by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Nov 7, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Content warning: Article mentions discrimination rooted in homophobia. Over the weekend, my wife and I drove three hours from our home in Virginia to Durham, North Carolina, to get fitted for suits for a friend’s upcoming wedding. I’ll spare you the painful details,...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 15, 2019 | News
Baptist leaders from about 40 nations voted to affirm women in ministry and to condemn religious-based intolerance during the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance in Nassau, the Bahamas, last week. Both resolutions passed on July 11 after being discussed and...
by Robert Parham | Jun 17, 2011 | Opinion
Police officers outnumbered protesters at the Islamic Center of Nashville. Counter protesters outnumbered both the protesters and police by 10 to 1. Â Three members of Westboro Baptist Church, an independent fundamentalist congregation in Topeka, Kan., run by Fred...
by Bruce Prescott | Oct 29, 2010 | Opinion
This year, as children are playfully dressing up as ghosts and goblins for All Hallows Eve and Catholic churches prepare for All Saints Day, I am haunted by the memory of Zack Harrington. Zack is the young man who committed suicide a few weeks ago after experiencing...
by Jesse Lava | Apr 16, 2009 | Opinion
No one thought that electing Barack Obama president meant that our country had entirely kicked its intolerance habit. But at least now we have proof that bigotry is alive and well. Â When President Obama claimed in Turkey on April 6 that we Americans “do not...
