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Ron in Regina

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The initial issue was that there was a claim he won an award this year - the Harvey Milk Award - despite his previous history.

But what you list here was the only awards I could find about him too, and that was years ago, not 2023. Those are bad enough - but again, I didn't find anywhere that it's stated the awards were removed due to discovery of his history. They SHOULD, mind you.

Supper did look good. Definitely beat my reheated food, lol. Also, that plate in the last picture... omg, memories of MY childhood; we had that pattern.
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Found this, not sure what I’m even looking at. Twitter maybe?
 

Serryah

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Found this, not sure what I’m even looking at. Twitter maybe?
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Found this, not sure what I’m even looking at. Twitter maybe?

That'd be a Linked In Profile, I think.

This at least is more credible than the stuff Tax posted. Thanks Ron, I'll keep looking into it but so far - despite it not showing up on the Charlotte Pride website - this is disturbing AF.

Actually, if he was 20 and the minor was 16, while technically still illegal, it isn't quite the same magnitude of an infraction as a 35 year old and a 16 year old or a 20 year old and a 9 year old.

Been digging for 'bout an hour.

So apparently there were three teens, from 14 and 15. At 20, you KNOW that shit is wrong. He was working as a youth minister. Regardless of the passage of time, it's about the appearance of it all.

There is a big difference between a fifteen year old and an 18 year old dating and then because family didn't like it, or got upset, had the 18 year old charged with assault, vs. a person fondling a 14 and 15 year old while asleep.

I still stand by this being wrong by Charlotte Pride and when the blowback comes, cause it will eventually, they deserve it.

I don't care why he only served 2 years of his 10 years though I tried to find out the results of the trial beyond that. So far nothing. Though I am interested in why instead of three counts, he was only convicted of one, and if the jury/judge believed that the boys were 'lying' as he argued.

And I think the reason he wasn't turning up in my searches before is because Sevearance is his previous last name; Turner is a new last name.

So now it's less like BS, and more likely true.

Fact: he was charged and convicted of lewd acts on a minor. Got 10 years, served 2.

Fact: after, he managed to get his life together, graduate university and made a life for himself and has had no violations since release (that I can find)

Fact: he managed to acquit himself well enough to be recognized and win awards and recognition.

Fact: he was outed by conservatives for his past incarceration which led to his stepping down from his duties in 2016

Fact: At some point he was re-elected to serve with the Charlotte LGBT Chamber of Commerce as, apparently, as President and CEO.

Fact: at 20, there is no excuse for him doing what he did so any claim of bad decisions of youth are invalid.

My personal opinion? This is a HUGE mistake on the side of Charlotte Pride, especially now, and they deserve the blowback they will get.

Also personal opinion: it SUCKS because otherwise he's done great things for the GLBTQIA of the region. Half of his life he's made a good one that's helped people. But it canNOT be denied he was charged and held accountable for lewd acts on a minor. By giving this award, it's spitting in the face of those of us in the GLBTQIA+ community who are advocating that no, we're NOT full of child molesters, groomers, etc. This, in my opinion, is a betrayal of the fighting going on right now.

Do I think people can change? Absolutely. But in this case, regardless of his hard work, in the end the PUBLIC recognition will do all of us more harm than good. It sucks but these are consequences that come from choices he made and yes, he still has to deal with those for the rest of his life.

Since Charlotte Pride doesn't have him listed, still, on their page, and his selection for the award was a month ago, I'm not sure now what to think.
 
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Taxslave2

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This at least is more credible than the stuff Tax posted. Thanks Ron, I'll keep looking into it but so far - despite it not showing up on the Charlotte Pride website - this is disturbing AF.
All you have done is prove that Rebel News reported the facts.
More to the point, people like him do not advance the issues faced by the alphabet soup community. More probably the result is he has pushed things back about a decade.
 

Serryah

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All you have done is prove that Rebel News reported the facts.

Until Ron posted up what he did, there was nothing in the news anywhere but conservative propaganda/"Fake news"/conspiracy sites reporting on it. It's rare that Rebel News or anyone else like them actually reported "facts" (and I don't know that they did, every time I tried to see the rebel news link, the link timed out.)

At least Ron gave an INDEPENDENT source (or source from the horse's mouth, so to speak) to prove it was true.

More to the point, people like him do not advance the issues faced by the alphabet soup community. More probably the result is he has pushed things back about a decade.

Thanks for restating what I already said. Glad you agree with me on it.
 

petros

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Until Ron posted up what he did, there was nothing in the news anywhere but conservative propaganda/"Fake news"/conspiracy sites reporting on it. It's rare that Rebel News or anyone else like them actually reported "facts" (and I don't know that they did, every time I tried to see the rebel news link, the link timed out.)

At least Ron gave an INDEPENDENT source (or source from the horse's mouth, so to speak) to prove it was true.



Thanks for restating what I already said. Glad you agree with me on it.
It was posted long before Ron. You should see all the other misinformation you've posted that has been debunked by yours truly.

You say some pretty stupid and far fetched shit.
 

Ron in Regina

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Wow… that sure smells like somebody looking for a pay out through the human rights tribunal for denial of service…or whatever the American version of that is.
 
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petros

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In a court of law, you are considered innocent until proven guilty, but with one of these tribunals, you are considered guilty until proven innocent.

I’d like the idea of a court of law as opposed to a tribunal.
There is no privacy in Court. HRTs are closed doors without legal mumbo jumbo or pizza. The quorum is community sourced. Beats Court hands down.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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In a court of law, you are considered innocent until proven guilty, but with one of these tribunals, you are considered guilty until proven innocent.

I’d like the idea of a court of law as opposed to a tribunal.
That's a criminal court. Here discrimination is a civil matter. Shouldn't be, but there it is.