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Facebook Bans Mother for Posting Photos of Baby Born With Severe Birth Defect

Facebook Bans Tennessee Mother Heather Walker for Posting Photos of Baby Born With Severe Birth Defect Anencephaly

Facebook banned Tennessee mother Heather Walker after she posted photos of her son born with a severe birth defect. (Image source: The Daily Mail)

A Tennessee mother is furious after Facebook banned photos of her son born with a severe birth defect.

Grayson James Walker lived just eight hours after he was born on Feb. 15. He had anencephaly, a fatal condition in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull.

Heather Walker recently posted photos of Grayson without his hat on, igniting an apparent firestorm by doing so.

“Not long after, Facebook deleted them because of the content,” she told WMC-TV.  “They allow people to post almost nude pictures of themselves, profanity, and so many other things but I‘m not allowed to share a picture of God’s beautiful creation.”

To protest Facebook’s actions, Walker and her friends re-posted the photos — earning Walker a 24-hour ban from the site.

Among Facebook’s “community standards” are bans on content that is violent, threatening or depicts self-harm, but Walker said there’s nothing that prohibit the photos she posted.

Walker learned of her baby’s fatal birth defect 16 weeks into her pregnancy. Though doctors said she could choose to abort, she decided to carry her son to term, turning to her faith to help with the months ahead.

“My husband and I, we started prayer and we knew that God knew since the beginning of time that he had us for this,” she told WMC in February.

The day she delivered, a professional photographer from the non-profit organization Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep was on hand to capture the family’s short time with their third child.

“If you’re my friend and you want to see the picture then look at it, but if you don’t, just like any TV show or anything else you watch, if you don‘t want to see it you don’t have to,” she told the station.  “But I want to share this with people just like any other person wants to share their baby or their child.”

See a slideshow of the photos Facebook banned here.

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  • 3katmomma
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:04am

    One of the many reasons I don’t subscribe to facebook and never will.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:11am

      Ditto!

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    • bayoucastine
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:18am

      3katmomma; I could NOT agree more. I am another who has not, will not ever use facebook or ‘tweet’. May God bless this family and departed child.

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:36pm

      FakeBook is a mirror of the internet culture – self-obsessed, shallow, and unable to express any emotion other than psychotic happiness.

      God have mercy on these parents. Their love for their precious child, even in the face of tragic illness, is beautiful. FakeBook needs to apologize and get in touch with reality.

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    • youshuthehellup
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:33pm

      i second that!

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    • Kathleen
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:46pm

      This will be the downfall of Facebook if this continues to happen. They can forget success on the stockmarket if the people leave them in droves.

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 2:48pm

      Grayson will be one of the most beautiful Souls in Heaven and there to greet his parents and siblings when they finally arrive. His very short time here has created great love and inspiration. Those who have ears will hear.

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    • Mojoron
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 3:10pm

      I totally agree with you.

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    • 65Mustang
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:16pm

      Don’t want any part of Facebook.

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 5:20pm

      Fascistbook strikes again. Absolute power has gone to their head. Oh well. Their stock is going down already.

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 6:35pm

      I’m with you about Facebook. Could never figure out why I’d want everyone to know my constant thoughts for goodness sake, and that everyone who’s a friend of a friend of a friend can post stuff on my page. Nada, it’s not for me.

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 7:08pm

      facebook?
      More like Gaybook

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 7:10pm

      I read an article or saw a video or something, can’t remember exactly….. but the gist of it was about how the feds could not have made a better way of getting so much info on so many people if they had tried…..and you can see just how are ending up in trouble because of facebook many people…..caught for a crime they never would have gotten caught at except for facebook…..I do not trust face book, and I can only wonder when our doors will be kicked in by swat teams one day for posting on here.

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    • koyettsu
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 9:13pm

      Agreed, shame on Facebook for their actions in this situation.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 9:43pm

      If Obama had a son like that he would kill it.

      Liberals believe in killing everything they don’t want.

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:18am

      I am going to try to post this right now on FB

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:25am

      I just posted this story onto my wall on FB, it showed up. I guess I will find out if I am banned. I have to say my computer is bouncing around and not functioning correctly. We’ll see.

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    • bdsconserv
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 9:43am

      me too

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    • skippy6
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 10:44am

      Facebook sucks!!! So much for free speech…..Unless it fits their agenda like abortion and being gay……I stopped using it about 4 months ago and don’t miss it at all…….

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    • johnsnare
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:24pm

      Ditto that. Someone added my profile to Face book. How the heck can they do that.? I have since terminated my association with Face book. A glorified Internet gossip column.

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    • gena t
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:56pm

      I praise this mom for allowing this baby to be born and even if he only lived 8 hours, in those eight hours he knew love, you can see it in the photos. yeah, the photos are hard to look at, but I praise her that she was willing to post them as even though he might not have been perfect, he was one of God’s creations and his life has already been shown to have served a purpose. I praise her that even knowing he would not live long she didn’t decide, as too many women do, to dispose of him like trash and went through with the birth, showed her love, her husband‘s love and the other children’s love to this baby. A wonderful story that proves again there is a purpose to everything. We might not completely understand it in this world, but God will reveal it to us in the next. Bless the entire family and the little one who is waiting to reunite with them in heaven, where they will find him perfect.

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    • URKiddinMee
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:21pm

      Hell, with THIS criterion, they should never allow Obozo on Facebook with those damend deformed EARS of his!

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    • heavenhelpus
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 2:24pm

      What a beautiful soul, this family will receive many blessing God.
      I only see love from this family for this beautiful baby.

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    • pcj
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 3:06pm

      What I saw in the photos was the immense love for this child by his parents and family. They knew they would only have him for a short time and they were not going to lose a moment of that. It was a beautiful memorial to him.

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    • KATSKAN
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 5:15pm

      Me either!

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    • okienoodlerfan
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 5:20pm

      God Bless his parents for allowing him the few hours in this world despite the pain to them. Wise up people. Dump Facebook and get as far from Google as is technologically possible in this day. We’ve been bundled. Next we’ll be droned.

      Rest in Peace, Grayson.

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    • Macman1138
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 8:12am

      My wife uses Facebook, but I don’t. Many, many reasons for me not to.

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    • jmjone
      Posted on June 11, 2012 at 6:12pm

      I couldn’t agree more. I have never understood, or want to be around he underlying self absorbed emphasis, on so many levels, with this medium. (Avoid making phone contact with people; “get them out of your life” with just a click of a button; “look at me, look at me, look at me”).
      What’s wrong with regular e-mails, or, God forbid, actually sending a nice card). (But wait, that would mean you’d actually have to make some effort, take some extra time, purchase something, and think about SOMEONE ELSE!)

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  • horsefeathers99
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:01am

    Kids can play the most violent video games ever and this is considered inappropriate?

    We are exposed to horrible language, sexual behavior and hateful groups of people, yet this is real life that must be hidden. Look at the movies or TV shows and late night shows.

    They will meet in heaven one day…….he will know them and they will know him.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:22am

      The pictures show a loving family holding their precious little child that will soon be in the arms of Jesus. It shows a profound love and trust in God. An example of extraordinary courage and love. I have nothing but admiration for the parents and their family.

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    • cmrrn
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:52am

      I looked at the slide show and found absolutely noting graphic about the photos. What they instirred in me was compassion for the infant as well as for the family. The love that they have for this child is beyond words to describe.

      As for FB, well, I have to agree with the statements about them letting nude photos of women and the profanity that is ramped and continues. Guess we all know where the minds of FB is running.

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 7:39pm

      for WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS AGE, AGAINST SPIRITUAL HOSTS OF WICKEDNESS IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES………….Do you think that man rules this world??…..How about GOD??….. Yes GOD rules the universe, but for now HE allows Satan (The god of this world) to rule this world…… That is actually who we struggle against.

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  • MidwestMomof3
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:00am

    God bless you, little Grayson…give my Lyric a kiss from mommy.

    I’m infuriated that anyone could think a beautiful baby boy could be too “graphic” of a photo.

    May his parents have peace and comfort that he is with our Lord.

    (Lyric Autumn born to Heaven June 14, 1996 due to anencephaly)

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    • momrules
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:28am

      Lyric Autumn, what a beautiful name.

      I too have a treasure in Heaven that I am looking forward to seeing again.

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    • The_Almighty_Creestof
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:31am

      Well, to be honest…it is just not in keeping with FB’s usual high standard of photos they do allow to be posted…you know, the ones of 12 year old girls wearing skimpy clothes, a pound of makeup, flashing gang signs in the bathroom while taking photos of their reflection in the mirror with their cellphone.

      I mean…you have to draw the line somewhere.

      Prayers going out to Grayson and family…may you survive, thrive and keep the spirit alive!

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 4:33pm

      You Mamas who have a baby or child in heaven know both sorrow and joy. The sorrow of their short lives, and the joy of eternities. My heart is with all who have lost baby or child, may God‘s peace be with you when it’s painfull. (*dads too)

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    • MidwestMomof3
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:23am

      Thank you, Mom…her name came to me out-of-the-blue and seemed perfect. I’d heard the name Lyric before and loved it. Autumn seemed fitting when you look at the coloring of all the attributes of her mom and dad. Mom is a dark haired/hazel eyed/dark complected white girl (I say that because in the summer I look hispanic/light skinned african-american!). Dad is a red-head with dark brown eyes (and the obligitory almost see-through skin! LOL). Autumn colors!! I really believe she would have been my red-headed, freckled, brown-eyed girl of which I dreamed…
      God bless you all who have the littlest Angels waiting in Heaven.
      I really believe that God chooses carefully who delivers Him the most precious gifts of innocent lives.

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    • Becohio
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:14pm

      God bless all you ladies who have suffered the loss of a wee one. FB will allow the sexual abuse of children through their site, but not a moment of compassion and healing? Epic fail FB.

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  • SFsuper49er
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:56am

    Don’t say much about Facebook does it ! It’s the way it is for most… Image before the soul…

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:18am

      I think it says a LOT ABOUT Facebook .. I am hoping that going “public” will put a stop to some of this garbage where they ban things for no reason .. and let the vile and profane remain.

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  • Misha
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:53am

    Such a sweet little man. The one pic without the hat, he seems to be looking straight into the camera and totally present/aware. What a beautiful family, my heart aches for them.

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  • VictorVaughn
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:52am

    The sad part is that I am sure one of her so-called “friends” reported the image. Presumably some left wingnut who would have preferred that she aborted.

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:34am

      Yes .. someone has to report .. that would be interesting to know wouldn’t it .. does that fall under the “freedom of information” act? I think she needs to look hard and close at her so called “friends” ..

      As for the photos I saw NOTHING wrong .. yes I went and saw what she had posted .. what I saw was a baby that was LOVED .. not long on earth but always in their hearts … and now is with God. Some children don’t get that much love in their lifetimes … being born “perfect” (don’t like that word but you know what I mean).

      Best to the family … and their little angel in heaven — Grayson.

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  • gryffn
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:49am

    Prayers and love to the family. My first son lived six days. It is a pain that dulls with time, but never goes away.

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    • momrules
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:15am

      My first son lived three days. He will turn 36 years old this year. I remember every minute of his birth, life and death and I love him as much today as I did the day he was born.

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    • adeleeeee
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 8:40pm

      Cannot imagine why ppl want this boy abort! He cannot harm no one but bring joy and courage and love to the world for as little as 8 hours… I guess this is what ppl hates!

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    • MidwestMomof3
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 12:28am

      Gryffn/Momrules…God bless you both. I’m not sure I could have survived if mine had taken even one breath or had cried at all. I just don’t know how I would have done it. I like to imagine our “little ones” up in Heaven greeting eachother as they come along…now perfect and whole and at peace.

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    • ApsoLover
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 1:01pm

      How blessed they were to have him as long as they did. We never know why things like this happens. I do believe God only gives those special families these children. My grandson Cole was born at 23 weeks. He weighted 1 pound 5 ounces. Spent 120 days in the hospital. He is now a year old! He weights close to 21 pounds. Crawling, teething, a blessing from God. He is a perfectly normal little boy. I do thank God everyday for him. My heart breaks for this family, thanks heavens they were rooted in God’s grace. I can’t wait to meet him someday!!

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  • ChildofJesus
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:43am

    just cause the little one doesn‘t have ’perfect features’ like it seems to be the thing these days, seems ridiculous. I think he looks adorable. :)

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  • politicianssuck
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:42am

    Are we so “entitled” that we feel if facebook don‘t post pictures that WE want then it’s time to go to the media, or protest or whatever? I mean facebook owns facebook. Not you or me. It is their business if you dont like it don’t use them. Go somewhere else or start your own. There’s always mypage.com it dont matter if you like it or not.

    Doesn’t matter if you feel it violates their policy or not. What matters is that THEY feel YOU violated the rules THEY have set forth. People need to grow some skin and quite acting like whats yours is mine.

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    • ChadD
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:53am

      Agreed. And it is also the mother’s right to protest their decisions and display to the rest of the world what kind of people run FB.

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    • see.pee.aye
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:26am

      What a pathetic society we’ve become “Wahhhhhhhh I’m not allowed to post this on facebook. Facebook won’t let me…Wahhhhh”
      This is national news when someone is BANNED from posting pictures on facebook. Who cares?!? You’re free to email them to friends and family, print them, frame them and have them all over your house. Who gives a sh*t what facebook says and believes. It’s been around for what- 10 years maybe? and now we can‘t live without it’s approval now. It has to be national news when it denies someone to post. Ridiculous.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:59am

      But Facebook did not giver her a chance to fix the issue. She was banned and her photo’s deleted period. You would think that Facebook would have said. Some people find these pictures disturbiing and we will give you 24 hours to remove them. If they are not removed, we will suspend your account. I can not see all the pictures being offensive.

      This is why I hope FB IPO shares tank.

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    • inblack
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 1:48pm

      @SEE.PEE.AYE

      Your lack of empathy is a much more horrible and “disfiguring” birth defect than that young child’s.

      We humans have empathy for others. Especially when they show the kind of love this couple did.

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    • Melika
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 3:20pm

      When someone joins Facebook, both parties enter into an agreement. FB collects personal information to sell to advertisers in exchange for the user’s right to access what amounts to a free web page with whatever extras FB decides to offer. This amounts to a transaction, the same as if these people paid cash, except the Feds aren’t involved – yet. It is in no way a free service. Yes, if a person decides that the FB rules are too onerous to justify the usage terms, then they are free not to join. However, because both parties entered into an agreement where the terms are set, if FB violates those terms, then the party which has already “paid” has a right, and obligation, to protest FB’s refusal to honor the terms of the agreement. The words in an agreement aren’t flexible the way words are to a politician. If that were the case, then there wouldn’t be any contract worth the paper on which it was written and impossible to communicate with another human. FB does not have the right to define what certain words mean. If the company wishes to ban newborn baby photos (birth defects or not), then it needs to be clearly defined in their contract, not arbitrarily listed under “profanity”.
      To any reasonable human, FB has violated the terms of their own contract. These people can either go through the expense of a court action, or they can take it to the court of public opinion. Publicizing this both warns other users and is the cheaper route to a resolution.

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    • burnteye86
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 5:08pm

      You worthless Pieces OS taking facebook‘s side on this have defects that can’t be seen on the outside.

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    • Alessandre
      Posted on May 21, 2012 at 1:46pm

      @See.Pee.Aye – yes this is national news. FB is about going public yet it routinely breaks it’s own terms of use. FB fails to address pornography & abuse but refuses to allow photos of a child w/ a birth defect. those who might purchase FB shares have a right to know the kind of company FB is. the parents also have a right to protest FB‘s failure to honour it’s terms of use & punish those who post items that do not violate those terms but, for unspecified reasons, FB decides are unacceptable. this isn‘t an issue of entitlement but rather exposing FB’s fascist & politically driven attitude – information when making a decision whether to invest in FB stock.

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  • Cryinthewilderness
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:40am

    You have to remember that Google and Facebook are in obama’s pocket.

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    • starman70
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:59am

      YEP!! Obama and his ******* administration would have had this baby aborted. In the liberal, leftist and communist viewpoint there is no room for a mother’s love, no matter what may be wrong with the baby. Obamacare would have had the baby aborted, PERIOD! No choice for the parents – - – You do as we, the knowledgeable medical panel, say to do.

      Facebook is just another reflection of the liberal though line. We will NOT honor a mother’s love for her child. In the progressive view, love is old fashioned and has no place in their picture of a “MODERN SOCIETY”.

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    • RamonPreston
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 6:46pm

      And Microsoft.

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    • lovemuffin
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 6:48pm

      @CRYINTHEWILDERNESS

      You have to remember that Google and Facebook are in obama’s pocket. YOU ARE 100% RIGHT. OUR MUSLIM PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DESTROY AMERICA AND GET IT READY FOR THE ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT. ALL RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH is being attacked. he says he deserves to be re-elected so he can finish the job? OH, FINISH THE JOB OF DESTROYING AMERICA. VOTE ROMNEY

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  • Cryinthewilderness
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:38am

    We have become a society of no morals, no respect for life and as you can see by the Time frontpage no modesty. We should celebrate life no matter how short or how the child comes to us. GOD gives us what we have and this baby was her baby and she loved it no matter what. That is what a real mother feels. People who want to control every aspect of our lives are not of GOD. Remember to be politically correct is to be Biblically wrong. People have no soul anymore. God does not need to bless America but AMERICA NEEDS TO BLESS GOD, and give thanks to all things.

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    • GoMomGo
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:18pm

      Cry, I LOVE this statement! “Remember to be politically correct is to be Biblically wrong.”

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  • momrules
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:35am

    This child was a precious gift from God and he was blessed with loving careing parents.

    What happened to people? They will watch TV and movies filled with violence, they will promote the murder of children through abortion, they will watch the most deviant of sex acts without batting an eye but somehow pictures of this baby are offensive.

    I’m glad I look at this baby and see beauty, that I look at the faces of his parents and see goodness and love and I pray to God that I never become so hardened that a child born with birth defects offends me.

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    • onepetcow
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 4:05pm

      I had tears in my eyes reading this and watching..you felt the love these parents have for the child, for that will never go away…I couldn’t have ended my childs life because of birth defect either…they are a gift from God to be cherished. It is sad that this is such a shallow, cold society we live in. God Bless the family, they are special.

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  • incognito.groucho
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:33am

    God bless the Walker family. There will be a special place in heaven for Grayson, Mom and Dad

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  • LambdaCore
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:31am

    I don’t use Facebook, and don’t ever intend to. Zuckerberg can go **** himself.

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  • klevalt
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:30am

    The photos are such a loving tribute to this special little angel…. Thank you for sharing them. I quit facebook weeks ago because of their backward policies.

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  • vtxphantom
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:30am

    I feel their pain and their joy. Bless you all.

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  • copatriots
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:30am

    Why do people still use Facebook? It is SCARY how much information people trust to the likes of Zuckerberg. Wow.

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    • InUrFace1
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 10:18pm

      Amen. Also….. People need to wake up and realize that all the technology being created now wants in your house to make your life easier and more convenient. LIE !! It is their way of tracking us on every level. What goes thru the phone lines, electrical lines, PC, etc…..something to think about and seriously consider the implications. Society has been deliberately weened into this. Spoon fed the technology in small increments and now they say we need “smart technology” help in our homes? Bull. I think we can turn our own light switches on and make love with our spouse without “them” spying thru this technology. Just an observation.

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  • little big man
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:28am

    God bless this child in Heaven, and his mother on Earth.

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  • conservativemommy
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:27am

    As an RN, I’ve seen a lot of things. I think that modern life and modern healthcare hide real life from people. We could have the messiest train wreck in the ICU, but we would cover it all up and the patient would look all nice and cozy for the short family visit. Most people believe that babies should be perfect and never die . We hide old people in nursing homes where we don’t have to look at them. We abort imperfect babies. Life isn’t perfect. OF COURSE facebook would ban these pictures – how can they allow reality on the FAKEST place on the face of the earth? Reality has no place on facebook! One of the most common questions after a death in the unit was, “Did they suffer?” I’m now sorry I lied to the families – yes, they did suffer. Babies die. Some aren’t perfect. This is life.

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    • Conservative New Yorker
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 11:04am

      Bless you for the work you do. You provide both physical and emotional care which helps facilitate both the patient and his/her family to deal with their medical issues and concerns.

      I am forever grateful to the nurses who took excellent care of my mother when she was dying of breast cancer. And they did it with a smile and gentle demeanor.

      As for your “lying” to the family members- imo, you were helping them to cope in their grief. You took on the burden of knowing the truth of their loved ones suffering and shielding them so that they may heal in their hearts and move on with their lives.

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:15pm

      CONSERVATIVEMOMMY, I enjoyed reading your comment very much. Thank you for serving the weak and helpless. God bless you.

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    • jeanr
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 8:17pm

      CONSERVATIVE MOMMY: I am going to go ahead and guess you and I don’t have much in common politically, but there aren’t too many people that I respect more than nurses. You seem to do a little bit of everything and you are the main reason that the American heath system is the best in the world.

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    • bigdaddyt46
      Posted on May 20, 2012 at 8:23am

      God Bless you deeply for your work. when my older brother lay dying in the hospital i went in to see him i told myself i’ll be strong, i’ll be strong one look at all the tubes in his nose and arms and i cried like a baby. the trama nurse started crying right along with me when i stopped to thank her for all her efforts to at the very least make him as comfortable and presentable as possible.
      when my dad died his hospice nurse stayed with my family till i got off work and was able to stop by my mom’s house and was there 2 hours after i stopped by.
      when my sister died the nurses where there yet again to make her as comfortable and “pretty” and showed my family get love and warmth.
      i have a huge amount of love respect and appreciation for nurses.

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  • PapaPatriarch
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:26am

    I watched the slideshow. What a cute kid, love the hat.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:25am

    First it was the constant privacy changes, now the idiotic PC crap…I’ve been facebook free for 2 years now, never going back.

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  • guntotinsquaw
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:21am

    Blessings little one.

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  • Mr.Fitnah
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:18am

    Facebook cult strictly for losers.
    Only own an account to protect your name dont use it.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:34am

      In the future, we are going to see laws banning name changes. Kids entire lives will have been voluntarily posted online since birth. These are strange times……strange indeed.

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    • db321
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:35am

      I have a Facebook account but do not use it – good suggestion!

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  • angelcat
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:16am

    Every mother has a right to love her child and be proud of the child – even if it has birth defects. This mother would have very little opportunity to let people see her baby and know that just because the child wasn‘t perfect doesn’t mean it wasn’t loved and cherished. It makes me angry that the mother was denied even this one opportunity to share her precious child with her Facebook friends.

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on May 19, 2012 at 6:38pm

      Poor little baby. The parents love it regardless, as it should be. Shame on some of you people.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on May 19, 2012 at 10:16am

    May God bring this little soul unto Him. May He give these parents strength to know their “Little Lamb” will be with Our Lord.

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