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guillaumeb's JournalA new play, 'Christmas Mubarak,' mixes Christian and Muslim stories of Jesus' birth
From the article:
The scene is familiar from many Nativity scenes arranged at this time of year: the Virgin Mary, cradling the newborn Jesus.
Then, the baby speaks, defending his mother’s innocence and declaring he has been appointed as a prophet.
That might come as a surprise to Christians in the audience of the new play “Christmas Mubarak.”
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2018/12/05/a-new-play-christmas-mubarak-mixes-christian-and-muslim-stories-of-jesus-birth/
These are a few of my favorite things: Randy Rainbow.
China's repression of Uighurs won't stop until the international community intervenes
From the article:
Tursun’s experience of family separation, threats, violence, re-education and torture at the hands of the Chinese government puts a human face on these abuses. More than that, it makes clear that the communist regime is not prepared for a woman like Turson. The repression, she said, “only made me more confident in my identity.”
Turson, who wore a headscarf tied at her neck, said she was forbidden in China from wearing the hijab. Most other forms of Muslim devotion are also proscribed.
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2018/12/04/chinas-repression-of-uighurs-wont-stop-until-the-international-community-intervenes/
Intolerant behavior.
Good news: Faith groups in Tijuana rise to meet needs of migrant caravan waiting at the border
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To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2018/12/04/faith-groups-in-tijuana-rise-to-meet-needs-of-migrant-caravan-waiting-at-the-border/
State AGs Just Subpoenaed All Of Trump's Tax Returns
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Read the subpoenas:
The truth about Trump’s corrupt abuse of the presidency is coming to light, and the end result could be impeachment of this president.
To see the subpoenas:
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/12/04/state-ags-just-subpoenaed-all-of-trumps-tax-returns.html
Trump is the most honest GOP President in the last 50 years.
Nixon was a traitor, and a racist, and a crook. But he never admitted it, and was pardoned by Ford.
Reagan and his VP, Bush Sr, were traitors, and racists. But they generally used coded words rather than use the preferred language of racists.
Trump is a traitor, and a racist, and a crook, but on the racism aspect only, he is openly racist. He does h not hide behind code words, he speaks as the most ignorant of his supporters speak.
Scott Walker and Wisconsin GOP Claim Protests Overblown, But Just Read the Full Details...
Scott Walker and Wisconsin GOP Claim Protests Overblown, But Just Read the Full Details of Their Plan to Dismantle Democracy
From the article:
"People are outraged. I'm not sure where that's coming from right now," said Wisconsin's Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who apparently expects the public to believe that he has no idea why thousands of his angry constituents braved the freezing weather Monday night to protest the GOP plan.
Walker—who has vowed to sign the legislation if it reaches his desk—feigned similar confusion, telling reporters, "For all the talk about reining in power, it really doesn't."
Demonstrations against the Republican plan continued on Tuesday, as outraged Wisconsinites heckled Walker with boos and chants of "Respect our vote!" as he spoke at a tree-lighting ceremony inside the capitol building.
To read more, including details of the GOP plan:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/04/scott-walker-and-wisconsin-gop-claim-protests-overblown-just-read-full-details-their?cd-
What Would Muhammad Do?
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To read more:
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/askamuslim/2018/12/what-would-muhammad-pbuh-do/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Muslim&utm_content=49
The author's opinion, describing the social impact, echoes what has been said when describing the message of Jesus.
What are values voters?
GOP voters often describe themselves as values voters.
The unspoken subtext is, of course, that all others have no values.
Are Nazis values voters?
Of course, but their values are violence, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, and extreme intolerance.
Are KKK members values voters?
Of course, but we add open racism to the above mentioned list of values.
Are serial rapists values voters?
Of course, but for them, misogyny takes the first chair.
I made this point at a recent demonstration in my area, and one GOP voter accused me of calling all GOP voters racist, sexist, Nazis and KKK members.
I said no, I am not accusing ALL GOP voters of these things, but any GOP voters who vote for such people are, in my view, supporting and enabling that behavior.
What is the modern GOP?
When we speak of burying the GOP, or Trump being an aberration, what are we saying?
My view is that, since 1968, the GOP has been the all but official Party of racism and racists.
And that it is the Party of the 1% who own the country.
And that it is the Party of misogyny.
Trump is merely Reagan and Nixon and Bush Sr without the mask.
Trump is, and has been, the epitome of the post 1968 GOP.
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