All Too True

I saw a witty bumper sticker the other day that made a simple, yet profound commentary on how all to often religion causes separation and conflict between us. How something with such a potential for beauty and communion can so repeatedly be used by humanity to shame, oppress and sometimes even 'excuse' the slaughter of our fellow man is beyond me. What is intended to uplift, too frequently is justification for the most despicable and low behavior we are capable of.


Is it evidentiary of the predictability of humans propensity for cruelty and conflict that religion is so regularly abused and misused to justify our wars and perpetuating abuses of power on our fellow world citizens, or is it a testament to the inherent potential for goodness and fellowship of man that a practice of worshiping a higher power can imbue that is the reason that modern organized religion even exists?

Youth in Prison

"When I Die They'll Send Me Home" - Youth Behind Bars

is a short about the Human Rights Watch Report on the gross injustice some youth offenders receive in the prosecution and sentencing of their crimes. Sometimes they receive even harsher sentences than their adult counterparts and co-defendants.

In the video Sara talks about killing the man who raped her when she was 11 years old and subsequently turned her out on the street as a young teenager. She is currently serving Life WITHOUT Parole in Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla, CA.

You can read the entire HRW REPORT Here.

Courage to Love

The Courage Campaign is an online network for helping organize grassroots activists to brink about positive change to California.

One of their current campaigns is helping to defeat Prop 8 and secure the same right to marriage for every adult couple.

You can help this effort by signing this online PETITION and sharing the video below.

The pictures sent in by Courage Campaign and Marriage Equality supporters, set to the song Fidelity by Regina Spektor, shines a beautiful light on the 18,000 couples that Ken Starr and other 'Gaycists' want to forcibly divorce. Tell the Supreme Court to invalidate Prop 8, reject Ken Starr’s case, and let loving, committed couples marry. DEADLINE: Valentine’s Day.


"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.
Courage Campaign: Don't Divorce Us/ Fidelity