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Yearly Archives: 2016

In less than 48 hours since the election of Donald Trump, people all over the country have experienced racial aggression and harassment not seen in years. After a campaign that stoked the worst in America – going past dog whistles to outright embracing racism – it was no surprise that […]

Protesting Racism, Homophobia and Misogyny Is Not a ‘Temper Tantrum’

November 10, 2016 in Recovering Right Winger by admin

Today I feel as though the air has been punched right out of my body. A man that embodies racism, homophobia, and the vilest misogyny has been elected president of the United States. Already he has cost me, personally, the tenuous peace that existed between myself and my emotionally abusive […]

When Darkness Wins, We Fight

November 9, 2016 in My Pagan Path / Recovering Right Winger by admin

So, my dad is a big Trump supporter. He’s also a huge Duke fan, so clearly he has issues with judgement. But to be quite honest, (again, thanks to that anonymity I’ve got mostly going around here) he’s always been a racist. I repeatedly got in trouble as a kid […]

My Dad, Donald Trump, And The Great Queen

November 2, 2016 in My Pagan Path / Recovering Right Winger by admin

So while we’re on the subject of my past trauma, let me recount a story for you. At the age of 14 I went to a concert. The adult relative who took me stayed in our assigned seats while I went down to the front to join the crush of […]

Donald Trump and Sexual Assault

October 12, 2016 in Recovering Right Winger / Trauma and Recovery by admin

This is the second article discussing how the United Pentecostal Church and it’s teachings caused trauma in my life. I’m laying bare these old injuries in an effort to understand, and hopefully, heal from them. You can read about what caused this need here. “Are you sick?” The question, […]

Being A Woman In The UPC (United Pentecostal Church)

October 4, 2016 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult / Trauma and Recovery by admin

The other night I had a dream. I was supposed to attend a service at my old church, but overslept and didn’t go. As people started returning from the service, one was the Pastor’s Wife from when I attended. Only it wasn’t her. It was a very old, very disfigured […]

United Pentecostal Church Inflicted Trauma

September 25, 2016 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult / Trauma and Recovery tagged trauma / UPC by admin

When I was a small child, growing up in the mid 70’s in rural Western North Carolina, segregation was still an unspoken rule. My elementary school was all white, and I rarely if ever encountered African Americans. My maternal grandmother took me shopping in Asheville once, and we passed a man […]

Bible-Based Bigotry Is Not New In North Carolina

May 12, 2016 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult tagged bigotry / christianity / christians / discrimination / hate / HB2 / intolerance / North Carolina / segregation by admin

I am so sick of hearing the stupid line, “men have no business in women’s bathrooms.” It’s a ridiculous mischaracterization of transgender WOMEN. But over and over, the roughly 35% of North Carolinians who still support House Bill 2 trot that line out to defend it. When you call them on the […]

Live From North Carolina: Showdown With The DOJ

May 5, 2016 in Recovering Right Winger tagged Bathroom Bill / batshit crazy / christianity / christians / civil rights / GOP / HB2 / intolerance / North Carolina / Pat McCrory / Replublicans / transgender by admin

The Truth Apostolic Church in Madisonville, KY is having a very bad week. Not only did their pastor, Michael Orten, hire a convicted child rapist and put him on the “outreach team” where he (among other things) runs the Bus Ministry (which gives children a ride to Sunday School) he doubled down […]

UPC Pastor Defends Child Rapist: “It Takes Two To Tango”

April 17, 2016 in The Christian Cult tagged apostolic / christianity / christians / dishonesty / hypocrisy / oneness / preachers / United Pentecostal Church / UPC by admin

I was minding my own business this morning when this popped up in my Facebook feed: First off, I can’t believe anyone actually could believe that there is a “planned human sacrifice of our children” in this day and age. But not only does the original poster (a relative of […]

Christians Have Discovered Beltane

April 11, 2016 in The Christian Cult tagged batshit crazy / Beltane / celtic / christianity / christians / paganism / ritual / spring by admin

In the spring of 1970, a 17 year old girl in rural North Carolina discovered she was pregnant. She was terrified. The daughter of a church deacon, she knew there was no way her parents would allow her to keep the baby. And there was no way she could, even […]

Little Sisters of the Poor, Reproductive Rights and Donald Trump

April 1, 2016 in Recovering Right Winger tagged abortion / birth control / christianity / contraception / donald trump / little sisters of the poor / scotus / supreme court by admin

One week ago, North Carolina convened a dramatic Special Session of the General Assembly for one specific purpose: to pass a statewide bill overturning an non-discrimination ordinance in Charlotte. The Charlotte ordinance had the audacity to add gay, lesbian, or transgender customers to the list of people businesses can’t discriminate against.. And […]

Please. Boycott My State

March 29, 2016 in Recovering Right Winger tagged #BoycottNC / #WeAreNotThis / boycott / discrimination / feminism / intolerance / LGBT / NC House Bill 2 / sexuality / transgender by admin