I was discussing the Trayvon Martin case and the New Black Panther Party recently and wanted to share some thoughts. I began the conversation by noting that I have been ignoring the New Black Panthers. To begin I want to clarify that I am not saying that we as a society should ignore the New […]
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. Nowhere […]
Santorum’s theocratic statements seem self-caricaturing. He has asserted that the right to privacy “does not exist,” equated homosexual sex with “man on dog” relations, and compared the campaign against same-sex marriage to the war on terror. Santorum’s statements reflect not knee-jerk prejudice, but something much more powerful: philosophically reasoned prejudice, based on centuries of Roman […]