Thank heaven for little girls?
It is not surprising that the Evangelist Tony Alamo has caused the authorities in America to be concerned. It would appear that no young girl is safe in his company when he expresses this view "Consent is puberty".
In spite of the seriousness of the story, I allowed myself a little laugh when I discovered that Tony Alamo's organisation the Christian Ministries has its HQ in a place called tiny Fouke, Arkansas.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
jailhouselawyer,
ReplyDeleteVery alarming ....
May I asked which Barnado's Home you were raised in ?
Different ones, but I spent the longest period in Glenfield, Leicestershire.
ReplyDeleteFouke, Arkansas. Does anyone remember the 1970's pseudo documentary film "The Legend of Boggy Creek" about a bigfoot style beast that roamed the woods of Fouke? Seems there is more than one monster roaming the locality!
ReplyDeletejailhouselawyer,
ReplyDeleteA good friend, a lawyer, was a Barnado's boy. His mother tragically died at birth.
My God! I remember going to the Barnado's Home in Glenfield (where I lived between approx 1955 - 1962) to pick up other children that were going to Sunday School. I would think it would be the Sunday School at St Peter's (Church of England), which was crap but it could have been the Methodist one which was quite lively. I remember the Methodist people as very kind and I went to the Youth Club they ran when I was about 9 years old.
ReplyDeleteI was born May 1951 so we are contemporaries. I went to the infants and junior schools there - did you go, John? I can't remember any children from the Barnado's Home. I remember being envious of you all living in that grand place. They didn't have the monopoly on abuse, if that's any comfort.
Jane in Fife