I found this statement by Father Tom Brosnan at the NYSAR website. I am a fan of his from way back. I have referenced his “must read” 1996 keynote address many times in the past and even have handed out printed copies of the speech to new searchers, family, friends and equal access non-believers [...]
Dear Friends,
The Adoptees’ Birthright Bill is assigned to the Assembly Human Services
Committee, where we have the support of most of the members of that committee.
The chair is a strong supporter, a true champion of adoptees’ rights to know the
truth of our origins.
For a bill to be posted in committee, the Speaker of the Assembly has [...]
In honor of Bloggers Unite Day:
Adoptee Rights Demonstration
July 22, 2008
New Orleans, LA
This is as applicable today as it was in 1976:
Sealed Adoption Records and the Search for Identity
The following is testimony offered in regard to sealed adoption records and the search for identity. This testimony was given in 1976 to the New York State Commission [...]
My husband saw a banner ad for PA Safe Haven on the side of a bus this morning. Isn’t that kind of silly? I mean considering everyone knows single pregnant girls can’t read because they’re too strung out. Not to mention the fact they are most likely riding the bus, not driving next to it. [...]
Reposted from Dawn’s Blog
From Marley:
Another hearing for Sub HB 7 is scheduled for the House Health Committee tomorrow at 4 PM in Room 017 of the Ohio State House. l We need further testimony in support of returning obc access to the bill, which was recently stripped of all access language. All reference to [...]
A topic of conversation over at Third Mom’s has spurred this post. The topic is the impact of religious beliefs on adoption.
The foundation of discourse among those most outspoken in the world of adoption seems to always teeter precariously on the pendulum of religious beliefs. There are a vast number of people who tend to [...]
“The underlying emotion that governs all the activity of the ego is fear. The fear of being nobody, the fear of nonexistence, the fear of death.”
I took in a sharp breath when I read that. I had this AHA moment and realized that the emotional pain surrounding my lack of identity as an adoptee has [...]
Update: Vote came in 5 yes, 2 no, 1 pass.
Every small victory leads to a larger one. Way to go Michigan!
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“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not [...]
I was visiting Wraith’s blog and read the testimony below. As Wraith suggests I think there is something so inherently wrong with the fact that this speech was given in 1976 and yet we are STILL having to provide the same testimony today! It’s enough to make you want to pull your hair out. [...]
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