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Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children

January 10, 2018 Comments Off on Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children
The average age of commercially sexually exploited children is 14. Juvenile victims of sexual exploitation face a life continually threatened by torture, rape, broken bones, fractures, and extreme psychological manipulation to such an extent that most victims develop symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome as a result of having been trafficked. According to the International Labor Organization, 4.5 million illegally trafficked individuals are forcibly sexually exploited, and 21% of those individuals are estimated to be less than 18 years of age.
Here’s a worthwhile idea for every state: [PA] Senate Bill No. 554, the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund, which proposes to provide special relief for juvenile victims of sexual exploitation in order to restore dignity, provide necessary services, ensure safety, and provide a safe harbor for sexually exploited children.
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Dogs Going to Prison

July 28, 2017 Comments Off on Dogs Going to Prison

Stray dogs that would be euthanized + prisoners with damaged lives = an extraordinary idea.

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A Lesson for Congress…and for Us All

June 23, 2016 Comments Off on A Lesson for Congress…and for Us All

Today’s Thursday Thought is Pope Francis’ advice to Congress…and to us:

“[If] we want security, let us give security; if we want life, let us give life; if we want opportunities, let us provide opportunities. The yardstick we use for others will be the yardstick which time will use for us.” – Pope Francis in his 9/24/15 address to the U.S. combined Congress

 

 

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Thursday on Friday

April 29, 2016 Comments Off on Thursday on Friday

I was going to lie to you and say that I decided to give my Friday readers a taste of my Thursday Thoughts.  Truth is, I lost a day.  Here, then, on Friday–thanks to Pope Francis–is my offering of a something-to-consider Thursday Thought:

“If we want security, let us give security; if we want life, let us give life; if we want opportunities, let us provide opportunities. The yardstick we use for others will be the yardstick which time will use for us.” – Pope Francis in his 9/24/15 address to the U.S. combined Congress

 

 

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Pope Francis “Rules”

September 24, 2015 Comments Off on Pope Francis “Rules”

Who better to provide today’s Thursday Thought than Pope Francis in his 9/24/15 (this morning) address to the U.S. combined Congress? It’s an extension of the Golden Rule, which appears in some form in the holy books of all major world religions.

“[If] we want security, let us give security; if we want life, let us give life; if we want opportunities, let us provide opportunities. The yardstick we use for others will be the yardstick which time will use for us.”

 

 

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More Congressional Blood?

February 24, 2015 Comments Off on More Congressional Blood?

It’s happening AGAIN in Congress.  Instead of dealing with one major issue at a time, gnawing at it until a rational decision is made, they combine it with another, equally thorny issue.  Right now it’s immigration policy and funding Homeland Security.  True, there is some overlap with the two, but mainly on the surface.

What is this strategy of combining, a form of blackmail, stonewalling, or simply done for the love of a battlefield so sticky with blood that none of us can move?

 

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