links for 2008-09-07
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"Some residents in Council Bluffs are thankful that a racially disturbing object has been removed from their neighborhood. A black baby doll tied to a cross was hanging from the eave of a home."
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"Palin's conservative Christian views have energized that part of the GOP electorate, which was lukewarm to John McCain's candidacy before he named her as his vice presidential choice. She is staunchly anti-abortion, opposing exceptions for rape and incest, and opposes gay marriage and spousal rights for gay couples."
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"Mr. Thomas, 29, who works as a deputy director for City Futures, a nonprofit urban policy organization, said that while he worries his presence might be harming longtime residents because of the rent he is willing to pay to live in Harlem, he believes the neighborhood needs an infusion of middle-class black residents like himself. “We’re part of gentrification too,” said Mr. Thomas, who has become a self-taught student of Harlem history. “I’m torn about it because I can afford to live in Harlem.”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
oh!press pass wrote:
Thank you for the great links!
Posted 07 Sep 2008 at 9:55 pm ¶
Jeremy Pierce wrote:
The piece on Palin’s church is now a dead link, but the headline is pretty inaccurate. The church hosted a conference by a group that specifically does not support converting gays. They do provide an environment for gay Christians who think a gay lifestyle is wrong to get help living a celibate life and perhaps seeking what fulfillment they can find in heterosexual relationships, but that’s not the same thing as converting gays. For one thing, converting gays suggests coercion, and they don’t support anything of the sort. For another, they don’t claim to be offering anything like a cure for being gay and accept that the causes of homosexuality are pretty complex. They even accept that being gay doesn’t seem to be anything like a choice.
Posted 28 Sep 2008 at 7:19 pm ¶