American Family Association founder hospitalized in critical condition with meningitis

ck4829

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:12 PM
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American Family Association founder hospitalized in critical condition with meningitis

The Rev. Don Wildmon, founder of the American Family Association, was in critical condition at a Tupelo hospital, where he's being treated for meningitis.

AFA President Tim Wildmon said his 71-year-old father was diagnosed with the disease over the weekend at North Mississippi Medical Center. On Monday, Wildmon said his father's condition had improved over the last 24 hours. Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.

Don Wildmon's organization began as the National Federation for Decency in 1977, promoting family values and waging boycotts to combat what it deemed pornography and violence on television and in magazines.

http://www.wreg.com/sns-ap-ms--wildmonhospitalized,0,5227003.story

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ChairmanAgnostic

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:14 PM
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1. I will give him the same compassion he gives liberals and moderates, not to

mention our gay brothers and sisters.

Enough said.

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MineralMan

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:14 PM
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2. Well, I hope he recovers fully, so he can watch the demise

of his organization.

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Viper Mad

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:15 PM
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3. Can't think of anything nice to say about him, so

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mzteris

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:15 PM
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4. does HE have insurance? n/t

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Taverner

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:18 PM
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5. Maybe he'll learn that whole compassion thing there?

I doubt it, but hope springs eternal

I hope he gets well soon - I don't wish meningitis on anyone

But he is a complete asshole

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aquart

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:23 PM
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6. I take it he has health insurance?

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elehhhhna

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:25 PM
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7. GO TO THE LIGHT, DON!!!

WHich surely, in his case, is RED AS HELL.

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KansDem

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:26 PM
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8. My first big crush died from meningitis...

I hadn't seen her since the early 1970s but learned a few years ago that she passed away in 1993. She was 39.

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elehhhhna

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:38 PM
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13. My hubs had it at 18. It was scary & ugly but he survived.

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kenny blankenship

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:28 PM
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9. If he is a man of Faith he will put his trust only in God

and put aside the lure of demon-bred, secular medical "science"! If God wants him to live he will spare him.

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:29 PM
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10. Lucky Guy. He's covered by Medicare. n/t

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MineralMan

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:31 PM
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11. But God created the meningococcus bacteria, did he not?

Edited on Mon Aug-17-09 03:34 PM by MineralMan

Neisseria meningitidis, specifically. That's what the creationists all say.

Perhaps it's all part of the plan.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Mon Aug-17-09 03:31 PM
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12. He's been taken to the hospital?

I mean some prayer should have him going likeyty spit.

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