Comments on: Amazon taking pre-orders for “This Is What Love in Action Looks Like” http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/03/02/42575 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Fri, 24 May 2013 02:17:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Regan DuCasse http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/03/02/42575/comment-page-1#comment-118901 Regan DuCasse Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:13:47 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=42575#comment-118901 @Angelia: Wow, your daughter came out at 13? And you as her supportive mother is remarkable and wonderful in a place like TN. I applaud you and HER. She's an activist at such a tender age. LOVE it! I wish you the best! @Angelia: Wow, your daughter came out at 13? And you as her supportive mother is remarkable and wonderful in a place like TN.
I applaud you and HER. She’s an activist at such a tender age.
LOVE it!

I wish you the best!

]]> By: StraightGrandmother http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/03/02/42575/comment-page-1#comment-118890 StraightGrandmother Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:27:54 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=42575#comment-118890 I thought Love In Action was a LOT bigger than it was. Here are a couple comments John Smid made to me on his blog SG, There were 461 total from 1987 through 2008. 185 were in California, the rest were in Memphis. [I noted that this was only averaging 22 per year or about 2 per month] John Smid continues: In California, out enrollment was 12 per year. They stayed for the entire year then some remained for a second year. We had housing for 36 people. In Memphis, our program changed from a one year program to a “work until you graduate” program and during that time I believe it was about 12 per year as well average. There were groups at night and the residents worked a full time job during the day. Then in 2000 we changed to a “non-working” full time program. The length of stay was one month, to nine months depending on the client’s program. So, the number increased quickly due to the shorter range of time. There were only 185 during the years I was in California and the rest were from the Memphis program. StraightGrandmother = Is anybody else surprised by how small these numbers are? No wonder there is no research done on the outcomes of the programs, there are not enough people to make a sample. I thought Love In Action was a LOT bigger than it was. Here are a couple comments John Smid made to me on his blog

SG,
There were 461 total from 1987 through 2008. 185 were in California, the rest were in Memphis.

[I noted that this was only averaging 22 per year or about 2 per month]

John Smid continues: In California, out enrollment was 12 per year. They stayed for the entire year then some remained for a second year. We had housing for 36 people.

In Memphis, our program changed from a one year program to a “work until you graduate” program and during that time I believe it was about 12 per year as well average. There were groups at night and the residents worked a full time job during the day.

Then in 2000 we changed to a “non-working” full time program. The length of stay was one month, to nine months depending on the client’s program. So, the number increased quickly due to the shorter range of time.

There were only 185 during the years I was in California and the rest were from the Memphis program.

StraightGrandmother = Is anybody else surprised by how small these numbers are? No wonder there is no research done on the outcomes of the programs, there are not enough people to make a sample.

]]> By: Karen http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/03/02/42575/comment-page-1#comment-118886 Karen Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:12:12 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=42575#comment-118886 StraightGrandmother, It looks to me like the "blond girl in the exact middle of the cover" is one of those protesting Love in Action, not participating in the program. StraightGrandmother,

It looks to me like the “blond girl in the exact middle of the cover” is one of those protesting Love in Action, not participating in the program.

]]> By: StraightGrandmother http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/03/02/42575/comment-page-1#comment-118868 StraightGrandmother Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:19:52 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=42575#comment-118868 Angelia, so how did Love In Action work out for your daughter? John Smid was the Executive Director for like 20 years until he left in 2008 (I think that is when he left) He has been repudiating the program on his Grace Rivers blog. http://www.gracerivers.com/acknowledge-part-one/ Angelia, so how did Love In Action work out for your daughter?

John Smid was the Executive Director for like 20 years until he left in 2008 (I think that is when he left)
He has been repudiating the program on his Grace Rivers blog.

http://www.gracerivers.com/acknowledge-part-one/

]]> By: Angelia Sparrow http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/03/02/42575/comment-page-1#comment-118867 Angelia Sparrow Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:13:45 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=42575#comment-118867 My daughter is the blond girl in the exact middle of the line on the cover. She was 13 when that was taken and had just come out. This was our first participation in the community. My daughter is the blond girl in the exact middle of the line on the cover.
She was 13 when that was taken and had just come out. This was our first participation in the community.

]]> By: tavdy79 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/03/02/42575/comment-page-1#comment-118862 tavdy79 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:34:54 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=42575#comment-118862 When will it be available outside the USA? When will it be available outside the USA?

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