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Groom Kicks Best Man Out of Wedding After He Proposes During His Speech
By Erin Clack Published on August 7, 2024 01:28PM EDT
A groom was forced to "fire" his best man after he stole the spotlight at his wedding by proposing to his girlfriend during his speech.
In a recent post on Reddit's popular "Am I the A------?" forum, the 30-year-old groom recounted how his best man John — whom he described as his "closest friend since childhood" — ruined what "was supposed to be the happiest day" of his life. He wrote that he and his wife had a "beautiful" ceremony, followed by an "even better" reception. But things took an unfortunate turn when it was time for John to take to the microphone and deliver his best man speech.
"At first, it was full of the usual jokes and heartfelt stories, which everyone enjoyed. But then, out of nowhere, he turned to his girlfriend and started talking about their relationship," the groom recalled of John's speech. "Before I knew it, he was down on one knee, proposing to her right there in the middle of my reception!"
He explained that the unexpected moment shocked him and his wife — and their guests. "The room went silent. I could feel my wife's hand squeezing mine tighter and tighter," the groom wrote.
John's girlfriend said yes, prompting applause from the crowd. However, the groom was left "fuming" and feeling completely upstaged by his friend.
"I felt like my special day had been hijacked. Instead of celebrating our marriage, everyone was now focused on John and his fiancée," he wrote, explaining that he later confronted John and told him he'd been "out of line" to propose at his wedding.
"He said he thought it would be a great surprise and assumed I would be happy for him. I told him he was selfish and inconsiderate, and I ended up kicking him out of the reception," the groom wrote.
After the pair's confrontation, the groom received some feedback from his other friends that now has him wondering if he was "too harsh" with John. "Some of our mutual friends are saying I overreacted and that I should have let it slide for the sake of our friendship," he explained, before asking his fellow Redditors to weigh in on the situation.
"AITA [am I the a------] for firing my best man and kicking him out of my wedding for proposing during my reception?" he asked.
The majority of commenters assured the groom he had every right to be upset by his friend's actions. "NTA [not the a------]! Talk about stealing someone’s thunder!!! That was your special day, and he robbed it from you!!" one person wrote.
"It's strange he would not ask you or even tell you he was thinking of proposing. Why would he think you would like that kind of 'surprise' at your own reception? Extremely selfish move," another person chimed in.
Yet another person added: "I will never understand why people think a wedding is the right time to propose or announce some major life event like a pregnancy (unless it’s from the bride and groom). That’s a day to celebrate the people getting married, and that’s it!"
Still, several commenters advised the groom to take the high road and not destroy a lifelong friendship over the groom's thoughtless misstep.
"I know John’s intent was not to hurt you. You have every right to be mad but now it’s your obligation to forgive. Not sweep things under the rug like nothing happened but to choose to forgive John and set what he did aside for the sake of the years you’ve been friends," someone wrote. "I hope he apologizes to you and your new wife for his bad taste. But try to forgive him even if he doesn’t."
New York Post
Texas school district backtracks on removing Bibles to meet new law on ‘sexually explicit’ materials: ‘Wrong and likely illegal’
By Emily Crane
Published Dec. 30, 2024, 9:57 a.m. ET
A Texas school district that removed the Bible over a new law banning “sexually explicit” material has backtracked — after being told it was both wrong and “likely illegal” to strip it from library shelves.
Canyon Independent School District sparked outrage earlier this month after revealing it would pull the religious text to comply with a state law banning books with “sexually explicit” materials.
But Texas state Rep. Jared Patterson (R-Denton), who sponsored the newly enacted House Bill 900, was quick to rip the district’s decision — noting that his legislation specifically protected religious texts, including the Bible.
“The Bible is the most important and most read book in history, and removing it does a grave injustice to the students in your care,” the GOP rep said in a letter fired off to Canyon ISD Superintendent Darryl Flusche.
“Let me be very clear: the Bible and other religious texts are protected under HB 900. Any assertion to the contrary is either rooted in ignorance of state law or an open hostility to the will of the people,” he wrote.
“I honestly cannot grasp how you could arrive at this decision,” Patterson continued.
“Perhaps you disagree with our fight against radically explicit content in public schools like Canyon ISD. Not only is your interpretation of HB 900 completely wrong, but your decision to ban the Bible was likely illegal.”
The district said its initial decision followed “a thorough review of its library contents to adhere to the updated state guidelines, aiming to maintain an inclusive and legally compliant educational environment.”
But it had reassessed its decision after the state lawmaker made clear the Bible should not be included.
“After receiving clarification from Representative Patterson regarding library content, we reevaluated the guidelines and are pleased to have the Bible available in each of our Canyon ISD libraries,” the statement said.
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Woman Says She and Boyfriend of 2 Years Broke Up Over What He Secretly Did to Her Word Search
By Rachel Raposas Published on December 27, 2024 11:35AM EST
A word search — and a boyfriend's elaborate deception — is being blamed for one couple's breakup.
In a post on Reddit's AIO (Am I Overreacting) forum, an anonymous woman explained her choice to leave her long-term boyfriend because, she wrote, he had secretly sabotaged a fun puzzle that she really enjoyed doing every night.
The 28-year-old woman wrote that she was with her boyfriend, 31, for two years. Her birthday was in October, and he got her a special word search book.
The catch for this particular puzzle, she wrote, is that there was only one word in the whole book — "like Where's Wally but for the word FOX."
"I've been spending time each night going through each page carefully as I like difficult puzzles and was really excited to find it," the woman wrote.
But then, two months after originally gifting the book, the user's boyfriend admitted to her that he had cut out the page that had the word "fox" on it.
That meant he had just been watching her waste her time on the book that he knowingly ruined for her, she wrote.
"I told him if he was happy to hide that from me for so long I can't trust him and we are done," she wrote, adding, "It might sound silly but I was really excited about solving the puzzle."
The woman turned to the forum to figure out if she was overreacting — or if her boyfriend's actions were out of line.
Commenters agreed that the woman made the right choice in leaving him.
"I would genuinely not feel attracted to him after this," one person wrote.
Most users noted that the length of the so-called prank was entirely too long — a few hours or even days might be a different story, many said, but he wasted two months of her time.
"What was supposed to happen? Did he think you would find it funny? What was his goal?" another comment read. "I have never met a guy who would even think about doing this."
New York Post
Family-owned restaurant forced to close after ‘frivolous’ gender discrimination ‘Ladies Night’ suit
By Ariel Zilber
Published Dec. 26, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET
A popular restaurant in California’s Bay Area is shutting its doors after settling a costly discrimination lawsuit — over its ‘Ladies Night’ promotion.
Lima Restaurant — a family-run Peruvian eatery in Concord, Calif., about 20 miles outside of Oakland — told patrons it will serve its final meal on New Year’s Eve because of the gender discrimination lawsuit.
Chef/owner John Marquez said the lawsuit, filed last year, has cost his restaurant tens of thousands of dollars — putting a major dent in the business’ cash flow.
“We haven’t fully recovered from the recent discrimination lawsuit related to our ladies’ night discount” as well as the escalating operating costs of the business, Marquez told KRON-TV .
The restaurant, which has been open for nearly a decade, held a once-a-week “Ladies Night” promotion — offering drinks and wine at half price for three hours to its female patrons — for the past several years.
Marquez said he believes that the people behind the lawsuit aren’t local residents, but “ambulance-chasing lawyers” looking to cash in the state’s law.
“It’s a frivolous lawsuit that took us down” Marquez told ABC7News.
The news of Lima Restaurant’s impending closure did not go down well with patrons.
“Promoting one gender does not discriminate against one gender,” John Dias, a regular at the restaurant, told KRON-TV.
“Hello, I’m a lady. If I want to go out with the girls, it doesn’t seem like a rude thing to do,” added Mel Ludehese, who was having a last drink at Lima with Dias.
Earlier this year, the Fresno Grizzlies, a minor league baseball team which serves as the Single-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, was hit with a similar discrimination lawsuit after they allowed free admission for women as part of a “ladies night” promotion last year.
The Grizzlies were sued for $5 million, according to The Fresno Bee.
The plaintiffs in the Fresno Grizzlies case are represented by a San Diego-based lawyer who reached an agreement on a $500,000 settlement from the Oakland Athletics in 2016 after he filed a class-action lawsuit against the baseball team over a Mother’s Day giveaway of free plaid reversible bucket hats.
The attorney, Alfred Rava, claimed in the lawsuit that he was the victim of sex discrimination by the A’s because he did not receive a free plaid reversible bucket hat during a promotion at an A’s game on May 8, 2004.
In 1985, the California Supreme Court ruled that similar “ladies’ day” promotions at businesses such as car washes and nightclubs violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act of 1959.
The state law prohibits discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation and immigration status.
California isn’t the only state where the courts have ruled that “ladies night” promotions could constitute illegal discrimination.
Courts in New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, Iowa, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin have ruled on cases where gender-based promotions were deemed illegal.
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Everything to Know About Adam Sandler’s 'The Chanukah Song,' Which Debuted 30 Years Ago This Season
Sandler's song — which celebrates the many famous Jewish people in Hollywood — has become a yearly classic
By Victoria Edel Published on December 27, 2024 12:31PM EST
Put on your yarmulke: It’s time for Chanukah!
Way back in 1994, Adam Sandler changed Chanukah forever when he performed “The Chanukah Song” on Saturday Night Live for the first time. (Sandler spells it “The Chanukah Song,” but Saturday Night Live uses “Hanukkah” on YouTube.)
Sandler, now 58, had already found a niche on the show with his funny, winding songs, and two years earlier he’d sung a memorable ode to turkeys with “The Thanksgiving Song.”
In the original version of “The Chanukah Song,” Sandler sat next to Weekend Update host Kevin Nealon while singing the simple, rhyming song and accompanying himself on guitar. Sandler cleverly listed celebrities who were Jewish — but he wasn’t always right.
“I am so proud of that song, I love it,” Sandler said at a 2022 event at Manhattan’s 92NY, per the Jewish Chronicle. But he also admitted to a mistake. In the original lyrics, he sang, “Harrison Ford’s a quarter Jewish …” Sandler told the crowd, “I remember when I met Harrison Ford, he goes: ‘Half!’ ”
In a 2018 interview with Howard Stern, Sandler also shared one person who wasn’t happy they were included in the song because they weren’t Jewish. In the first song, Sandler sings about "The owner of the Seattle SuperSonic-ahs" being Jewish. Years later, he and friend Rob Schneider walked into a restaurant where they met the then-owner of the SuperSonics, Barry Ackerley. “You’re the guy who does the song right? ... The Jewish song?” he remembered him saying.
“Hey, 86 that song ... I’m not a Jew,” Ackerley said. Sandler said he didn’t want to “get into it” with him, though he and Schneider argued. The founding partners of the team, Sam Schulman and Eugene Klein, were both Jewish, but they sold the team to Ackerley in 1985.
The original "The Chanukah Song” appeared on Sandler's 1996 comedy album What the Hell Happened to Me? and peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100. It continues to receive radio play during the holiday season to this day.
The next version — “The Chanukah Song, Pt. 2 - Live” — was part of Sandler’s 1999 album Stan and Judy’s Kids. Like future versions, Sandler subbed out some of the song's old references for new ones, including lines about Winona Ryder and the Beastie Boys.
Then in 2002, Sandler released the Hanukah film 8 Crazy Nights. The song got another new version — and a super-sized performance on Saturday Night Live. Songwriter Lew Morton, who wrote the track with Sandler and SNL writer Ian Maxtone-Graham, told PEOPLE at the time, "There are so many famous Jews that it's a shame to keep mentioning the same ones over and over again." This third version included references to “Ross and Phoebe from Friends” and Natalie Portman, among many others.
More than a decade later, Sandler updated the song one more time. The 2015 version, performed at the New York Comedy Festival, included Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jake Gyllenhaal and Adam Levine.
The track has been widely covered — and frequently updated with new references — by other artists. Haim made their own updated version in 2021, and Sandler gave his stamp of approval, writing on social media, "Love you ladies! You are three bad--- jews!”
Sandler reflected on the song’s 25th anniversary during a 2019 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “That’s a long time for one song,” he said. “If there are any other Jewish people out there who want to write a new one, that’d be great. I’d love to share the Hanukkah spirit with you.”
New York Post
Hulking trans child molester repeatedly sexually assaulted female cellmate after being transferred to women’s prison: suit
By Jared Downing
Published Dec. 29, 2024, 4:42 p.m. ET
A former inmate at a Washington state women’s prison was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her hulking transgender cellmate — who was transferred to the prison after changing her gender identity, according to a shocking new lawsuit.
Mozzy Clark sued the state department of corrections in federal court last week for locking her in a cell with a 6-foot-4 convicted child molester who allegedly subjected her to months of stalking, threats of violence and sexual harassment and assault, according to the lawsuit.
The cellmate, Christopher Scott Williams, was convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl as a male, and was serving a separate sentence for domestic abuse.
Williams then petitioned to be recognized as female and be transferred to a women’s prison, according to the lawsuit.
When the state granted the request and placed Williams in a cell with Clark, her life became a living nightmare, she alleged.
State DOC records show Williams is listed as female at the Washington Corrections Center for Women.
Clark claimed Williams, who slept over her in the top bunk, would threaten to rape her, leer at her in the shower, and constantly ask for sex — once with a homemade dildo he had brought into the cell, according to the lawsuit.
“In their cell, Ms. Clark was on the bottom bunk. Mr. Williams … would hover menacingly over Ms. Clark’s bunk with an erection while touching himself. He would also display his erection to Ms. Clark against her will, and gesture towards it, saying how much he wanted her,” the lawsuit alleged.
“One night, Ms. Clark woke up and saw inmate Williams sitting on the floor next to her bed with his arm under her blanket, rubbing her genitals,” the lawsuit adds.
Clark said the guards did little to protect her when she complained. Eventually Williams was moved to a separate cell, but the inmate would seek her out, stare at her in the showers, and follow her into the bathroom — making perverted comments from the next stall, the documents alleged.
“He also started threatening her with violence if she complained about him again,” according to the suit, which is asking for restitution from the state for “extreme emotional distress, shame, intimidation, humiliation, indignation, embarrassment, and fear.”
Clark isn’t the only woman who claims to have suffered abuse at the hands of Williams.
In August, another inmate alleged lewd, intimidating behavior by Williams and other transgender inmates held in the Washington Corrections Center for Women in an interview with the National Review.
“A bunch of women, when they’re in the showers, these people are just standing there. They don’t have to stand on their tippy toes and they look over and see everything. People were so uncomfortable. You feel kind of like you’ve been violated,” the unnamed prisoner said.
At the time, the prison housed at least 11 transgender inmates, according to Daily Wire.
I like my new dehumidifier. It's easy to use and has a failsafe for if the power goes out.
Shoveling ice-encrusted snow with an iron shovel really makes you feel like a man.
Glad our boys are in first place. All the best against the U.S. on New Year's Eve.
Recently tried that Greek cheese you fry and loved it, even though I can't seem to find a definitive answer to what it is called.
Glad the Belgian biscuits I get every year for Christmas are once again packaged in a tin instead of a cardboard box.
Had vinegar pie for the first time Christmas Day. It was OK, but I don't know that I'd eat it again.
Turkey meatballs would be good with rice.
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New bill would mandate gyms to carry equipment for Americans with disabilities
The bill would build on the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Published December 26, 2024 1:41pm EST
Congressional Democrats are pushing for federal policies mandating that gyms and fitness centers in the U.S. be accessible for Americans with disabilities.
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., introduced a bill "to promote the provision of exercise machines and equipment, and exercise and fitness classes and instruction, that are accessible to individuals with disabilities" earlier this week, the Congressional Record shows.
It appears to be a companion bill to the "Exercise and Fitness For All Act" introduced in the upper chamber by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., earlier this year.
The legislation would direct the U.S. Access Board, a federal agency regulating accessibility for people with disabilities, to create new rules for fitness facilities across the country.
It would mandate "that exercise or fitness instruction offered by the exercise or fitness service provider are accessible to individuals with disabilities," and that at least one employee trained in working with people with disabilities be on the clock during all operating hours.
If implemented, it would be a significant step forward for accessibility advocates in the U.S., and a significant change for potentially hundreds of U.S. businesses.
Duckworth told Forbes in July of this year that part of her inspiration for the bill came from her own struggles to find adequate gym equipment. Duckworth, a retired lieutenant colonel, lost both of her legs when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the helicopter she was co-piloting in Iraq in 2004.
She and DeSaulnier were both part of a prior push in the 117th Congress to introduce the bill, alongside late Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska.
"Far too many Americans are still excluded from basic access to exercise equipment and fitness classes due to outdated equipment and services, inaccessible to individuals with disabilities," DeSaulnier said in a statement at the time.
"It is unacceptable that these barriers still exist that make it more difficult for individuals with disabilities to get the exercise they need to live healthy lives."
His re-introduction of the bill on Tuesday appears to be largely symbolic, considering there are no more legislative days in the 118th Congress’ calendar.
Fox News Digital reached out to DeSaulnier’s office for further comment.
