AUTHOR
Michael Scandling
Fine-art photographer, writer, counselor-at-large, chef, dog lover, nature lover. Not particularly reverent.
HATE WATCH
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) counted at least 30 instances of vandalism and harassment after the 2022 tirade.
HATE WATCH
People don’t come into the world hating. They are not born to hate. They have to be taught.
INCLUSION & RESPECT
The study suggests that things are not as the media and various political factions would have us believe. Stereotypes crumble.
EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS
The fundamental purpose of any religion is personal salvation, and bigoted hate is not the way to salvation.
INCLUSION & RESPECT
All these thoughts led me to a revised message for the back window of that car. One that might make an impact.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
It was the late 1860s. The plan was for a colossal neoclassical sculpture on the scale of the Colossus of Rhodes: 86 feet high on a 48-foot pedestal. It was to be called “Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia.” It was to depict a woman holding a torch and would serve as a a symbol of Egypt’s technological progress.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
I sang it in school. I sang it at home. I sang it in the car while riding with my parents. And I must say, in all honesty that at age 6 I had no clue what it meant.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
Each one of them has a different set of religious beliefs but they are all working together toward a common goal of healing a society that seems to be splitting apart. They all admire each other. They all respect each other. And they are all in communication.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
The famous brand of facial tissue is sponsoring this defamatory crap? Yes. It. Is.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Investigations were done. Most were biased and simply reinforced the rumors. A very few were honest attempts to understand chickens and their ways without preconceptions.
