Monthly Archives: April 2008

Being Christian

By Ray Watkins | Published: April 21, 2008
Let’s be clear here: The church has been the primary source of the oppressions that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people have experienced through out their lives. Just as Scripture was used to justify slavery as recently as 150 years ago, just as Scripture was used to keep women out of leadership positions in the church . . . Scripture was used to fight both of those movements of the spirit. And so, indeed, the Church has been the source of most of the pain that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people have experienced. And what we try to say to the Human Rights Campaign and others is, if the church is the cause of this oppression it needs to...
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Top Intellectual Property Developments of 2007 for Scholars of Composition, Rhetoric, and Communication

By Ray Watkins | Published: April 18, 2008
Introduction Clancy Ratliff, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Co-Chair, 2008 CCCC Intellectual Property Caucus The year 2007 carried quite a few key developments for those who follow issues and debates related to copyright and intellectual property. For the third year running, then, the CCCC Intellectual Property Committee is pleased to publish this annual report in the service of our first goal, to “keep the CCCC and NCTE memberships informed about intellectual property developments, through reports in the CCCC newsletter and in other NCTE and CCCC forums.” Top Intellectual Property Developments of 2007 for Scholars of Composition, Rhetoric, and Communication
They don't make it too easy, but this series of reports is worth reading, if nothing else because they illustrate the general disarray...
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