Berea should again be a leader, enact fairness law
The nation has begun commemorating a series of 50th anniversary milestones from the civil rights movement. Looking back, it is hard to imagine an America where citizens could be denied a job, a home or...
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Wendell Berry talks gay marriage with Baptist ministers
Wendell Berry, at his home near Port Royal, Ky., December 2011. Photo by Tom Eblen As an elder statesman of American letters, Wendell Berry is being given some good platforms to speak his mind. He...
View ArticleAs you reflect on civil rights history, imagine the future
When I was a child, many white Americans, and most of them in the South, considered Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists to be radicals and trouble-makers. Some even called them...
View Article‘Religious freedom’ law more about discrimination, pressure politics
Kentucky’s new “religious freedom” law sure looks like an attempt by conservative Christians to justify discrimination against gay people and get around local “fairness” ordinances. That is why many...
View ArticleConvergence of gay rights, civil rights complex for black churches
Like other conservative churches, many historically black congregations are unhappy with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. And for many of them, there is an additional...
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No, Kim Davis, your beliefs don’t outweigh America’s rule of law
Jeffrey Shook preached to the crowd outside the federal Courthouse in Ashland during Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’ contempt of court hearing. Photo by Charles Bertram. U.S. District Judge David...
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Circus surrounding Kim Davis case attracts plenty of political clowns
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, with Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee greeted the crowd Tuesday after being released from the Carter County jail. AP Photo by Timothy D. Easley Every...
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