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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

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

You’ve seen the memes. “In a world full of Kardashians, be a (insert socially acceptable, “respectable” woman here.)” Then there’s Beyonce. Michelle Obama has said that Bey is a fantastic role model for young girls, prompting the likes of Mike Huckabee to go apeshit. Both Beyonce and Kim Kardashian are […]

Showing Skin And Self Respect

January 1, 2016 in Recovering Right Winger by admin

It’s been a long few weeks. Kim Davis, “Apostolic Christian,” held the entire state of Kentucky hostage to her personal beliefs as she steadfastly refused to issue marriage licenses despite being denied on every single appeal all the way to the Supreme Court. She had absolutely no legal leg to […]

#Be Apostolic And Stand For Hypocrisy

September 27, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin

The fact that we were sitting together at lunch on Saturday could be considered a triumph of enduring friendship. We’d been friends since riding the same bus to junior high in 1980-something. I remember when he first came out, his first boyfriend. He was one of my very closest friends. […]

Why Are Conservative Christians So Terrified Of Gays And Their ...

May 14, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin

This image was in my facebook feed this morning from someone I used to go to church with: During the entire week of the actual rioting, these same people were posting memes about the difference between protesting and rioting, and how protesting was acceptable and rioting was not. Hypocritical much? […]

Christian Right Thinks Baltimore Protesters Are “Worthless”

May 8, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger by admin

I was still a Christian Conservative in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected. I was a political junkie who got all my information from the DrudgeReport, Brietbart, Fox News and especially Rush Limbaugh. It broke my heart that after 8 years of what I thought was a president who started […]

Why My White Christian Friends Call Toya Graham #MomOfTheYear

April 30, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger by admin

The Right Wing is forever saying that the definition of marriage has been the same for “millennia” and therefore should not change now. But has it? Even some Supreme Court Justices are feeling the weight of history: “The word that keeps coming back to me in this case is millennia,” said […]

Gay Marriage: Obliterating The “Millennia” Argument And A Different Discrimination ...

April 29, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger by admin

OK. At this point I have to say I am embarrassed and ashamed. I was actually once one of these people. How did that happen? Where was my common sense? I remember listening to radio programs such as our first installment here. This is an interview Dennis Prager did with […]

Right Wing Nut Roundup: Bobby Jindal and Dennis Prager

April 27, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin

On Friday, April 10, 13-year-old Nauman Masih was walking home from his job as an apprentice tailor. Two men, whom he did not know, stopped him and asked him what his religion was. “I told them that I am Christian,” Masih said. “They started beating me, when I tried running, both […]

Is There A “War On Christianity” In America?

April 16, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin

Today, Deborah Maynard became the first Wiccan in Iowa history to deliver the morning invocation at the State House. And of course the conservative Christians have gone apeshit over it. According to local news coverage: “It was kind of a rush,” said Maynard, 43, a project manager for a company […]

Wiccan Priestess Boycotted, Protested In Iowa State House

April 9, 2015 in Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult by admin