At what point intervention?

By Christine Anne Piesyk | April 18, 2007 |

As officials dissect the events leading up to the massacre at Virginia Tech that claimed 32 lives this week, an alarming number of prior warning signs are emerging: prior incidents of stalking, fire setting, hospitalization for mental health issues, a pattern of bizarre and violent writing severe enough to concern professors and counselors … any one of these should have been a wake-up call. But was anybody listening hard enough to take action? Was the fear of civil repercussion (lawsuits) floating under the surface. Who was connecting the dots? Anybody?

I have questions dancing in my head about the rising tide of shape-shifting information that is emerging. As a liberal, I grapple with issues of gun control (right to bear arms vs do we really need automatic weapons in every home?), rights to privacy (medical records, mental health records), and even the freedom of speech to write bizarre and violent scenarios (look at the crazy and horrific tales spun by best-selling authors Stephen King, John Saul, Dean Koontz and such, who seem a long way from killing anybody in real life) . «Read the rest of this article»

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David Shelton is Passion Without Compromise

By Terry McMoore | April 18, 2007 |

I will never see the story of Sodom and Gomorrah the same again and I will question any passage or written work on the subject of Gay, Lesbian or Homosexuals be it negative or positive. I came to this conclusion after hearing David Shelton speak at Austin Peay State University (APSU) about his book The Rainbow Kingdom and his lecture on clearing up a few myths about the Gay and Lesbian Community and cultural.

My whole life I was led to believe that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah was cursed and destroyed because of the homosexual acts. I was also taught that were committed and that God just got feed up with their acts and destroyed the two cities with fire and brimstone. «Read the rest of this article»

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