Via Region 19 BOE Gazette, use of hearsay as evidence uncovered in the Amero case, as well as a suggestion that students actually made CDs of pornography from the same (male) teacher's computer a year later. (Yes, the latter is a rumor as well, but nobody's proposing sending him to jail. FK, any more info here?)
Who is the American leader, in all of our history, who was most impactful at conjoining his religious beliefs and political action? It's not Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell or any of the agents of intolerance on the right. It's Martin Luther King. That is, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. I often imagine King and other leaders before and since in the black church (yes, including Sharpton and Jackson) saying "I've got your religious left right here".
I think its great so many groups popped up espousing progressive religion, but I fear too many of them are in the mold of trying to appeal to conservative evangelicals - mostly southerners - who would vote for Satan before they would vote for a Democrat (I take pride in the fact that the bulk of haters vote GOP). Instead of liberals going to the existing religious left who pioneered political action and faith decades ago and saying "guide us", people created brand new organizations that too often ain't fooling anybody (If I hear anyone else say "we have values too" or any other empty platitude I'll go postal) and aren't - ironically - preaching to anyone.
Faith and spirituality don't mean pandering to bigotry. (Via Oliver Willis)
Ask your legislator to sponsor the petitioning date change, S.B. 1310. Information and testimony from yesterday here. Because elections matter, dammit.
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