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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Your life may be the only church your friends ever attend.
— Michelle Arnold
abuse
Poor Deprived Children
CNN laments:
"Many of the children [wept up in a raid earlier this month on the Yearning for Zion Ranch run by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] have seen little or no television. They have been essentially home-schooled all their lives [and may be ahead of public-school students their ages]. Most were […]
Mythical 81%
On November 23, the Catholic League released the following to the press. "According to news reports, the Vatican document says that while homosexuals must be respected, the Catholic Church 'cannot admit to seminaries and to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, who present deeply rooted homosexual tendencies or who support the so-called […]
An Electronic Leash for Sex Offenders
[Gutter Ball Master's mini bio has been added to the "Who are my guest bloggers?" page. - Funky] I recently heard that GPS devices have been proposed for use on sex offenders where I live in the Baltimore, MD area. Tracking Criminals From The Sky "WASHINGTON — Some call it 'Big […]
That's What I Said
It seems at the religious media are catching up to the story about sexual abuse
in schools I posted on June
21.
Media
Quiet About Teacher Sex Abuse
(AgapePress) - Most of the media covered the sex abuse scandal within the U.S. Catholic
Church with diligence and […]
Still Learning
As bloggers go, I'm still basically an infant. I haven't been doing this very long
and I don't really associate with the blogging crowd outside of a few sites on my
blogroll. In other words, I'm still learning a lot about this crazy little thing
called blog.
For instance, […]
