Really. A “basic freedom”? Is this what the musket-owning Founding Fathers had in mind? Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) thinks so. (Raw Story). Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday asked Johnson why people needed military-grade weapons like the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and large ammunition clips used by the shooter in Aurora, Colorado where at least [...]
Teabagger Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI): 100-round rifle magazine is a ‘basic freedom’ |
| By: Pam Spaulding Sunday July 22, 2012 7:27 pm |
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Report: anti-LGBT murders jumped 11 percent in 2011 |
| By: Pam Spaulding Friday June 1, 2012 7:48 am |
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released its report, Hate Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Communities in the United States in 2011 on Thursday, and the statistic that jumped out is the rise in anti-LGBT murders, up 11%. The report is a result of data collected from 16 anti-violence programs in 16 states across the country including: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, [...]
New NOM Hate Video Features African-American Gay Bashers |
| By: Scott Rose Wednesday April 25, 2012 8:00 pm |
In response to criticism of its deliberate strategy of attempting to pit African-Americans against gays, NOM is attempting to pit African-Americans against gays. NOM’s new gay-bashing hate video is titled “Is Gay Marriage a Civil Right? African-American and Latino Leaders Speak for Themselves.” For its gay-bashing hate video, NOM did not interview any African-American and [...]
The Office of Civil Rights lets gay-bashing Flagler, Florida school administrators off the hook |
| By: Scott Rose Sunday April 22, 2012 11:09 pm |
Out gay student Luke Herbert — now 17 — suffered a blazing, screaming hell of abuses in the Flagler County, Florida public schools between 2008 – 2011. Gay-bashing bullies jeered “Fag!” and “Cock sucker!” at him during his bus rides. Though Flagler policy requires drivers to report such incidents, with offenders disciplined — none of [...]
Pastor Ken Hutcherson: “The only way to make your enemy a friend is to defeat them or kill them” |
| By: Laurel Ramseyer Tuesday January 24, 2012 9:33 pm |
Well, this does help explain how Pastor Ken Hutcherson could even contemplate the violent imagery necessary to liken Gov. Gregoire to President Lincoln’s Assassin. According to his new website, Ken Hutcherson’s got blood lust. A strange way to worship the Prince of Peace. Ken Hutcherson Welcome to the Hutchpost! How would you like to be [...]
The Language Of The Oppressed And Unheard |
| By: Autumn Sandeen Thursday December 29, 2011 6:11 am |
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. ~Martin Luther King, Jr. My community is on the receiving end of societal oppression, and anger is a logical and healthy response to that oppression. And, transgender, [...]
