Nominee Thomas called it a "high-tech lynching", and began his SCOTUS tenure shortly thereafter.
Is that called "playing the race card"?
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Is that called "playing the race card"?
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Let the children see that they don't have to be like that woman ...
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fine
BUT !
#1,863 is satire.
Stairways are not a deliberate malicious insulting affront to the wheelchair-bound.
Without heterosexuality, what would become of the human race?
It may not be beneficial to keep secret from children the "two daddies" story.
Is it beneficial for children to engineer children's stories to estrange them from ideals, including enduring love?
"PC" meaning "politically correct", "woke" slang for enlightened / informed, disdainful term used by the agenda-driven
aware that comprehensive understanding of their position exposes its corruption.
As a counterpoint meme #1,863 imparts a useful message.
But it's satire. It would be a mistake to interpret #1,863 too literally.
It is not necessary to insult ("DISGUSTED") the majority to respect the minority.
This AM I dialed up early morning TV to get a wildfire smoke map to learn
if it's safe to get outdoor cardiovascular exercise in my neighborhood today.
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And the FCC has made broadcasting PSA (Public Service Announcements) a requirement for licensure.
This morning's CBS PSA?
There are moments in life when we don’t act based on how someone looks, who they love, where they’re from,
or what they believe. Because the things that make us different will never change what makes us human.
Let's find more ways to champion our shared humanity every day.
https://lovehasnolabels.com/
This brief public service announcement won't bring MLK back to life.
None the less in our "dog bites man" news environment, a tinge of less unwelcome news seemed a beneficial way to usher in this weekend.
Have a good weekend.
if it's safe to get outdoor cardiovascular exercise in my neighborhood today.
What has that to do with:
What to call this thread?
During the CBS-TV broadcast there was a PSA:The FCC is the U.S. regulatory authority that grants license to broadcast within the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum it regulates.
And the FCC has made broadcasting PSA (Public Service Announcements) a requirement for licensure.
This morning's CBS PSA?
There are moments in life when we don’t act based on how someone looks, who they love, where they’re from,
or what they believe. Because the things that make us different will never change what makes us human.
Let's find more ways to champion our shared humanity every day.
https://lovehasnolabels.com/
This brief public service announcement won't bring MLK back to life.
None the less in our "dog bites man" news environment, a tinge of less unwelcome news seemed a beneficial way to usher in this weekend.
Have a good weekend.
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Anti-equality Republicans were never going to stop at trans inclusion.
The Heritage Foundation says Title IX is a "failed experiment" & women should stick with activities "more aligned with average female interests" like yoga.
It's clear their target is Title IX and ALL women.
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And it's worse than that
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The Heritage Foundation says Title IX is a "failed experiment" & women should stick with activities "more aligned with average female interests" like yoga.
It's clear their target is Title IX and ALL women.
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And it's worse than that
After Pushing Anti-Trans Laws to ‘Protect Women’s Sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation Now Wants Women’s Sports Gone to ‘Assist Fertility’
After Pushing Anti-Trans Laws to ‘Protect Women’s Sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation Now Wants Women’s Sports Gone to ‘Assist Fertility’
Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.
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Amusing, EXCEPT !
Athletes, those that participate in sport, are widely considered among the healthiest among us.
So Heritage is suggesting, to optimize reproduction, women should be excluded from this "healthiest" category?
Alright. BUT !
Human reproduction is a binary. It requires both female and male contributions.
So if avoiding peak physical fitness is an improvement for women, shall we extend this benefit to men's sports as well?
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After Idaho’s near-total abortion ban drove OB-GYNs out of the state, a Christian “crisis pregnancy center” called 7B Care Clinic signed a deal to have real doctors visit them from neighboring Washington.
But they required those doctors to sign a statement endorsing its religious and anti-LGBTQ beliefs. The doctors said no and the contract was canceled. Pregnant women will pay the price.
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But they required those doctors to sign a statement endorsing its religious and anti-LGBTQ beliefs. The doctors said no and the contract was canceled. Pregnant women will pay the price.
After Idaho’s near-total abortion ban drove OB-GYNs out of the state, a Christian “crisis pregnancy center” called 7B Care Clinic signed a deal to have real doctors visit them from neighboring Washington. But they required those doctors to sign a st
After Idaho’s near-total abortion ban drove OB-GYNs out of the state, a Christian “crisis pregnancy center” called 7B Care Clinic signed a deal to have real doctors visit them from neighboring...
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States with the highest abortion rates after Roe v. Wade experienced a 30 percent greater drop in crime by 1997 than states with the lowest rates.
Economists Steve Levitt and John Donohue observe that following the 1973 supreme court ruling Roe v. Wade decriminalizing abortion across the U.S.
resulted in "a massive crime drop".
While it is true in the previous millennium the Republican party compiled a reputation for political conservatism and law-&-order
in the Trump administration it is the opposite.
Rather than maintaining policy to keep our citizens safe, the Republicans have:
- reversed settled U.S. law by overturning its own Roe v. Wade precedent
- perpetrated mass-murder abroad, including bombing a children's school
- are perpetrating murder indiscriminately within the U.S., reportedly based on an arbitrary quota requirement
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Yes.
Certainly them.
Unquestionably them.
Undeniably them. BUT !
Not only them.
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." Thomas Paine
"The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits." Thomas Jefferson
This pseudo-cons & neo-cons is what genuine conservatism looks like.
Please do not pretend to political conservatism to ennoble your corruption.
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The United Methodist Church’s Oregon-Idaho Conference has voted to move its 2027 annual conference out of Idaho, saying recent state laws have made some transgender and nonbinary members feel unsafe.
The conference had already planned to return to Boise next year. Instead, delegates approved a motion directing church leaders to find a new location “that is safer for all.”
Rev. Jenny Hirst, an outreach pastor in Boise, urged delegates to remain in Idaho, saying the state needs “the witness and solidarity of the wider church now more than ever.” She acknowledged the fear many transgender Idahoans are experiencing but argued that leaving could unintentionally isolate the very communities the church hopes to support.
Rev. Duane Anders, senior pastor at Boise’s Cathedral of the Rockies, shared that his own transgender child left Idaho because they no longer felt safe living there. Even so, he encouraged delegates to keep the conference in Boise, saying the gathering could have become a public demonstration of support for LGBTQ Idahoans while creating opportunities to engage lawmakers and local communities.
Supporters of the move pointed to Idaho’s recent laws affecting transgender people, including the state’s bathroom law. Although enforcement has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge while the law is challenged in court, many transgender Idahoans say the legislation has created an increasingly hostile environment.
Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth described the conversation as deeply personal after delegates heard testimony from transgender members, immigrants, and people of color about their experiences in Idaho. At the same time, he reminded the conference that faithful United Methodists continue serving communities throughout the state.
“All harm is harm,” the bishop reiterated.
The decision means the conference will meet outside Idaho in 2027, although a new location has not yet been announced. It also means Idaho will lose hundreds of visitors who typically support local hotels, restaurants, and businesses during the annual gathering.
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An oldie ....
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This is the FO stage
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GENDER IDENTITY 101: WHY TRANS PEOPLE EXIST (AND WHY IT’S JUST LIKE BEING LEFT-HANDED)
DEAR FRIENDS- As those of you who are transgender or trans allies know, the biggest problem to trans acceptance is society’s general ignorance about the nature of “gender identity” and how it works in the brain and body.
Since for most people, their external body and inner gender identity match, and they have no “everyday understanding” of what people go through when it doesn’t.
The fearful ones are viewing trans people with suspicion and even hostility, the exact same way left-handed or gay people were seen not so long ago.
But the open minded, open hearted ones are realizing that we trans people ARE who we feel we are on the inside, and kindly support and embrace us.
So how do we reach the ones who don’t understand this rare but totally harmless thing called being transgender?
I believe this will come about as the the knowledge that gender identity is a VERY REAL THING, and is sometimes different from ...
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The story of Bruce Reimer
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Watch until the end, this is reminder for parents who are raising their children.
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In 1987, The Lost Boys arrived as a vampire movie. Decades later, many viewers saw it as something much more: a stylish, rebellious story filled with unmistakable queer subtext.
Directed by Joel Schumacher, a filmmaker who was openly gay in Hollywood at a time when very few people in the industry were public about their sexuality, The Lost Boys became one of the most visually distinctive films of its era.
On the surface, Warner Bros. marketed it as a teenage horror film.
But beneath the leather jackets, neon lighting, and vampire mythology was a story about temptation, identity, belonging, and being drawn toward a world outside the one you were expected to follow.
Kiefer Sutherland’s character David leads the vampire group with confidence and charisma. He challenges Michael, played by Jason Patric, constantly inviting him into their world.
He teases him.
He tests him.
He tells him he is already becoming one of them.
Schumacher later described the vampires as a kind of gay biker gang, intentionally creating a group defined by beauty, danger, style, and outsider energy.
The director famously focused on casting actors with striking looks and undeniable presence, creating a group that felt almost mythological.
Released in (1987), The Lost Boys became a commercial success, earning more than three times its production budget and developing a devoted following.
For many LGBTQ+ viewers, especially those who discovered it while growing up, the film became memorable not just because of the vampires.
It was because of the feeling underneath it:
The idea that being different could be powerful.
That the outsiders could have their own world.
And that sometimes the stories people called “horror” were really stories about finding where you belong.
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