4 Quotes & Sayings By Mary Griffith

Mary Griffith is a former journalist and a current teacher and coach. She has a Master's degree in Counseling from the University of New Orleans, and has been an executive director for a nonprofit organization in New Orleans. She lives in Florida with her husband, two sons, and their dog, Merlin.

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If no one had ever challenged religious authority, there’d be no democracy, no public schools, women’s rights, improvements to science and medicine, evolution of slavery and no laws against child abuse or spousal abuse. I was afraid to challenge my religious beliefs because that was the basis of creation–mine anyway. I was afraid to question the Bible or anything in it, and when I did, that’s when I became involved with PFLAG and realized that my son was a perfectly normal human being and there was nothing for God to heal because Bobby was perfect just the way he was. Mary Griffith
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I realize how depraved it was to instill false guilt in an innocent child's conscience, causing a distorted image of life, God, & self, leaving little if any feeling of personal worth. Mary Griffith
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Before you echo 'Amen' in your home or place of worship, think and remember...a child is listening. Mary Griffith