I, too, got undeliverable messages when I tried twice to send an email through the “Email the President” link. So, I went back to the website & sent my message via the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of the home page. At least I didn’t get an undeliverable message.

Try a Unitarian Universalist church. They would throw their arms open at your “outspokenness”. The one in my area is incredibly active in all manner of social issues and even sponsored a candlelight vigil outside along the highway to protest the push to invade Iraq.

The rallying behind Vick is beyond sickening.

“The SCLC Martin Luther King Jr. Conflict Resolution Center is a national initiative created by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to utilize conflict resolution to end violence in our communities.

“Youth violence has been defined as the “intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results on or has a likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation. High profile school shootings have increased the public awareness of youth violence resulting in a number of school-based violence, but there are virtually no programs in operation that target community based violence.”

I guess the SCLC has yet to make the connection between the casual and organized dogfighting taking place in a growing number of communities and the “maldevelopment” that might occur when young people are exposed to it. Dogfighting goes hand-in-hand with gambling, gangs, drugs, weapons, and criminality. Domestic animals — “pets” and companions — expressly raised, trained, exhibited, and exterminated for blood and money. When two artificially vicious dogs are facing off in the pit and one dog rips an ear or part of the muzzle off the other, is that not violence? How many dogfighting bouts does it take before a young man aspires to be a “dog man”? How long, then, until gunning down a (human) neighborhood rival is as easy as putting two bullets in a defeated dog’s skull?

And a final, ironic, quote from the SCLC website: “Two great twentieth century proponents of Nonviolence were (Gandhi and MLK). Gandhi led India to independence from British colonial rule and advocated a more humane society. King led the civil rights movement, which ended legalized segregation in the United States and led to the enactment and enforcement of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act. Both spoke and wrote at length about Nonviolence and dedicated their lives to its practical application.”

How dare an organization espouse (co-opt?) Gandhi’s humane ideals while its individual leaders and members clearly possess so little regard for the welfare of animals. Hypocrisy and willful ignorance. I loathe them both equally.

Sorry the link didn’t come out right. I hope it’s ok now. Still learning.

http://www.animallaw.info/arti.....ghting.htm

I’m starting to get a little better with the computer so I’m going to see if I can send this link to SCLE, and some others.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution: http://www.ajc.com/news/conten.....ab_newstab

Visit the site, open the article and cast your Vote.

I guess the SCLC think we have forgotten about the OJ and Michael Jackson trials. You can only play the race card so many times.

“Outstanding human being?” What a joke!