Is this America?
Posts Tagged ‘conservatives’
Who said it?
Name the famous person who said, “We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit. We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature, in the theatre, and in the press…”
Hell coming to earth: Uganda
The legislature of Uganda is poised to pass what the main stream media is calling an “anti-homosexuality bill”… This bill is quite possibly the most vile, putrid distillation of hate to be transcribed as law in recent human history.
Adam Lambert Takes Giant Step for Equality; Gays Flip Over Vocals
So Adam Lambert performed at the AMA’s last night, and completely ignored the cardinal rule for gay artists: don’t let them see you acting gay.
The quality of his vocals and music aside, the same performance by Madonna, Britney or Christina wouldn’t have raised many eyebrows. Given the double standard for gay artists, however, the backlash [...]
Religion and the United States of America according to the Founding Fathers.
…my worldview has changed a lot since then. A large portion of that change in worldview came about when I realized that the American History I’d been taught was completely corrupted by right-wing religious revisionism…
My Thoughts Recent Events
Here’s how I see it.. My thoughts on the topics we’re being forced to think about (and on some topics we actually should).
A Comment (literally) on DADT
… I believe that we wrongly assume that all of the service members discharged under DADT are out, proud LGBT’s. I believe many of them are probably conflicted, scared possibly barely-twenty-years-old kids…
Hell, Frozen Over: Ted Olson Suing to Overturn Prop 8.
George Bush’s Solicitor General, Theodore Olson, is suing the State of California in Federal Court to overturn Proposition 8. …I have no words…
Prop. 8 upheld. Who is next in line?
Today, by a nearly unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court has inscribed in the bedrock of Precedent that a simple majority vote may strip a people group of fundamental rights.
Sonia Sotomayor
Obama’s pick to replace Justice Souter is Sonia Sotomayor. From what I can read, it’s a good pick. The conservatives, of course, are already screaming and beating on the bars of their cages.
