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It's Time for Outrage: Sexual Violence and the Church Originally Posted: 05/17/2013 - 3:52pm | Type: Press: May 16, 2013 Sojo in the News Jim Wallis ...
Women, Voice, and Pentecost Originally Posted: 05/17/2013 - 2:20pm | Type: Blog: Repentance begins in the heart. So, I must ask: “Will I repent of my silence — my safe silence?” Yes. And a wild wind rushed down and tongues of fire rested on the heads of the ...
How Do You Love Your Neighbors When They're 'Bad' People? Originally Posted: 05/17/2013 - 10:33am | Type: Blog: How do you love your neighbor when your neighbors sell drugs and exploit young women? I’m serious — this is a legitimate question that I am asking myself a lot lately and I am not sure I have the answer. ...
It's Time for Outrage: Sexual Violence and the Church Originally Posted: 05/16/2013 - 12:16pm | Type: Blog: It's time for all people of faith to be outraged. It's time for our Christian leaders to stand up and say that women, made in the very image of God, deserve better. And it's time for us in the f ...
‘What Is Going On with Men?’ TEDx Speaker Urges Fellow Men to Speak Out Against Sexual Abuse Originally Posted: 05/08/2013 - 4:23pm | Type: Blog: Who is missing from the slew of headlines this week on kidnappings, gender-based violence, and victims' paths to healing? The perpetrators themselves — which is why this TEDx video is a must-see. ...
Congress Lets Sequester Defund Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention Programs Originally Posted: 05/06/2013 - 3:36pm | Type: Blog: Due to sequestration, programs that fight domestic violence and sexual assault will lose 20 million dollars in funding this year. Due to sequestration, programs that fight domest ...
Churches Must Step Up to Help Abused Spouses Originally Posted: 04/02/2013 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: There’s a sad history in too many Christian churches of pastors telling abused wives that their duty is, as one author noted, “to trust that God would honor her action by either stopping the abuse or giving he ...
Violence Against Women Act Moves to the House Originally Posted: 02/12/2013 - 9:16pm | Type: Blog: As shocking as this is, tribal jurisdiction is likely to be an issue again in the House, as many policymakers seek to exclude Native women from VAWA’s protections. Faced with women who need protection from vio ...
McCaskill: House 'Should Be Ashamed' on Violence Against Women Act Originally Posted: 12/12/2012 - 7:30pm | Type: Blog: The Violence Against Women Act — which usually is reauthorized without question whenever it comes up — is in danger of expiring if the House doesn’t act before the end of session. ...
Violence Against Women Doesn't Discriminate Originally Posted: 05/16/2012 - 11:25pm | Type: Blog: The House of Representatives votes today on a version of the Violence Against Women Act that would limit protections to immigrant, LGBT and American Indian abuse victims. House Republicans argue that Democrats ...
Violence Against Women Act Faces Congressional Threat Originally Posted: 05/16/2012 - 11:26am | Type: Blog: Some victims, it seems, are more worthy than other victims. This is the clear message sent by a deeply flawed version of the Violence Against Women Act that is headed for a vote in the U.S. House of Representa ...
Mother's Day: Supporting All Women Originally Posted: 05/09/2012 - 9:52am | Type: Blog: Whenever there’s talk about honoring mothers and motherhood, I’m always looking for how we as individuals and a society will support the women—of any race, creed, or orientation--who have to scoop up their chi ...
Mothers, Violence and the House GOP Originally Posted: 05/04/2012 - 2:48pm | Type: Blog: Why is the House GOP insisting on a scaled down version of the bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act that the Senate reauthorized with bipartisan support in April? Because they have decided certai ...