Religious Freedom
November 26, 2020
Pew Research Study Finds Christians Under Attack
If you live in America you might find this hard to believe. Most people here and in Western countries are accustomed to Christians...
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Scientology Religion
November 25, 2020
Are Scientologists Told What to Think?
That idea is especially ridiculous because, as a person studies and applies Scientology to more and more areas of life, their...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
November 25, 2020
Why We Must All Do Something About Anti-Semitism
The statistics are disheartening. Hate crimes against Jews are growing at an alarming rate— up 14 percent this past year...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
November 24, 2020
Three Legacies of Discrimination—Hate Crime in the U.S.
Groups or individuals on the receiving end of such attacks have a duty, not just a right, to make the truth about themselves...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
November 19, 2020
Family Guy’s Unfunny Religious Bigotry
Even though I’m not a Catholic or a Jew, I was offended by this faux “humor,” which in fact belittled sacred traditions....
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
November 19, 2020
Your Company’s Role in Eradicating Hate
Board rooms around the globe, but particularly here in the U.S., must heed well the calls of diversity, equity and inclusion....
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Religious Freedom
November 18, 2020
Could We Wake Up One Day Without Religious Freedom?
The Pew Research Center just updated its 10-point scale Government Restrictions Index. And it’s depressing: the score has...
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Media & Ethics
November 17, 2020
Family Guy: 20 Years of Pandering to the Worst in Us
Within one page of dialogue it managed to trash not only Judaism and Catholicism as faiths, but also their adherents and their...
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Media & Ethics
November 12, 2020
Understanding or Bigotry—the Truth or the Lie
Have you ever noticed that when someone has entirely mastered a skill or subject they are usually very calm, unemotional and...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
November 11, 2020
Can Casual Bigotry End Lives?
Recently a 17-year-old white woman was discovered to be planning a copycat mass murder of Black congregants who attended Bethel...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
November 11, 2020
What Anti-Semitism Has to Do With All of Us
The Institute for Jewish Policy Research compiled a recent report based on an EU survey of more than 2,700 Jewish Europeans...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
November 9, 2020
An Open Letter From a Proud German To the Bavarian OPC
What makes you, the Office of the Protection of the Constitution, believe that you can be unconstitutional and insult my religion...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
November 9, 2020
Do You Have an Obligation To Protect All Our Freedoms?
Don’t be an accomplice. At the very least, step away. Even better, write a letter. Tell the editor what the freedoms above...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
November 5, 2020
The Tree of Life—Two Years Later
Genesis tells us there were two trees in Eden: the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life. Whereas Adam and Eve were punished...
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Religious Freedom
October 28, 2020
It’s Religious Freedom Day. Should We Celebrate?
It means something that freedom of religion is grouped with the freedoms of thought and conscience because, over the ages,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
October 27, 2020
Oregon Does Not Endorse Leah Remini
When I see a platform given to a person whose stock in trade has become slander and libel of religion, I get concerned. I’ll...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
October 23, 2020
The UN Deserves Better Than Arielle Silverstein
Working for the United Nations is an honor. The UN’s core values reflect a desire for a better, safer, freer society for...
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Media & Ethics
October 15, 2020
Hillary Kelly Should Maybe Talk To Someone
Possibly there should have been a separate back entrance to the Whole Foods, labeled “Scientologists Only.” Possibly,...
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Media & Ethics
October 5, 2020
“Anti-Domestic Violence Campaigner” Tamron Hall Promotes Woman Abuser on Show
With the knowledge that Renate, Tamron’s sister, was murdered and had an abusive partner, I find it unconscionable that...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
September 30, 2020
Sufjan Stevens Brands Himself a Hypocrite With Offensive Antireligious Comment
I’m done allowing my church—my friends, my family, my community—to be the punch line, or the recipient of hate speech...
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Media & Ethics
September 28, 2020
Andy Marlette Proves Bigotry Still Has a Platform, Even in 2020
It never ceases to amaze me that stupidity and arrogance so often go hand in hand, or in Pensacola News Journal columnist...
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Media & Ethics
September 25, 2020
“But She’s a Scientologist”—Antireligious Bigotry on Slashfilm.com
I read an article recently on Slashfilm.com about a friend of mine, a lovely and talented actress who, in her spare time,...
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