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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Prop Hate and the African American Community
I keep seeing the same statistic: “70% of black voters in California voted for Proposition 8.” It is often presented with disconcertingly blatant racism. Many people have already written in response to this racism but I feel compelled to add … Continue reading
Further Beyond Marriage
On the Sunday before the election, I volunteered to stop Prop 8. I spent 3 hours making calls, most of them remained unanswered and many of the people who had volunteered to raise awareness on election day backed out because … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Feminism, Politics, Singles By Choice
Tagged marriage, matrimania, same-sex marriage
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Single by the Numbers
I have been crunching through so much data about the election, I decided that I wanted to find out more about singles in general, not just unmarried voters. So, I used data from the “2007 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates” … Continue reading
What Motivates Women to Act
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) recently released a 64-page analysis on The Challenge to Act: How Progressive Women Activists Reframe American Democracy. In their press release, IWPR stressed that the report “calls for political leaders and progressive activists … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Feminism, Politics, Singles By Choice, Skeptical musings
Tagged 2008 election, Activism, Feminism
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It’s Time to Repower America
I find it mind-boggling that some people think that now that our economy is going down the drain, we cannot possibly worry about things like global warming. Huh? Ever heard of the WPA? Maybe it’s easier to remember the WPA … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Politics, Skeptical musings
Tagged 2008 Financial Crisis, economics, environment
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Some sobering secular thoughts on President Obama
Although I am very excited that Barack Obama will be our next president, I share the concerns voiced in an article from Ronald Lindsay published in a recent newsletter from the Council on Secular Humanism (CSH). Some excerpts: But just … Continue reading