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Atheists are worse than terrorists in USA… I was finishing the morning dishes when I saw the strobe of police lights out my kitchen window as several cop cars pulled up to a house across the street from ours. I picked up my 19-month-old son out of the highchair, held him against my ballooning belly, and hauled … Continue reading Atheist in Christian America
I'm lying on the nurse's exam table, legs spread in stirrups while she takes a vaginal sample for a pap smear. I'm there for an annual checkup, new to the area, and her practice. As I describe some minor chest pains, she asks me if I've gotten the Covid vaccine. I say, yes, of course, … Continue reading United We Live. Divided We Die.
