11/11/25: Travis Barr-Longo is 1st drag performer elected to office in U.S as School Board VPO, Cazenovia, NY
6/19/26: Barr-Longo arrested for ‘sexually explicit communication’ with child
“Drag is all about tearing down social norms,” Barr-Longo said. “None of it is real."
The important emphasis by evangelicals on salvation by grace alone, is frequently misused to downplay, or even deny, the essential Christian responsibilities to pursue holiness and obey God's command.
@drantbradley Spending most of my life in Central NY & suburban Chicago, the majority of African Americans I knew were lower income. Only a handful were middle class. Then, not long ago, I was near DC & surprised to see the large black middle class population. I hadn't encountered it before.
Unprovable, religious beliefs taken on faith:
-Humanity evolved by chance over time
-No divine judge will hold all people accountable
-The material universe is all that exists
-Life in the womb does not deserve human rights
-Sexual behavior is never immoral if consensual
In eternity we'll look back in wonder at all God accomplished in those humble, weekly gatherings of Scripture readings & preaching, worship, prayer, & fellowship. ⛪️
Growing up in the staunch Calvinist culture of early 19th century Londonderry, NH:
"There was more humor, more play, more fun, more merriment in that Puritan community than can be found in this anxious, plodding age.”
-Horace Greely (1811-1872)
In many early disney narratives, scenes of cleaning are not incidental, they function as a form of visual shorthand. The association between domestic work and moral worth reflects older cultural ideals, where patience, diligence & self-sacrifice were considered defining virtues.
"All the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that One Solitary Life."