But don’t stop the peaceful protest. At the least be a “mouse warrior”
Contact the Evangelical Lutheran Church of American
During this delay: How you may easily and peacefully protest Ray’s future forced electroshock from wherever you are.
Truly, it’s time for all of us Americans to make a friendly visit or phone call to your local ELCA church. Given all the great and caring Lutherans I know, I feel it is highly likely there are individual participants who will be concerned, or who at least will not reply with sarcasm.
You may find a local church with this handy ELCA congregation finder on the web, just plug in your zip code:
http://www.elca.org/ELCA/Search/Find-a-Congregation.aspx
Whether or not you do such outreach, remember to contact Bishop Hanson here:
Ray Sandford’s forced electroshock today was postponed today.
As has happened many times before, early this morning Ray was woken up in his assisted living home and escorted to a psychiatrist’s waiting room at Mercy Hospital north of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
As he often does, Ray complained about his physical health. In the past his complaint has not made a difference. This time it did.
A medical staff person told Ray his involuntary electroshock was canceled that morning, citing Ray’s physical health as the reason.
Ray returned home and called the MindFreedom office, saying, “It was a miracle. They were ready to go. I was sitting in the hallway where you wait. There’s a big picture of one of my former doctors on the wall that I was looking at. I was twiddling my thumbs. And someone came out and said, ‘Oh by the way you’re not going to get ECT today.’ As far as I am concerned that was a miracle. I was prepared for the worst. I am delighted.”
It’s not over yet, of course. Ray is supposed to have a check-up next week to see if his forced electroshocks may be rescheduled.
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