Posts tagged Southern Poverty Law Center
Tech companies slammed for 'empowering' hate towards Catholics, Jews
Tech companies slammed for 'empowering' hate towards Catholics, Jews

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) asked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos why his company partners with the Southern Poverty Law Center, known to label mainstream religious beliefs about homosexuality as hate, to determine what charities should be omitted from the online retailer’s list of organizations customers can automatically donate a portion of their spending to.

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News, North AmericaTimothy Nerozziceo tech hearing, amazon, jeff bezos, amazon smile, facebook, google, tech ceos, SPLC, Southern Poverty Law Center, Primary Feature, Matt Gaetz, Secondary Feature, Christianity, catholicismComment
Remembering Rep. John Lewis As A Man Of Faith Who Inspired Others

(OPINION) What stood out to me most in regard to Lewis was that he put principles over politics and for that he was respected by Republicans and Democrats. At the height of the 2008 Presidential campaign I learned during a gathering President George W. Bush hosted at the White House it wasn’t certain that Lewis was going to endorse Hillary Clinton for president.

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Analysis, North America, Opinion, Politics, Primary Feature, Religion, Religious EqualityHamil R. HarrisRep. John Lewis, Hamil R. Harris, Rev. Maurice Roland, Fisk University, American Baptist School of Theology, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Opinion, Christianity, Civil rights, Rev. C.T. Vivian, James Lawson, Gandhi, Diane Nash, Bernard Lafayette, James Bevel Lewis, Tennessee State University, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Martin Luther King, Julian Bond, Bryan Stevenson, Southern Poverty Law Center, Monson Motor Lodge, Rev. Hosea Williams, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Act, Russell Eugene Weston Jr., Ebenezer Baptist Church, President Bill Clinton, Eleanor Holmes Nortono, NEWS, Primary Feature Comment