Tag Archives: Freedom

This is America

Posted on April 16, 2013 by | 2 Comments

Got some stamps today. Freedom. Equality. Liberty. Justice. FOREVER.  Amen and So Say We All.  Enough said.  ;-)

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Bill for state sponsored religion dies in North Carolina

Posted on April 4, 2013 by | 1 Comment

north.carolinaIt seems someone in North Carolina still has some sense left in them, because a bill that would declare Christianity as the official religion of North Carolina was declared dead, and thankfully this one won’t rise from the grave in three days, ABC News reports.

North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis’ office said Thursday that a resolution asserting North Carolina has the power to set an official state religion is dead, and won’t go any further. Continue reading →

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Marriage equality update from New Zealand!

Posted on March 14, 2013 by | 2 Comments

kiwiNew Zealand, the most free country in the world and America’s favorite location for movies, already has civil unions that provides many of the same legal protections that marriage does. However, full same-sex marriage may be there soon! New Zealand overwhelmingly passed a same-sex marriage bill in a 77-44 vote on Wednesday. It was the second of three votes that must pass in order for the bill to be approved, and as the AP notes, the second vote is the most crucial with the third usually being just a formality.

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Obama speaks at Clinton Global Initiative meeting

Posted on October 9, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Obama tackles the issue of human trafficking.

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Must We Tolerate Intolerance?

Posted on March 9, 2012 by | 4 Comments

Photo: thefbomb.org

I recently griped in a comment on another Queerlandia blog about Kirk Cameron’s recent anti-gay outburst (and the subsequent anti-Kirk one) that it chaps my hide when a certain brand of cultural conservative rails at length on TV or in print against gays (or immigrants or women or the working class) and then cries foul when there is a backlash.  “I have the freedom of speech!” they cry.  “So much for tolerance.”  The implication being, Gotcha, Lefties!  For if we were truly as tolerant as we sanctimoniously claim to be, we would be forced by our own beliefs to embrace their intolerance, and we don’t, so who’s the hypocrite now? Continue reading →

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Rally in progress

Posted on February 7, 2012 by | Leave a comment

This is a shot outside the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this morning. What a great and historic day for Californians, and the rest of the nation eventually I’m sure.  Prop 8 was ruled UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!

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I Have A Dream speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 16, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Today is Martin Luther King Day and no matter where you are, at the office or home enjoying a day off, you should take the time listen to this historic speech.  The video is 17 minutes long but I promise you it’s worth your time.  Equality is a cause America has been pursuing for years.  It is our heritage and our greatest height to achieve.

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