Enough!
It is with great anger and utter disgust that I read the news today regarding the two young American soldiers who were captured in Iraq and found dead. Not only were they found dead but also they had been tortured and beheaded. It will take
Category Archives: Society
Subsidiarity and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
There is a strong liberal argument against amending the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, and we’re all familiar with it: GLBT people are people who deserve equal justice under the law, and we should not break our long constitutional tradition of expanding freedom by
Marriage Amendments Threaten Religious Freedom
There’s another argument to be made when we fight state and federal marriage amendments. It has the potential to take back the debate because it’s about the Constitution and the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom. There’s no doubt that the need for marriage equality
Radical Minds and Critical Thinkers
Several months ago during a casual conversation, I was described by someone as being a radical. When he first said it I didn’t know whether I should laugh or be offended. It never quite dawned on me until then that my standing up against spiritual
The Amazing Journey: Notes From the Soulforce Equality Ride
Initially, I was torn between whether I should do the Texas leg or the California leg of the Equality Ride. In retrospect, I’m glad I chose the Texas leg, because I doubt if I would have fully believed the reception we got at Abilene Christian
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Institute for Welcoming Resources Join Forces
News release The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Institute for Welcoming Resources (IWR), an umbrella organization for leading Protestant lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) welcoming church programs, have merged. The move, an unprecedented joining of LGBT secular and faith-based organizing, is
If You Permit Big Enough Lies Long Enough…
The religious and political right-wing has learned that if you repeat lies over and over, eventually people will believe them and the mainstream media will repeat the lies as if they are just as respectable as the truth. Especially when the opposition is too afraid
When Will the Festering Cancer of Intolerance and Stupidity Cease?
As the daily grind of news reports about attempts by legislative bodies controlled by the Republican Party to repress the gay community under the heel of fascist domination continues, one must wonder if and how this trend will cease. The very freedoms and ideals that
Why I Am Not a Democrat
Paul Hackett is an Iraq War veteran. This grandson of a union man and son of a traveling salesman & schoolteacher fought in Ramadi and Fallujah and returned to his Ohio home in 2005. He’s also committed to “retooling” the Democratic Party and, from the
Reflections on the Life of Coretta Scott King
With the passing of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, we have lost not only a woman who stayed in the struggle for freedom but also a leader who embodied the ideals and true values of that freedom. And in her passing, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and