document: And , a reporter asked , what would she say to Anita Hill if she had the chance ? ; `` I 'd tell her to pray , '' she replied . `` She needs God bad . I wo n't say nothing bad about her because she 's a mother-child , too . But , whoever put her up to it , I just pray she 'll get her life straightened out . '' ; In Thomas ' birthplace , the hometown crowd has made no attempt to disguise where its heart lies . A handwritten sign on the main thoroughfare announces : `` Pinpoint Georgia , the home of Judge Clarence Thomas . '' ; Not surprisingly , no one here seemed to believe Hill 's allegation that Thomas had sexually harassed her between 1981 and 1983 while she worked for him. ; From a roof , a sign announced : `` We believe Clarence . '' ; Much of the community gathered before the only big-screen television available , at the home of Abraham Famble , deacon of the Sweet Fields of Eden Baptist Church , as the time for the Senate vote neared. ; Williams prayed silently in the kitchen , asking God to watch over her son as she rubbed her hands nervously . The crowd joined her in the 23rd Psalm : `` Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ... '' ; As the tally reached a majority for Thomas , a cry of joy and applause rang out. ; `` Earth hath no sorrow that heaven can not heal , '' Famble said .
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