Tag Archives: Bigotry

Our Political Climate Makes More Sense When You Remember That Most of These People Are Still Alive… And Voting.

Posted on August 7, 2018 by theboeskool

In 1955, after allegedly whistling at a white woman, 14 year old Emmett Till was lynched. He was dragged from his relative’s home in Money, Mississippi in the middle of the night by two armed white men, beaten and tortured, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged Bigotry, Civil Rights Photos, Dave Chappelle, Elizabeth Eckford, Emmett Till, Emmett Till Historical Marker, Emmett Till Interpretive Center, Jim Crow, Keith Boykin, Lynching, Nashville Sit-Ins, Racism, Racist Signs, Robert Fields, Very Fine People, Woodlawn Boycott | 1 Comment

Nope, John Piper… You Don’t Get To Use The Name “Nashville” In Your Bigoted, Anti-Gay Statement.

Posted on August 29, 2017 by theboeskool

Not my town, John. Not OUR town. Find another name for your homophobic manifesto. Nashville is NOT on board with your hate-filled, exclusionist version of God. You don’t get to name it “The Nashville Statement” (an anti-gay treatise which you … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Anti-Gay statement, Bigotry, Calvinism, CBMW, John Piper, Megan Barry, Missing the point of Jesus, Nashville, Rachel Held Evens, The Good Samaritan, The Nashville Statement, Welcoming | 20 Comments

Divinity School Drama, and Questioning Diversity’s Moral Goodness

Posted on May 11, 2017 by theboeskool

You might not have woken up today and thought to yourself, “I wonder what’s going on in the Duke Divinity School.” Welp, too bad… Because I’m going to tell you. Here it is: Drama–That’s what… Divinity School Drama. So first I’m going … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged amen-corner rah-rahs, Anathea Portier-Young, Bigotry, Diversity, Divinity School Drama, Duke Divinity School, Equity, Inclusion, Intellectually flaccid, Paul J. Griffiths, Political Correctness, Racism, Sexism, What is good? | 6 Comments

No. I Won’t Get Over It.

Posted on November 14, 2016 by theboeskool

Yeah… We get it. The fact that you voted for Trump does not mean that you are sexist… It just means that–for you–the litany of wildly offensive and overtly misogynistic statements he made were not significant enough to disqualify him. And … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged 2016 Election, Bigotry, Equating compassion with weakness, Get over it, LGBT Rights, No. I won't get over it, Racism, Racist T shirt, Sexism, Trump, Whites only | 31 Comments

On President Trump, From A Heartbroken Christian

Posted on November 10, 2016 by theboeskool

Forgive me for not writing sooner. It has been a hard couple days. And since it doesn’t seem to be getting any easier, I might as well give it a try… For me, my support of Hillary Clinton as a … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged Bigotry, Christianists, Christianity and Trump, Hope, Islamophobia, President Elect Trump, Racsim, Trump, White Privilege, White Supremacy, Xenophobia | 25 Comments

Choosing Between Jesus and Trump

Posted on March 22, 2016 by theboeskool

Listen… I get it–You’ve been told for about 30 years that “Christian” and “Republican” are basically synonyms. And it’s hard–when that is your reality–to think about voting for anyone other than the republican nominee for president… Even when it looks like that … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged 2016 Election, Bigotry, Brandon Stanton, Choosing Between Jesus and Trump, Christianity, Christians not wanting to vote for Trump, David Brooks, Jesus, Jesus and Trump, Louis CK, Racism, Trump, We have to be so nice | 15 Comments

If This Is Christianity, Count Me Out

Posted on January 27, 2016 by theboeskool

I don’t want to be a Christian anymore. Not if people like Jerry Falwell, Jr. get to call themselves “Christian.” Not if Donald Trump gets to stand up in front of Liberty University– reading from “Two Corinthians” and feigning devotion–and call himself a Christian … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics, 4) All Of The Above | Tagged Bigotry, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Definition of Christian, Endorsement, Evangelical, Gentleman, Inigo Montoya, Islam, Jerry Falwell Jr, Liberty University, Trump | 40 Comments

We Are Better Than Donald Trump

Posted on November 22, 2015 by theboeskool

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 | 6 Comments

A Different Boston Marathon Story

Posted on April 21, 2014 by theboeskool

As everyone memorialized and remembered the story of the Boston Marathon bombing, I was reminded again today of a story that is pregnant with hope. And redemption. And love. It is the story of the first woman to run in the … Continue reading →