On convicting the deceptively cheerful captors and fulfilling our Messiah’s quest to set the captives free
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or, Why I No Longer Believe in Coincidences
Which Procession Will You Choose?
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A Spiritual Autobiography
Reflecting on some of the people, places, and events who have made me
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A Church That Lifted Me Up
Like a good Baptist, I’ve a personal testimony to share
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I am not a sports super-fan
How a recent trip down NASCAR memory lane exposed my true love for sports
The First Amendment isn’t absolute. It never has been. I see no more reason to remain absolute in a position supporting a system which preferences speech calling for genocide over speech calling for equal human rights and dignity.
I wrote this letter on the Extraordinary Event Ordinance and sent it to the Charlotte City Council and Mayor Jennifer Roberts today. I am republishing it here now for the sake of continued public discourse on this important topic.
Sen. Joel Ford and I agree that HB2 needs to go. But that’s just about where the similarities end.
Charlotte City Council is tentatively scheduled to reconsider a package of LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinances at a vote on Feb. 8, following a community forum on the measures planned by the Charlotte Community Relations Committee and Community Building Initiative.
Two candidates in the same party. Both respected. Both viable and ready to take office. Both with deep ties to their communities. Both with mutual friends, allies and supporters. Local voters will face a tough choice between John Autry and Billy Maddalon.
A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s anti-LGBT “magistrate recusal” law on same-gender marriages has been filed in federal court. The challenge seeks to overturn Senate Bill 2, the law passed this year which opponents say violates the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection and Due Process clauses.
Nearly 30 anti-LGBT North Carolina religious leaders, activists and pastors have endorsed Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, including high-profile activists Flip Benham, Michael Brown and Ron Baity.
A Ku Klux Klan group distributing fliers in Jacksonville, Fla., neighborhoods — as that city continues to debate an LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance — has ties to North Carolina. Fliers distributed by the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were found by some neighbors and brought to local leaders’ attention last week. Jimmy Midyette […]
New hate crime statistics released this week by the Federal Bureau of Investigation show a slight decrease in the proportion of anti-LGB hate crimes in Charlotte and North Carolina.