Opinion
Accepting or tolerating another person is not the same thing as caring about their wellbeing, celebrating their differences, or working to liberate them from discrimination and oppression.
More than 100,000 employees in Albuquerque, who get sick just like you and we do, have to work sick or lose a day’s pay when they care for themselves or a family member. Some employees risk losing their job if they take a sick day, even if they have something highly contagious or debilitating like the flu.
It’s critical that, in this time of crisis, our leaders think creatively and expansively about what’s possible and what is required of us.
Across the country and here in New Mexico, opponents of queer liberation and self-determination have re-organized under the guise of “religious freedom advocates.”