Comments on: An Invitation: Illinois OBC https://writingmywrongs.com/2012/01/11/an-invitation-illinois-obc/ When a mother is forced to choose between the child and the culture, there is something abhorrently cruel and unconsidered about that culture. A culture that requires harm to one's soul in order to follow the cultures prescriptions is a very sick culture indeed. This 'culture' can be the one a woman lives in, but more damning yet, it can be the one she carries around and complies with within her own mind....." -- Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Suz https://writingmywrongs.com/2012/01/11/an-invitation-illinois-obc/#comment-8575 Suz Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:05:53 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=1892#comment-8575 Agreed Elizabeth. I saw one already. An Easter house adoptee friend shared hers when she got it. I was undrwhelmed. Agreed Elizabeth. I saw one already. An Easter house adoptee friend shared hers when she got it. I was undrwhelmed.

]]> By: Elizabeth https://writingmywrongs.com/2012/01/11/an-invitation-illinois-obc/#comment-8573 Elizabeth Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:29:20 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=1892#comment-8573 I recently read an account from someone who just received her OBC via this new bogus law. It is stamped "not for official use", which is not surprising but is complete bullshit. This new law in IL sucks ass. I've actually had people congratulate me, and I gave them an earful. I recently read an account from someone who just received her OBC via this new bogus law. It is stamped “not for official use”, which is not surprising but is complete bullshit.

This new law in IL sucks ass. I’ve actually had people congratulate me, and I gave them an earful.

]]> By: Triona Guidry https://writingmywrongs.com/2012/01/11/an-invitation-illinois-obc/#comment-8546 Triona Guidry Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:03:23 +0000 https://writingmywrongs.com/?p=1892#comment-8546 Suz, thanks for mentioning that not all of us are happy with the Illinois bill (and thanks for linking to my post about it). Elizabeth, I'd love to attend and ask Feigenholtz why I'm left behind too, and why she's encouraging the media and her fellow legislators in the mistaken belief that "all" adoptees have access under this law. Suz, thanks for mentioning that not all of us are happy with the Illinois bill (and thanks for linking to my post about it). Elizabeth, I’d love to attend and ask Feigenholtz why I’m left behind too, and why she’s encouraging the media and her fellow legislators in the mistaken belief that “all” adoptees have access under this law.

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