Obviously Tony Ortega had this story first http://tonyortega.org/2013/07/03/will-smith-backed-school-that-used-scientology-materials-closes-its-doors/
SWill Smith’s Cheating Makes Marriage Stronger: Jada Pinkett Smith Promotes Infidelity (Photos)
Jada Pinkett Smith is one of those Hollywood chicks I can never quite get my head around. I’m never sure if she spews some serious nonsense here and there because she believes it or if it’s a way to justify and explain the crap in her own marriage. According to the July 15th print edition of GLOBE, Will Smith’s wifey now considers infidelity an invaluable tool.
Jada believes that a cheating spouse that truly loves you will feel horrible for banging their side piece and it can all lead to a deeper commitment thanks to the pain. She believes that if a couple decides to heal together then it ultimately is an opportunity to forge a deeper commitment.
Jada has also said that in her marriage to Will, she lets him do whatever he wants to do because she doesn’t want to hold him back. When Jada took heat in the past for basically admitting that she has an open marriage she quickly backpedaled and said that she trusts Will completely. It sounds to me like Jada tries to play all sides at one. Cheating is painful but healing is good. Will has a hall pass yet she trusts him completely.
Any way I look at it I see a woman trying to save face by justifying her husbands bad actions. Infidelity is one of the biggest reasons for divorce. Jada may opt to live within the bounds of an open relationship but it doesn’t sound like she necessarily would have it that way by choice. Do you think that she just agrees to it in order to hang on to Will? Spouting off about the pain of infidelity makes it pretty obvious that it’s familiar territory for the couple! Tell us your thoughts on their marriage in the comments below!
Will Smith goes for a jog with a friend (?) along the beach in Kauai, Hawaii on June 28, 2013
Photo Credit: FameFlynetcientology: The final straw
Witnessing REAL CRIMES made me jump off the sinking Titanic.
Inspired by a post over at Tony Ortega’s blog, where he asked his readers two questions:
- We’d like to hear about those first stirrings that convinced you that something about the church didn’t seem right.
- What was it that ultimately led you to walk away from an organization that lays on heavy layers of conditioning and control?
I thought about it for a minute, and shared my answers over there. I’ve posted my thoughts here as well:
First red flag: In January of 2003, I was a Veterinarian student, totally new to Scientology, I was called into a room with two Sea Org members [Scientology Monks] at the European headquarter in Copenhagen, Denmark. They wanted me to sign a billion year contract. Behind closed doors for hours until 3 AM on a weekday, I was coerced into accepting that my university science studies of 5 years were worth nothing compared to studying Scientology. I had two adorable dogs at that time, they told me to give them away. NO f…… WAY! They continued their shit until I broke down crying. I though those two guys were insane. Much later I found out the insanity was everywhere.
- Adorable Goldie (Old English Sheepdog)
- Adorable Bianca (Hungarian Puli)
Ultimate shit: In the end of 2011 I couldn’t take it anymore. I had witnessed, with my own two eyes, REAL CRIMES committed by the Church of Scientology and by individual Scientologists, crimes that can put people behind bars. I had to get out of the madhouse. I’ve been an OSA volunteer in the past. I was called in to sign a waiver / confidentiality agreement, on several occasions. Today, I guess OSA deeply regrets they didn’t manage to get my signature on any such gag order. I will put ALL THE CARDS on the table, one by one, face up. Fucking people over will backfire. My official warning to OSA: Scientology: “She is a criminal!”
I left the Church of Scientology officially in November of 2012, when I met my soul mate,Geir Isene, and we announced our relationship on Facebook.
With love,
Anette ❤
Anette ❤
http://anetteiren.com/scientology-the-final-straw/
Scientologists may be facing their most daunting court case yet, and all it took was for someone to stop calling them a cult. After a years long legal battle, federal prosecutors in Belgium now believe their investigation is complete enough to charge the Church of Scientology and its leaders as a criminal organization on charges of extortion, fraud, privacy breaches, and the illegal practice of medicine. "The decision follows years of investigation that was triggered by a complaint by the Labour Mediation Service in the Brussels Region. Labour mediators were unhappy with a number of labour contracts," reads the report from Flanders News. "The matter ended up on the desk of examining magistrate Michel Claise, who ordered raids on Church of Scientology premises in 2008. During the raids police managed to seize a wealth of evidence," they add. And (with the help of Google translate) Belgian newspapers De Tijd and L'Echo are both reporting that the Belgian federal attorney is now seeking prosecution.
Multiple reports and the group's legal history point to one key factor here: The Belgian government won't charge Scientology for being a cult — authorities are focusing on prosecuting it as a criminal organization. Which is a new twist, as most of the group's many court battles over the years have focused on establishing its legitimacy as a religion. Scientology's well-funded legal team engaged in expensive cases like the one against against Time in 1991 and won its battle with the Cult Awareness Network in 1996, but the Belgian authorities have been battling Scientologists since 2007, when the country tried to label the group with cult status in a move that even received blowback from the U.S. State Department.
The Church of Scientology houses its European headquarters in Brussels, so a ban in Belgium could be crippling to the group — and authorities there seem to know it. One of the more similar recent cases against came in 2009, when the French chapter of Scientology was convicted of fraud by a Paris court and fined nearly $900,000. "But the judges did not ban the church entirely, as the prosecution had demanded, saying that a change in the law prevented such an action for fraud," reported The New York Times's Steven Erlanger. So the French chapter got saved by a legal wrinkle, but the Belgian prosecutors don't appear to be backing down.
Neither the federal prosecution nor the Church of Scientology have made public comments since word of the impending charges surfaced early Friday.
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