I usually don't do this....

....but i actually saw this episode.



Please take a moment to read this:
Last Friday, the Oprah show covered a story of a Nigerian woman, Amina
Lawal, who has been sentenced to death by stoning because she had a
baby
out of wedlock. She has tried to appeal the decision but has been
unsuccessful, thus far. The head of Nigeria disagrees with these
stonings
but has so far done nothing--partly because of the fear of not being
re-elected. I
should also note that the father of the baby denied fathering the
child
and, hence, has escaped any form of punishment. Amina Lawal's stoning
will
occur as soon as she is finished nursing her child. She will be buried
up to
her
neck in dirt and townsmen will throw stones at her head until they
kill
her--which has been known to take hours. I send out a plea to all the
women receiving this e-mail and to all the men raised by women to join
me
and
many others to help prevent this horrific and inhumane event from
occurring.

All you have to do is visit the Oprah website
http://www.oprah.com/promo/tows_promo_amina_qx.jhtml
click on the Amina Lawal pop up screen and you will see a pre-written
letter
addressed to the Nigerian Ambassador. Just fill out your information
on
the bottom of the page and send it. It's as simple as that. You can
even go
one step further and forward this e-mail to your friends so they can
be part
of the mission to save Amina Lawal. It's our chance to save one
woman's life.
We can claim ignorance when doing nothing to stop vicious atrocities
that
we know nothing about from occurring but there is no justification if
we
standby and allow for these events to take place when we are fully
aware
of them. Thank you very much for reading this....now the ball is in
your
court.

Beth Campbell

Bishop's Appeal Office
Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland
(207) 773-6471, ext. 138
[email protected]

Re: I usually don't do this....

This is so sad. I signed this a couple of weeks ago. Thanks for posting it.

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What an outrage!!!! I just went on and signed the letter. Thanks for letting us know!!!

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I love America!

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I 2nd that Jenn!

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Oh my god this is horrible I'm going to go and sign it now.

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that is so horrible. I signed it. Hopefully enough people will so that it will save her

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I cant believe this stuff still goes on
I will sign RIGHT NOW !!!!!

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Thanks for posting this - I passed it on to friends! Hopefully we can make a difference!