On this day, 6 December 1989, 14 women, most of whom were training in engineering fields, were murdered in a mass shooting at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. The 25 year old shooter specifically targeted women, claimed he was “fighting feminism,” and killed himself after shooting 28 people. The victims’ names were: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz. The day is commemorated annually across Canada as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1284634265055054/?type=3
Not just making it illegal, but making being gay punishable with death.
This is one of the many reasons why I walk by every single red bucket in the run-up to Christmas. They’re not getting my money, I don’t care how nice the people ringing bells are.
Ever since the time they threatened to close all their soup kitchens in NYC if a law that did something as simple as allow companies to extend spousal benefits to their employee’s same-sex domestic partners I have refused to buy from them or donate to them.
It’s that time of year again! In case people don’t know… the Salvation Army is shitty peoples.
Also, the married women are not paid (and therefore can’t qualify for assistance if they should ever divorce, etc). And worth “of course” less than a man.
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In the Army’s case, the agreement for compensation is that the officer allowance be paid jointly to the husband—the check is written in his name. Officially, the wife is a “worker without expectation of remuneration,” and her husband receives 40 percent more of an allowance as a married man than he would as a single man.
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To my American followers. Don’t support Salvation Army. Not only are they homophobic as shit, but I’ve also heard that they abuse a lot f homeless people.
They only care about money, please don’t donate to them and give your money to charities that actually help people
Never don’t reblog.
To be clear: this is specific to America. It is not necessarily going to be true for all countries. Please don’t boycott your own salvos without proper investigation: in many countries they do good work.
To be clear, this “This is specific in america” thing is completely false. The comments above, about how the organisation believes the gays should be put to death, from Maj. Andrew Craibe were made by an Australian, in Australia, about the Australian salvation army.
The organisation largely follows a global doctrine, which is what Craibe was talking about. They’ve allegedly changed the doctrine in light of all the negative PR, but it’s pretty well known that they haven’t really actually changed much beyond the occasional “Hey, we don’t actively hate the gays anymore” message.
It’s probably safest to just find a secular charity, or at least, a religious based one that’s not attached to such a strong history of discrimination.
Pantheistic deity, ptolemaic period circa 332-30 bc
Does anyone know if this is Yinepu or…?
Sort of is, sort of isn’t. “Pantheistic” means the statue represents all of Netjer - the prefix “pan” meaning “all” or “everything”- so it’s an all-the-gods statue, which includes Yinepu but it isn’t strictly a statue of Him. This one just happens to have a jackal head.
