Posted on April 24 at 10:22 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I don't know where some of you are getting your information, but this is my effort to clear up a couple things. The Day of Silence has been going on since 1996 and has been growing year after year. The DOS does not interupt any other academics and is the right of the students. This year it will be held in memory of Lawrence King, a 15-year-old eighth-grade student in Oxnard, California, was shot and killed by a 14-year-old classmate because of his sexual orientation and gender expression. Think about how you would feel if that was your child. What is the world coming to that a 14 year old boy thinks it is ok to MURDER a child because of his gender identity and expression.
The DOS is also an excellent outlet for students who normally fear speaking out. Four out of five students reported verbal, sexual, or physical harassment at school and a third reported missing at least one day of school in the past month out of fear for their personal safety. DOS gives hundreds of thousands of students in over 4,000 schools across the country an opportunity to stand together and "speak out" against the endemic name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by LGBT students and their allies. (from the official Day of Silence website, www.dayofsilence.org) With statistics such as those mentioned above I cannot understand why people think the DOS is a useless day.
Another thing I want to bring up is the fact that NOT EVERYONE is a Christian. Even those of you who claim to be Christian are clearly not very educated in it. The very orignial untranslated Bible says nothing about homosexuality or one man and one woman. It does however mention PARTNERS and life commitments to those partners.
I am sure that I will get a lot of criticism for the stuff I just mentioned, but it is something I am okay with. Maybe I can get the point across to at least one person.
On Plea changed in child porn, assault case
Posted on April 17 at 12:51 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Isn't it obvious he is mentally ill...he is a child pornographer! It seems like a no brainer!
On Sex offender draws interest of police
Posted on April 16 at 3:02 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Did anyone else read the article about the "ringleader" of the Footville bank robbery? I am completely baffled as to why he got sentenced to 14.5 years, this pervert is able to "have sex" with a six year old child and be out in 7 years. I guess I just don't get our justice system, the problem being that I don't see the justice!
On 'Ringleader' in bank robbery gets 14-year prison sentence
Posted on April 16 at 2:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
How is it that this guy gets 14.5 years in prison for robbing a bank, but Daniel Anderson "had sex" with a six year old girl and is out in 7. If you ask me our justice system is a bit screwed up!
On Rock County planning presents fairgrounds options
Posted on March 27 at 10 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I think that BalancePoint is right. Why is it necessary to expand anyways? The fair activities should be improved before expanding it, and prime farmland is NOT the place to do it!
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On Cougar shot in Chicago was the one sighted in Rock County
Posted on April 30 at 3:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Why is it that in a matter of weeks we can test DNA for an animal, but we have to wait months for DNA to prove someone of a crime. Is it me or does this seem rediculous?