My mom is an ex jw and was disfellowshipped in 1980. She is worried about my upcoming plans to picket the convention, she is afraid that I will get arrested and lose my job. I told her this is basically something I feel I have to do and the only way to get this off my chest and feel a sense of satisfaction. I assured her I wouldnt scream or cuss at people but would act civilized and pass out flyers concerning several issues. She agreed the WT society and its teachings were very detrimental to us growing up, however as a mom she cant help but be concerned for me. I told her that basically I dont worry too much about jail, as I work in a jail and its a very familiar environment for me, if I happen by chance to get arrested it wouldnt be a traumatic experience, just another thing in life to deal with. I told her that keeping this stuff bottled up inside me was only killing me and the only way for me to deal with this is to confront it head on. Jehovah's Witnesses won free speech and religious rights in the supreme court and I plan to use them to the full against them. Even though I dont usually agree with the ACLU, I believe I might check with them on this issue and see if I would be covered under these laws. Anyway I just thought I would tell you all about this and see what you think.
Dave