There is another side to the liberal presumption that gay marriage is a progressive issue. In the African American community, the issue of traditional marriage .. a male/female family to raise kids … is very real. Readmore.[...]
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November 5th, 2013 - 9:36 am § in Misc.
African-American Religious Leaders Ramp Up Campaign Against Marriage Equality
July 10th, 2011 - 7:35 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: As of today Dallas Morning News Will Announce Same Sex Marriages
In January 2011, Change.org first brought you the story of Mark Reed-Walkup and Dante Walkup, a Dallas couple who was legally married in Washington, D.C., yet couldn’t get their marriage announcement printed in the Dallas Morning News’ “Weddings” section. The Dallas Morning News told Mark an[...]
How a wily politician played the state of the union
Joe Biden has more than 50 years of political experience under his belt, and it showed in his 2023 State of the Union address. Apart from his polished oratorical skills — jabbing his finger and repeating catch phrases to drive home his messages — he told ordinary Americans what he’[...]
December 14th, 2022 - 9:31 am § in Hypocrisy, News Media
Another example of why Fox is disreputable
Fox doesn’t do news, it does persuasion. Its talk shows, which are pure demagoguery, are by far its most popular fare. And its hosts are close-minded, intellectually dishonest pot-stirrers and hatemongers. They’re also liars. Take Laura Ingraham, for example, one of Fox‘s worst off[...]
The voting machine wars
Voting machines have been breached by Trump loyalists in at least three states. In all these cases, they gained physical access to the machines and/or obtained confidential software and data. The consequences: “Sensitive voting system passwords posted online. Copies of confidential voting soft[...]
June 24th, 2022 - 1:08 pm § in Law and Courts
Is the Supreme Court taking us to another Dred Scott moment?
In 1857, a Supreme Court led by Roger Taney, scion of a Maryland slave-owning family, “declared on specious grounds that African Americans, enslaved or free, were not and would never be entitled to US citizenship and thus to constitutional rights and privileges.” That decision, Dred Scot[...]
May 5th, 2022 - 3:59 pm § in Law and Courts
The issue that’s bigger than abortion
It’s true the conservative justices likely to overturn Roe v. Wade are right-to-lifers. But there’s more going on. While legal analysts like to refer to them as “strict textualists” (i.e., if the Constitution doesn’t explicitly state something, it isn’t there), it[...]
A rabbi explains why Orthodox Jews are rightwingers
In an article here, Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer (profile here), writing in the Times of Israel (profile here), explains “the connection between Orthodox Jews and right-wing politics in America.” I’ll let him speak (“fair use” and brevity requires some editing): “Why ar[...]
September 28th, 2021 - 4:16 pm § in Politics
Texas governor underwater in polls
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is for guns, and against voting, masks, gay marriage, and sex toys. He signed a bill offering citizen vigilantes bounties to sue strangers for exercising the constitutional right to an abortion. So why is he so popular with Texas voters? Does he have a killer chili recipe? Tur[...]