Showing posts with label civil rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil rights. Show all posts
Saturday, July 18, 2020

"Where is the Sense of Decency? What Does It Profit a Great Nation to Conquer the World, Only to Lose Its Soul?" — The Legacy of John Lewis

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This interview with Congressman John Lewis -- in front of a live audience in Kentucky in October 2013 -- was one of the most memorable and...
Monday, November 11, 2019

"You Served Your Tour with Valor": Honoring Veterans of the African-American Struggle for Justice and Dignity

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Today is the U.S. Veterans' Day holiday, and as tributes to this or that family member who has been in the military pop up in my...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Jeff Chu on Meeting the Woman Who Fired Him Because He Was Gay: Valuable Twitter Thread for #RiseUpOct8

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The US Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on whether LGBTQ people are protected by existing anti-discrimination law. I've bee...
Monday, June 4, 2018

Developing Meme re: Supremes' Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision: It's "Narrow" — A View from the Bible Belt

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The developing meme about the Supremes' Masterpiece Cakeshop decision is that it's very "narrow" and won't mil...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

In the News: Wendy Vitter Refuses to Affirm Support for Brown v. Board in Federal Judgeship Hearing; Americans Display Appalling Ignorance of History of Evangelicals Vis-a-Vis Slavery

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Two stories in today's news I'd like to share with you, both showing the effects of religious thinking and influence on the p...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

"When Love Is the Way, There's Plenty Good Room, Plenty Good Room, for All of God's Children": Showcasing Black Church Gospel Preaching at Royal Wedding

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Here's the text of the sermon Bishop Michael Curry gave at the royal wedding today. In his book Silence: A Christian History (NY:...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

"In Every Case, 'Wives Submit to Your Husbands' Appears in the Same Context As 'Slaves Obey Your Masters'": A Twitter Conversation for You

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In every case, "wives submit to your husbands" appears in the same context as "slaves obey your masters." And yet I...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Assessing Billy Graham's Legacy: "After the Bombing That Murdered the Four Girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church He Visited a White Congregation in the City and Made No Comment about the Attack"

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I abide by the old dictum not to speak ill of the dead. I do not think it means, however, that we ought to lie about the dead and thei...
Monday, January 8, 2018

No Cake for the Gays and the Libertarian + White Catholic + White Evangelical Erosion of Civil Rights for All Minorities: Truth-Telling about Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too

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All these pieces fit together:  Jeffrey S. Trachtman, " Preserving LGBTQ Equality In The Supreme Court: No Piece of Cake ...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

CNN Asks, "Roy Moore, Jerusalem and LGBT Rights: Why Is Religion So Divisive?" My Response in Twitter Thread

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Why is "religion" so divisive, Burke asks? And then he launches into a description of precisely who, in American culture, is us...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

The Supremes and Cake Bakers' "Artistic Expression": Back to Piggie Park, But This Time with (White) Catholics on Board

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The entire culture and our politics are now dominated by people who have weaponized bad faith and shamelessness. — Chris Hayes (@chrislha...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Roy Moore's Attack on LGBT People at Baptist Church Yesterday: "They Are the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender" Folks Spearheading Resistance to Him — The Narrative Line We Must Not Miss

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There is a narrative line in these disparate textual pieces. A narrative line emerges when you put them together, and it's a narr...
Thursday, August 10, 2017

Christopher Douglas and Kurt Anderson on How America Lost Its Mind (or How the Christian Right Broke America)

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Christian extremists took over @GOP and broke America with their #ChristianAltFacts . https://t.co/uD2dhuyI7K #YouDontKnowEvangelicals ...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

What I Learned Growing Up in the South During the Civil Rights Period That Absolutely Applies to Trump and His Voters

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

More from Frances Fitzgerald's The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America: Race and the Shift of White Evangelicals to Republican Party

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And, as a complement to what I have just posted about Trump's analysis of the Civil War and Andrew Jackson and how both reflect w...
Monday, May 1, 2017

"Why Was There the Civil War?" Mr. Trump Asks: Some Answers from Frances FitzGerald's The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America

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Since the president of the United States asked this morning, "Why was there the Civil War?," I thought I might take a stab ...
Saturday, November 26, 2016

Resources on the "Identity Politics" Discussion: "When the Alt-Left Says 'Identity Politics,' What They Actually Mean Is 'Civil Rights'"

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WATCH: Trump supporter calls women "Hillary Bitches" on flight to Allentown. Spoke to Emma Baum who shot video, @Delta did noth...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Trump and Dismantling of U.S. Democracy: "Movement of White Evangelical Southerners into Republican Ranks Was Fueled Initially by Civil Rights"

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This should not escape our attention, though the mainstream media persistently and conveniently choose to play games about this matter: ...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

What About Trump Supporters If Hillary Clinton Wins? My Contribution to the Debate

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Did you hear the startling comments of GOP strategist  Mac Stipanovich on NPR a day or so ago? Stipanovich — and let me underscore: ...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Trump Leads Clinton by 13 Points Among White Catholics"

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Catholic for Choice has just released the results of a new national poll  (pdf file) conducted for that group by Beldon Russonello St...