Ginni thomas was raised virginia lamb and raised in omaha, nebraska. her father was an engineer and her mother was an outspoken republican activist who played a prominent role in her daughter's life. according to "the new york times," she joined her high school's republican club in 1974. later at creighton university in omaha, she earned a law degree. in march, a video circulated on twitter showing thomas speaking at a 1986 cult awareness event in missouri. on the decades old video, she shares her experience of leaving life spring, a controversial group founded in 1974, long considered a cult....