http://blogs.detroitnews.com/politics/2013/07/23/other-cities-should-follow-in-anti-discrimination-ordinances/ JUL 23, 2013, 2:30 PM Kalamazoo’s example: Other cities should follow in anti-discrimination ordinances BY DAWUD WALID Kalamazoo Township on Monday got it right when it unanimously voted in favor of an ordinance banning discrimination based on race, color, sex,… Continue Reading
http://blogs.detroitnews.com/politics/2013/07/02/doma-ruling-no-victory-for-changing-structural-inequalities/#comments JUL 2, 2013, 5:00 AM DOMA ruling is no victory for civil rights BY DAWUD WALID There’s a strange political dichotomy that I see from some on the political left relating to last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions overturning the… Continue Reading
Excerpt of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed in Freedom American Style (Progressions Vol. 1, No. 9 – 1987): Just a few years ago, people didn’t think that equal rights meant equal rights for Gays. At that time, Americans could have accepted equal rights… Continue Reading
Though I disagree on a number of matters with the “Religious Right,” I am in agreement with them in principle that there is a growing (though subtle) hostility towards religious expressions in American popular culture. This emanates, unfortunately, from some… Continue Reading