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[rm]

I'm just going to link you to the entirety of zarq's latest link post. There's so much on it that's just awful and sad and important to read about starting with the kid who posted the rules of the facility his parents are sending him to in the hopes that it will turn him straight.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/zarq/298234.html

People need to just leave each other alone. Damn.

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[drfardook.livejournal.com]

I wish I wouldn't look at these kinds of things until after 5:00 pm.

I want to go drink heavily now, especially after doing some additional googling for the NY Christian Coalitions's labeling program for gays and its still another 2 hours 20 minutes until cocktails.

I think I'll pound my head against my desk instead.

Love? I don't think so.

[labellerose.livejournal.com]

These are the people who are coming to my neighborhood. (see earlier entry in my own lj)

Now, as a parent, I am all for toothbrushing and good manners. But Dear God, SENDING YOUR KID TO A GULAG SO HE'LL TURN STRAIGHT?

I am shaking with impotent rage.

And, um, Mom and Dad? THIS IS THE PERSON WHO WILL BE PICKING YOUR NURSING HOME.

I hope for your sakes that he has learned compassion.

[orien.livejournal.com]

"Women: Women must shave legs and underarms at least twice weekly."


Show me where this is in the Bible

*froth*

[zarq.livejournal.com]

Someone mentioned to me this afternoon that concubines were required to shave. I assume this refers to their heads.

So the concept of forcing such a symbol on children in order to make them better Christians would be even more screwed up....

[heron61.livejournal.com]

I used to try to have a more accepting attitude, but these days my opinion is definitely fundys = evil.

[askeladden.livejournal.com]

6. No television viewing, going to movies, or reading/watching/listening to secular media of any kind, anywhere within the client¹s and the parent's/guardian's control. This includes listening to classical or instrumental music that is not expressly Christian (Beethoven, Bach, etc. are not considered Christian).

If Bach wasn't a Christian, not a person on this earth ever was.

HOLY FUCK.

[algor.livejournal.com]

Seriously. Instrumental music is banned?

Is this run by the John Lithgow character from Footloose or something?

[zarq.livejournal.com]

Seriously. The man who wrote "Jesu, The Joy of Man's Desiring" is banned. The man who wrote "Missa Solemnis" and the "Choral Symphony" is too.

These people are so fucked up it's beyond my comprehension.

[algor.livejournal.com]

I have problems with stuff like this, as my brother and his family are right-wing fundamentalists. I hesitate to begin criticizing it for fear it will spill over into my own family interactions, and if I want to know my nieces and nephew at all, I have to respect their parents wishes when it comes to voicing my opinions about their beliefs, lest they start telling the kids what to believe about me.

On the other hand, I'm aghast at the self-righteous arbitrary holier than thou shit.

[zarq.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. I wish it could have been a nicer set of links, though. :(

Did you happen to look closely at the Refuge rules? Some of the them were completely insane.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, i did, and I just posted ot the kid. I wish MySpace would stop making me sad. It's where my friend posted his suicide note a couple months ago... and now this kid and this horrible place It's like I only ever use myspace to comment on things that are just horrible.

[zarq.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. :(

[rm.livejournal.com]

It coudl be worse. I could be using it to try to date... I keep seeing rather comical horror stories about that. The place is a car crash.

[zarq.livejournal.com]

According to friends, J-Date is also a total disaster area. I'll have to remember to warn them away from myspace, too. ;-)