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Voting Down the Defense of Natural Marriage Act: My View From the Hallway
So I went to the state capitol to stand with folks in opposition to HB1412… Also known as the “Tennessee Defense of Natural Marriage Act.” It was my first time going to the capitol building, and the first thing I … Continue reading
Tennessee Lawmakers Are Willing To Take Food From Poor Kids In Order To Keep LGBT People From Having Equal Rights
I know, I know… That title is too long. Listen–I live in Tennessee. And as much as I have grown to love my new home, there are some times that I feel like legislators in this state are competing with … Continue reading
You Have Every Right To Say Racist Things
“So you like Trump ’cause he’s honest, and you respect that… But he’s honest about being racist. That’s like saying you like rapists ’cause they’re real go-getters, and you respect tenacity.” ~ Keon Polee There are a whole bunch of … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Politics
Tagged Maine Governor, Paul LePage, Political Correctness, Prejudice, Racisim, Tamir Rice, Tom Toles, Trump
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A Christian Perspective On The Shit Going Down In Oregon
I have tried for a few days now to write about what’s been happening in Oregon… About the double standard there is when white people with guns demand justice. But really, that can pretty much be summed up with one … Continue reading
Nativity Scenes, and How To Tell If You’re A Christian
I grew up in a little tourist town called Grand Haven. It was a great place to be a kid… Especially in the summers. It was (and still is) the sort of place where everyone within driving distance would come … Continue reading
6 Ways We Will All Murder You If You Ruin The New Star Wars Movie For Us
Listen–I love Jesus. I have written about nonviolence on this blog multiple times, and I feel very strongly that loving your enemies is one of the non-negotiable parts of what it means to be a Christian… But at the same … Continue reading
The Reason To Stay Friends With Trump Fans
Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of the following: “If you support ________, please go ahead and unfriend me right now.” There are a lot of different issues/topics that I have seen inserted into that space over the past few years. For … Continue reading
Jerry Falwell, Jr. and the Christian Jihad
By now, many of you have probably already seen the video of Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of Liberty University (the largest Christian college in the world), inviting all the Liberty students to carry concealed handguns so that there will … Continue reading
Please Stop Acting Like You Care About All These Shootings
You don’t. If you belong to the NRA, and you give your money to an organization that actively works to keep highly effective killing tools in as many (white) hands as possible, you don’t care at all about any of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Politics
Tagged 2nd Amendment, Donald Trump, Gun Control, Gun violence, Guns, Guns for Christians, Mass Shooting, NRA
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We Are Better Than Donald Trump
That’s really all I wanted to say. I wanted to remind all of you that we are better than than this. We are better than fear. We are better than hatred. We are better than bigotry. We are better than … Continue reading
Posted in 5) Not Quite Sure, Uncategorized
Tagged Bigotry, Donald Trump, Elections, We are better than Donald Trump
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