Category Archives: Equal Rights
A Tragedy Close to Home Shows Us Who We Really Are
I have seen, and sadly experienced (on Twitter mostly), people from outside our community and New Zealand itself making rather unfair commentary on our country and society. There are people talking about “how bad white people are” (i.e. white supremacy and white privilege). Yes, the terrorist was someone who seemed to support white supremacy and …
We Have a Choice How We Impact the World: Choose Wisely
We each have a choice in how we impact the world. Sometimes it may not feel like we can do anything to change the world, but we can. Many small acts of kindness, a smile, a kind word, helping someone: these are all things that can have a butterfly effect; they can affect change for …
15 March 2019
Today had been deemed a terrorist attack. 49 people dead. God protect those who died, their families, and their friends. This is not who we are as a community or as a country. God help us.
All This Tit-For-Tat and All That Comes to Mind Is…
All this violence, all this hate, all this anger, all this vengeance, all this “eye-for-an-eye”, and all that repeats in my mind is this:
Every Day is White Pride / Straight Pride / Men’s Day in America
I originally wrote this blog on 17 September 2015 in response to two different Facebook posts. I was hesitant to share it, but since the mass shooting at Pulse in Orlando, with the shooter allegedly in conflict with his sexual orientation emerging as one of the possible motives of the shooting, I feel it actually …
#PrayforOrlando and #PrayforPeace
View this post on Instagram #PrayforOrlando #prayforpeace #peace #acceptance #noh8 #nohate #loveislove A post shared by Scott Hoaglinsen (@scotthoaglinsen) on Jun 12, 2016 at 11:49pm PDT
