If I Did Not Show This Essay, I Would be Remiss

In this video essay, Bill Moyers addresses the question of how to honor religious liberty without it becoming the liberty to impose on others moral beliefs they don’t share. The recent debate over contraception coverage in Catholic hospitals and other faith-based institutions brought this question to the forefront, but then something surprising happened – a reasonable, practical, and equitable solution from President Obama that took the political steam out of what some saw as a holy war.

That’s all that needs to be said. We need a thousand million more like him speaking out on this subject. Silence equals consent in this case. Please don’t allow a few men dictate what is right for our nation. And, if by some miracle you are not about to commit ritual suicide from all the coverage that this has generated recently then here is even more. In an article that is good for a chuckle, some GOP’ers, like Huckabee, were supporting contraception at the state level for everyone except churches in the past – just like Obama.

Congratulations New Hampshire
A step in the right direction for the NH House Education Committee! They dismissed two bills that were intended to force a faux-science curriculum on teachers. Many people and groups spoke against the bills, but from what I’ve found, only the Discovery Institute spoke on behalf of either of the bills. And, in the “Coolest Kid of the Year” category comes ten year old Jackson Hinkle from Nashua, NH. As part of his speech to the committee, he said,

It would be a blow to our educational system, which is already in a bad state. “If evolution was not presented in the scientific sense, but rather the colloquial, people would be denied modern scientific information, which would be disastrous for society. “I fear that students not educated in scientific methodology would end up with less skilled jobs which would potentially cause them to overuse credit cards and go into debt and in a worst case scenario, live a life of poverty.

This kid has a great head on his shoulders. Hey, Jackson, keep your chin up, little dude.

A Salute to the AAH
Instead of writing about the idiotic commentary I’ve found in articles, I am going to ignore them.  I’d rather concentrate on the message they contain.  The transit system signs and billboards that the African American Humanist groups are unveiling around some cities are a great way to spread the word and build community.  To everyone in the AAH, great signs!

I hope to see each and every one of you at the Northwest Free-thought Convention close to Seattle, Washington in a little over a month!

~Wesley

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