Catholic nuns sue Smith & Wesson to halt its assault-style weapons sales - eviltoast
    • bhmnscmm@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The group of nuns filed the lawsuit in their role as Smith & Wesson shareholders

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      11 months ago

      There’s actually a fair amount of discord between the Vatican and some of the nuns. There’s a strong social justice component in some subunits of the Catholic Church where they part ways with the Vatican (although I suspect less so with Francis than with Ratzinger, whose resemblance to Palpatine was not a mere coincidence).

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      Owning shares is actually the method they’re using to have standing to sue. It’s a shareholder suit. For those curious about which orders, it’s a teaching order, a nursing order, a Dominican order (the odd man out), and a franciscian order.

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          For sure, they’re not quite as conservative as the Benedictines. I shouldn’t push them off like that.

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            Ok, but have you considered that the Trappist monks who make the really nice beer are Benedictines?

            If you haven’t tried reconsider your opinion after a 6 pack of that particular ambrosia.