Below is an e-mail I received from a former sister in the Pacific Northwest. She was DF'd several months ago for discovering and asking about the UN controversy.
Being rather inexperienced with the Internet, she stumbled onto Freeminds.org (I believe) and printed out info on the WTS's UN connection. She was unaware that it was an "apostate site" (damn apostates!). She showed it to her son, who promptly turned her in to the elders. She was DF'd in a Kangaroo Court.
She gave me permission to post a bit of her story here. I have withheld her name per her request. I told her that I would forward any comments to her.
FP
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Dear Ones,
The Dateline airing last night was absolutely wonderful-you all did a superb job. I am one who they DF’d this past spring at my doorstep in front of my wonderful non-believing husband that I have been married to for 49 years. They said he was a non-believer even though he went to meetings and assemblies with me faithfully, and showed his faithfulness to me and my family for all those years.
We also sacrificed our beautiful daughter, Janie, who had leukemia, because we didn't give her blood. She died at age 16 in 1983. We were under court order to take her to St. Jude’s in Tennessee, and had a police guard accompany us. Where were all of these wonderful brothers to support me and help me at this time? All they said was “go along with them and it will work out.” It still hurts me to have lost such a beautiful daughter.
I remember an incident with Brother Sydlig in St. Louis so many years ago. I went up to him at the last big assembly we attended. Because of the heat, my daughter wore a beautiful sundress that had bare shoulders and shoulder straps. It was modest in my eyes and I still have a picture of her in this beautiful dress. What did Brother Sydlig do? He embarrassed me to death by asking “where our lapel cards were, and how hard the brothers had worked to produce them.” I told him Janie had leukemia and was very ill, and we were very fortunate to be there―even without lapel Cards. I told him that I had forgotten them on the motel dresser because of all the stress that her Dad and I were under.
Then Brother Sydlig said "she needed more clothes-she wasn't modestly dressed.” I apologized and could have crawled in a hole. I hope he apologizes to Jehovah for the mean thing he did to Janie then. I still hurt from this, as our daughter was a precious jewel to us after having 3 boys. Anyway, I am sad that we lost her and I know that someday all wrongs will be righted. Hope is a beautiful thing and we all need hope for something better.
Much Love,
[Name withheld], faithful for 42 years serving Jehovah and now because I know too much about [the UN] and Pedophiles here in [the Pacific Northwest], they DF’d me too.
FreePeace
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