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The youngest of six children, Amy hails from a variety of locales. She lived in places like small town Iowa (population 300) and New York City and appreciates the shaping perspectives these different dichotomies have provided. She attended the University of Minnesota before moving to Brooklyn and then Chicago in 2002. After suffering a serious accident a few years ago Amy shifted her career towards Health and Human Rights. Now working towards a Master’s in Health and Human Services and eventually obtaining her Ph.D. she plans to work within policy and legislation reform as well as patient advocacy. Her personal experience enlightened her to the needs of extended stay care and patient’s having a voice. She is involved in volunteer advocacy work involving patient’s rights and also continues to be a patient visitor at the Rehabilitation Institute where she spent close to eight weeks as an inpatient rehabbing after her accident. Although her education is focused on healthcare she is committed to affecting change and works for a progressive human rights organization which helps in recognizing those goals.

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  • “In Catholicism, a principle objective of marriage is procreation” Yes, in Catholicism. So for the 17.33% of the world’s population who are Catholic having and raising children may very well be a “principle objective” of marriage. But this isn’t a religious issue. It’s a human rights issue. As I said; “religious supporters have a right to their opinion but that doesn’t make their opinion right. Nor should that make their opinion law.” There’s something called “separation of church and state” in this country. Although seemingly self explanatory in concept; lines are continuously blurred. But it is a legal doctrine that calls for the secularism of government and freedom of religious exercise. Clearly you practice that religious freedom. Religion, marriage and the decision to bring a child into this world are extremely personal choices right or wrong only for the one making the decision. It’s a slippery slope to believe the Scriptures to be infallible or to think our understanding of them to be without error. These are ancient words laden with room for misunderstanding and misinterpretation. But I digress to religion when the framework of this debate needs to be free from the religious aspect. It’s intolerance and inequality that is at the heart of this debate. It’s about people being denied fundamental human rights. You can have your beliefs but that’s exactly what they are; your beliefs. By the way I’m a straight Lutheran and I don’t believe the basis of marriage is children (nor do I think I will have any). I have the freedom to have that belief.

    Posted on 02 Jun 2009 in The Golden State Can’t Seem to See the Light