Pink Poogle Toy Forum

AUGUST 17--When Ronald and Jill Losoya sent their 11-year-old son to Michigan's Camp Michawana, they expected the boy's summer stay would be a "positive, Christian-based experience." In fact, the camp itself notes that "Christ is first" and that it operates as "an arm of the local church in which a Bible-centered programŠis used to develop camper spirituality." However, according to the below federal lawsuit, things didn't work out that way for young Ezekiel Losoya. Instead, the boy's parents allege in their August 8 complaint, he was subjected to an assortment of "inhumane, degrading, and criminal conduct" during a one-week stay in the summer of 2003. Among 19 separate indignities cited in the Losoyas's complaint, Ezekiel had to endure wedgies, was "kicked in the privates," had his camera smashed, got dunked headfirst in a toilet, and was tied to a tether ball pole. The lawsuit, which does not specify monetary damages beyond $75,000, contends that Ezekiel was tormented by fellow campers and Michawana counselors. As a result of the camp's negligence, the Losoyas charge, Ezekiel has suffered hurt feelings, mental anguish, and "disruption of his faith in Christ and loss of his camera."

Christian camps here just try to wear you down on a diet of starch and steamed thingies...

All camps do that.

Every single one of them has been Christian

I'd appreciate it if you stopped making generalizations about Christian people/organizations since it's not very kind and I really don't want to have to eventually lock this thread.

I'm not making a generalization at all, I'm talking about my own education and experiance (hence the 'here') which involved a camp every single year for about 7 years, each at a different place, all of em were christian camps. Though they were horrible, they don't hold a candle to these ones.