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Scientology front group United for Human Rights and Minister of Baptist Church in Cuba
Note: Although the title of the Sec Check article refers to Scientology front group Youth for Human Rights, the underlying article refers to Scientology front group United for Human Rights. Then again, the banner in the photograph contains the words Youth for Human Rights.
In my experience Scientology front group Youth for Human Rights and Scientology front group United for Human Rights are the same or interchangeable. When youth or youth education is involved, Scientology front group Youth for Human Rights is used. In other situations the Scientology front group United for Human Rights is used.
As I argued in the thread Scientology front groups are expanding outside the United States, it appears that in may places, and particularly in the Third World, Scientology is positioning itself as standing in favor of human rights. The following story may also help Scientology's relationship with Baptist and other Christian churches.
Sec Check: Youth for Human Rights – Florida
https://seccheck.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/youth-for-human-rights-florida/
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The Tampa Tribune reported yesterday that Mario Felix Lleonart Barroso joined a march by Youth for Human Rights in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, FL. Rev. Barosso is a Baptist pastor of a church in Taguayabon, Cuba.
Lleonart Barroso was in Tampa as keynote speaker at a luncheon hosted by United for Human Rights, a Los Angeles-based education group. The luncheon celebrated the 66th anniversary of the signing at the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event was held inside the Church of Scientology’s Ybor City headquarters.
Gracia Bennish, United for Human Rights’ president and a member of the Church of Scientology, said the church publishes her organization’s materials but has no other link to it. Lleonart Barroso and his 16-member Cuban delegation will travel to Clearwater later in the week to visit the Church of Scientology center there. The significance of Scientology’s Tampa location in Ybor City was not lost on Lleonart Barroso.
Now the redeveloped Ybor Square, it was in the late 1800s the home to the V.M. Ybor Cigar Factory, where Cuban freedom fighter Jose Marti rallied workers to donate money to the militia that would free Cuba from colonialist Spain. Following the luncheon, he led a procession to the nearby Jose Marti Park honoring the Cuban patriot.
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Note: Although the title of the Sec Check article refers to Scientology front group Youth for Human Rights, the underlying article refers to Scientology front group United for Human Rights. Then again, the banner in the photograph contains the words Youth for Human Rights.
In my experience Scientology front group Youth for Human Rights and Scientology front group United for Human Rights are the same or interchangeable. When youth or youth education is involved, Scientology front group Youth for Human Rights is used. In other situations the Scientology front group United for Human Rights is used.
As I argued in the thread Scientology front groups are expanding outside the United States, it appears that in may places, and particularly in the Third World, Scientology is positioning itself as standing in favor of human rights. The following story may also help Scientology's relationship with Baptist and other Christian churches.
Sec Check: Youth for Human Rights – Florida
https://seccheck.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/youth-for-human-rights-florida/
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The Tampa Tribune reported yesterday that Mario Felix Lleonart Barroso joined a march by Youth for Human Rights in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, FL. Rev. Barosso is a Baptist pastor of a church in Taguayabon, Cuba.
Lleonart Barroso was in Tampa as keynote speaker at a luncheon hosted by United for Human Rights, a Los Angeles-based education group. The luncheon celebrated the 66th anniversary of the signing at the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event was held inside the Church of Scientology’s Ybor City headquarters.
Gracia Bennish, United for Human Rights’ president and a member of the Church of Scientology, said the church publishes her organization’s materials but has no other link to it. Lleonart Barroso and his 16-member Cuban delegation will travel to Clearwater later in the week to visit the Church of Scientology center there. The significance of Scientology’s Tampa location in Ybor City was not lost on Lleonart Barroso.
Now the redeveloped Ybor Square, it was in the late 1800s the home to the V.M. Ybor Cigar Factory, where Cuban freedom fighter Jose Marti rallied workers to donate money to the militia that would free Cuba from colonialist Spain. Following the luncheon, he led a procession to the nearby Jose Marti Park honoring the Cuban patriot.
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This cross-post is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.