“The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” –Psalms 118:22
The most recent cover of Time magazine asks the question, “Is America Islamophobic?” I find it jarring that this is even a question. Islamophobia, particularly following 9/11 in our country, is alive and being actively overfed by hate-mongers to the point that a man recently stabbed a New York City cab driver after asking if he were Muslim, and shouted “‘Assalamu alaikum — consider this a checkpoint!’” This parody of state-sponsored violence is abominable. I wish I could rinse my hands of it and claim that Jewish ...
Judge Walker's decision last week to overturn Proposition 8 in California is a momentous and prophetic one--a decision that cries for a more just world. Despite the appeal, August 4, 2010 is a date that will go down in the history books. The question I am stuck with now is: Whose history books will record this day?
Without a doubt, this will be a day of mourning and rage in the conservative Mormon history books, the history of the religious right, and the rest of the hatemongers who work tirelessly to make this world a more broken place.
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