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Open letter to representatives, Aldie hate crime
The following is an open letter sent to Loudoun County elected representatives, published in local newspapers the first week of August, 2006. Most of you by now will have heard from the Sheriff’s Office about the horrific anti-gay hate crime … Continue reading
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Tagged Animus, Doing the right thing, General Assembly, Hate crimes, Letters, Loudoun BOS, The Cypress Project
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Update on Aldie hate crime
Update: More coverage in the Loudoun Independent, Loudoun Connection, and the Leesburg Today. Many people have asked what they can do to help with healing and restoration in the wake of this cowardly attack. A group of concerned citizens and … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Reports
Tagged Community, Doing the right thing, Hate crimes, The Cypress Project
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Happy Birthday, America
Friends, I received a note from a reader, saying that participating in the Leesburg 4th of July parade is a bold statement for her to make, but one that desperately needs to be made. That’s probably a common feeling. How … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July Parade, Civil rights, Community, Doing the right thing, Human rights
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Today’s conservative reason to vote NO
“Leave me alone” conservatives should understand. If two adult individuals certify that they will be faithful to each other, share property, care for each other, and to be a couple until death do they part, why on earth would anybody with a heart want to say no, or worse yet, require the state to intervene in their most highly valued personal contract?
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Tagged Conservatism, Doing the right thing, Marshall-Newman Amendment
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Rev. William Sloane Coffin, 1924-2006
For those unfamiliar with his life and work, there is a fairly comprehensive write up in the LA Times. This is what he had to say about the 2004 United Church of Christ ad that was rejected as “too controversial” … Continue reading
Cutting in line?
Here is an interesting essay in The Advocate by Jasmyne Cannick of the National Black Justice Coalition. Her point is that we as a nation shouldn’t be focused on immigration reform when we haven’t finished establishing equal treatment under the … Continue reading
Conservatives refusing to be radicals
I’m Not Emeril has posted a fine article making the conservative case for opposing the Marshall-Newman amendment. I’ve never been too fond of jumping blindly into a muddy stream. I won’t do it this time either. I’ll vote no. There … Continue reading →