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I posted earlier on how I needed to move from where I live, but I was specifically referring to the immediate vicinity - e.g., out of the apartment complex. But I have wanted to move out of The South (technically, it's most often called Tha Souf or Da Souf) for pretty much my entire life.

I loathe The Bible Belt for so many reasons, but the main one is the overwhelming hypocrisy which drives this whole thing. These people aren't real Christians - far, far, far from it! These people pay lip-service to Christianity and, much like The Spanish Inquisition, use their bass-ackward, drawn in crayon "religious beliefs" to justify all sorts of human rights offenses.

Here then, are two cases in the news right now:

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A couple of years ago, we adopted a feral cat and have been extremely satisfied until the last few days.

Because she spent the first two years of her life homeless and living outdoors, we have never forced her to stay inside. Although we have always had a litter box inside, she refuses to use it unless it is snowing outside and uses her cat door to relieve herself outside

As cooler weather has set in, she spends more and more time indoors, but in the last couple of days has ventured out 3 times and returned each time with a bird. Each time, we have managed to rescue the bird and set it free. We have scolded the cat and even swatted her, but it doesn’t seem to help. We tried a collar with bells on it, but the birds don’t seem to recognize the warning sound in time to avoid her clutches. We have tried locking her inside, but it seems to make her crazy.

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