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COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
The woman who unleashed a tirade of hate at my husband in the parking lot of a local grocery store had no idea who she was speaking to. All she saw was a middle-aged man wearing a baseball hat and flannel shirt who had just stepped out of a parked SUV.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
To say we’re living in turbulent times would be understating it. We’re all drowning in a sea of information that comes seeping in from every digital corner and most of us are just trying to keep our heads above water.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
By Evan Wecksell I live in Los Angeles, a city with the highest concentration of Scientologists in the world.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hollywood, my hometown, is all about tolerance… as long as it fits “their” agenda. Pro-choice, green initiatives, gay rights, gender correctness—you name it. And I personally have no issue with any of these things.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Reza Aslan and CNN are properly feeling the wrath of those of the Hindu faith for distorting their beliefs through a gimmicky ratings ploy.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Since when did we start listening to Exes? Are ex-wives, disgruntled employees, former bosses and once-great friends really the best sources of intel on history, substance or fact? My first husband and I got married two weeks out of high school. I wasn’t even pregnant or anything.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I have had the privilege of being a Scientologist for the past eleven years and I have been Jewish all my life. As a Jew, I have experienced my fair share of jabs and pokes, but if there has been a “silver lining,” it’s that the religion’s beliefs and practices were never questioned.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Many people don’t have the maturity to regulate their behavior or stifle the ugly and nurture the good.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Living in diverse Los Angeles, you would think bigotry is the last thing I’d have to worry about in my daily life, but it’s not. That’s because I’m a Scientologist, and for most of my life, the press has been engaged in an all-out attack against my religion .
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
The First Amendment is a tricky one. It protects my right to practice my religion but also, to a certain extent, protects those speaking badly about it, except when that speech turns into anti-religious hate speech.
