OMG!!!!! Jaunita Bynum having VALENTINES conference to Discuss"Domestic Violence"

[SuzanneDeAZ]

Originally Posted by tv1a

I predict JB will anounce she's a lesbian by the end of 2008 or near the beginning of 2009.

What makes you think she is a lesbo?

[SuzanneDeAZ]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Not exactly.

Is it because her door swings the other way that you are not a fan of hers?

[Sandra]

Originally Posted by Thad

Evangelist Bynum says her life was in turmoil prior to alleged attack
Bynum talks about tumultuous marriage in December's Essence magazine

By D. AILEEN DODD
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 11/14/07

When she lost her $2.5 million home with the prayer room that gave her a quiet place to soothe her spirit, national evangelist Juanita Bynum says she wept for two days.

Her life was in turmoil. Her marriage was failing. Her estate in a Duluth country club was headed for foreclosure.


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Evangelist Juanita Bynum will grace the cover of January's Essence magazine.

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In a two-part series appearing in the December issue of Essence magazine, Bynum talks frankly about losing her home, living in her church and the tumultuous years that she says led to the alleged attack in the hotel parking lot on Aug. 21 that broke up her marriage to Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III.

The Bynum interview will hit news stands this week. The second part of the interview will be featured as the January cover story.

"Juanita Bynum has been a central figure in the evangelic faith," said Essence Editor-in-Chief, Angela Burt-Murray. "Many people were surprised that she and her husband were having this difficulty."

Burt-Murray said that Bynum's story helps to shed light on an important problem facing black women that few public figures are willing to discuss openly — domestic violence. Black women experience domestic violence at a rate that is 35 percent higher than white women and about 22 percent higher than other races, said Burt-Murray.

The editor said women facing domestic violence will "draw strength" from reading about Bynum, who has accused her husband of beating, choking her and stomping her in the parking lot of an Atlanta hotel. Weeks was charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and simple battery in connection with the incident.

Bynum told Essence she was reluctant to press charges at first because of the public attention it would cause, but the doctor who treated her bruises said he was obligated to report it.

Bynum has said she lived with earlier instances of abuse in her marriage, but she stayed in the relationship because she thought things could be worked out. "This is a woman who was very much committed to her marriage," said Burt-Murray. "She is not happy it's over."

After the attack, Burt-Murray says Bynum considered therapy, but instead focused her attention on creating a domestic violence ministry. Some fans and former supporters, however, have criticized her for going public about her personal problems and ending her marriage.

Bynum told Essence she is planning a Valentine's Day conference to discuss domestic violence. Meanwhile, her divorce from Weeks is pending in Gwinnett County Superior Court.
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unreal... but this is now september, she did have that conference! Thank God. This was the December issue 2007.

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by SuzanneDeAZ

Is it because her door swings the other way that you are not a fan of hers?

Her what does what?

[SuzanneDeAZ]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Her what does what?

The expression her door swings the other way means she is a Homosexual. When did she become gay?

[Elizabeth]

Originally Posted by SuzanneDeAZ

The expression her door swings the other day means she is a Homosexual. When did she become gay?

It's all speculation and hearsay-and if you want more info there is probably enough blogs out there on the web, you can look at one of those.

These folks need our prayers, it's very sad how things have turned out for the both of them.

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by SuzanneDeAZ

The expression her door swings the other way means she is a Homosexual. When did she become gay?

I didn't know anything about that. I disliked her for other reasons.

I think that expression is kind of crude, don't you?

[SuzanneDeAZ]

I found out on another forum that her X is now looking for a new woman online. In case you are interested her is the link:

http://sheepleblog.net/community/ind...picseen#msg106

Ex-Husband of Televangelist Juanita Bynum Seeks New Wife Online
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Televangelist's ex-husband seeks new wife on Web
By JUANITA COUSINS – 3 days ago

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — The ex-husband of national televangelist Juanita Bynum, who divorced after a parking lot fight between the two landed him in jail, plans to take his search for a new wife to the Internet with videos featuring dating tips and what he's looking for in a mate.

Thomas W. Weeks III, a minister who runs an Atlanta-area church and is known to his followers as Bishop Weeks, said the 10-episode series will be available starting Tuesday on his Web site.

Excerpts available Friday included Weeks, 41, discussing with aides what he should look for in his third wife.

The group concludes the woman should be at least 25 years old but "with special exemptions for 21 and up if they are classy," Weeks said. She also must want to have children with him.

"This woman has to be very discerning, and very intimate, and very social and very sensual,"

Weeks says, laughing. "And on the ministry side she has to be very diverse. She can't be ugly."

Bynum, 49, filed for divorce after the couple had an August, 2007, fight in an Atlanta hotel parking lot that landed Weeks in jail on charges that he pushed, choked and beat Bynum.

He pleaded guilty to assaulting her, is serving three years' probation and has completed court ordered community service and anger management counseling.

In a video on the Web site of his Duluth-based church, Global Destiny International Ministries, Weeks said thousands of people have been writing him to ask about his plans as a newly single man.

He said he wants to give people a Christian perspective on dating.

"Who is going to be the next Mrs. Weeks? Well, God knows," Weeks said. In the video, he asks viewers to e-mail him dating advice.

Messages left for Weeks at the church were not returned Friday morning. Bynum's Los Angeles-based publicist also did not return calls.

If Weeks does find love, his attorney Randy Kessler told The Associated Press Friday, "I'd probably do the prenup for free."

On the Net:
Global Destiny International Ministries: http://www.myglobaldestiny.com

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i...KE99AD939THS80

[TRFrance]

I don't see why this was a big deal.

She was a victim of domestic violence, so I guess she's be qualified to speak on the topic.