Though nearly a decade has passed since the most prominent interventions by American evangelicals, LGBT individuals in Uganda continue to face intense persecution stemming from the rhetoric once used by these evangelicals.
The nomination of Kavanaugh and subsequent creation of a definitively conservative Court will likely not result in the immediate overturn of cases like Roe v. Wade and Obergefell v. Hodges. Kavanaugh’s nomination therefore poses a threat not to the existence of these rights and practices themselves — abortion, same-sex marriage, and race-based affirmative action among them — but rather the ease and extent to which citizens will be able to enjoy them.
If Facebook is replacing the most traditional form of news dissemination, one would hope that its quality is comparable. But, overwhelmed by an abundance of information, selective exposure, and ‘filter bubbles’, this new avenue for news may estrange or even polarize Americans long before it aids them.
