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Date: | Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:35:22 -1000 |
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Hello Everyone:
I've never brought this up on list but it seems ok to talk about
things other than CP and this issue, along with helping Case is a big
part of my life.
Don't know if anyone is watching the polygamy story on CNN and Larry
King, among other shows. Just letting you know that it is part of my
civil and human rights work I have been doing for years. I was the
first person on the web ranting about this and Flora Jessop, a true
hero, is the spokesperson for this issue from Child Protection
Project, a group I founded. Case has met Flora and seen her on tv
although his parents won't let him watch most of it and I agree with
that but he knows his Nana fights the bad guys.
I know it is not CP related except that so many polygamy kids are
subject to difficult births, have disabilities, and not getting the
health care they need. It is a very sad story and we have not broken
all the elements of it yet. My non profit is www.childpro.org.
I am pretty proud of this life long work because now that the full
story is getting out people (including my own adult children) have
stopped calling me a crazy exaggerator. Now it's, "Mom, I heard your
story on public radio or the like." The fact is it is impossible to
exaggerate how bad it is in there. Even the newscasters are having
trouble wrapping their minds around it. So why can we implement
democracy in Afghanistan and save the women behind the veil there but
we can do nothing to stop this in our own country? Many things
disgust me but none as much as this.
Larry King was supposed to do a show on this tomorrow but he is doing
Tom Cruise baby pictures instead! Wow, that's more newsworthy I guess
in this news as entertainment industry. The show will run eventually.
It's on the documentary Banking on Heaven about polygamy.
All the best to everyone,
Linda
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