Richard | April 7, 2010

*Beginning in 2010, I started writing a bi-weekly column, “From Richard’s Oft Cluttered Desk” which appears every other Wednesday.
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. – 1 Peter 4:8
Over the last year, over 1,800 committed couples took the ultimate step and declaration of love. They got married.
“But [...]

Category: Column, LGBT, Love, Politics, Religion | No Comments »
Tags: gay marriage, Love, Politics

Richard | April 3, 2009

I’ve never made it a secret that I’m from Iowa. I know we get a bad rap at times, but we are a proud people. Today, on Facebook and Twitter, I was more than happy to say how proud I am to be an Iowan. I will always consider the state my adoptive home (I [...]

Category: Column, LGBT, Love, Politics, Religion | 2 Comments »
Tags: gay rights, iowa, supreme court

Richard | April 27, 2008

For those students who participated in the National Day of Silence last Friday, you have my most heartfelt thanks. The Day of Silence began in 1996 and has grown in numbers each year. The event asks students and teachers to take a day-long vow of silence to symbolically represent the silencing of LGBT students and [...]

Category: Column, Education, LGBT, Love, News, Politics, Religion | No Comments »
Tags:

Richard | March 12, 2008

I am writing this not as a journalist. Not as a reporter. Not as a supporter.
I am writing this column to stop hate. To stop bigotry. To stop the words that come from leaders that are hateful, degrading and despite their best wishes, destroying our country.
“The homosexual agenda is destroying this nation,” Oklahoma State Representative [...]

Category: Column, Education, LGBT, News, Politics, Religion | 1 Comment »
Tags: