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What The Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision Means For Public Health And The Rule Of LawTo permit the denial of services to same-sex couples fails to uphold equal rights for LGBT people; whether the discrimination is based religion should be irrelevant.CognoscentiJun 5, 2018
It's Time To Stand Up: We All Have A Role To Play In Dismantling OppressionI hope the violence of the past week will become a turning point that tips us toward long-needed reform, and away from brutality and hate.CognoscentiJul 12, 2016
It Was In Bars Like Pulse That We Learned To Love All Those In Our LGBT AlphabetKari Hong: The Pulse nightclub victims died in a space that was more sacred than what the word nightclub conveys.CognoscentiJun 17, 2016
From A Catholic To A Muslim: Let’s Shed Our Shared, Shameful Tradition Of HomophobiaNon-violent prejudice is still prejudice, and there’s always the threat that it can tip the unhinged into atrocities like we saw in Orlando.CognoscentiJun 15, 2016
3 Reasons Why Bathroom Laws MatterThese laws are wrong and are beneath the dignity of us all.CognoscentiMay 31, 2016
The Uproar Over 'Anti-LGBT' Laws Is Well-Warranted — And Mostly For ShowOne wonders whether the backlash is more an effort to garner good PR than it is genuine, deep-seated offense at egregious public policy.CognoscentiApr 15, 2016
Basketball And Bigots: Unfair Play In North CarolinaTaking the NBA and NCAA to task for their tepid response to the North Carolina law that limits protections for the LGBT community.CognoscentiApr 12, 2016
Testing Positive: Sobering Truths About Living With HIVYoung people with their lives ahead of them are acquiring HIV at unprecedented rates. They deserve to know the facts.CognoscentiNov 18, 2015
The Media's Embarrassingly Indulgent Coverage Of The Catholic ChurchOne could hardly tell from the media’s preoccupation with all things papal that Islam, not Catholicism, is the fastest growing religion in the world.CognoscentiOct 27, 2015
Clinton Crushed It? Not For This Debate WatcherBernie Sanders, despite some stylistic gaffes, was the clear winner.CognoscentiOct 14, 2015
Faith Communities And Bisexuals: When The 'B' In LGBT Also Means 'Believer'On this Bisexual Awareness Day, considering the role that faith communities can -- and should -- play in welcoming believers of all sexualities.CognoscentiSep 23, 2015
The Faux Martyr Of The Religious Right Basks In The Last Of Her 15 MinutesThere is no ambiguity in this late summer sideshow. The Kentucky County Clerk’s refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples is unconstitutional.CognoscentiSep 3, 2015
Why Was It So Easy For Me To Believe That Josh Duggar Had Abused Children?It was easy for me to condemn Josh Duggar. I abhor his values, I disagree with his politics. But what if it had been a prominent feminist or gay rights...CognoscentiMay 29, 2015
What's The Matter With Indiana? Sadly, ReligionIn Indiana's law allowing businesses to turn away customers they find objectionable on religious grounds, religion is not a lovely fig leaf concealing ugly malice. It is the root, the...CognoscentiApr 7, 2015
Flapjacks And Flops: Why The Jokes At The St. Patrick's Day Breakfast Were Beside The PointHow often do elected officials, working in the fishbowl of public life, get to publicly enjoy themselves in the company of their peers and constituents? CognoscentiMar 26, 2015
Too Many Things To Care AboutCampaign! Donate! Volunteer! But what happens when there are more issues to feel passionate about than there are hours in the day? Elissa Ely on the very real phenomenon of...PlayCognoscenti02:39Mar 20, 2015
James Baldwin: America's Prophet, ResurrectedWhy the most prominent African American writer of the civil rights era, the man Malcolm X called "the poet of the revolution," is as relevant as ever. CognoscentiFeb 24, 2015
Bruce Jenner Is The Wrong Poster Boy For Transgender IssuesIt does not diminish Jenner’s personal courage to suggest that a Hollywood self-promoter is not the right person to represent the struggle for transgender acceptance. CognoscentiFeb 10, 2015
‘The Vagina Monologues’ Can’t Be Everything To Everyone — And That’s OKA look at inclusivity in the arts after a controversial decision by students at Mount Holyoke College to retire Eve Ensler's groundbreaking play. CognoscentiFeb 5, 2015
The Real News Behind The Mormon Gay Rights News ConferenceIn a largely inscrutable recent media announcement, church leaders transmitted some promising progressive messages between the lines.CognoscentiFeb 4, 2015
