Not very amusingly...

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The same day I decided my one-woman Gloria Jeans boycott could be waved in order to stalk xxlucyferxx, Mercy Ministries (for whom the GJs chain fundraises) made the papers again. Basically, after all that ruckus last year, no one has properly followed up any of the former residents' complaints; two Mercy houses have closed, but there are attempts in the pipeline to open a new one in Perth; and these people are *still* going about their sneaky, lying business. Ruth Pollard has an opinion piece to that effect.

Lucy, I was wrong when I said I thought Mercy only do young mothers' programs in Australia. They also treat eating disorders, depression, drug and substance abuse, and other mental illnesses. With, y'know, bible study and exorcisms and heavily restricted acess to actual medical help. The only thing they don't advertise that they do in Australia is Straight Camp, which they definitely do run in the states. But I have seen the entrance application forms, and they ask if you've been involved in 'witchcraft or lesbianism', so I can't imagine it's much fun to be a lesbian or a wiccan in a Mercy house.

The really sad thing is that the Mercy employees probably do genuinely believe they're doing good work. That creeps me out no end.

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Mercy Ministries fills me with so much rage and disgust I can't even articulate it. Or, I could, but not without a lot of yelling and swearing and ranting about common sense and cruelty and how the brain actually works and why, exactly, it takes so much work to be a freaking practicing psychologist.

Not only does it make me want to boycott Gloria Jeans (not hard, as never actually been to one), but to protest outside them as well. Ugh.