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1 posted on 10/21/2009 9:42:33 AM PDT by Colofornian
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What, the Fork?


2 posted on 10/21/2009 9:46:47 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Colofornian

The dude is wrong, but I don’t feel too sorry for the girl. The article makes it sound like she went into the relationship eyes wide open.


3 posted on 10/21/2009 9:47:31 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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As the sexes of the parties have been reversed, there will be no requests made for pictures by which to judge the guilt or innocence of the accused teacher.

As the parties are not of the same sex nor in public school, the teacher will not be receiving a gold medal, a promotion, and a raise from his employer for promoting tolerance and diversity.


4 posted on 10/21/2009 9:50:48 AM PDT by Loyalist (A tagline so irenic it deserves a Nobel Peace Prize of its own!)
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Hey Pratt, your problem is that you couldn't keep it zipped until the girl was 18. Then you could have just married her and no one would have blinked an eye.

This disgusts me...my daughter was sexually harassed by a male principal at a public school, and they zero-toleranced her out and used the system to abuse me and my family. We won't see justice until Judgment Day.

5 posted on 10/21/2009 9:51:29 AM PDT by pray4liberty
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Well, It's easy to understand how Brother Pratt got himself into this mess ... pretty girl, protracted personal and private contact, and so on.

That's where "being an adult" comes into the picture. Grown-ups are supposed to be able to recoggnize, think through, and avoid these situations in a way that a young girl is not able to do.

Brother Pratt failed to do that, and stole something from her in the process.

6 posted on 10/21/2009 9:53:26 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: Colofornian
Unfortunately this happens all to frequently in all sorts of schools.
7 posted on 10/21/2009 9:53:36 AM PDT by svcw (The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. GW)
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Michael Pratt. I wonder if he is related to Parley P.Pratt who was killed for stealing a wife of another man to take part in polygamy. If he is related, then he is kin to a certain Presidential hopeful too. ;)


10 posted on 10/21/2009 9:57:14 AM PDT by colorcountry (A faith without truth is not true faith.)
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Definitely not guilty.


11 posted on 10/21/2009 9:57:58 AM PDT by DallasDeb (USAFA '06 Mom)
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It’s a good thing she went to police. And thus she went “public”. If she had reported it to a school official chances are she would have been advised to seek counseling.

And, I believe the girl is old enough to marry in some states. But that does not excuse this guy’s behavior.


15 posted on 10/21/2009 10:17:28 AM PDT by Terry Mross (I hate all politicians, including republicans.)
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The LDS church is going to pressure the family to not sue or accept a very modest settlement. Seeing it would be wise to file in SLC because a small town Utah town would not be very good for a plaintiff suing the church.
21 posted on 10/21/2009 12:01:59 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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What’s a religion teacher doing sexually abusing a young girl ???

Decent men do not arrange sexual dates with under age girls...

This guy is a predator...

This was a gradual planned seduction...

Probably not his first...

As the adult he alone is responsible...

She so called “enticed” him ???

Well why didnt he run the other way ???


22 posted on 10/21/2009 12:12:18 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: All; greyfoxx39
We know that Mitt Romney is a direct descendent of Parley P. Pratt.

Anybody know if Michael Pratt, 37, of American Fork, Utah is a descendent of either Utah-based Parley P. Pratt or his brother, Orson Pratt, also of Utah?

Who has genealogical access? (Note: Parley P. Pratt had about a dozen wives)

I looked at http://data.pratt-family.org/descendants/names.htm -- but it doesn't seem to list hardly any living descendents of the Pratts.

Is Michael Pratt a distant relative of Mitt Romney?

24 posted on 10/21/2009 12:26:26 PM PDT by Colofornian
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