Archive for the ‘L2E’ Category
L2E: Racism, Marriage, and Civil Rights
We are in the midst of a civil and human rights movement in our country, and each headline telling of discrimination and the many forms it takes highlights where our work for equality must be continue to be done.
Recently Keith Bardwell, a white justice of the peace in Louisiana, denied a marriage license...
October 20th, 2009 | Free Verse, L2E | Read More
L2E: Hate Crimes, Homophobia, and Michigan Law
Dear Editor,
The beating of a local 15-year-old boy because he is gay is a frightening event, not only for those of us who identify as homosexual, but for all who care for us. Almost as outrageous is that what was clearly a hate crime cannot be called such in Michigan because state law does not protect...
September 28th, 2009 | Free Verse, L2E | Read More


