Toni V. Lee

I've been trying to put a label on the feelings I had while watching the last January 6th Committee hearing. There was a mixture of sadness, disbelief, and trepidation.   Understanding that it's crucial to provide the facts surrounding that horrific event in a coherent and precise way to the Nation, the Committee has done an awesome job of stepping through the timeline with corroborating evidence and testimony.  Sworn testimony from Trump's people. His own supporters who were there with him when it all happened. So many people were deceived. Folk you thought were too grounded to ever fall under the power of a deception were also deceived. The Bible talks about deception in the last days but I could never understand how so many people could possibly be blatantly deceived.  I do now. This past decade has been an eye opener in many ways.  Christians have a tendency to revere--almost worship--their spiritual leaders, forgetting that those leaders are clay. Their eve...

I f the last time you cared about an individual was when they were a fetus, you are pro-birth, not pro-life. If you don’t care if and how that mother and child will survive after the birth, you are pro-birth, not pro-life. If you consider transgenders and homosexuals to be sub-human and want them to be treated as such, you are pro-birth, not pro-life.  Yeah, I've seen your posts where you shared your hatred for these individuals and then your next post was about the love of God. If you're a bigot or racist, you are pro-birth, not pro-life. Period.  Bigotry and racism will NEVER allow you to have compassion and empathy for all humanity. If you have a problem with struggling and deserving families receiving governmental assistance to eat, have shelter, and medical care, you are pro-birth, not pro-life. If you automatically think, "Don't work, don't eat," when you see someone struggling financially, you are pro-birth, not pro-life. Do I have to even mention ...

1950's America. Folk have stated they long for it. It was the happiest time for them.  What was it like for all Americans in the '50s? Does that really matter? For some, the answer is a resounding, NO. Folk incorrectly use the word fascist when describing opposing political parties. Yet, they're ecstatic when true fascist behavior is displayed, labeling it patriotism. Relationships have been destroyed because of almost worshipful loyalty to a man...a MAN who doesn't even know they're breathing. Yes, it happened in the Church, too. What is it going to take to wake folk up out of the almost cultic stupor into which they seem to have fallen? Being personally impacted by the backward movement of our country?  For instance, interracial marriage was illegal in some states in the 1950s. A Supreme Court Justice is ready to challenge a law whose foundation is the law that legalized interracial marriage.  Would it stop there? What would happen to the foundational law? Now, fo...