FWD: Religion and Vaccination
Re religion and vaccination:
Recently, the United Methodist Church has been persuaded to support the "vaccine safety" campaign of Rev. Lisa Sykes, assistant pastor to a Richmond VA Methodist congregation and plaintiff in the $20,000,000 thimerosal product liability lawsuit, Sykes v. Glaxo. In 2005, the VA and KS Conferences of the UMC passed thimerosal-ban resolutions, and the Women's Division is sponsoring a "vaccine safety educational event" at Simpsonwood Retreat Center on June 6-7, in collaboration with the thimerosal plaintiffs' advocacy group, Moms Against Mercury. They're planning yet another demonstration at the CDC. This is all part of the big push by plaintiffs to attract media attention to the upcoming Omnibus Autism Proceeding causation hearings.
Two days ago, I sent a letter in protest to the Council of Bishops, the General Board of Global Ministries, the General Board of Church and Society, and the Women's Division of the United Methodist Church, and the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, entitled "A Plaintiff in the Pulpit: Problems With United Methodist Church Advocacy on Behalf of Vaccine-Injury Litigants." I've blogged it at:
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/126/
It's long because it's well-documented. Please feel free to pass the link on to anyone who might feel moved to speak their mind publicly about this -- especially Methodists. If anyone needs email addresses of the people to whom I sent the letter, feel free to write me off-list.
Kathleen Seidel
eurodiversity.com | honoring the variety of human wiring
http://www.neurodiversity.com
Recently, the United Methodist Church has been persuaded to support the "vaccine safety" campaign of Rev. Lisa Sykes, assistant pastor to a Richmond VA Methodist congregation and plaintiff in the $20,000,000 thimerosal product liability lawsuit, Sykes v. Glaxo. In 2005, the VA and KS Conferences of the UMC passed thimerosal-ban resolutions, and the Women's Division is sponsoring a "vaccine safety educational event" at Simpsonwood Retreat Center on June 6-7, in collaboration with the thimerosal plaintiffs' advocacy group, Moms Against Mercury. They're planning yet another demonstration at the CDC. This is all part of the big push by plaintiffs to attract media attention to the upcoming Omnibus Autism Proceeding causation hearings.
Two days ago, I sent a letter in protest to the Council of Bishops, the General Board of Global Ministries, the General Board of Church and Society, and the Women's Division of the United Methodist Church, and the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, entitled "A Plaintiff in the Pulpit: Problems With United Methodist Church Advocacy on Behalf of Vaccine-Injury Litigants." I've blogged it at:
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/126/
It's long because it's well-documented. Please feel free to pass the link on to anyone who might feel moved to speak their mind publicly about this -- especially Methodists. If anyone needs email addresses of the people to whom I sent the letter, feel free to write me off-list.
Kathleen Seidel
eurodiversity.com | honoring the variety of human wiring
http://www.neurodiversity.com
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