation, selling private data to marketers and other shady stuff.

Sharing this clever little game from *2008*.

It was the 1st place winner from our very first game design challenge.

We posed this intriguing challenge:
❓ Can you create a game about teen dating violence without using any violence in the game itself?

We really did not know what to expect and were thrilled with the response. Our unique approach to violence prevention received media coverage -- even a mention in #Newsweek!

However, the game was created using #Flash and so it has not been available to play for years.

🎉 It has now been resurrected and we invite you to play it in your browser now - - right now.

It is a very short & quite quirky game (ideal for classroom play).

Plus, it's a helpful way to identify some warning signs of an abusive relationship.

The intention was to increase awareness about teen dating violence and provide guidance on how to seek help if it was needed. We think it works and we hope you agree.

🎮 Escape Your Boyfriend's Room
👉🏽 Free / no ads / no tracking / funky beats

🐭 Oh, don't forget to feed the mouse!

🌐 jag.itch.io/escape

#awareness #prevention #nonprofit #charity #violence #videogames #indiegame #publichealth #education #DH #media @edutooters @communicationscholars @publichealth @Npars01 @rjblaskiewicz @jstatepost #itchio @itchio

Charities in the UK

It is about time that the UK sorted out the mess that are Charities. A local group raisign money for their school is a charity, a right wing extremist organisation based in Tufton St (which one I hear you say) is 'a charity'. And as a near example of abuse, the JNF is subsidised to provide suppoert for the Israeli military.

thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/03/0

It is feckin stupid - but no doubt it suits our Lords, Ladies and Masters.

Canary · Yet another UK charity has been caught funding Israel's militaryIn total, JNF UK transmitted £3,333,000 to ‘beneficiary organisations’ in Israel - but many of these had direct links to the military

Fraud warning "Gaza Team" is private company and not a charity registered in UK.


There are 0 history of the company doing anything other than collecting money online and pretending that they are a charity helping people in Gaza.

There are nothing online about them other than on FB and GoFundme and one page on LinkedIn all having the EXACT same information without substance.
gofundme.com/f/emergency-aid-t…

On that page, she says that she created the organization on November 2023, despite the fact that the company was registered on September 2023.

"Hello, I’m Susan from Scotland, trained in disaster management and organising supply chains in areas of genocide, war, poverty and pandemic. In November 2023 I formed “The Gaza Team” as a rapid response to the genocide in Gaza. We structured aid operations to save childrens lives with our Gaza based ground teams headed by Gaza based Doctor Mones Obaid Allah, co-ordinated by experienced aid workers Brother Anas Abu Deba and Sister Leena Ayman in Al Mawasi, Deir Al Balah, Nuseirat, Khan Yunis and the North. Our Gaza Team Baby Milk Distribution Program, providing regular baby milk for more than 330 babies, is supervised by Doctor Khaled Said Al-Thaher who has 25 years experience working with Palestinian orphans."


instagram.com/reel/DFkWeBpoOZM…
facebook.com/CountryKilnStoves…

Here is the company registration information in UK:
find-and-update.company-inform…

the corporate registration made in september 2024, makes it a one person driven corporation with limited liability and no taxation reports.

Any charity, collecting money in UK must be registered as such not as LTD.

Please be careful when sending money to these people. They are scammers trying to take advantage of the misery of the Palestinians in Gaza.
find-and-update.company-inform…

@palestine #Fraud #Gaza #Genocide #UK #Scotland #Charity

A 30-something #girlboss type distracted a worker and robbed a #charity #shop in #Swindon Western #England of £95 (to know what a "Z" (zero) reading is and how to trigger one requires knowledge of retail and having worked in a small business (which doesn't use EPOS)

on older tills it wipes out the records of the days takings, covering the tracks of how much was nicked) - it usually prints the takings but only if till roll is present an many small businesses don't always install it #crime

I am conflicted about this - the #Suffolk #libraries #charity has at least kept the service running for over a decade, but there are way fewer #books in the libraries these days (it also seems the (Conservative) Council who were responsible for the cuts in the first place are going to keep the use of voluntary rather than paid staff even when/if the libraries go back to being directly run by the Council..

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyn43

BBC NewsSuffolk libraries to be run by council after contract disputeThe council says they will be in "safe hands" but its private contractor says it is disappointed.