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Sexual Violence and Abuse

Women’s Work is Never Done

March 8, 2010 - 8:44am | Filed under: | |
March 8 is International Women’s Day. So I was pleased this past week to be in New York City for events surrounding the 54th Annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Not only is women’s work never done, our agenda continues to expand.
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IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK, WALKS LIKE A DUCK . . . . . .

January 12, 2010 - 12:19pm | Filed under: |
It seems that we have a really difficult time in our culture calling rape “rape.” Plus we are inclined to give celebrities a free pass when it comes to sexual assault.
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Life is Precious

December 10, 2009 - 2:39pm | Filed under:

Last week, Carolyn Scott Brown, the Director of Educational Resources at FaithTrust Institute and I went to see the new movie, Precious.

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Not Done Yet -- The US Violence Against Women Act Since 1994

October 5, 2009 - 11:03am | Filed under: | |
This month is the 15th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act [VAWA] in the U.S.
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The Elders Name Religious Tradition and Practice as Sources of Harm to Women and Girls

August 4, 2009 - 12:46pm | Filed under: | |
“. . . we believe that the justification of discrimination against women and girls on grounds of religion or tradition, as if it were prescribed by a higher authority, is unacceptable.”
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"Bad news for 'bad men' . . ."

June 25, 2009 - 11:01am | Filed under: |
Good news for women.  Lavetta Elk, 26, is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe from Wounded Knee, SD.  Sgt. Joseph Kopf, an Army recruiter, raped Elk after she inquired about joining the Army.  In April, Elk was awarded $600K in damages for the “pain and suffering” she endured.  The basis of this verdict was the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868.
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Rick Warren’s Teaching

January 13, 2009 - 4:30pm | Filed under: | |
Since Rick Warren was invited to give the Invocation at the Presidential Inauguration next week, he has been attracting some attention and scrutiny. Warren is the Senior Pastor at Saddleback Church in California.
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Is the Gospel of “More Sex” Really Good News for All?

December 10, 2008 - 2:33pm | Filed under: | |

So Pastor Ed Young of the Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, got the attention of the media. And his church members. He called for a week of “congregational copulation” to take people’s minds off the economy. Pastor Young has added his blessing to our already highly sexualized culture.

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“Rape and Miniskirts: Deja vu All Over Again”

September 5, 2008 - 2:09pm | Filed under:
Let’s begin with the bottom line: lack of modesty in dress doesn’t cause rape. But this doesn’t stop Father Sergio Roman from condemning miniskirts.
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Sex Offenders in Church in Georgia Part 2

August 8, 2008 - 2:43pm | Filed under:

In my last blog, I took the position that the Georgia law that criminalizes all volunteer activities in a faith community by registered sex offenders is problematic because it allows the state to determine how we do ministry. Several of you disagreed.

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