http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/childabuse/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:02:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419261/posts POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - A South Florida child abuse prevention group wants the NFL to reconsider booking The Who for the Super Bowl halftime show. Child AbuseWatch.net objects to Pete Townshend performing because of his 2003 arrest by British police on suspicion of possessing child pornography. He was eventually cleared but placed on a sex offenders registry for five years as part of a formal police caution for accessing a Web site containing images of child abuse. The Pompano Beach group's founder and CEO Evin Daly told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that their concerns are focused on Townshend. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419261/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:02:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417439/posts AMSTERDAM, Ohio -- Deputies found garbage wall to wall inside the Amsterdam home and now one parent is facing charges. The 10-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy are in the care of a foster parent tonight and the father is facing a charge of child endangerment. Sheriff Fred Abdalla said me he did not arrest the mother because she is pregnant with the couples third child. WTRF-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417439/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:08:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415302/posts Lawmaker not fazed by FLDS ire Hilderbran says Texas will protect girls By Trish Choate Saturday, December 26, 2009 Hate mail from a polygamist sect makes West Texas lawmaker Harvey Hilderbran happy and proud. The state representative is probably in for more feedback from members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He authored new laws in 2005 to send a message to those who built and inhabit a small FLDS city in his district: Don’t mess with Texas. The trials of 10 men from the Yearning for Zion Ranch compound near Eldorado are putting to... Times Record News (Wichita Falls TX) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415302/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:11:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412854/posts COLUMBIA, Tenn. -- A woman in Columbia has been charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse. According to authorities, one of Adrienne Witherspoon's children confided in the resource officer at E.A. Cox Middle School. That child and a sibling were found to have bruises on their chests, backs and arms. Investigators believe Witherspoon used a belt to spank the two. Those children and a 5-year-old sibling are now in state custody. WSMV Nashville, TN. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412854/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:04:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409414/posts Back on October 15, 53 Congressmen signed a letter demanding Jennings be fired. But as more horrible information has surfaced, the pressure to remove Jennings is boiling over. Last Friday, Dec. 11, Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX) introduced a resolution to Congress that Jennings be removed! The resolution cites Jennings' involvement in the "Fistgate" conference (which we uncovered in 2000) and his admiration of NAMBLA supporter Harry Hay, which the MassResistance blog recently helped bring to light. massresistance.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409414/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:57:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408562/posts Mothers screamed abuse at nursery paedophile Vanessa George yesterday as she began a prison sentence that could see her freed after only seven years. One called the punishment 'a joke' and stormed out of court in disgust. Another lunged towards the dock and threatened to kill her. The dramatic scenes came as George, 39, was given an indeterminate sentence for 'plumbing new depths of depravity' by abusing children in her care. ..... The scant detail she gave police may never enable them to identify which children she assaulted while looking after babies and toddlers at Little Ted's nursery in Plymouth.... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408562/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:49:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408208/posts Are children reared by two individuals of the same gender as well adjusted as children reared in families with a mother and a father? Until recently the unequivocal answer to this question was "no." Within the last decade, however, professional health organizations1, academics, social policymakers and the media have begun asserting that prohibitions on parenting by homosexual couples should be lifted. In making such far-reaching, generation-changing assertions, any responsible advocate would rely upon supporting evidence that is comprehensive and conclusive. Not only is this not the situation, but also there is sound evidence that children exposed to the homosexual lifestyle... http://www.americancollegeofpediatricians.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408208/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:36:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407906/posts Kevin Jennings' "Safe Schools" Ploy Linda Harvey of Mission America was the first to expose the X-rated content in Kevin Jennings' GLSEN-recommended readings back in 2002. See Harvey's "GLSEN, Corruption and Crime" (2002) "Why PFLAG and Children Don't Mix" "Community Organizing Our Youth for the 'Gay' Agenda" (Dec. 2009) In this video, she explains Jennings' revolutionary ploy to bring homosexual indoctrination into our schools: Safe Schools? Or 'Gay' Tactics of Revolution? (posted December 14, 2009) What are 'safe school' programs? Often they are a cover for the 'gay' agenda. Linda Harvey of Mission America discusses the damage homosexual activism is... massresistance.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407906/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:52:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406860/posts MassResistance's work is payng off -- fueling another heated national controversy that will likely lead to action. The outrage over Kevin Jennings, the hard-core homosexual activist who is Obama's "safe schools" czar, has erupted again as more MassResistance material is suddenly being used by the national media and major blogs. Earlier this year, when Jennings was appointed, it bubbled up but then simmered down. It was jump-started late a little over a week ago as Breitbart and Gateway Pundit posted a new study of R- and X-rated books on the GLSEN reading list - for children. Suddenly there was new... massresistance.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406860/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:17:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406789/posts If you ask me, nothing says Merry Christmas quite like a stage comedy about Santa Claus' gay relationship with toymaker Geppetto, a descendant of Pinocchio. Alas for Santa Claus Is Coming Out, now showing to Off Broadway audiences, a play about a gay Santa tormented by his clandestine same-sex canoodling is bound to have limited appeal. But the ho-ho-homosexual comedy has been embraced by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, a national gay organization dedicated to fighting anti-gay bullying in schools. Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406789/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:18:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404766/posts For federal prosecutors, Rhonda Bays' case is particularly appalling. For defense attorney Kyle Fletcher, Bays is a sick woman used by her boyfriend for his own "evil exploits." Bays let her boyfriend molest her 4-year-old relative, videotaped the incident at an Orlando hotel and later offered a 2-year-old for potential abuse. Bays, who once ran for mayor of Umatilla, has pleaded guilty in federal court and faces up to 30 years in prison. Her boyfriend, Tanner Stickney, has a plea deal in place with federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., that calls for him to serve 15 years in federal prison.... Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404766/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:55:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405381/posts Teenagers shouldn't drink alcohol. That's the policy of the United States government, which spends billions to enforce laws backing the policy, and it also is the position of pretty much every respectable organization in the nation, including the Department of Education. So naturally, when looking to fill the post of the nation's top school-safety official at the Education Department, President Obama chose a guy who founded and led an organization that allowed bar guides to be handed out to high school students. Once again, "safe schools czar" Kevin Jennings has been involved in making schools less safe. As always, this... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405381/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:55:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404166/posts WINFIELD W Va -- According to a Sheriff's Department spokesperson, Lura Fisher beat her daughter because she wasn't happy with her grades. Fisher turned herself into the Sheriff's Department late Wednesday morning. The investigation started earlier this week when administrators at her daughter's school noticed marks on her. Fisher's daughter is in fifth grade, and Fisher is free on bond. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404166/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:32:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404136/posts A former Duke University employee and adoptive gay father charged with molesting his five-year-old son--and offering the boy as a sex object to pedophiles online--is expected to make a plea bargain, according to a Dec. 1 article in local newspaper the Durham Herald Sun. Frank Lombard faces charges stemming from alleged instances in which he molested his young adopted son and chatted about the deeds online even as he carried them out. It’s thought that the U.S, Attorney’s Office is positioning the case for a plea arrangement because the Office is set to file an "information," which allows the prosecution... Edge (gay pride mag from Boston) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404136/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403410/posts Zikerria Bellamy, 17, said two managers at an Orlando restaurant wouldn't give her an interview on two separate occasions in July. ... A spokeswoman for the local restaurant, Allison Garrett, said in a statement the employee who left the voice mail "acted outside the scope of his authority and was not responsible for hiring." He no longer works at the restaurant. ... Bellamy is a male who has been living as a female for about the past six years. She said she completed a job application online, then was called to the store for an interview. When one manager refused... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403410/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 02:48:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402905/posts A little over a year ago, I wrote a column regarding the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services' (DCFS) supposed confidential hotline. The DCFS hotline itself was a means by which Illinois citizens could report cases of child abuse and/or neglect. I had a personal experience regarding the use of the confidential hotline which was disturbing, to say the least. I was aware of a family who lived near me in which children were exposed to an unhealthy environment according to anyone's standards. During a visit to the home, three children (all under the age of ten) were found... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402905/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:30:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401933/posts Over the course of the last few weeks, I have received several requests for an update on the Frank Lombard case. Lombard is the (now former) Duke administrator who was accused last summer of attempting to allow, and even arrange for, strangers he met on the internet to rape his adopted child. A few days ago, WRAL, a Raleigh-based news station, released an update on the case. That update is worth re-printing here, along with my commentary, both for what the update says and what it does not say: “A former Duke University employee has agreed to plead guilty to... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401933/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:09:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401035/posts Just the week before Thanksgiving the NFL confirmed that they were hiring the British band the WHO for the February Super Bowl half-time event. While many have received the news with excitement, some child advocacy groups have met it with disbelief. You see, Pete Townshend was listed as a Sex Offender in the UK from 2003 to 2008. Despite two letters being sent to Roger Goodell and other members of NFL management asking that Pete Townshend be removed from the Super Bowl line-up, no response has been forthcoming. Evin Daly, CEO of the national child advocacy group Child AbuseWatch who... Butler Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401035/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:23:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394273/posts A Swiss court has accepted film-maker Roman Polanski's plea to be freed on bail from a Swiss jail where he is being held for a US child sex case. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2394273/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:05:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391671/posts A woman accused of holding down a child while her husband sexually assaulted the girl — an act captured on video — pleaded guilty in a Travis County courtroom Friday and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Mariana Garcia's punishmentfor two counts of aggravated sexual assault was part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. Charges are pending against Garcia's husband, Adrian Navarro, 30. Garcia, 24, showed little emotion during the proceedings before state District Judge Bob Perkins. At one point, prosecutor Joe Frederick asked her whether Navarro is her... Austin-American Statesmant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391671/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:54:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392916/posts Following the release by Breitbart's Big Government website of a video showing employees at ACORN's San Diego County office offering to assist in the transportation and exploitation of underage prostitutes from abroad, the Attorney General of California announced an investigation into ACORN's operations. Nights before the visit, ACORN dumped thousands of documents in a dumpster. Breitbart obtained them, says they are shocking evidence of ACORN's illegality and promises to release them bit by bit over time: Documents shared with BigGovernment.com include information exposing not only the inner workings of ACORN in California, but also personal, sensitive information belonging to employees,... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392916/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:07:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392661/posts The boy, known as Georgie Smith, has wanted to be a girl since he was a toddler. He said: "I'm old enough to know what I want. What I want is to be a girl." His mother Carole, 41, has criticised the NHS for preventing treatment until Georgie reaches puberty – meaning that his hormones will give him a manly appearance. She wants him to be given hormone blockers now. She told The Sun: "With his puberty suspended, he wouldn't grow to six foot or have big hands." The mother-of-three said that her son wanted to be a girl from... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392661/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:02:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2391707/posts Dad spoke to son in Klingon   By VIRGINIA WHEELER Published: Today         A DAD spoke only KLINGON to his son for the first three years of his life to see if he could pick up the alien language. Linguist Dr d'Armond Speers came up with the idea after watching an episode of Star Trek. He spent days translating phrases into Klingon - hoping his toddler's first word would be "vav" rather than "dad". Dr Speers, of Minnesota, US, battled on with commands like "find the USS Enterprise", - but his wife only spoke English to... The Sun (U.K.) / Various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2391707/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:58:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390022/posts Former Vice President Dick Cheney's gay daughter is a mommy twice over. Mary Cheney gave birth to a six-pound-14-ounce baby girl Wednesday morning at Washington, DC's Sibley Hospital. The newborn, named Sarah Lynne Cheney, is the second child for the 40-year-old Cheney and her longtime partner, 48-year-old Heather Poe. The couple welcomed Samuel David Cheney into the world back in 2007. His birth sent shock waves through the Republican party and rekindled the debate over gay marriage. Cheney is the birth mother for both children. The couple has not revealed who is the biological father of either child. MyStateline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390022/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:54:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389064/posts Called to a home to help control an "unruly child," an Ozark, Arkansas police officer was given permission by the girl's mother to a taser to subdue the child. According to 40/29 News the girl's father is outraged that the police would use a taser on such a young child. "I would like to say Ozark police Tased this little girl right here," the girl's father, Anthony Medlock, told 40/29 News. "Ten years old and [they] shot electricity through her body, and I want to know how the heck in God's green earth can they get away with this." According... Digital Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389064/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:25:56 GMT