Tag Archives: Prejudice
Mississippi Couple Can’t Get Married Because They Are Black
We know the south is taking baby steps to accepting interracial couples, but this couple can’t be married because they are both black.
The predominantly white congregation at the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs “had decided no black could be married at that church,” Charles told WLBT-TV. Dr. Stan Weatherford, the pastor, told him that his parishioners had vowed to vote him out if he went ahead with the wedding.
Mormon Group Shows Support At Gay Pride In Utah
Mormons have always seemed to take a firm stance against homosexuality, gay marriage and gay pride, but are we in the midst of a new era?
Nearly 300 Mormons marched in a gay pride parade on Sunday, holding signs that read “God Loves His Children” in a unique display of support from believers of a religious tradition that has long opposed homosexuality.
The Dwarf Card: Starbucks Pays $75,000 For Denying Too Short Worker
A Texas woman will find a heft settlement of 75k after she was denied a barista job for being too short.
Elsa Sallard was training to work as a barista at a Starbucks in El Paso, Texas, in 2009 when she asked for a stool while preparing lattes, cappuccinos and other specialty drinks.
Instead, the coffee colossus handed her some walking papers — after just three days on the job.
Because Fox Told Me To: Obama Is Too Muslim For America
Fox News, known for revealing the ‘other side’ to liberal media stories, has come up in arms against Obama’s acknowledging the Islam celebration of Ramadan when he said “times like this remind us of the lesson of all great faiths, including Islam – that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.”
[Updated] Bachmann Agrees Black Kids Were Better During Slavery Than Under Obama
Probably the most extremist right wing pact anyone could sign: the anti-gay, anti-pornography, anti-abortion pact that Michelle Bachmann signed (in order to gain the endorsement of former Iowa governor candidate) “floats the curious notion that African American children were better off during slavery than they are under the Obama administration.”
