…I have met a number of folks and from a wide variety of backgrounds, one fellow a dear gent who identified himself as a former bad boy who got into trouble in his youth was very clear on how he felt about the government being involved in an issue of privacy. His thinking is inline…
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Your State Needs This Law 1. A person is guilty of torture if he intentionally causes severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, to be inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person…
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Resolved, the House of _______ concurring, That the 76th General Convention of the Episcopal Church call upon the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Queen Elizabeth II, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, to disavow and publicly repudiate the claimed validity of the doctrine of discovery against all peoples, specifically…
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by George Swanson Introduction During the sixteen months that my wife was dying of colonic cancer I sort of fell into silent prayer. Well, I was also pushed. I fell this way. The hospice nurse told me always to sleep when Katrina did. That way I would be rested and ready for action if we…
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Dear Family and Friends, Just a few minutes ago the House of Bishops concurred with a previous action by the House of Deputies and passed resolution C020 against torture “in any location in the world.” The first to speak to the resolution was George Packard, Bishop for Chaplaincies, including the Armed forces of the United…
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Manset, Maine – June 25, 2009 – Katrina’s Dream published a new poem today by Malcolm Boyd about torture in American prisons. The poem connects torture in our American jails and \in Anaheim this July to pass a resolution asking Congress to outlaw torture in American jails and prisons. The resolution is on the internet…
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Dear Family and Friends, The General Convention is a window into the Episcopal Church. The exhibit hall is one example. We see the foolish expenditure of lavish booths — some with piles of silver and gold chalices costing thousands and thousands of dollars — displayed in architecturally marvelous booths. There are also booths of indigenous…
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Katrina’s Dream published a new poem today by Malcolm Boyd about torture in American prisons. The poem connects torture in our American jails and prisons with Jesus’ suffering. The publication is timed to encourage the Episcopal Convention in Anaheim this July to pass a resolution asking Congress to outlaw torture in American jails and prisons. …
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We’ve mainstreamed torture, haven’t we, Jesus? Turned it into just another word in the clutter of everyday news. Not something to work up any sweat about. It seems to me our worst sin is to torture people who are already in our power as prisoners. Like people in our prisons. Like Bobby Dellelo. The 33…
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Title: Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery Resolved, the House of _____________ concurring, That the 76th General Convention direct The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori to write to the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Queen Elizabeth II, urging her majesty to disavow and to repudiate publicly the claimed validity of the doctrine…
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Our Agenda at General Convention We will strive for justice and peace build respect for the Dignity of Every Human Being. Baptismal Covenant—Prayer Book page 305 The booth will pursue the church’s mission: to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ and promote justice for women, prisoners, Indigenous Peoples, and…
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By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: April 29, 2009 The New York Times When a woman reports a rape, her body is a crime scene. She is typically asked to undress over a large sheet of white paper to collect hairs or fibers, and then her body is examined with an ultraviolet light, photographed and thoroughly…
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Title:Â Prohibit the Torture of Prisoners in the United States of America Resolved, the House of _________ concurring, that the 76th General Convention requests the Congress of the United States to prohibit torture including long-term solitary confinement and every cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners in all prisons, jails, and other places of confinement…
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We torture tens of thousands of prisoners in the USA. They are largely BLACKS, HISPANICS, MENTALLY ILL, POORLY EDUCATED, just plain POOR, and if any of the above speak out and demand justice and fair treatment they are shipped far away from friends and allies as POLITICAL PRISONERS. A BBC documentary on USA prison torture…
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         Summary Report by The Washing State Institute for Public Policy Under current long-term forecasts, Washington State faces the need to construct several new prisons in the next two decades. Since new prisons are costly, the 2005 Washington Legislature directed the Washington State Institute for Public Policy to project whether there are “evidence-based†options that…
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By LANCE TAPLEY | December 10, 2008 Like a movie hero, the NAACP’s new, young national president, Benjamin Jealous, swept into the 900-inmate Maine State Prison in Warren on Monday, quelling protests among the prisoners and, at least temporarily, rescuing the organization’s prison chapter from being snuffed out by state corrections officials. This is the…
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Mass Torture in America And how to stop it By Lance Tapley An address given at the National Lawyers Guild 70th Anniversary Convention in Washington, D.C. on October 31, 2007. Some prisoners howl in constant agony. On Halloween, I have a true ghost story to tell: the story of 50,000 ghosts in America, the largely…
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by John Buell August 19, 2008 the Bangor Daily News That U.S. military personnel — and their superiors — supported the torture of enemy combatants elicits disturbingly little outrage among most voters. Human beings seldom torture those they regard as like themselves. Humans need and crave community, but throughout history narrow definitions of community and…
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The Real Saint
Tradition has is that George was born in about 280 AD in Turkey (Cappadocia). A Roman Army Officer, some suggest that he had Christian parents, others that he converted to Christianity after sheltering a Christian.
Tar Sands: Environmental justice, treaty rights and Indigenous Peoples Clayton Thomas-Müller, March/April 2008, Canadian Dimension magazine Tar Sands: Environment justice, treaty rights and Indigenous Peoples Pulling crude from the tar sands As a conventional reserves of crude oil tighten, the race is on in northern Alberta, where fleets of dinosaur -sized trucks are tearing apart…
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