Month: May 2016

Religious Supporters of a “Bathroom Bill” Should Consider What Bathrooms Were Like in Biblical Times

One line of attack against bathroom accommodation for transgender individuals has been that it violates religious beliefs. In particular, that it goes against the teachings of the Bible. A woman in Cleveland expressed her objection to Target’s bathroom policy by marching through the store shouting while brandishing a Bible. An article on a religious website […]

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GOP Decries Transgender Bathroom Accommodation But Got Millions from a Transgender Donor

Republicans across the country have been proposing so-called “bathroom bills” to prevent transgender individuals from using public restrooms and locker rooms of the gender with which they identify. Republicans are introducing, and sometimes passing, bills in state legislatures to that effect. The Republican National Committee even passed a resolution condemning such bathroom accommodation in public […]

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Who Are the People Behind the Poll Where Trump Leads By Ten Points Among Hispanics?

Donald Trump, along with the news media, gobbled up a recent poll proclaiming that he leads Hillary Clinton in the Hispanic vote 55%-45%. The results come as a major surprise, given his uncouth remarks on undocumented Mexican immigrants being killers and rapists; his tweeting a picture of himself on Cinco de Mayo with a taco […]

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Terrorist Group Al Muhajirun’s Recruitment Message: It’s a Party!

As Thought Front has discussed before, terrorist groups sometimes use arguably cynical recruitment pitches that appeal to people’s self-interest. Al-Shabaab pointed out that you can get 500-700 years worth of prayer just for standing on the battlefield, and Islamic State came up with the win-win equation that jihad means either you go to Paradise or […]

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