Let’s all help this brave woman escape from the clutches of religious fanaticism!
I urge all of my readers to go here and cast a vote for the essay there. It will allow the author to get a scholarship so she can go to college. She is an escapee from the Quiverfull/Christian Patriarchy movement and education will be a huge help for her. It will take only a few seconds you don’t have to provide any information to help.
So go vote.
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Wow, that was definitely worth a vote.
I hope she succeeds in her aim “…to create a safe-house where children of religious homeschooling families can come to improve their lives and future and have hope.”
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I’m reading several blogs by people who have escaped from their fanatical families, and their struggles are both inspiring and heart-breaking. I also really hope she succeeds.
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Do share the links to these blogs, Clarissa!
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Here is my favorite one: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/
And here is another really good one: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/phoenixandolivebranch/
These are very heroic people who are escaping from very bad situations. I admire them a lot.
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I voted. I hope she gets that scholarship … my closest friend in college was a young man from an oppressively religious family (not Quiverfull, not that bad), and going to college made a HUGE difference in his life. His family refused to give him any money to pay for college, or for living expenses, so he had to work very hard to support himself.
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One of the earliest visitors to the blog is David Bellamy who also had to escape from an oppressive religious environment at home and who ended up becoming a scholar and a college prof.
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