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Posted on January 12th, 2012 by Batch This ALTERNET piece by Rob Boston, senior policy analyst at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, describes how the founders of our country advocated religious tolerance, not religious certainty.
5 Founding Fathers Whose Skepticism About Christianity Would Make Them Unelectable Today
To hear the Religious Right tell it, men like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were 18th-century versions of Jerry Falwell in powdered [...] Continue reading Religious tolerance part of our nation’s founding
Posted on January 9th, 2012 by Batch Here’s the VIDEO and (below) the TEXT of Hillary Clinton’s historic speech, Dec. 7th, in Geneva, Switzerland.
INTRODUCTION:
United Nations Human Rights Day – Dec. 7, 2011 – was marked in Geneva, Switzerland with speeches and panels representing many nations. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 30-minute address called for full human and civil rights for LGBT people in nations around the world. She said, “The U.S. will be your [...] Continue reading For U.N. Human Rights Day, Secretary Clinton gives powerful speech on LGBT Rights
Posted on October 22nd, 2011 by Batch COHRA – Central Oklahoma Human Rights Alliance – did a news conference, Oct. 20, announcing and releasing a Resolution for groups, organizations, and houses of worship to consider, urging citizens to VOTE “NO” on State Question 759, that would reverse and repeal Affirmative Action and equal opportunity policies in Oklahoma. The Resolutions should be considered, signed, and returned to COHRA (address on bottom of Resolution: COHRA, 3000 Paseo, OKC, [...] Continue reading News Conference Opposed S.Q.759
Posted on September 20th, 2011 by Batch In light of the disappointing and disheartening news about Troy Davis, I wrote this letter to the editor of the Augusta (GA) Chronicle:
Dear Editor,
I am shocked that Georgia’s Pardons and Paroles Board has voted to allow Troy Davis’s execution to proceed when world attention has been called to the doubts about his guilt. Seven of nine witnesses at the original trial have recanted their testimony, and no [...] Continue reading My LTE regarding Troy Davis
Posted on July 25th, 2011 by Batch Join me, Tuesday, July 26th, for a Noon visit to Rep. James Lankford’s office, to deliver personal letters and appeals that Congress raise the debt ceiling and NOT crash the U.S. government, damaging the world economy.
Of course, there will be other suggestions supporting revenue enhancement and protecting programs serving America’s most vulnerable.
Address is 1015 N. Broadway, 3rd floor, Suite 310. We should meet in the lobby by 11:45, [...] Continue reading Join a Noon Tuesday visit to Rep. James Lankford: Raise Debt Ceiling, Etc.,
Posted on July 19th, 2011 by Batch HIGH PROTEIN, HIGH FIBER, ALL VEGETABLE, BEAN SALAD
The canned beans are 23% protein – close to beef – so I consider this salad an Entree to be placed with the meats on the line as an alternative to meat.
Proportions vary depending on how many to be served. I usually make a big one for potluck meals.
I traditionally bought all cans of beans
red kidney beans white mountain [...] Continue reading Batch’s World Famous Multi-Bean Salad
Posted on June 17th, 2011 by Batch This is from the Jun 16 10 pm news on KFOR TV News:
Minor edit on the KFOR news video: It was never said, nor does the letter, that we mailed it to Kern’s constituents. I haven’t bothered to “correct” La’Tasha Givens because her story was good … and I don’t think it detracted from the story. It was delightful that she got Bob Bearden — a cosigner of [...] Continue reading News coverage of local group demanding Rep. Kern resign
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