Here comes Donald Trump with his latest grift. Now, after fingering starlets, sneaking into pageant dressing room to checks out 15-year-old participants, and then continuing his hooker-a-month pattern, despite the fact we’ve never once seen him inside a church other than for a photo op; he’s now saying buy my “God Bless the USA Bibles”. There are many things that are …
In a world hurtling towards chaos and teetering on the brink of collapse, we’re left reviewing the rituals and customs ingrained in our societies to find what brings us into the future and what’s holding us back. One practice holding us back is our devotion to dressing up for the divine and the fairytale “hereafter.” . Why wear Religious Clothing …
Last month, the Vatican made headlines after Pope Francis approved blessings for LGBT couples. It was a decision that marked a very public departure from the Catholic Church’s long-held stance against the union of same-sex couples. Very quickly, the announcement sparked controversy over the hypocrisy of weddings for heterosexual couples and blessings for gay couples. While the shift in Church …
Who is George Freeman? Rev. George Freeman is the spiritual leader of the most influential church that you don’t know that you know about. For some 45 years, Rev. Freeman has led the Universal Life Church Monastery through an era of remarkable growth and evolution. Not only has the Universal Life Church Monastery (ULC) opened the doors to people to …
Some 325 years after the death of Jesus, representatives from the different feuding Christian factions convened at the Council of Nicaea. They debated which religious texts and theory would become “the Bible.” Even to this day, scholars have not determined which among the various versions of the Bible offers the correct interpretation. It’s worth noting that Jesus himself was not …
This article was written by Ava Ward and published in the Seattle Gay News on July 7, 1978: Charges against two of the three persons cited during a May 19 raid on a gay-rights fundraiser have been dismissed. Seattle District Cout Judge Frank L. Sullivan on June 30 dismissed charges against George Freeman and a minor. Freeman, manager of the …
