What lessons can we learn from the group formed during the 80’s called Parents in Arms? Parents In Arms claimed to be an organization that sought to improve the welfare of runaway teens. Although, one might think their actions were not very concerned with runaway teens, but instead about enforcing their religious, racial, and homophobic fears. Read More
Blast from the Past: What Ever Happened to The Monastery?
From 1977 through 1984 the Seattle Police department continually took undercover operations to eliminate The Monastery. The Monastery was difficult to understand because it was built in an old 1900’s Methodist Church, which then became a non-alcoholic after-hours rendezvous. Read More
Open Letter to Joe Kennedy, III
Dear Mister Kennedy, What are you doing about Parkland? Kennedy’s go to the fight. Your uncles went to the fight. Take the fight to Florida. Take it beyond the walls of your jurisdiction and out to the American people. The time to avenge the lives lost for a new generation of young people is now. Read More
ULC and the Search for Understanding
The ULC Monastery My organization, the Universal Life Chuch Monastery, recently published blog pieces that reconciles our lives with the Islamic faith, touch on gun control policy, and tackles marriage equality. These are all incredibly important conversations to have, and I’m proud that ULC has succeeded in building a platform on which these conversations can take place. Read More
George Freeman’s Memories from The Monastery
The good and wonderful times “The Monastery was known for its white parties. After closing Galaxy, white parties had become the in thing in New York, and I copied it from Flamingo. I remember Flamingo had a white party and we implemented the format where everybody comes in May and wears white. Read More
Masterpiece Cakeshop Proves Inconclusive for Gay Rights
When Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver, tried to deny Charlie Craig and David Mullins, a gay couple, service for their wedding because of his religious beliefs, he was ordered by a Colorado court to create cakes for other same-sex couples and charged with anti-gay discrimination. Read More