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If something has been part of your movement for hundreds of years, how can you claim it doesn’t belong? That’s what a group of Christian faith leaders is trying to do with the white supremacists who, for example, were part of the attempted insurrection at the Capitol in January. According […]

Yes, White Supremacists ARE Christians

March 2, 2021 in Politics And Religion / Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult tagged christianity / christians / discrimination / intolerance / proud boys / qanon / racism / right wing / white nationalism / white supremacy by admin

Tell a story of religious trauma and you are bound to get at least one person who says that you were just doing it wrong, in a bad church, or “following man instead of God.” I’ve gotten dozens of such comments on this very blog. My most recent was yesterday on […]

Religious Trauma & Evangelical Abuses: Real, Common, Systemic

June 18, 2018 in The Christian Cult tagged abuse / apostolic / christianity / christians / discrimination / hypocrisy / intolerance / PTSD / right wing / trauma / women by admin

Yesterday, all the Pagans I’m friends with were in an uproar on Facebook. And they had good reason. I have some things to say about the issues, but I’m going to try and be as diplomatic as possible. In a nutshell, one Pagan leader said she didn’t trust the scholarship of […]

Wading Into Pagan TERF Wars

March 23, 2018 in My Pagan Path tagged discrimination / feminism / HB2 / intolerance / Morrigan / North Carolina / transgender 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

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