by Nick Patricca | Nov 4, 2015
At the 81st PEN World Congress this October in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, the delegates of the General Assembly of PEN International, the largest world-wide organization of professional writers, passed Resolution #20 protesting the anti-LGBTQI legislation enacted...
by Nick Patricca | Oct 7, 2015
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” — First Amendment, U.S. Constitution Kim Davis: Kim Davis, county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, refused to issue marriage licenses to...
by Nick Patricca | Sep 2, 2015
It was Spring of 1965. The high hopes raised by the 1964 Civil Rights Act had been dashed by the failures encountered in implementation. Everyone agreed that these failures had one root cause: voter disenfranchisement. Voter registration workers were being threatened,...
by Nick Patricca | Aug 5, 2015
It is now time to remove from all religious authorities the power to officially represent the state in recognizing the legal union of two competent adults in our society. It is an unhealthy and unnecessary confusion of powers to permit a member of the clergy to be the...
by Nick Patricca | Jul 1, 2015
Winston S. Churchill: “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” ( House of Commons, Nov. 11, 1947 )...
