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 […]
One would think that they would be the best of friends – the #GodHatesFags people at the Westboro Baptist Church and Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk sitting in jail for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Davis has been in jail since last Thursday after District Court Judge David Bunning found her in contempt of […]
In the wake of a year filled with Duggar family scandals, Ronnie Floyd, the senior pastor at the Duggar’s church in Springdale, Arkansas, gave the first in a series of sermons focusing on the theme of love and physical relationships called “Sex Today” on Sunday. People Magazine reported that Floyd began his sermon with a […]
Publicly disgraced, television reality star Josh Duggar admitted to leading a “double life” and being “unfaithful” to his wife in a statement published on the Duggar family website on Thursday. Duggar has been mired in scandal after scandal since admitting in May to molesting five girls including his sisters while in his teens. The statement […]
Distressed over the Supreme Courts’ recent decision in Obergefell vs. Hodges, recognizing marriage equality as a Constitutional right, Republicans in Congress have introduced a bill that would legalize discrimination against gay couples. Described by Slate as “a bizarre bill,” The basic purpose of the absurdly titled First Amendment Defense Act is presented squarely in its […]