{"id":5747,"date":"2013-12-22T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T17:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=5747"},"modified":"2013-12-27T08:57:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T16:57:38","slug":"u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5748 aligncenter\" alt=\"shame_on_uganda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/rstone\/\">Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December 22, 2013<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. should cut off aid to Uganda over its anti-gay crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>On December 20, Uganda passed anti-gay legislation that would impose a life imprisonment for gay sex involving an HIV-positive person, acts with minors and the disabled, and repeated sex offenses among consenting adults even though Uganda already punishes gay intimacy with life in prison. \u00a0The legislation also sets forth a seven-year jail term for a person who conducts a marriage ceremony for same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<p>Given the advancement of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) in this country, we forget the battle for such rights is still being fought in other parts of the world. \u00a0For example, on the eve of the Winter Olympic games, Russia passed legislation that\u00a0bans the distribution of information about homosexuality to children.<\/p>\n<p>How did this draconian Ugandan law come about? \u00a0In March 2009, American anti-gay activists traveled to Uganda for a conference that pledged to \u201cwipe out\u201d homosexuality. Seven months later, in October 2009, David Bahati, a Ugandan lawmaker and a member of the &#8220;Family,&#8221; sponsored the \u201cAnti-Homosexuality Bill 2009.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1505\/the-fellowship-a-secretive-christian-fundementalist-organization\" target=\"_blank\">Family<\/a>&#8221; or the &#8220;Fellowship,&#8221; is\u00a0a\u00a0secretive, privately-funded group and one of the most powerful, well-connected Christian fundamentalist movements in the U.S. This organization used its influence and funds through the Family\u2019s African outreach programs to support the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill. \u00a0Previously, the Family had converted Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni to its anti-gay brand of Christianity. \u00a0Doug Coe, the Family&#8217;s leader, called Uganda&#8217;s President Museveni the Family\u2019s \u201ckey man\u201d in Africa and the Family and other anti-gay groups have long viewed Uganda as a laboratory to experiment with Christian theocracy.<\/p>\n<p>The Family leadership is now on record\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/blogs\/dr-warren-throckmorton\/the-fellowship-foundation-aka-the-family-opposes-ugandas-anti-homosexuality-bill-11623783.html\" target=\"_blank\">opposing<\/a>\u00a0the Ugandan anti-gay legislation &#8212; the very legislation they promoted &#8212; although it is unclear how active members were in lobbying Ugandan legislators to drop the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The Ugandan anti-gay legislation has sparked controversy in other Africa countries. \u00a0The influence of the religious right is being felt across Sub-Sahara Africa. \u00a0The Christian right has been involved in anti-gay legislative and constitutional activities in Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe as well. \u00a0Uganda\u2019s anti-gay legislation may be the model for other countries, including Nigeria and Liberia, where similar laws are being considered.<\/p>\n<p>While today, anti-gay legislation may be a reaction to Western ideas, discriminatory laws date back to Western colonization in Africa that banned sodomy as \u201ccarnal knowledge against the order of nature\u201d and then went on to prohibit lesbian relationships, to outlaw same-sex marriages, to prevent the adoption of children by same-sex couples, and to outlaw LGBT organizations.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The U.S. has\u00a0a close alliance with the Ugandan military. \u00a0The U.S. provides advisers, training, weapons, and supplies, and in return Ugandan soldiers do most of the fighting in Somalia, a stronghold for Islamic militants. \u00a0Will the U.S. endanger its alliance to support &#8220;LGBT issues?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly, &#8220;LGBT issues are a caveat on U.S.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/dangerroom\/2012\/06\/gay-persecution-alliance\" target=\"_blank\">support<\/a>.&#8221; \u00a0Given this caveat, the U.S. should cut off military aid to Uganda until the anti-gay legislation is repealed. \u00a0If the U.S. does not take a firm stand here, the rest of Sub-Sahara Africa will probably follow Uganda&#8217;s lead.<\/p>\n<p>Will the U.S. jeopardize its alliance with Uganda over these LGBT issues? \u00a0I am hopeful, but not optimistic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. should cut off aid to Uganda over its anti-gay crackdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1230,"featured_media":5748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[2562,2560,2564,2559,2561,2558,2563],"class_list":["post-5747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-politics","tag-christian-fundementalism","tag-david-bahati","tag-doug-coe","tag-lgbt-rights","tag-the-family","tag-uganda","tag-yoweri-museveni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda - Fog City Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda - Fog City Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. should cut off aid to Uganda over its anti-gay crackdown.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fog City Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fogcityjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-22T17:46:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-12-27T16:57:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ralph E. Stone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@fogcityjournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@fogcityjournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ralph E. Stone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ralph E. Stone\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/1086ed3f6dae12081ea244b6ef0d84c3\"},\"headline\":\"U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-22T17:46:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-12-27T16:57:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/\"},\"wordCount\":562,\"commentCount\":17,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Christian fundementalism\",\"David Bahati\",\"Doug Coe\",\"LGBT rights\",\"The Family\",\"Uganda\",\"Yoweri Museveni\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Opinion\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/\",\"name\":\"U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda - Fog City Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-22T17:46:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-12-27T16:57:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/\",\"name\":\"Fog City Journal\",\"description\":\"San Francisco Bay Area News, Arts, Culture and Politics\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Fog City Journal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2019\/06\/fcj-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2019\/06\/fcj-logo.jpg\",\"width\":307,\"height\":102,\"caption\":\"Fog City Journal\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fogcityjournal\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/fogcityjournal\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/fogcityjournal\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/1086ed3f6dae12081ea244b6ef0d84c3\",\"name\":\"Ralph E. Stone\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/586a0658140965ad9b5284ab55b8744b0a53fe39b31c20ff61917148642cecce?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/586a0658140965ad9b5284ab55b8744b0a53fe39b31c20ff61917148642cecce?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Ralph E. Stone\"},\"description\":\"I was born in Massachusetts; graduated from Middlebury College and Suffolk Law School; served as an officer in the Vietnam war; retired from the Federal Trade Commission (consumer and antitrust law); travel extensively with my wife Judi; and since retirement involved in domestic violence prevention and consumer issues.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/rstone\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda - Fog City Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda - Fog City Journal","og_description":"The U.S. should cut off aid to Uganda over its anti-gay crackdown.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/","og_site_name":"Fog City Journal","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fogcityjournal\/","article_published_time":"2013-12-22T17:46:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-12-27T16:57:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ralph E. Stone","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@fogcityjournal","twitter_site":"@fogcityjournal","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ralph E. Stone","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/"},"author":{"name":"Ralph E. Stone","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/1086ed3f6dae12081ea244b6ef0d84c3"},"headline":"U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda","datePublished":"2013-12-22T17:46:24+00:00","dateModified":"2013-12-27T16:57:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/"},"wordCount":562,"commentCount":17,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg","keywords":["Christian fundementalism","David Bahati","Doug Coe","LGBT rights","The Family","Uganda","Yoweri Museveni"],"articleSection":["Opinion","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/","url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/","name":"U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda - Fog City Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg","datePublished":"2013-12-22T17:46:24+00:00","dateModified":"2013-12-27T16:57:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2013\/12\/shame_on_uganda.jpg","width":400,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/5747\/u-s-must-suspend-aid-to-anti-gay-uganda\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"U.S. Must Suspend Aid to Anti-Gay Uganda"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/","name":"Fog City Journal","description":"San Francisco Bay Area News, Arts, Culture and Politics","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization","name":"Fog City Journal","url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2019\/06\/fcj-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2019\/06\/fcj-logo.jpg","width":307,"height":102,"caption":"Fog City Journal"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fogcityjournal\/","https:\/\/x.com\/fogcityjournal","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/fogcityjournal"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/1086ed3f6dae12081ea244b6ef0d84c3","name":"Ralph E. Stone","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/586a0658140965ad9b5284ab55b8744b0a53fe39b31c20ff61917148642cecce?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/586a0658140965ad9b5284ab55b8744b0a53fe39b31c20ff61917148642cecce?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Ralph E. Stone"},"description":"I was born in Massachusetts; graduated from Middlebury College and Suffolk Law School; served as an officer in the Vietnam war; retired from the Federal Trade Commission (consumer and antitrust law); travel extensively with my wife Judi; and since retirement involved in domestic violence prevention and consumer issues.","url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/rstone\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}