Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick I loved my day on the streets of Los Angeles with 600,000 members of the Resistance. I am filled with hope. Thank you to all who took part. 600,000 strong! #WMLA2018 | #WomensMarch2018 pic.twitter.com/l41n9LR9vI — Mayor Eric Garcetti (@MayorOfLA) January 20, 2018 This—this right here—is what democracy looks like. It doesn’t happen automatically. It demands our action and participation. It challenges us, but it also empowers us. Because, at the end of the day, it is us. pic.twitter.com/vkxKWTRcnq — Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) January 21, 2018 In New York, women gather by the thousands for #WomensMarch2018 https://t.co/CVhpwEsjQh pic.twitter.com/XtbVOuRRBI — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 20, 2018

Losing my religion for equality Jimmy Carter July 15, 2009 from The Age Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God. I HAVE been a practising Christian all my life and a deacon and Bible teacher for many years. My faith is a source of strength and comfort to me, as religious beliefs are to hundreds of millions of people around the world. So my decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention , after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, however, an unavoidable decision when the convention's leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be "subservient" to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or chaplains in the military service. This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. Women are prevented...