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Some people may be surprised just how many gay and lesbian teens are turned out on the streets by their parents because of their sexuality. It

No I did not drop the soap and I wasn't kept with the general population. Okay I have something else to confess, well it's not really a confession but just something really stupid I did. When I go tanning I tan in my underwear, well one day I was in a hurry, after the tanning bed went off I wiped myself down with the towel, grabbed my clothes and walked out of the room into the lobby area where 4 other people were waiting for rooms. They were all staring at me with a smile on their face. I didn't even notice I was still in my underwear until I walked outside the salon into the parking lot.

The more I think about it, the more I think it is too much stimulation for me. My personal take is that I am here as a gift from God and I have been given a set amount of time to enjoy and experience the things which are here and going on around me. This includes the sad joy of experiencing pain and grief. After all are not pain and grief also gifts since they allow me to better enjoy happy moments such as love and even solitude? Wishful thinking perhaps?

Grandparent rights in some states have been declared unconstitutional after the U.S. Supreme Court considered the subject matter in Toxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000). http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getc...30&invol=57 Generally, a fit parent has the fundamental right to the care, custody, and control of his/her children to the exclusion of all others. So the question is where is this child

Well of course I have a sense of humor dear, why do you think I

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Six months ago a Judge held me in contempt of court, fined me $1,000.00 and sentenced me to 48 hours in jail. It was worth every penny and time well spent Who

In any case, this spoiled little flax needs a few days in the real world. I only wish the judge were allowed to extend her sentence for being so bloody annoying. Maybe she'll try to get some lip-gloss smuggled in and end up getting her time doubled, or better yet, they'll send her to solitary! I can't imagine a worse punishment than having to spend a week in a room with Paris Hilton. And if she's so mentally distraught that she can't even testify on her own behalf, perhaps she should spend a bit of time in a state mental institution once she gets out of the pokey. I hear those white coats are all the rage this year.

The teacher's conduct was probably "unethical" and would probably warrant professional discipline and termination of employment. However in order to prepare a case against the school board they will have to overcome extreme odds. The essential elements of an intentional infliction of emotional distress (tort) claim are as follows: 1) the defendant must act intentionally or recklessly; (2) the defendant's conduct must be extreme and outrageous; and (3) the conduct must be the cause (4) of severe emotional distress. With respect to the teachers conduct, the issue at trial will be whether an objectively reasonable person would find the teachers conduct "so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community." I believe the average person, when learning of facts, takes into consideration the peculiar sensibilities of the alleged victim when considering whether the teachers conduct is extreme and outrageous. This lawyer who filed suit should choose his battles more wisely.

Thanks Grame,

What is your true self or personality? Is it when you're alone? Or when you're around other people? Or both? My truest self is a mass of contradictions. I am flexible, yet stubborn- sentimental, yet realistic- funny, yet serious-loyal, yet unable to commit. Sometimes my favorite color is blue- other times it's green. Sometimes I love summer and other times I long for winter. Sometimes I'm the life of the party, and other times I just want peace and solitude. Sometimes I feel like I'll never get there, and other times I know I've already arrived. And my home is wherever I am with people who know and believe all of the above about me - and like having me around anyway.

Happy Birthday, you bring much appreciated and thought provoking comments to your posts

To most of us on GA, you're at an age where there are many more major choices to be made. If you had your druthers, and you can go back, what would you have done differently? You know that old saying, hinde sight is 20/20. Have you learned anything? What was the major lesson of your life? What was the best and the worst decision you made?

I was out of town this weekend but my mother received the flowers I send. Happy Mother

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I think it's great she's going to jail! But not holding my breath that she'll actually do 45 days.

Paul Walker is very sexy. I met him through a friend of mine. He just bought a home in Huntington Beach and gave me a ride on the back of his motorcycle once. He's very nice but very heterosexual.

Funny how I find myself in love with you If I could buy my reasoning I'd pay to lose One half won't do I've asked myself How much do you commit yourself? It's my life Don't you forget It's my life It never ends Funny how I blind myself I never knew if I was sometimes played upon Afraid to lose, I'd tell myself what good you do Convince myself It's my life Don't you forget It's my life It never ends I've asked myself How much do you commit yourself? It's my life Don't you forget Caught in the crowd It never ends It's my life, the original by Talk Talk

I use to have a crush on Clive Owen but he

I agree with you Kitty, it does happen quite often, what women can do is find legal aid in their area where they don't have to pay for the lawyer if they're not financially able. My best advice for them is to call their local Legal Bar Association and they will direct them, they can also contact their states child enforcement agency and apply for service. In recent years the States have stepped in and started acting as the middle-man but in a lot of older divorces they never were involved and in some states the state only gets involved in the actual payments if the mother is getting State Aid or if the payments aren't getting there at all. And on another note, parental rights and duties are INDEPENDENT with respect to an existing parent/child relationship. This means that a parent has the right to maintain a meaningful relationship with his/her child. This right is neither dependent upon nor contingent upon the parent fulfilling duties, i.e., paying support. Some custodial parents will often times refuse to allow noncustodial parents the right to visit their children because support obligations have not been paid or are overdue. However, if support is not being paid, the custodial parent may not lawfully withhold visitation. Rather, the custodial parent must seek to enforce the duty of support in a court of law. The right to a meaningful relationship with one's child is NOT dependent on the duty of support. In this respect, rights and duties are independent. Visitation is presumed to be in the best interests of the child. However, that presumption can be rebutted.

Quite handsome

Today an Orange County family court judge took away a six-year-old girl from her mother and the only home she's known since birth. The judge decided to do so because the mother perjured herself and falsely accused the father of sexually fondling their child to prevent him from gaining custody or any visitation privilege. Perjury doesn't necessarily mean a mother is unfit to raise her child, and that is normally the main central point. The father has gained primary custody and the mother was ordered to pay child support. I think the judge's reasoning and this theory he followed holds the idea that taking the child away from the lying parent IS in the best interest of the child. Do you agree with the Judges decision?

A very grand style Luc. Great to read.

Congratulations Nick, boy do I have a long way to go.