Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, religion and women. Former president jimmy carter has called out religious leaders for perpetuating sexism. In his new book, carter says wrong interpretations of holy books particularly the bible are a major contributing factor to inequality between the sexes. The former president is still a his ran though he left the Southern Baptist Convention Due to the treatment much women. Practice of religion that is a basic cause on the foundation or the excuse for other abuses, where women are deprived of an equal right to serve god and where they are treated as subordinate or inferior people. He stressed that jesus himself never disrespected women but later Church Leaders up to the present day have treated women as second class citizens. Carter called for women to have an equal role in church, saying, all are equal in the eyes of god. So Debra Carnahan is religion sexi
Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, women dominate the democratic president ial field. Hillary clinton may need to be looking to her left as she considers her second run for the presidency. Senator Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts is getting what some are calling a rock star reception from liberals as she campaigns for Democratic Candidates across the country. Ready for warren launched this week with a website, Facebook Page and twitter account. Supporters plan to be at all of the senators appearances to encourage her to run. This weekend at an annual convention of progressives, called netroots nation, those supporters are coming face to face with superpac ready for hillary. That pac has raised 89 eight millioned to and is working on a Grass Roots Campaign for their candidate, who still leads all the polls. Warren continues to say she is not running for president. Debra carnahan could she be a s
Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, modernday slavery. A new state Department Reports says 20 Million People are being trafficked worldwide, mainly for sex. Last year 44,000 were identified as survivors. The journey from victim to survivor is the theme of this years report. It restates the u. S. Commitment to stopping this depraved practice and assesses efforts by governments around the world to fight modernday slavery. Trafficking survivor and advocate Elisabeth Corey says the report is helpful, but could go further. What i think that it doesnt do for us is focus so much on the domestic aspect of traffickings, which is something that i have spent a lot of time talking about that it isnt just happening in other countries. The report is a very good start we are looking to hold countrys accountable for traffcking. One of the thing we need to start doing i think is start to put some of those monetar
foundation and by the sanofi aventis foundation. this week on to the contrary . sarah palin and frontier feminism: something new or same old same old; behind the headlines: latina entrepreneurs help build wealth in their communities and conquer the recession. hello, i m bonnie erbe. welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first: the women of the tea party. former alaska governor sarah palin claims that armed with mama grizzlies they will take this country back in the november midterm elections. palin says maternal activism is an emerging, conservative, feminist identity and it includes young mothers and grandmothers who are upset with federal spending, the government s handling of issues such as health care, immigration, and abortion rights. grounded in the tea party movement, these women make up about 45% of its grass-roots activists. and some media outlets are warning politicians not to underestimate thei
bonnie: this week on to the contrary : immigration reform. then, a renewed debate over sterilization. behind the headlines: why we love dogs but wear cows. [ music ] bonnie: hello, i m bonnie erbé. welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first: immigration refor and the democrat-controlled white house and congress. the department of homeland security has increased border control and law enforcement advance of president obama s long awaited immigration reform package. but it seems the obama white house is trying to delay debate on his controversial plan for a path to legalization for 12 million persons living in the u.s. illegally, until after november s mid term elections. that hasn t stopped grass roots organizations, both pro and con, from mobilizing now. by the end of last year, pro-reform groups coordinated thousands of strategy sessions with local activists and immigrants, while opponents of reform held m