Do not be fooled by the images of sex trafficking you’ve seen broadcast by the mainstream media. These kids are not child prostitutes, juvenile delinquents, or teenage troublemakers. They are not all black or hispanic, not all from low socioeconomic backgrounds. In fact, they very well could be your own son or daughter.
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What The Buddha Might Say To President Obama
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows. Buddha With six months to go before the election, President Obama has officially launched his campaign. This is an important time for him not to take anything for granted, but also to stay true to his beliefs and ethics. [...]
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Although pundits declared that Mitt Romney emerged from the contentious primary season in a damaged state, the Presidential race isn’t as imbalanced as it should be. Romney is considered unlikable ,too rich to appeal to working-class voters, and he registers an “eh” from large swaths of the Republican base. But President Obama finds himself in [...]
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“The craving for equality can express itself either as a desire to pull everyone down to our own level or as a desire to raise ourselves up along with everyone else.” –Friedrich Nietzsche “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” [...]
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“Inclusion is the art of ensuring that people feel welcomed and celebrated for exactly who they are. This means that all differences (e.g. age, sexual orientation, class, faith, ability, gender identity size, ethnicity, etc), are viewed as unique gifts that an individual can offer to a group or community.” ~ Serena Belliveau-Townend, Grade 10, Carihi Secondary [...]
Intent Video of the Day: President Obama Says, “It Gets Better”
Back in 2010, President Obama shared a message of hope and support for LGBT youth as part of the It Gets Better Project. With North Carolina’s passage of a constitutional ban on gay marriage, today seemed like the perfect day to bring this video back for another listen. Thanks for being willing to take a stand and [...]
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A recent poll determined that fewer and fewer people in the United States consider themselves to be religious. I recently attended a meeting of my church’s denomination that helped me understand why. In a world racked by poverty and war, we spend our best energies determining whether gay and lesbian Christians should be allowed to [...]
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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. – Mahatma Gandhi The prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, built on a legacy of fear, was established to deal with violent terrorists but, instead, became the cause of further suffering and chaos. It is [...]
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