It was certainly disappointing to be out of state on vacation, and learn that the leader of a recognized hate group had been invited to speak at the Tulare County Prayer Breakfast. The Southern Poverty Law Center, the premier organization for tracking and identifying hate groups in the United States, has designated the Family Research …
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As many of you already know, Porterville has faced quite the controversy over the past couple of weeks. On Tuesday, May 6, Councilwoman Virginia Gurrola presented an item to the council—a Safe Zone program to be implemented into the community by local students from the Burton School District. Students would be able to …
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My name is Georgia Robinson, and I’m a sixty-nine years old, disabled widow on a fixed (Social Security) income. I’m not writing this for me, though. I’m trying to come up with enough money to give my exhausted, stressed out care provider (my son) a few days away for his birthday.I know that this might seem frivilous …
Ok Guys! (Well…ladies *ahem*), This is the beginning of my photo essay series, simply called Modern Beauty. It was born of my irritation, disdain, disgust and otherwise lack of community to air my grievances with today’s societal views of what constitutes beauty in a woman. Even among ourselves, there is division of what …
I’ve been hiding from all the controversy lately. Well, not so much hiding as just ignoring it, or trying my best to anyway. I had a huge realization on my drive home from work today. I recently had a friend tell me that they are liking animals much more than gay people lately. Even …
It gets better. That’s what all the videos from celebrities and a myriad of other people from different professions across the globe are telling our gay youth. “It gets better.” My question is probably the same as every kid out there who sees these video messages: Does it? Really? Don’t get me wrong here — …
The theory behind freedom of speech was pretty simple: a robust consideration and debate of all ideas will lead to adoption of the better ones. When all points of view can be examined, people will opt for those which are best for that society. The history of civil rights in the U.S. would seem to …
So, if you watch news and probably even if you don’t, most gay people still like Rachel Maddow. It can be for her view on politics and life or simply based on the fact that she is the first openly gay person to host a primetime news show, which is currently the top show on …
A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything …
