LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A tiny Louisville church’s newest minister is a gifted music leader and popular among its three dozen members.
Mark Hourigan is also a sex offender. Almost a decade ago, long before he joined the flock at the City of Refuge Worship Center, he was convicted of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in central Kentucky. Hourigan served a five-year sentence and the 41-year-old was placed on Kentucky’s sex offender registry for the rest of his life.
Yup, this was the inspiration for Saving Private Ryan (and I’m still bitter it didn’t beat out Shakespeare in Love for Best Picture).
November, 1942: Five brothers, all serving on the same vessel during World War II, are killed in action as a result of said warship sinking at the Battle of the Solomons. Two months later, after hearing no word from the Navy regarding her sons’ well-being, Alleta Sullivan writes the following, deeply moving letter to the Bureau of Naval Personnel. Alleta promptly received a reply from President Roosevelt. That letter can also be read below.
As a result of the Sullivans’ plight, the U.S. military introduced the Sole Survivor Policy. The policy attempts to ensure that, should a family member be lost during military service, any remaining siblings be exempt from service.
Read both letters here.
Washington, D.C., Sep 30 – After more than one year of fighting to restore references to our nation’s spiritual history stripped from the newly-constructed $621-million Capitol Visitor Center, Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) and Members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus today applauded the unveiling of our national motto “In God We Trust” engraved in stone in the Capitol Visitor Center.
The initial design of the Capitol Visitor Center was stripped of all references to America’s religious heritage and contained a number of factual inaccuracies, including incorrectly stating that our national motto was “E Pluribus Unum” and inaccurately representing Capitol church services.
Full Press Release from Congressman J. Randy Forbes, 4th District of Virginia
Glove Love is where Green Thing rescues lost single gloves that have become separated from their original partners, calms them down and gives them a hot bath, then pairs them up with brand new glove lovers.
These lovingly hand-washed and matched new Glove Love gloves come with names (Five Finger Fiona, Red Fred), labels that tell you where they lost their old partners, plus a glorious Glove Love letter – and we sell them for just a fiver (plus VAT and postage).
The money goes to Green Thing which is a not-for-profit organisation set-up to inspire people to lead greener lives and which gives all profits to its registered charity Green Thing Trust.
