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Monthly Archives: June 2012
A Time for Healing
The Jerry Sandusky trial is over. The guilty verdicts have been delivered. If the news trucks have not all packed up and gone already they will soon. It is time for them to move on to the next story. It … Continue reading
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Tagged child sex abuse, forgiveness, hate, healing, Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, retribution, self-love
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Verdicts for the Innocent
Two trials in Pennsylvania that revolved around the issue of child sex abuse were decided today, and both of them were a victory for victims and survivors of abuse, as well as for the country as a whole. This afternoon … Continue reading
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Tagged child sex abuse, guilty, innocents, Jerry Sandusky, Monsignor William Lynn, Penn State, perpetrator, priest child abuse, trial, verdict
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Betrayal of the Fathers
As a young boy I believed in Jesus. I believed in Santa Claus. I believed that my mother knew what was true and what was not. I believed that priests, nuns, and bishops were holy people who had a special connection … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Bible, bishop, Bishop Morlino, Capitol Rosary Rally 2012, Catholic Church, coming out, communion, Denver, Dignity, gay, hypocrisy, LGBT, Madison diocese, marriage equality, martyr, nun, Pope, prayer, prayer rally, priest, rosary, sacraments, School of the Americas
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As the Trial Winds Down
The emotional toll of the Jerry Sandusky trial will soon be in the past and a disturbing public story of child sex abuse will be out of the newspapers and the limelight, possibly in less than a week. The question … Continue reading
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Tagged child abuse, child sex abuse, Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, trial, victims
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Taking the Stand
The Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse trial is triggering me in ways that I never expected. Each time I hear or read the words of the abused boys–now young men–I get choked up and tears form at the corners of … Continue reading
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Tagged boys, child abuser, child sex abuse, children, guilt, Jerry Sandusky, monster, peace, Penn State, survivors, testimony, trial, victims
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Keep Fighting
Last Tuesday’s recall election was not the end of the world and it was not the end of the Wisconsin Uprising. As devastating as it felt at the time it was in retrospect simply the beginning of the next phase. In fact, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta Darling, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, budget, budget repair, Capitol, Constitutional rights, Democrat, equal pay, Glenn Grothman, homelss, justice, Mining bill, politics, protests, Recall election, Republican, Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Tea Party, Voter ID, We Shall Not Be Moved, We Shall Overcome, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Uprising
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Letter to Scott Walker on Ciara Matthews
Dear Governor Walker, Here it is, only three days after you survived the recall election and three days after you stood in front of your supporters and media and told all of Wisconsin that you wanted to put the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Ciara Matthews, communications, Communications Director, election, recall, Scott Walker, tweet, Wisconsin
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From Darkness Moving into Light
Here I am in the middle of the night, in the middle of the dark. I cannot sleep because my dreams were crushed and recycled as a nightmare. Still I know I must eventually rest and I know I will awaken in … Continue reading
Queer Today, Gone Tomorrow
Imagine a world in which you are rounded up and taken off to a camp to spend the rest of your life behind an electric wire fence with others who are just like you. You are separated from your family and … Continue reading
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Tagged bisexual, concentration camp, discrimination, gay, hate crime, hate speech, Holocaust, lesbian, LGBT, media, queer, segregation, transgender, violence against gays
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