Faith voters and those who value lives already born, I want to talk about the consistent life ethic.  Today there is a battle going on within society and within the Church over the “pro-life” issue.   As someone who serves in the disability community as an Educational Therapist, I can tell you definitively that the Democratic party is much more wholistically “pro-life” than the current Republican party. It is not “pro-life” to weaponize the abortion issue to wage war on other... Read more

The far right/religious right think that they know it all without speaking to and listening to actual people who experience everyday reality.  A regular reply I hear from them is, “Well, you are dealing with people who aren’t in my community, so you know better than those who don’t.”  I want to reply with, “You choose not to know, not to care, and make judgements on others while knowing a very small piece of the big picture because you choose... Read more

As I was resting from my work week on Friday, an anti-Trump Catholic friend of mine named Lesley Mac sent me a video called “God Made Trump.”  Before I can describe it in words, please watch it. https://youtu.be/U96fAzZL3hI?si=cqy3sBMaLO7l9a7b This video “God Made Trump” created by Truth Social and presented by BLUX shows the crux of Christian Nationalism. I took some notes to highlight key phrases: “Fight the Marxists,” “Fight the Deep State,” “Den of Vipers,” “Shepard to Mankind,” “Remain Strong... Read more

It’s a grim reality, one that I don’t want to face, although I must.  For many years, I personally knew and currently know the very people who are currently fulfilling the title, “Justifying Unjustifiable Genocide and Torture of the “Other.”  Before I move forward, I will clearly identify who I am speaking of once again without specifically naming individual people.  This is not all conservatives like my beloved moderate Republican husband but a very specific set of conservatives who are... Read more

I wonder on a near-daily basis how my faith is going to survive not only the current events but also as a parent of LGBTQ+ kids who fully supports them.  I love and support them because of my faith, not in spite of it, because I want them to live and thrive and not die young and live in instability.  One of the most challenging pains of fully supporting LGBTQ+ kids is the judgment parents like me receive for supporting... Read more

In one of my last Patheos articles, I wrote about my strong opposition of the new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.  My husband Grant has warned me not to speak out against people for my own protection, so I stick with critiquing people who are high-up in office like Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, and Mike Johnson. In my opinion, Mike Johnson has a terrifying track record of Christian Nationalism and much of what it entails. Anytime a new document... Read more

As I searched for a Christmas story, I came across an Italian priest named Father Vitaliano Della Salla.  During this Christmas season, he is defending a same-sex Nativity scene that he created in his Catholic parish in the city of Capocastello Di Mercogliano.  The video explains Father Salla’s reasonings.  He begins by defending the children of different types of families which are not the traditional nuclear family: gay couples, single people, and young mothers.  I will add that there are... Read more

There was a wide range of reactions towards the Vatican and Pope Francis’ moving to bless same-sex unions, from saying it’s not enough to threats of violence for making any positive move for LGBTQ+ people and their families.  After watching the life-threatening reaction from a loud and hostile minority over Pope Francis’s move to bless same-sex relationships, which I support as a positive step with more to be done, this is another indication that tells me just how serious the... Read more

If I weren’t Catholic, if I were not a parent of LGBTQ+ kids, if I didn’t have a way to see what is happening globally, if I didn’t live and work with many Latino, Indigenous, and Black Americans in my community of San Antonio, TX, I wouldn’t know the danger so many historically-marginalized groups are facing worldwide right now.  Many countries which currently have a traditional faction of their population are attempting to “take their country back to God” due... Read more

Starting the day Trump mocked the disabled reporter in 2016,  my eyes started opening to the dangers of Christian Nationalism, but I didn’t start calling it by-name until recently. For other Christians who had a similar awakening to mine, there may have been a different event, like the photo-op with Trump in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church. The best definition of Christian Nationalism I know of is from an American non-profit group called Christians Against Christian Nationalism. “Christian Nationalism... Read more