Conservatives and religious extremists are displaying mind-numbing hatred and bigotry on social media in response to the Paris tragedy last week. Why are Americans so quick to judge an entire religion by the actions of an extremely small minority of extremists? Having grown up in what is now a red state, I have been appalled […]
In the video below, Marianne Williamson addresses women and religion at the 2015 Parliament of World’s Religions in Salt Lake City Utah. If you’re not familiar with Williamson, here’s a quick bio from Wikipedia: “Marianne Williamson is an American spiritual teacher, author and lecturer. She has published ten books, including four New York Times number one bestsellers. […]
The owners of an Oregon baker are refusing to pay a gay couple the $135,000 in damages, despite the fact that they have raised over $500,000 dollars. You might recall the story of Melissa and Aaron Klein, the owners of the Gresham, Oregon bakery called “Sweet Cakes” that made national headlines in 2013 after turning away Rachel […]
A tense battle to defund Planned Parenthood is being waged in Congress in the wake of the release of highly edited videos by the conservative pro-life group The Center for American Progress (CAP). The New England Journal Of Medicine thoroughly debunked those allegations by CAP as false earlier this month, and a congressional appointed investigation […]
Tea Party bigots and religious fanatics flocked to a pro-war rally hosted by the Tea Party Patriots earlier in September. The anti-Iran event was held on the West Lawn of the United States Capitol and featured about fifty prominent Conservative and Tea Party speakers to include the likes of Tea Party favorites Sarah Palin and […]