Guilty!

"A 71-year-old man alleged to have been a member of the Ku Klux Klan has been found guilty of kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 deaths of two black teenagers that sparked a summer of violence later depicted in the film Mississippi BurningJames Ford Seale had pleaded not guilty to the charges relating to the deaths of Charles Moore and ( Read more... )

The Movement That Left Jerry Falwell Behind.Many, but certainly not all, of the church-going folk that I know use their religion as a justification for their bigotry, hatred and intolerance. They go to prayer breakfasts and volunteer at their churches which is admirable. But in the next sentence after talking of these deeds, they use racial slurs ( Read more... )

I wonder if this guy has begun to realize yet,


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A very interesting website called Jesus Would Be Ashamed of You."Of all the really important things that need fixing on Earth, why do you fixate on whether gays can marry, or waste your time saving a woman who really was, it turned out, completely brain-dead? Why do you spend so much time arguing about how God created the universe, when the exact ( Read more... )

Are people completely stupid and insensitive? I just got this as part of an e-mail from my cousin's wife - she sent to her entire address book apparently. Did she not think I would be hurt and offended by this? I am beside myself ( Read more... )

Credit card solicitation letter addressed to "Palestinian Bomber.""Palestinian-American Sami Habbas couldn't believe what he saw while sifting through his mail earlier this month ( Read more... )

It makes me proud that so-called religious people would see a catastrophe as an opportunity to force their views on desperate people ( Read more... )

As seen in metaquotesHere is one Texas legislator who tells it like it is, Representative Senfronia Thompson. Read her words opposing a Texas constitutional amendment banning gay marriage ( Read more... )

New Orleans is known as "The City That Care Forgot." Well, I dub the South "The Region That Kindness Forgot." But we sure haven't forgotten how to wield intolerance like a baseball bat in the hands of a drunken wife beater here in the Deep South. First burying books with gay subject matter in Alabama and now this disgraceful episode in Lafayette, ( Read more... )

Now that I am over my shock and sadness, I want to think clearly about the results of this election. In the wake of 09/11, many people are clinging even more intensely to the traditional notions of family, morality and religion as a way to soothe and center themselves in these scary times. In addition to the specter of terrorism, people in our ( Read more... )