My daughters, Sarah and Cheyenne, and I went to the theatre last night. We saw The Twilight of the Golds put on by the Tin Roof Theatre Company at the The Stage at Island Park. It is a short run play - it only has two more shows, this evening and Sunday afternoon. I tell [...]
Tag: lgbt community
What if Jesus was gay?
I have been watching from afar the whole Phil Robertson drama. His comments about homosexuality got him suspended from his show Duck Dynasty by A & E, but the backlash A & E received from followers of the show and those who hold like religious-based views caused A & E to capitulate and retract the [...]
Channel your outrage elsewhere…
I am irritated with the Hallmark Ugly Sweater uproar. If you have missed this story thus far, let me sum it up: some folks have their panties in a bunch because Hallmark put "Don we now our fun apparel!" on an ugly sweater ornament instead of "Don we now our gay apparel!" Apparently the word [...]
Well-done Grand Forks!
There is good news coming out of Grand Forks today. Last evening the Grand Forks City Council led the State of North Dakota into the 21st Century when it voted to ban housing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. That is pretty big news for our state. Well, let me be one of [...]
BARE
Tonight my daughters and I went to see Act Up Theatre's presentation of BARE: A Pop Opera at The Stage in Island Park. The musical addresses the challenges and importance in living one's own truth through a group of seniors at a Catholic high school. BARE deals with acceptance of self and others from an individual, relationship, [...]
Go ahead – poll me.
InForum regularly features polls about current topics in the news. The polling interface they use allows you to see the current tabulation of the poll results. I often check the results of these polls as I believe they give a sense of in which direction the community is leaning - well, at least the select [...]
I can hear the bells…
I am gratified this morning to be greeted with the news that Minnesota's House passed a marriage equality bill. Now the only thing between marriage equality is the Minnesota Senate and the Governor which are expected to likewise pass the bill and sign it into law. This makes me happy. This is an inequality that [...]
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