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Angie's List halts Indiana expansion over anti-gay law
WPTZ ^ | 3/28/15 | Hannah Bae Ben Rooney and Aaron Smith

Posted on 03/28/2015 12:22:26 PM PDT by Oliviaforever

Add Angie's List to the roster of companies and business interests taking a stand against Indiana's new anti-gay law.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.wptz.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: angieslist; homosexualagenda; indiana; mikepence; rfra
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To: Oliviaforever
When you consider the massive list of coporate sponsors for the 2015 “Creating Change” conference, an annual event drawing thousands of homosexual, bisexual, transgender, “queer” and “kink” (sadomasochistic) activists from across the country, which includes a screening of a documentary film [blasphemously] celebrating a “gay”-authored play casting Jesus as a homosexual, ” (http://americansfortruth.com/2015/02/05/southwest-airlines-comcast-office-depot-sponsor-homosexual-creating-change-conference-featuring-gay-jesus-documentary-corpus-christi/) then you realize how mainstream saluting the flag of Sodom this has become.

(http://americansfortruth.com/uploads/2015/02/Creating_Change_2015_National_Sponsors-Program.png)

Doing so is akin to standing on a gold course during a the thunderstorm with a golf club raised to Heaven. The time will come..

81 posted on 03/28/2015 4:29:02 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: RebelTXRose

They seem to have no problem discriminating against citizens who want to exercise the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution.


82 posted on 03/28/2015 4:32:50 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: Oliviaforever
For the quarter ended June 30, 2014, Angie's List reported total revenue of US $78,896,000 and a net loss of US $18,223,000.[5]

Angie's List has been criticized for the fundamental contradiction between its claimed philosophy ("Companies can't pay to be on Angie's List") and the conflict of interest caused by reliance on advertising revenue for 70% of cash flow.[8] Answering a complaint from a user, David Segal found that when subscribers post a negative review of a company to Angie's List, a staff member discusses it with them in an attempt to rectify the situation. If the company is one that advertises with Angie's List, the negative review will be removed and then the customer must give an A or B grade. The company's effort to keep advertisers happy reveals their conflict of interest.[9]

The October 2013 issue of Consumer Reports Money Adviser reported: "We think that the ability of A- and B-rated companies to buy their way to the top of the default search results skews the results. Cheryl Reed, a spokeswoman for the company, disagrees. 'We don’t believe that,' she says. But Angie’s List marketing materials intended for businesses say that companies that advertise get 'an advantage of increased exposure' that 'can propel you ahead of your competition.' They get 12 times more profile views than companies that don’t buy ads. Angie’s List encourages businesses to solicit reviews by giving customers free, postage-paid forms, stickers on thank you notes, and Web links embedded in e-mail invoices. But experts who study survey techniques say that can create a bias for positive reviews. Angie’s List misleads consumers by prominently promising that 'businesses don’t pay' and that it’s a consumer-driven service supported by membership fees. But almost 70 percent of the company’s revenues come from advertising purchased by the service providers being rated. Angie’s List tells consumers that it provides 'reviews you can trust,' and takes steps to detect and remove fraudulent positive and negative reviews. But company investment disclosures say that 'we cannot guarantee the accuracy of our reviews.' ” [10]

Also relevant, If Yelp doesn’t like religious freedom laws they should stop reviewing restaurants

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83 posted on 03/28/2015 4:40:06 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: Oliviaforever; metmom; boatbums; caww; presently no screen name; redleghunter; ...
What this is coming to is the blacklisting of all businesses that will not sing the songs of Sodom. And of employees who will not effectively agree to hum with them when they call you to. A progressive in time and degrees Reichskristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass .

Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. (Daniel 3:10-11)

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. (Daniel 3:16-18)

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. (Daniel 3:19-20)

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. (Daniel 3:24-25)

Its going to get hot for those who want to conform to Christ and not the unholy decrees of liberals, but the Lord will be with us in the fire, watching the therms, and deliver us in His time, praise God.

84 posted on 03/28/2015 4:53:53 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: Oliviaforever

Angies list has always been a scam.


85 posted on 03/28/2015 5:50:19 PM PDT by dforest
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To: knarf

Yeah...and I live in the most liberal part of my state...the NW corner of Indiana is infested with liberal slag from Chicago and crook county...


86 posted on 03/28/2015 6:55:49 PM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly ("With the demonrats in charge, we find ourselves living in an ineptocracy.")
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To: Coronal

And?


87 posted on 03/28/2015 6:59:38 PM PDT by x1stcav (Why does Eleanor Clift always look like her private parts are causing her acute pain?)
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To: Oliviaforever
Angie's List halts Indiana expansion over anti-gay law

GOOD!!!

At least my taxes won't be on the hook for yet another bribery attempt by my government!

88 posted on 03/28/2015 7:18:55 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly

Amen!!

The Indianapolis Star is going NUTS over this!

I love it!

89 posted on 03/28/2015 7:19:34 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Ouderkirk
What has happen to the Better Business Bureau?
90 posted on 03/28/2015 7:21:41 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: FunkyZero
One good example: Andre Carson


Hey!

All the white folks moved outta his district!



He rode in on the coattails of his gramma; Julia (the scarf) Carson.

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91 posted on 03/28/2015 7:32:04 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: daniel1212
What this is coming to is the blacklisting of all businesses that will not sing the songs of Sodom.

Genesis 19:9
New International Version (NIV)

“Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

92 posted on 03/28/2015 7:34:30 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes

I’ve heard of it, but never been to the site. I use Craigslist tho. Sorry Angie, we never knew ya!


93 posted on 03/28/2015 8:49:44 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: daniel1212
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. (Daniel 3:10-11)

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. (Daniel 3:16-18)

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. (Daniel 3:19-20)

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. (Daniel 3:24-25)

Its going to get hot for those who want to conform to Christ and not the unholy decrees of liberals, but the Lord will be with us in the fire, watching the therms, and deliver us in His time, praise God.

Amen, brother!

94 posted on 03/29/2015 5:44:02 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: daniel1212

I remember the day I began to see the big picture concerning America’s acceptance of homosexuality. Frankly, I never dreamed that this particular sin would become so widely accepted. And now it’s not only accepted, it’s celebrated. On that day, I understood that those of us who adhere to God’s Word were soon to be scorned, detested and relegated to the outskirts of society. My soul felt crushed at the realization of just how quickly we were spiraling into our own demise.

I frequently hear of Christians who believe homosexuality and homosexual marriage is acceptable in the eyes of God. We are an embarrassment to them. I know of a protestant church whose pastor was homosexual and who was living with his homosexual boyfriend. I say “was” because he’s no longer pastor of that church, but that’s only because he took a secular job. His church seemed to be fine with his lifestyle choice.

One of the saddest aspects of this lie concerning homosexuality is that homosexuals are not being convicted of their sin. Nobody embraces adultery or thievery as a viable lifestyle option. Instead, they’re presented with the gospel and given an opportunity to repent. But that’s not so for homosexuals with rare exception. Therefore, they have a false sense of their salvation. What a tragic deception this is. It’s going to cost millions their very souls. Just heartbreaking.


95 posted on 03/29/2015 6:40:48 PM PDT by ru4liberty (Dissing Chris Kyle/"American Sniper" = spitting on Vietnam vets)
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To: daniel1212

P.S. This is the time spoken of in 2 Timothy 4:3:

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears...”


96 posted on 03/29/2015 6:44:07 PM PDT by ru4liberty (Dissing Chris Kyle/"American Sniper" = spitting on Vietnam vets)
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To: Oliviaforever

Thank you for posting this information. I just contacted Angieslist and not only cancelled but got a prorated refund! I wish that I had never signed up with them. We had moved to a new area and thought they might help us find new doctors, dentist, ect. Angieslist was worthless!


97 posted on 04/01/2015 12:19:24 AM PDT by Qathleen
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