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SAFE BlogArchiveABC News: Tragic Tale of Teen Dating Violence [abcnews.go.com]
It's good to see teen dating violence getting more attention, although unfortunately they're only talking about girls being abused, when there is ample research showing that both boys and girls are both violence as teenagers.
Marcus McTear was a star running back at Reagan High School in Austin, Texas. At 16, he was bright and popular and dreamed of college until a spring day in March 2003. The popular athlete stabbed his girlfriend, Ortralla Mosley, to death in a school hallway after she tried to break up with him. Jill Murray is a SAFE Speaker, and an expert on teen dating violence, and was interviewed for this article. 08:00 PM, 01 Apr 2005 by Jade Rubick Permalink | Comments (0) Domestic violence laws limited to married couples? [www.gaypeopleschronicle.com]
The anti-same-sex marriage amendments are being used to reduce the sentences of abusers who are not married to their victims:
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Stuart A. Friedman granted defendant Frederick Burk's motion to dismiss the domestic violence charges against him on March 23. He said the amendment makes those charges unconstitutional when the couple is not married. 12:12 AM, 01 Apr 2005 by Jade Rubick Permalink | Comments (0) Ohio equal marriage ban used to weaken domestic violence law [www.pridesource.com] Citing Ohio's ban on equal marriage rights, a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge ruled that unmarried people cannot have domestic violence charges brought against them because of Ohio's new anti-gay marriage amendment. 12:11 AM, 01 Apr 2005 by Jade Rubick Permalink | Comments (0) Archive
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