Slog - Comments on Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40 Investigators say a man has been charged with child abuse in Caldwell County for circumcising his two infant sons with a utility knife. Authorities said 32-year-old Johnny Eric Marlowe, a self-admitted polygamist, fathered children with his legal wife and another woman who lives in their home. One gave birth to a boy at their home in the rural Kings Creek community in November 2005, and the other gave birth to a boy there four months later.... Detective Shelly Hartley said Marlowe doesn't like hospitals and denied the women prenatal care in both cases, then circumcised the boys when they were... Copyright 2008 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:42:45 -0800 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:46:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by some dude these are about as boring as stories about thwarted terrorist attacks or changes to the threat level "CODE ORANGE!!!! omg!"

it IS possible to beat a dead horse to death a second time.

]]> some dude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c929991 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c929991 Hetero Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:45:41 -0800 Comment by Aislinn I like the Every Child series; not only does it take up the Last Days mantle of reporting horrible things that happen to, or around, children, I still think the point - that differently-sexed parents are not inherently better than same-sex ones - is valid, and something I don't mind being reminded of nearly every day.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930023 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930023 Hetero Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:56:46 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Then skip 'em, some dude. They're pretty clearly labeled, and you have the power to scroll right past 'em.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930053 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930053 Hetero Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:06:24 -0800 Comment by subwlf Well, at least he didn't use a flint like in the bible story and fling the 4skin at his wives in front of God (the ultimate 'dis).

]]> subwlf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930073 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930073 Hetero Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:11:20 -0800 Comment by some dude that's my point. it is a valid issue, like comment 2 said, but it gets so overdone it just gets skipped over and ignored. desensitizing people to this shit doesn't help make some kind of point, it just makes people tune it out.

]]> some dude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930197 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930197 Hetero Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:52:59 -0800 Comment by Greg This guy must have something going for him if he's got two wives who let him pull this kind of crap. No clue what, but must be something.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930365 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930365 Hetero Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:12:52 -0800 Comment by lymerae subwlf--You got a chapter and verse for that flint claim? Not that the bible is anything approaching historical in a modern sense, but even in 1900 BCE (the time of Abraham and Sarah) there were definitely knives around.

]]> lymerae http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930647 Hetero Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:50:14 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton That second one just supports my theory that most dentists are evil.

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930785 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930785 Hetero Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:10:45 -0800 Comment by Sven And once again they bring up polygamy as if it is somehow the cause for an idiot's actions. That always annoys me to no end.

]]> Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_40#c930998 Hetero Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:46:33 -0800