Petition to Declare Public Sex Offender Registration in the United States a Violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Today, approximately one-million people in the United States are forced to register as “sex offenders”. The label leads to stigmatization, separation from society, loss of employment, loss of housing and even exposure to violence at the hands of vigilantes. The stigmatization extends to the spouses, children, family, friends, employer and anyone that associates with the registrant. The isolation, shame, stress, fear of violence, loss of income and other psychological effects are experienced by the entire household.
Afterr watching the video, this is my take away.
#1 The pastor of the local church said he did not want the offenders around. (Got to admire his Godly example of “Do unto others as you would have done to you”)
#2 An official for the area said law enforcement would step up patrols in the area . In other words -Equals harassment of the new registered citizen residents.
Organized religion has strayed so far, I am amazed they still use a bible. Here are a few versus for the preacher.
Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Matthew 6:14 – “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
Luke 6:37 – “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”
Matthew 6:15 – “But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
ROMANS 3:23 – “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
Alan
That is one of the reasons I stopped going to church. I did not walk away from my faith, I walked away from the hypocrites. Am I judging? No because I am not perfect. But the same people who hug me in church, if they knew I was on the registry, would ask me to be removed from the church.
Going to church does not determine if you go to Heaven or not. And yes, generally speaking being around other Christians builds you up, strengthens your faith, and gives you encouragement. But the verses about taking in the homless, the downcast etc. is just words in a book to some.
I am far from perfect. I did not get saved in prison, I got saved when I was 11 and never stopped believing. Did I mess up my life? I did. Should I pay for it forever? Well it looks like most of us will with lifetime registration. (Which by the way did not even exist when I was charged)
It is a shame that many in church are hypocrites, but Jesus did warn people the way to life was narrow and that few would find it.
I wrote the pastor an email strongly encouraging him to look at the issue from another point of view, however I never received a response.
So many things here, where do I begin…
Extra patrols, thank you for protecting me from vigilantes since you announced I would be here.
The church representative reminds me why my spirituality is mine and not part of a membership.
If I owned a mobile home park I would do the same thing. Good business decision. Few other options means they will be good tenants.
Also even with the good news from ALI, it reminds me that the unalienable rights aren’t real for me, probably never will be.
According to the Oxford dictionary he word inalienable means, “unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor.” Apparently for SOs, the word is just a scribble on a 200-year-old document.
Veritas.
Ed C
Back when I still had some money, I looked at buying up a block of homes and renting to people on the registry. I stupidly mentioned it to someone I though I trusted and word got out. Next thing I knew an attorney was calling me threatening to go to the news about it.
Well I bowed to the pressure, not wanting that exposure on me and my family and nixed the idea. The old “Not in my backyard” mentality keeps coming back to bite us. I mean that is why I was going to buy everyone out so I could control the narrative.
C’est la vie
Maybe they should be educated with the actual research and science about us and then be concerned about the state and federal government continuing to grossly waste their tax money on and ineffective and draconian legal system.
Justice
Educating or getting some people to be rational about people on the registry, is like throwing a raw steak on the ground in front of a lion and expecting it to sit there until you tell it , it is ok to eat it. Where I live, some like me, some tolerate me, and some do whatever they can to make my life misrable.
I told one young lady, I have lived here longer than you have been alive so you move because I am not going anywhere. Already had 9 neighbors move, several sold their homes because of me. AND, I did not do a damn thing to them. It is like they found out the entire neighborhood has a sinkhole under it, and I am that sinkhole, just waiting to pounce.
No sanctuary is proposed, if you watch the segment. Landlord simply said he’d start allowing registrants.
Reporters did not even bother talking to the landlord that’s proposing to do this.
Vernon Porch Jr., the tenant who claims to care so much for local children, may have a criminal background himself.
Jacob
The good that I took from his statement was, he did not threaten to force them out. He said he would move. I guess he is being nice to others on the registry so they can move in. (wink, wink)
As the World famous ex girlfriend of mine, the church lady use to say “Well isn’t that special”. LOL
Regardless, I’ll give him a little credit for exercising his right to move rather than try to block registrants from moving there.
I’m just a heathen atheist , but I’m pretty sure that famous religious tomb mentions forgiveness a lot (along with some dreadful things), so it’s always a surprise to see a church leader NOT practicing that philosophy. Where I used live it’s 2500 feet, which basically means I can never move back to my old condo again….forever. I long for it to be 500 feet and then I could go home.
Best tenant in the Building, The Sex Offender
Mark
Or maybe use the term “Ex offender”?
We have been so programed to be called sex offender (one who is actively offending) that we ourselves use it ourselves.
Ex-offender, ex-felon
Or better yet, “Hi, I am Jack, nice to meet you” as opposed to “Hi, I am Jack, I am required to tell you I committed a sex offense 30 years ago, want to hang out sometime?”
Imagine how outraged they’ll be when they find out that the government’s sex offender scheme is bogus. They will have moved for nothing!
America runs on feel-good platitudes, forced smiles and gimmicks. No wonder the registry is “popular.” It’s an overwrought scam that gives psychological comfort to those that are easily duped and suckered-in .