Leave no Christian child behind!

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Snip:

Alice Kellogg was astounded when the head of her church's Sunday school told her that other parents didn't want her daughter in class because she has autism.

They told him they'd leave the church if Victoria was excluded, Kellogg recalled.

"The youth pastor said, 'Good luck at your next church,'æ" said Kellogg, who lives in Naperville. "To have them do that was just very hurtful.

Kellogg's experience is not isolated. Former Naperville resident Alyson Beytien, who has three children with varying degrees of autism, encountered similar trouble and knows of six other families of different faiths who essentially had their church's doors shut on them.

"That's earth shattering to a family that's already struggling with so many areas of their lives," Beytien said. "You call that Christian? You call that accepting to say, 'You're not perfect so you're not welcome?'æ"

http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_story.asp?intID=3785727

[Rainbowreflect]

1. That is disgusting.

How very "christian" of them. Do these people have any idea what Jesus stood for?

[Skittles]

4. No they don't

they absolutely have no freaking idea what Jesus stood for.

[Ilsa]

2. My only regret is that

the article didn't publish the name of that satanic church. They need all the negative publicity they can get.

Ilsa
My oldest has autism.

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3. Maybe I was too harsh...(?)

Consider this alternative for autistic Christian kids:

Autistic boy dies at faith healing service http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/08/24/autistic.boy.death/index.html

(CNN) -- An 8-year-old autistic boy died during a prayer service at a Milwaukee church that the pastor said was meant to heal him of "spirits," and the pastor's brother is facing child abuse charges, police said Sunday.

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"From his statement and from our investigation, it was determined that there was probable cause that he had committed physical abuse of a child," she said, without elaborating.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=81774

[ComerPerro]

5. Naperville is pretty messed up

Most of the rich suburbs are.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

6. Wow, never heard of a church like that

When I was growing up, we went to church all the time, and I've never seen disabled people excluded, in fact, church was one place in the community where disable people were treated with respect.

[Blue_Chill]

7. Those bastards should be ashamed of themselves

"Good luck in your next church"

Anyone said that shit to me and you'd see me putting up signs all over the damn neighborhood qutoting that jerk. I'd also send letters demanding to know if the leaders of that church felt so poorly of their faith that they wouldn't care if anyone left it.

Basically I would make life really ugly for the asshat who screwed my kid over.

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8. For the afternoon crowd...

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[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Typical

hypocritical behavior. That is so sad. Those poor children. :-(

[Liberator_Rev]

10. Never saw anything but compassion in Liberal United Methodist

Churches in the New York & Conn. area. And my wife and I were involved in promoting the adoption of "hard to place" children (meaning handicapped, or minority, or sibbling groups, or older kids). We got lots of cooperation from (mostly Liberal) church groups.

Would others please share your experiences and be specific as to denominations and area.