North Carolina and Mississippi have gone terribly backwards, with their recent passage and signing of anti gay and anti transgender legislation, claiming it is an issue of “religious freedom”.
Sorry, but religion does not teach prejudice, hatred, or discrimination as part of its tenets, certainly not in Christianity, or does it? If one looks at the history of the religion, there is no question that sects of the faith historically have advocated anti Semitism, racism, misogyny, and homophobia, but this is 2016, and this is unacceptable!
So it is appropriate that Bruce Springsteen cancels a concert in North Carolina; that Paypal refuse to expand in that state; and that the National Basketball Association cancel its All Star game in 2017 in North Carolina.
The same can be said about Mississippi, that all action by corporations, and including sports and entertainment, MUST be utilized to force these states to rescind these laws, or suffer, including cuts in federal aid to those states, now being considered by the US government.
I hear Jimmy Buffet decided not to cancel. If you’ve ever been to one of his concerts you’ll understand why.
LOL. Yeah. I know what you mean. At his concerts, people are so drunk that going to the opposite sex bathroom is of no big deal.
Saw this on a spiritual blog I read. Tennessee has a discrimination bill concerning counseling that’s come under fire. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/uucollective/2016/04/yall-means-all-veto-a-bad-bill/
Thanks, Southern Liberal, for this link, which is so wonderful in its sentiments!
When, oh when, will the South and other Bible loving people, really utilize the true tenets of Jesus Christ? SIGH!
I suspect they read the Old Testament and the Book of Revelations and skip over the New Testament.
Faux Christians are boycotting Target over their transgender policy. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/conservative-group-calls-target-boycott-over-transgender-bathroom-policy