Loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek are two of the most prevalent tenets of Christianity. The religion is literally founded on love and acceptance (despite what conservatives will have you think). Jesus hung out with prostitutes and prayed for his murderers as he hung to die. But I am so angry, that the idea of forgiveness feels impossible.
Then I remember the history of the Black Church. I remember how my great-great-great grandparents were forced to gather to worship in secret because they were slaves. I think about how racists would harass and terrorize patrons of Black churches in the ’60s. And then I think about how despite all of that we would still gather, still study, still pray, still worship.
Thousands of demonstrators marched in Mexico City
on Mother’s Day to protest femicides, the mass murder of women, and
disappearances of their children since the start of the drug war. Learn more here.
It is expected that SCOTUS will rule in favor of marriage equality. And if that is the case, gay marriage opponents will likely start to promote a new issue – provisional ‘opt-out’ proposals that will protect conservative religious officials who want to avoid involvement in same-sex weddings. Sound familiar?
He saw what was going through my mind. Then he said, ‘Don’t you dare. You’re going to put them out of business.’
OH SORRY DID YOU NOT GET THE MEMO THAT IT’S OFFICIALLY A THING BECAUSE I WAS JUST UP ALL NIGHT WAITING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN SO THAT I COULD OFFICIALLY EMOTIONALLY EMBARK ON THE COMPLEX BUT REWARDING JOURNEY OF BEARING WITNESS TO A LEGITIMATE CAMPAIGN BY A WOMAN FOR THE MOST POWERFUL POSITION IN THE NATION AND MANY WAYS THE WORLD, AGAIN, DON’T MIND ME, I JUST EXPLODED
We share your concern about its potentially devastating effects on the lives of transgender as well as gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer youth… As part of our dedication to protecting America’s youth, this administration supports efforts to ban the use of conversion therapy for minors.