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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:01 AM Original message |
Sick girl's mom said she expected `divine healing' (trial for mom who let child die) |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. This was posted in Religion/Theology but I did not know it. Saw it on front page of Yahoo!. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. idiot mother. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. In a very painful and disturbing manner, too. |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Some people shouldn't be allowed to spawn. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. No. Jesus killed her kid. |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Let's sue Jesus. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Take out the word "extremist" and your post is dead-on. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. The mom is the one who is sick. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. She had a "mental breakdown" during the hearings. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. What she allowed to happen is reprehensible, but I feel some kind of compassion for her |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. She had a mental breakdown looooooong before that. I mean, she actually BELIEVED that nonsense. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. lock her in a cell with absolutely no human contact ... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. Bulletin: There is no such thing as "divine healing." |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. I love your sigline. It's awesome to see truth expressed so boldly. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
66. Thank you! Your positive comment is much appreciated. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #66 |
84. That's from the Winter Solstice sign... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Originally from the Winter Solstice sign at the Washington State Capital... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. If you ain't got anything else to go on, faith is probably as good as any. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. Notice: They are called Miracles for a reason |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. This kind of cr@p makes me SICK |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are...It doesn't work. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
83. LOL /nt |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. Sadly... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
13. Did Jesus show up on her grilled cheese sandwich and say "All will be good"? |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
14. Chalk another one up for religion! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. They didn't actually go to any church. The mother got caught up in some internet site. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. It has nothing to with a specific religion, and everything to do with belief in superstition. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. The parents seem to have uncritically accepted something they read on the internet. If you look |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Your strawman is irrelevant. No one said anything about abolishing religion. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Or, it may be about mental illness, or people who are so distraught at their child's sickness |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. Medicine and medical treatment could be seen as gifts from God |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. good luck trying to make them understand THAT |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I thought of the same story |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. And St. Luke was a physcian |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Mikey.... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. Meh. Why give credit to mythical beings, when humans did ALL of the work? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. both parents should go to jail... |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. 25 years! For slowly and a maliciously murdering her own child? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
19. All children are Beautiful |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. Thank you once again organized religion. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. '... The Neumanns say they were not a part of any organized church ..." |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. FUCK RELIGION!!! |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. Why are people like this allowed to be parents? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
85. Because they aren't gay |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is the sort of thing that happens when a society enables and legitimizes fundamentalists |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. This is the sort of thing that happens when a society enables and legitimizes superstition. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
26. This idiot should spend the rest of her life in jail. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Let's see if God can do another miracle ... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
27. so much willful stupidity, so much willful ignorance, |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. You know, I can see believing that god *can* heal your illnesses |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. I have mixed feelings in this case. No, I believe the mother made |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
90. The worst part about the mother who took her kid out of the |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yet another case of parents killing kids with stupidity. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. Now she can hope for a divine acquittal. Moran. n/t |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. If she had wrapped her nonsense beliefs |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Bingo |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I think you need to reread the post you replied to. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. Not all of DU. Many of us know parents don't have the right to kill their kids for their delusions. |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. I never understood this kind of thinking. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. You'd think the maternal instinct would kick in before your kid DIED |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
41. Proof that religion kills right there. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. umm, no not really |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. Interesting that there isn't a flood of people saying the mother was right for this one (nt) |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. It's because she was ostensibly "Christian" |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Seriously? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Have you *not* seen the chemo threads? It's 100% true. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Yes I have |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
79. I have another theory. It's because the child is already dead in this case. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #79 |
92. Not if he gets chemo first. He has to die without getting the chemo. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. Interesting that hospitals can deny care but they are not considered killers. nt |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. And religion claims another one of millions of victims. nt |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
58. Why does this bitch have an attorney? Shouldn't her lord be defending her? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I object to the bitch pejorative. Idiot works fine and isn't sexist. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I am female and I have no problem. This "mother" is nothing more than |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
82. I am female and have a huge problem |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #60 |
81. I am female and agree with you! |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #58 |
72. Because We Have a Constitution.... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Of course I know a court requires representation... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Lol |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. But Ambrose Bierce did use them! |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #58 |
74. He(the lord) is busy right now |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
65. This story is NOTHING BUT A DISTRACTION, PEOPLE! |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Bugger off. |
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cambie (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
69. I wish I hadn't read that. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #69 |
93. The same people that let their kids ride ATVs without helmets |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
73. The grandmother was a whack job too: |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. The only possible silver lining is that the derangement didn't pass on to another generation |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
75. So, this guy lived in a flood plain. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
87. Glad to see she is being charged. nt |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
88. pathetic and criminal |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
89. Religious insanity. |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
91. The church is teaching this stuff? |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
94. What a sick person. And ignorant. OMG |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
95. There was a case like this years ago in Colorado |
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