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Serena Williams HAS to Abandon the LGBTQ+ Community as a JW (exposure of hate group by ex members) (Original Post) Pete Ross Junior Feb 2023 OP
Thank you Delphinus Feb 2023 #1
A bunch of white folks telling Black folks what they HAVE to do. old as dirt Feb 2023 #2
You mean telling black folks not to hate gays? n/t Pete Ross Junior Feb 2023 #3
White folks telling Black folks they HAVE to abandon the LGBTQ+ Community. old as dirt Feb 2023 #4
You just read the title and did not watch it at all. n/t Pete Ross Junior Feb 2023 #5
The white complaints about her pregnancy are not in the title. (nt) old as dirt Feb 2023 #6
White black schmite schmack. ShazzieB Feb 2023 #9
1+ keithbvadu2 Feb 2023 #7
I have to admit being rather taken a back by the "Ma & Pa Kettle-like" narrators, but I did watch hlthe2b Feb 2023 #8
 

old as dirt

(1,972 posts)
2. A bunch of white folks telling Black folks what they HAVE to do.
Sun Feb 19, 2023, 04:38 PM
Feb 2023

And complaining about her being pregnant?

Seriously?

WTF???

 

old as dirt

(1,972 posts)
4. White folks telling Black folks they HAVE to abandon the LGBTQ+ Community.
Sun Feb 19, 2023, 04:48 PM
Feb 2023

And white folks complaining about Black folks getting pregnant.

ShazzieB

(19,338 posts)
9. White black schmite schmack.
Sun Feb 19, 2023, 05:20 PM
Feb 2023

This video has nothing to do with race, and it has nothing to do with her pregnancy. It consists of 2 former Jehovah's Witnesses pointing out the inconsistencies between JW teachings and Serena Williams' track record of supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Williams has recently been baptized into that denomination (after having been raised in it but not being an active member (link below), and these 2 ex JWs are disturbed by the discrepancy between her being a JW and being an strive LGBTQ+ plus supporter, as well as the things she will be expected to teach her children as an active JW.

I don't know if they actually say she "must" do this or that. The video is over 30 minutes long, and I haven't had time to watch the whole thing yet. (Also, from what I have seen, it's poorly made and therefore a bit of a slog to get through.)

I think what they are mainly trying to do here is educate people (including Williams herself) about some pretty despicable JW teachings that they used to embrace themselves but no longer do, and I support them in that aim, even though they may have gone about it a bit clumsily.

Edited to add this link: https://www.newsweek.com/what-serena-williams-said-about-being-jehovahs-witness-1773017

hlthe2b

(107,763 posts)
8. I have to admit being rather taken a back by the "Ma & Pa Kettle-like" narrators, but I did watch
Sun Feb 19, 2023, 05:15 PM
Feb 2023

and they clearly have a story to tell about their former religion.

Pretty shocking that Serena is aligning herself with all that. Depressing...

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