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Here are a few of the articles I’ve written on the subject of human rights. |
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This is a short piece for those among us who believe there’s no need to ask for equality. |
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Some thoughts on rethinking our political affiliations. |
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Here’s one of Troy’s articles published in the Galveston newspaper in Feb of 2007, answering the religious right’s attempts there to stop “gay influences” in schools. |
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I was interviewed on June 3rd, 2007 by Tyler affiliate KYTX regarding the recent passing by the US House of the “Hate Crimes Act,” for their Six O’clock News. You can read all about what happened here. |
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This is a brief discussion of some of our most fundamental democratic principles, what they mean, and how we’ve got it all messed up. |
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When the Dust Has Settled |
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KYTX Takes a Dim View of Hate Crimes Act |
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Answering Bigotry in Galveston |
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When Will We Stop Being Republicans? |
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Liberty |
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Politics |
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Read about our year-and-a-half struggle to remove a math professor who taught her students that AIDS didn’t exist, and patients taking AIDS medications should “stop taking that poison.” Updated Aug 28, 2008 |
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UT Tyler Prof Claims HIV Unrelated to AIDS |
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A report on our participation in the Sept 2007 Gay Pride Parade in Dallas… and a challenge for the LGBT community in East Texas. An examination of how far we’ve come and how far we have yet to go. |
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Raise Your Head |
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This is an essay about the American healthcare system, seen through the eyes of someone caught, as Herman Hesse put it, “beneath the wheel.” (Special thanks to author, educator & friend Tom Preston for his advice & direction.) |
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The Damned Hook |
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This is a short article written in June, 2008, about time, touching, gay marriage and evolution. New in July, 2008 |
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Moving |
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Photo: “Rainbow of Abe Obamas” by korrileigh04 url: http://flickr.com/photos/korrileigh04/2649678864/ |
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We have the choice to try for a new world every day, to tell what we know of the truth every day, to take small actions every day. -- Alison Kennedy |
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This short essay is my response to winning our election of Barack Obama on the same day we seemed to lose everything else…. New in Nov, 2008 |
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A bottle of freedom |
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This is a short essay written as a response to the murder of pro-choice advocate George Tiller. New in June, 2009 |
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The Impossible Dream |
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An essay on what is really meant by the seemingly-harmless phrase “family values.” New in August, 2009 |
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The Meaning of Family Values |
