Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld
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World AIDS Day is over. But the fight has to continue
“We’re living through war, but where they’re living it’s peacetime, and we’re all in the same country.”
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Why does the Mormon Church condemn homosexuality but support the Respect for Marriage Act?
The Church’s support for the Respect for Marriage Act may come from its awareness of its own self-interest. Or, rather, was it divine revelation?
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We’ve seen these violent & political attacks on women’s rights & LGBTQ rights before
History has enumerable lessons to teach if we are willing to learn.
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The Colorado Springs gay bar shooting happened on Trans Day of Remembrance. They’re connected
Society uses LGBTQ people as fodder for advancing patriarchal Christian white supremacist authoritarian agendas.
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LGBTQ studies programs exist because of fierce student activism. Here’s how it all began.
Identity groups previously disenfranchised from curricular decision-making gained a certain ascendency during the turmoil of the 1960s.
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Bars have traditionally been queer people’s safest spaces & some of our most dangerous
A recent mass shooting in Slovakia is only the latest attack on gay bars and nightclubs.
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Donald Trump tries to disguise his antisemitism as support for Israel. He doesn’t do it well
Though he talks about Jews, Trump rarely talks to us. He directs his comments to conservative Christian Evangelicals.
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These two poems encapsulate America’s immigration debate
Emma Lazarus’s “New Colossus” lifts a lamp for immigrants. Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s “Unguarded Gates” beseeches a “white Goddess” for salvation.
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What women & LGBTQ people lose when church & state collide
Any claim of a supposed ‘separation of Church and state’ is nothing more than a fraudulent platitude in the service of Christian nationalism.
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Are MAGA Republicans “semi-fascist” or full-on fascists?
Joe Biden blasted the so-called “Make America Great Again” philosophy arguing that it is “like semi-fascism.” But is it?
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Is the U.S. facing a second civil war?
53% of Republicans and 39% of Democrats believe that the U.S. is headed toward another civil war.
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It’s time to arm teachers (with what they actually need)
The day of the educator begins far before they arrive at school and extends long after the final bell.
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Politicians like to talk about “natural rights” before they try to get rid of civil rights
How “unalienable” and “natural” are our basic human and civil rights, even those explicitly detailed in the Constitution, if they can be yanked at any time by the government?
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Anti-LGBTQ hate group reorganizes as a “church” to avoid government oversight
Is it truly a part of the First Amendment’s “free exercise of religion” clause to exempt political lobbying groups from paying their fair share of taxes?
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“Parental Rights in Education” laws are a form of child abuse
At least 12 other state legislatures are now appropriating the Florida model and are considering similar “Don’t Say Gay” laws.
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The Supreme Court overturning Roe is just the latest consequence of Christian domination of America
The U.S. government spends over $400,000 for chaplains to work in Congress because America never took the separation of church and state seriously.
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Are LGBTQ Republicans similar to Jews for Hitler?
As history has clearly shown, LGBTQ people who support the far-right Republican agenda are on a one-way path to self-destruction.
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Slavery was so long ago… What good will reparations do now?
Gaps in wealth between black and white households show the impact of uninterrupted systemic inequality and discrimination beginning at the nation’s inception.
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The Nazis didn’t ban all Germans from owning guns. That’s a lie spread by gun control opponents
Hitler actually loosened the regulations for gun ownership.
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Everyone knows what really causes gun violence. It’s not thoughts and prayers.
The answer is pretty damn simple actually.
