Chick-fil-A recently announced that it would stop donating to anti-LGBTQ organizations The Salvation Army and Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) – with Chick-fil-A President Tim Tassopoulos noting that as the company attempts to expand into new markets, the company needs to “be clear about our message“. Considering that the company is a powerhouse for chicken […]
Do We Need More Sexes?
Our world is complex – perhaps nowhere is that better showcased than in our evolving knowledge on genetics, gender, sexuality, and sex. The more we learn about these topics, the more it becomes clear that the way we currently organize and label them are inadequate at best. The animal kingdom: sexless to multi-sex In the […]
Three Reasons Woes Of The Middle-Class & Poor Have Nothing To Do With Bad Financial Planning
Amid news that the economy is booming yet many Americans can’t make ends meet, the idea that people are to blame for their own financial shortcomings continues to find footing in American minds and conversation. Yet it couldn’t be further from the truth. Here are three reasons why the woes of the poor and middle-class […]
No Surprise: Workers Suffer While Rich Benefit From Tax Cuts
CBS News recently released a report on how the Tax Cut & Jobs Act is working out six months after its implementation. The basic gist of it is: The rich are continuing to get richer on the backs of their (often overworked) employees. Six months after the Tax Cut and Jobs Act became law, there’s still […]
Why “X Is Like Y Chemically” Is Meaningless (And Why It’s Not An Insult To Be Told You’re Wrong)
I was recently in a discussion that invoked the “X is dangerous for you because it’s only one atom/molecule away from Y” argument. In this specific case, the argument being made by Person A was that Drug X was dangerous because it was chemically similar to Drug Y. While the conclusion that the drug is […]
Immigrants, Muslims, Mormons, Jews: From Small Atrocities to Large Massacres
Recently news outlets across the country have been lighting up like a Christmas tree with stories of beloved family and community members facing deportation (see here and here for just a couple examples). This, along with items like the Muslim travel ban, have led to widespread rebuke among progressives in the United States – with some even […]
Why We All Need Feminism: Cutting through the misconceptions
It might surprise some to learn that I, a man, consider myself a feminist, especially when women like this one advocate how terribly feminists treat men and why feminism isn’t even necessary: Obviously there are some serious misconceptions about what feminism is and what it isn’t. I think this picture is a great introductory point […]
Real Courage: What LGBT people and soldiers have in common
Caitlyn Jenner recently won an ESPY award for courage, leading many to argue that the trials and difficulty she faced as an LGBT person weren’t at the level required to qualify as “courageous.” Even before Jenner was in the spotlight, people have been making this argument – saying LGBT are not brave for coming out […]
Counterfeit Lifestyles: The real threat to family isn’t coming from the LGBT community
In the Spring 2015 session of LDS General Conference, church leaders railed against “counterfeit and alternative lifestyles,” upholding marriage between a man and a woman as the one good recipe for raising a family. This has led to backlash from individuals both inside and outside of the LGBT community and organizations like the Human Rights […]
Misplaced blame? Gay marriage not culprit for divorce, child abandonment
Recently, The Federalist featured a column from Heather Barwick about how the gay community is hurting children. Barwick should know. She was raised by two lesbian women. In her column she explains that her mom was always gay. Still, she ended up marrying a man (Barwick’s father) because “things were different then.” When Barwick was the tender […]