Tag Archives: Discrimination
Man Sends Dog to Be Euthanized for being Gay
The United States has been extending civil rights and gays are soon hoping to have the right to marry, but are we forgetting about basic rights for man’s (gay) best friend?
A Facebook campaign was set up to try and save the “gay” dog, according to the Atlantic. A Facebook post detailing the troubling situation called for immediate action.
Petition to Classify Westboro Church as a Hate Group Goes Viral
The Christian Fundamentalist and Aryan brotherhood reject church in Westboro may soon be classified as a “hate group” now that a petition has become the most popular petition ever.
The most popular petition was submitted on Dec. 14, the same day as the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., an incident that Westboro responded to by announcing its intent to picket the funerals of the 26 victims, including 20 young children. This plan made them a prime target of hacktivist group Anonymous and eventually drew a well-attended counter-protest to block the church’s followers from disrupting the services.
Iowa Says It’s Legal to Fire Women for Being Too ‘Irresistibly Attractive’
This woman was fired from her dentistry job, because her boss felt she was too much of a threat to his marriage. After a decade of work and a lengthy lawsuit, the Iowa courts have ruled in his favor.
The bombshell ruling came after Melissa Nelson sued her boss of 10 years, Dr. James Knight, for discrimination.
Is This Illamasqua Ad Racist?
Make-up company Illamasqua is coming under fire for the use of “Black Face” in an ad that is described to be “gross and racist.”
The ad features a woman whose entire face — except for her lips — is painted black, with the slogan, “I’m not dreaming of a white Christmas.”
Another ad in the campaign features a model whose face is painted white.
Woman Lives a Year Strictly by The Bible’s Rules for Women
There’s no interpretation in this girl’s life, not only because she made a bet to live like a strict Christian, but because women are no longer allowed to interpret life in her world.
So she decided to find out, using herself as a test subject. Scouring the Bible and consulting experts to identify all the passages that contained instructions for women, Evans put together a list of strict guidelines she would follow for the next twelve months in an attempt to achieve full “biblical womanhood.”
