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LIA/R: No Child Abuse Here

By Abby at 5:01 pm on Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Today I had supervision, and I mentioned the LIA/R situation to my supervisor. She said, "Yeah, I saw a little something on the news, but I couldn’t tell what was going on." Yeah, there was about one minute of coverage on the news last night. It was so fast that I heard them say Love in Action, turned away from my computer, and I barely got a glimpse of the scene. Anyway, back at work, another guy pops his head in and asks about the situation. He says that he was watching the news, and for about half an hour they were talking about an upcoming piece about LIA/R, but then the piece was so brief that he couldn’t figure out what it was all about! He’s right. If you blinked, you missed it. This guy said, "Now I thought we’d already decided that when people are born gay, you can’t change that." Hilarious. I mean, YES! "We" (as in psychologists) HAVE worked that out. What a tricky situation this is.  

EJ reported on his blog that after the investigation, there was no allegation of child abuse against Zach. I’m not surprised. Child abuse is triaged, and mental abuse comes after physical abuse, sexual abuse, and severe neglect. It’s sad that Zach can’t be protected using this route, but I wasn’t surprised about the outcome, not at all. I found a few links that may help explain abuse. Althought I found some information about mental abuse in the printed material from the Memphis Child Advocacy Center, I didn’t find any information about it on their web site.

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Comment by Peterson

June 29, 2005 @ 9:05 am

Abby, having talked with a dear friend in Memphis who is an advocate for students with disabilities, I am not surprised either that no charges were brought against LIA.

Bottom line: Children do not have rights.

What they are doing in LIA to Zach and others may not be “illegal” but that does not mean it is not immoral.

This story is only just getting out to mainstream America, and when they hear it, they will be pissed! (They BETTER be)

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Comment by Abby

July 1, 2005 @ 1:01 pm

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Exactly. I can just see the DCS worker now… Little clipboard in hand… No visible gaping wounds? CHECK! Food in the pantry? CHECK! Beds? CHECK. Adults around? CHECK!

It’s kind of like that with them. And really, I feel for them. Just knowing the reports I have personally made this year, and the complexity involved. These people are overworked, undertrained, and underpaid. If we’d stop having these fucking wars, maybe we could pay for our own, you know? There’s just no money, no support from the people in power. Why’s that? The people in power didn’t have these problems. AND THAT’S WHY THEY ARE IN POWER! And if they did have these problems, they don’t want to talk about them, because they want to fit in with the other powerkids. It’s a vicious and sick cycle. Le sigh.

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