Former reporter digs up stories of anti-gay bias
DetNews.com, MI - 2 hours ago
(The son of a Jehovah's Witness, he was sent to the principal's office as a Saginaw third grader for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance -- years after ... Call him the story finder. Since graduating from Michigan State University, award-winning journalist Joel Engardio has tracked down compelling stories for ABC television's "20/20," the Los Angeles Times and his own documentary, "Knocking," which explores Jehovah Witnesses' quiet impact on everything from First Amendment rights to surgical techniques. Engardio's path took an unexpected turn three years ago when he bumped into Matt Coles, who needed, well, someone skilled at finding gotta-listen-to stories. Coles, the top gay-rights litigator at the American Civil Liberties Union, wanted gay couples whose tales tug heartstrings. "I was sitting in my office thinking, 'Who knows how to do this? To find gay people who've experienced the terrible consequences of being treated as legal strangers,'" Coles recalls. "I needed someone who knows how to vet people, to look for the weak points and the skeletons. That's a reporter." Engardio turned out to be a whiz at finding perfect combinations of couples for marriage lawsuits. One Baltimore columnist raved, "If you were going to create a Noah's Ark of homosexuality, you'd pick these people -- there's a lawyer, a dentist, several ex-military men, a former police officer, an engineer, a couple of nurses." Now Engardio's assignment is finding stories that convey the pain of anti-gay or anti-transgender job bias. The Democratic takeover of Congress means the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has a strong shot at passing. So, the ACLU has teamed up with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Human Rights Campaign to ask victims of job discrimination to fill out surveys on their Web sites. Infuriating stories are pouring in. Far more people have been hurt by job bias than could possibly testify on Capitol Hill , of course. So, Engardio will help pull together the most effective mix of storytellers. Others will be asked to talk to individual lawmakers and the news media before the ENDA vote. "I really didn't know what to expect," says Engardio, who felt the sting of bias long before coming out as gay. The son of a Jehovah's Witness, he was sent to the principal's office as a Saginaw third grader for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance -- years after Witnesses won the right to abstain.) "It's been more than I would have thought. You see more problems in 'Red' states," he says. "And the true harms, the real discrimination stories, they really pop out. You can't miss them." Take, for example, the closeted male couple who installed major appliances in a Northeast state. Co-workers figured out they were gay and complained to the boss, who fired them. Or, the gay southerner who planned to hold his commitment ceremony in the hotel where he worked. He sent out invitations; his supervisor fired him. Today, in 33 states, including Michigan , it's perfectly legal to fire someone for being gay. Transgender firings are legal in 42 states, including Michigan . "If you build into society the notion that this discrimination is wrong, people aren't going to do it," Coles predicts. But lawmakers need to hear why new safeguards are needed. "You can have the greatest story in the world, but if that person isn't willing to testify in front of Congress, it's not going to make an impact," says Engardio. "Somebody has to speak up." If you've suffered anti-gay job discrimination, turn your setback into a victory: Tell the story finder. Reach Deb Price [email protected]. Danny wrote to Deb got reply below: Thanks Danny. You might want to know more about Joel's documentary, which will be aired on pbs in coming weeks. go to knocking.org. cheers, deb
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MANY PBS STATIONS WON'T SHOW KNOCKING !
by DannyHaszard insome pbs stations won't show knocking .
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There has been great interest in the 48-page study guide booklet that
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with each DVD. Many have ordered extra study guides in packs of 5 and
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by DannyHaszard insome pbs stations won't show knocking .
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KNOCKING ANNOUNCEMENTShttp://www.knocking.org/ *Please forward to interested friends not on our mailing list* SEE KNOCKING FOR FREE PBS is sponsoring free advance screenings in theaters throughout May. You can see KNOCKING before theMay 22 television broadcast at special sneak preview events in 30 select cities across the country. There will be a live panel discussion and Q&A with the audience after each screening. Many events will feature lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union who will speak about the impact on First Amendment freedoms made by Jehovah's Witnesses and their many Supreme Court victories. Director Joel Engardio will appear and answer questions in the following cities: Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Seattle and Miami. For a complete list of cities, dates, times and reservation information (seats are limited and will go fast), click here: http://www.itvs.org/outreach/knocking/ DVD ON SALE You can order DVDs now. The DVD version of KNOCKING is longer than the edited-for-television version that will be broadcast on PBS. The DVD also contains 3 additional hours of extra video material and come with a 48-page printed study guide booklet. There is a 15% discount for orders of three or more DVDs, so order with friends and save. To order, click here: http://www.knocking.org/dvd_home_edition.lasso SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL KNOCKING is in competition for best documentary feature at the Sarasota Film Festival. If you are in Florida, see KNOCKING in Sarasota April 14 and 15. For ticket information and screening times, click here: http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/This+Years+Festival/The+Films-91.htmlKNOCKING ON AOL PBS and AOL have partnered to feature KNOCKING on the AOL "True Stories" series. Visit AOL starting April 16 to see a special KNOCKING web site with free video previews. There will also be blog entries from the directors, experts interviewed in the film and some of the subjects featured in the film. WILL YOUR PBS STATION SHOW KNOCKING? KNOCKING is scheduled to be broadcast nationally Tuesday, May 22 at 10pm on the PBS series Independent Lens. Not all PBS stations carry the series Independent Lens. Call or write your local PBS station to find out if/when KNOCKING will be shown in your area. For more information about contacting your local station, click here: http://www.knocking.org/PBS_Station_List.htmlSTUDY GUIDES SOLD OUT There has been great interest in the 48-page study guide booklet that comes with each DVD. Many have ordered extra study guides in packs of 5 and 10. We have sold out of all the extra packs we had printed. Each new DVD order will still include one study guide, but we won't be able to offer extra study guides until June. ------- This Update is sponsored by Open Door Films, and is provided as a public service to support conversations around the film, "Knocking." If you wish to unsubscribe from this newsletter, just send a blank email to [email protected].
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Gene Smalley and the Watchtower's Blood Transfusion Doctrine
by Dogpatch ingene smalley and the watchtower's blood transfusion doctrine.
randy: hi, is this gene?.
watchtower's blood doctrine?.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Blood Ban Conception Deception
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In addition, many countries that would have banned Jehovah's Witnesses as a religion because of denying life-saving transfusions have been issued public ... -
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GOVERNING BODY member Carey Barber dies.
by yesidid inand that's all i know.. he was 101 and appointed as a governing body member in 1977.. .
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/97874/1.ashx.
yesidid.
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My grandfather Roger Haszard was watchtower cult recruited in 1951 resulting in the large extended Haszard clan of Watchtower Jehovah's Witnesses.
My Grandad & grandma slaved all his life special pioneer,Elder PO Beverly Massachusetts,Bay Pines Florida cong .In 1974 gave his retirement fund to the Watchtower World Wide work,expecting the fullfillment of 1975.
In 1986 we all get a family conference call on need for us all to pitch in time and money for their old age care (he gave it all the the blood sucking watchtower) as he is getting dementia and helpless.
In 1993 he dies in his diapers.Curse you watchtower charlatans I curse you to your God Jehovah and call down evil on you,Amen.
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WATCHTOWER PR SCAMS TO APPEAR LESS CULTIC
by DannyHaszard indanny haszard prediction~we will be seeing more and more of theses watchtower generated pr 'puff pieces' all the other cults including sc*ien*tol*gy follow the same pr script.--------------------------- pure in heart .
az central.com, az -.
the tempe man knows that most people bristle at the idea of a jehovah's witness at their door.
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With all due respect for the input and valuable opinion of fellow board members regarding the use of 'human shield',this is what i'm talking about-
Witness Outrage
in Slightly Angry Man 16 days ago ยท 1 blog links here http://slightlyangryman.blogspot.com The Jehovah's Witness mob were round today. And they've got a new tactic. As I opened the door to them, I was greeted by a bloke in a suit and a... To flaunt the fact that they had brainwashed a child with their claptrap (and by this, I mean religion, not their particular brand of it) and then to force me into being civil by having this youngster do the talking. I had half a mind to call Social Services and report them for child abuse.
Labels: brainwashing, child, jehovah's witnesses posted by Slightly Angry Man at 4:54 PM ;
No nine-year-old is mentally able to take the decision to go canvassing on behalf of a religion. Half the adult twunts they send out don't seem to be able to make their own logical choices, as it happens. But sending out kids is underhand and sickening.
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by DannyHaszard indanny haszard prediction~we will be seeing more and more of theses watchtower generated pr 'puff pieces' all the other cults including sc*ien*tol*gy follow the same pr script.--------------------------- pure in heart .
az central.com, az -.
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I would believe they have their share of child molesters or that they abuse children but I haven't seen evidence that says they would deliberately put a child in a life threatening situation should somebody attack them violently.
This is your third post making the same point,well said then, moreover it's the non JW worldly householders that coined the phrase "human shield" just like it's them that say JW's go door to door to "sell their religion"
Don't paint them as something they are not to prove a point! Over exaggeration never helped anyone prove something no matter how much we hate them. Take a deep breath and get reasonable!!!
Ditto here take it up then with the Watchtower's market research it's the non JW that stigmatize NOT EXJW
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by DannyHaszard indanny haszard prediction~we will be seeing more and more of theses watchtower generated pr 'puff pieces' all the other cults including sc*ien*tol*gy follow the same pr script.--------------------------- pure in heart .
az central.com, az -.
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Jehovah's Witnesses,Mormans. ...It appears to me that they're using those kids like human shields. This is why I don't read them the riot act. ...
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MANY PBS STATIONS WON'T SHOW KNOCKING !
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http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/132298/2355006/post.ashx#2355006 More on knocking producer's background as a JW turned gay
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by DannyHaszard indanny haszard prediction~we will be seeing more and more of theses watchtower generated pr 'puff pieces' all the other cults including sc*ien*tol*gy follow the same pr script.--------------------------- pure in heart .
az central.com, az -.
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Notice:straight Danny Haszard is Gay and Lesbian friendly my longtime girlfriend and I have lots of Lesbian friends from her employment
Former reporter digs up stories of anti-gay bias
DetNews.com, MI - 2 hours ago
(The son of a Jehovah's Witness, he was sent to the principal's office as a Saginaw third grader for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance -- years after ... Call him the story finder. Since graduating from Michigan State University, award-winning journalist Joel Engardio has tracked down compelling stories for ABC television's "20/20," the Los Angeles Times and his own documentary, "Knocking," which explores Jehovah Witnesses' quiet impact on everything from First Amendment rights to surgical techniques. Engardio's path took an unexpected turn three years ago when he bumped into Matt Coles, who needed, well, someone skilled at finding gotta-listen-to stories. Coles, the top gay-rights litigator at the American Civil Liberties Union, wanted gay couples whose tales tug heartstrings. "I was sitting in my office thinking, 'Who knows how to do this? To find gay people who've experienced the terrible consequences of being treated as legal strangers,'" Coles recalls. "I needed someone who knows how to vet people, to look for the weak points and the skeletons. That's a reporter." Engardio turned out to be a whiz at finding perfect combinations of couples for marriage lawsuits. One Baltimore columnist raved, "If you were going to create a Noah's Ark of homosexuality, you'd pick these people -- there's a lawyer, a dentist, several ex-military men, a former police officer, an engineer, a couple of nurses." Now Engardio's assignment is finding stories that convey the pain of anti-gay or anti-transgender job bias. The Democratic takeover of Congress means the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has a strong shot at passing. So, the ACLU has teamed up with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Human Rights Campaign to ask victims of job discrimination to fill out surveys on their Web sites. Infuriating stories are pouring in. Far more people have been hurt by job bias than could possibly testify on Capitol Hill, of course. So, Engardio will help pull together the most effective mix of storytellers. Others will be asked to talk to individual lawmakers and the news media before the ENDA vote. "I really didn't know what to expect," says Engardio, who felt the sting of bias long before coming out as gay. (The son of a Jehovah's Witness, he was sent to the principal's office as a Saginaw third grader for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance -- years after Witnesses won the right to abstain.) "It's been more than I would have thought. You see more problems in 'Red' states," he says. "And the true harms, the real discrimination stories, they really pop out. You can't miss them." Take, for example, the closeted male couple who installed major appliances in a Northeast state. Co-workers figured out they were gay and complained to the boss, who fired them. Or, the gay southerner who planned to hold his commitment ceremony in the hotel where he worked. He sent out invitations; his supervisor fired him. Today, in 33 states, including Michigan, it's perfectly legal to fire someone for being gay. Transgender firings are legal in 42 states, including Michigan. "If you build into society the notion that this discrimination is wrong, people aren't going to do it," Coles predicts. But lawmakers need to hear why new safeguards are needed. "You can have the greatest story in the world, but if that person isn't willing to testify in front of Congress, it's not going to make an impact," says Engardio. "Somebody has to speak up." If you've suffered anti-gay job discrimination, turn your setback into a victory: Tell the story finder. Reach Deb Price at or (202) 662-8736 or [email protected]. Danny wrote to Deb got reply below: Thanks Danny. You might want to know more about Joel's documentary, which will be aired on pbs in coming weeks. go to knocking.org. cheers, deb
From: Danny Haszard [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 5:05 AM
To: Price, Deb
Subject: Who are Jehovah's Witnesses?