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My younger son asked me that question just a bit ago. If you don’t know, he’s 17, but is on the Autism Spectrum, bipolar, and a few other things that cause him to be less mature than his age, overly tender-hearted and generally anxious as fuck. I asked why on […]

“Mom, am I a bad person?”

 in Politics And Religion / The Christian Cult / Trauma and Recovery  tagged abortion / abuse / anxiety / bible / bigotry / bullying / christianity / christians / EmptyThePews / evangelicals / faith / Ireland / mental health / oppression / patriarchy / PTSD / right wing / trauma / women by
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

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