After a year of meetings, the Working Group convened by the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee to review the police civilian review process has completed its deliberations. Most–but not all–of its recommendations have been incorporated…
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Playing Identity Politics
A recent full-page newspaper advertisement by the Indiana Family Institute attacked the notion that a homosexual orientation could be considered "morally neutral," and urged adoption of a tax-supported sex education curriculum that would identify…
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Leveraging Votes and Gaining Influence
The municipal election on November 2d–a mere month from now–presents a real opportunity for Indianapolis’ gay community…
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An Honest Look at the Ten Commandments Issue
If I believed passionately that everyone would be better off for reading the Ten Commandments, what would I do?…
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Do Unto Others
On a recent trip to South Carolina, I found passions engaged over a proposal by a member of the State Board of Education to post the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms.
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