Hate speech against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people (LGBTQ+) by the right wing in this country has risen alarmingly, and violence against members of that community is often the result. As most in.
There are values that transcend partisan politics and whom you love is one of them. I think that is why a whopping 71% of Americans now favor “same-sex marriage” per a Gallup poll released.
Women vote. Millennials vote and Gen Z votes. You put these things together and you get the unexpected (by some) strong performance by Democrats in the 2022 midterms as exit polls show. In all three.
Election deniers, the far-right Republicans who deny the certified 2020 election results despite all evidence to the contrary, are subverting our democracy. But they are also subverting faith, in my view, since they often misuse.
I was privileged to know Sandy Treat, the 10th Mountain Division veteran. We sometimes walked dogs together in our neighborhood, chatting away and, if you knew Sandy, you know he loved to talk. Sandy’s stories.