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AnnmfU's comments:
on Sam Scandal
Regarding Sam Adams, the point is trust, truth-telling and leadership. A life partner (male) of my sister behaved in a similar way to Mr Adams. This ex-family member "groomed" a teenager at a high school (the ex-family member was a teacher-on-call) over time until she was 18, then the ex-family member began a sexual relationship with the young woman. When the lies, denials and the cover-up came to light, my sister and our family were devastated. The lies, denials and prompts to lead a teenager to lie are inexcusable. Mr Adams has demonstrated poor leadership qualities and can't be trusted as mayor.
posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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on From the Conventions: Believing in Politics
I am very unhappy with the emphasis on God/religion/prayer at the democratic convention. The US Constitution includes "freedom of religion" which means each person is free to believe as she/he wishes. I am a Unitarian Universalist. Our faith includes all religious beliefs from atheist to pagan, to methodist, to episcopalian to Roman Catholic to Buddhist and everything in between. I dislike hearing "God bless..." this and "God bless America." We must allow for the fact that some US voters don't believe in a god or believe in several gods and are excluded with such "God" talk. The emphasis on God feels staged to gain votes. I don't like it at all.
posted 3 years, 9 months ago
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