The Holy See of the Catholic Church, known simply as the Pope, dominated the airwaves in America last week. Pope Francis was able to take Donald Trump out of the relevant news cycle for a week. Now that is something. Something that should concern all Americans. The media and our government has allowed religion, the…
After Roland Emmerich, the gay, German-born director of The Fourth of July and The Day After Tomorrow, learned about the plight of homeless LGBT youth, he decided to make a movie about them, and that movie transmogrified into the story of homeless LGBT youth who helped start the 1969 Stonewall riots. This is a laudable…
In the wake of House Speaker John Boehner’s announcement of his retirement at the end of the month, political insiders think that his second in command, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, has the inside track to take the gavel. That may be true, but McCarthy would be wiser to keep his current job and elect a…
Climate change is in the news. We reported last week that most of the great cities of the world, built on trade routes, happen to be waterfront. This is not the greatest thing in our coming future of warmer temperatures, melting icebergs and rising seas. In spite of this, we just have this incredible affinity…
thursday, oct. 1 Two Artist Show: Ofelia Alvarado and Judy Hanford Oct. 1-15, Ofelia Alvarado and Judy Hanford will show their art at Gallery 23 in Spanish Village. Alvarado works in acrylics and Hanford in oils. Maurjo Reser will also be featured during that time. Spanish Village Art Center, Studio 23, 1770 Village Place in…
When Shadi Petosky entered into TSA screening to take to the air at Orlando International Airport Sept. 21, she did so with the presumption she had a terrorist body – whether she knew it or not. She may have never been singled out in exactly that way before, or talked to in the way she…
As a progressive Christian, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to a loving God; this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! In school, I sat toward the front of the class. Not to be a teacher’s pet,…
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has attempted to deny and walk back her own words suggesting that the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v Hodges, the case that led to nationwide marriage equality is the law of the land. Talking Points Memo reported today that Fiorina denied she’d ever called the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Apple CEO Tim Cook will receive the organization’s Visibility Award at the 19th annual HRC National Dinner Saturday, Oct. 3 in Washington, DC. “Tim Cook is a visionary whose leadership of Apple has been nothing short of remarkable,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “His willingness to bravely and…
The National LGBTQ Task Force has condemned Pope Francis’ meeting with Kim Davis — the Kentucky government official who discriminated against same-sex couples and ignored a Supreme Court Order to follow the law. In a statement issued Wednesday, Russell Roybal, deputy executive director of the Task Force said, “The Pope’s meeting with Kim Davis breathes…
