Suicide Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
January 8th, 2018
In a controversial Facebook video that has gone viral, a self-professed “ex-lesbian” claims that gay people can become straight if only they pray hard enough. Emily Thomes starts off sounding like an LGBT advocate, talking about coming out at a young age,
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January 2nd, 2018
One of YouTube's brightest stars, Logan Paul, is suddenly at risk of losing everything after he posted a highly controversial video in which he films -- and appears to laugh at -- the dead body of a suicide victim.
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February 23rd, 2017
An astonishing 29% of LGBT teens attempted suicide in the past year, compared to just 6% of heterosexual teens. However, a new study links the legalization of gay marriage to a marked decrease in suicide attempts among this vulnerable group.
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August 27th, 2016
Should we allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives? Ever since Oregon passed the Death With Dignity Act in 1998, the debate over physician-assisted suicide and how we look at death hasn't let up.
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June 15th, 2015
Last Saturday, a young man named Kalief Browder took his own life at the age of 22. Browder spent the last six years of his life as an example of the brokenness of the American justice system.
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March 31st, 2015
Our staff here at the Universal Life Church was profoundly saddened by the revelation that the crash of Germanwings 9525 appears to have been deliberate.
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January 5th, 2015
How do we respond when a teenager kills herself because her family refused to accept the gender she identified as? Denying the fundamental truth of who these young people are could be driving suicides.
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