“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it,” said Voltaire. Today, the predominant sentiment is quite the opposite of Voltaire’s. It’s blood sport now, the way Americans attack each other for simply disagreeing.
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Is Kim Davis a Modern Day Rosa Parks?
Posted September 8th, 2015 at 1:42 pm (UTC-5)
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When a county clerk in Kentucky refused to process marriage licenses to gay couples, citing her religious beliefs, some supporters compared her to civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Others said she should quit her elected position if she could not uphold U.S. law. Kim Davis spent the weekend in jail after her petition to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied. Is this battle that pits religious beliefs with civil law the same as the fight to desegregate a racially divided nation? Opinions are mixed.
Tearing at the Seams
Against the backdrop of the accelerating presidential race, the strains of adapting to the nation’s hurtling demographic and cultural change are growing increasingly visible. For all of the economic anxieties many Americans still express, the most polarizing conflicts this year are dividing the nation along lines of race, ethnicity, and culture, not class.