AUTHOR
Leland Thoburn
Leland has been a Scientologist for 45 years. His writings have been published in numerous magazines and literary journals, including Foliate Oak Review, Writers’ Journal, Feathertale Review, Calliope, Vocabula Review and others. Formerly an executive at EarthLink Inc., he works as a business consultant.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
The church he saved has grown a thousandfold since that exodus. It now numbers 16 million worldwide.
TOLERANCE
“I hope religious leaders stand up to all manifestations of hatred and intolerance.”
EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS
But while the war was over and the Constitution amended, the South’s support of slavery would continue for the next 100 years.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
This is the way of all prejudice. The attacker conjures up his own demons, and then projects them onto some undeserving class of his fellows, inviting others to join the fictional fray.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
“I am not alone in this. I have brothers and sisters all around the world that are fasting with me. We hold our prayers and our meditations very sacred.“
EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS
The fact is that racism is an ugly undercurrent in our culture—too easy to ignore unless you are one of its victims.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Real, authentic faith inspires acts of love and uplift.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
It is unfortunate that it sometimes takes an act of such cruelty to bring out the best of mankind. But it is also fortunate that the best is there, ready to manifest in time of need.
HATE WATCH
This is the pattern of the dehumanizer. Their motives are not pretty, altruistic or honest. Coat the venom with a veneer of acceptance and eventually your target will succumb.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The First Amendment, being words on paper, cannot defend against anything. It is only people—those who take those words and turn them into living, breathing ideas—that can make a difference.
