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Not Anti-Gay Enough. 2006-08-31 15:47:00
You know you must be in Florida if your opponent charges your anti-gay platform with being not anti-gay enough.
In a sick game of who's the better Nazi, Florida gubenatorial candidates, Tom Gallagher and Charlie Crist are in a battle over which of the Republican candidates is the true "true conservative."
Both candidates are anti-gay of course, but one Crist, while absolutely wanting to ban gay marriage, is ok with civil unions or some other form of legal arrangement. Gallagher on the other hand is not only opposed to gay marriage, but civil unions or any other arrangement.
I guess you win, Tom!
This is about the dumbest campaign fight I've ever seen, but I would expect no less from the state where brains go to die. The state that brought you Jeb Bush, Kathryn Harris and the Coral Ridge hour has seen no shortage of idiocy in it's long career.
What really interests me is that in a state filled with dangerous hurricanes, economic challenges, immigration issues along wi Read more:Enough
A New Idea For Anglican Homosexuals. 2006-08-28 18:38:00
The Archbishop of Canterbury has come up with a new solution for homosexuals to help stem the divisive split going on within the Church of England. His solution:
STOP BEING GAY!
Well now that that's settled, we can all go to church together.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams has decided to pull a 180 on his flock in what former supporters are calling an '"astonishing" U-turn over the homosexual issue.'
You see, Williams used to a be a supporter of the consecration of Gay Bishops and was widely hailed when he was appointed to be the new Archbishop, but suddenly he has reversed his position.
I do believe conversion means conversion of habits, behaviours, ideas, emotions," he told a Dutch journalist. "Ethics is not a matter of a set of abstract rules, it is a matter of living the mind of Christ. That applies to sexual ethics."
So in other words, STOP BEING GAY.
When asked to explain his previous position in light of his current one, the Archbishop said "That was when I Read more:Anglican
A Victory for Hate Speech. 2006-08-23 18:50:00
This is Ruth Malhotra, Southern Baptist, College Republican and Hate Speech
Advocate [photo & additional reporting courtesy of Southern Voice] ===>
The Georgia Institute of Technology had a portion of it's student community guide that prohibited students or groups from any attempt "to injure, harm, malign or harass a person because of race, religious belief, color, sexual/affectional orientation, national origin, disability, age or gender."
Seems pretty straight forward. Well not to Ruth Malhotra and her co-complainer Orit Sklar. They objected to the language that banned "denigrating written/verbal communications (including the use of telephones, emails and computers)." Basically they felt their God-given right to openly hate and persecute gays was being impinged.
For the record this restriction applied to the students living in the dorms, not to students in general. But shouldn't all students be allowed to spew hate speech and practice religious-based oppression? Read more:Victory
Full-Time Hate! 2006-08-22 18:11:00
It's a pretty sad day when the head of an anti-gay hate group leaves to form another group because his original hate group wasn't hating enough.
That's the new deal for Peter LaBarbera, former director of the Illinois Family Institute. The new group called Americans for Truth whose sole full time job is going to be disabling and stopping the "homosexual activist agenda"
Jeez, Pete, quit harshing everyone's mellow.
We all now know what "homosexual activist agenda" means. It's the fight for basic human rights, civil rights and the right to live without being beaten or killed because you were born different.
Good God, we have to stop it. If Americans for Truth sounds like a Nazi name to you too, then I leave you to draw your own conclusions. I love the fact that this guy has just formed a group dedicated to the oppression and persecution of the LGBT community and everyone in it. How does this continue to go on without anyone seeing it?
How does it happen that we continue to c
A Dent in the Anti-Gay Armor? 2006-08-21 17:25:00
Anti-Gay rhetoric has spewed forth from the mouths of the church fathers for some time now. These words of hate have echoed through every aspect of society and the media. But it is as really well received as people think?
Hate is easy to maintain as long as it is impersonal. Many god-fearing, church going, gay-hating people don't know any gay people, and they don't want to know them - probably because it would give their hate a face. For those that have gay friends, it's hard to look at your friend and say "this person is an abomination."
With that in mind it seems like some of the tables may be turning within the confines of the church hall. We've already seen what is going on in the Episcopalian and Anglican churches over gays in the clergy, and now the same is happening in the Presbyterian church and other welcoming churches around the world. And while it is fueling the fight, it also shows that there ARE people and churches out there that are willing to welcome, even i Read more:Armor
Don't Let It Hit You On The Way Out! 2006-08-17 14:23:00
Strange things are afoot in Cincinnati. The Ohio city has had a long and troubled history with respect to LGBT issue, but it looks like they are finally coming out of the dark and into the real world.
In 1992, the city passed an ordinance protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination. But not to be left behind by the anti-gay hate train, voters turned around and voted to remove gays as a protected class and even added a one of a kind provision to specifically prevent LGBT people from being added as a protected class in the future. Nice!
Everything changed in 2004 when that provision was repealed. It took some time, but the council in March, 2006 finally voted to add LGBT protection back into the anti-discrimination laws. Unfortunately, that change could not take effect because a hate group called Equal Rights Not Special rights halted it's enactment while they gathered signatures to put the matter to another election year vote, similar to the 1993 reversal.
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The Rainbow Flag War Continues. 2006-08-16 18:43:00
It always amazes me the lengths people will go to to preserve their pristine beliefs. It amazes me further still how a rainbow flag that served as nothing more than a child's colorful gift has become the Cindy Sheehan of a rural Kansas town and the fight for LGBT rights.
You can catch up with this story here.
Now we have some new developments in this ongoing saga. As you might recall this entire circus began when a 12-year-old boy gave his parents a rainbow flag that he purchased in California for no other reason than it was colorful. The flag was installed by his parents, the Knights, outside their new Bed and Breakfast in Meade, Kansas. The flag was only supposed to be to remember their son, but of course they are now in the middle of a gay rights fight where there wasn't one before.
When we last left the Knights, their flag had been stolen, but they vowed to replace it and keep it flying, if for no other reason then not to give into the hate of some of their neighbors.
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These Are The People Running The Country! 2006-08-15 19:41:00 In a great chapter from the "I'm taking my ball and going home" school of sportsmanship comes this little gem.You're not going to believe this one.The California State Assembly took the time to honor 6 members of the LGBT community for their accomplishments in their fields with the first ever Pride Recognition Awards.Nothing serious, just a small ceremony to honor a handful of prominent gay people and recognizing their contributions. Well leave it to the GOP babies to mess even something as small as this up.Apparently frothy with indignance, 10 Republican members of the assembly refused to participate, some even storming out of the chamber.What kind of four year old acting jerk do you have to be that you can't even allow people to be given an award for their hard work without you boo hooing out the door in protest. Is this the behavior you want to model? Is this the way you run the government? If someone votes against you, do you throw your bowl of spaghetti-o's and pout."...it Read more:Country
The Price of Persecution. 2006-08-14 20:14:00 Do religious people truly believe that there are that many children and adults out there making the "choice" to be homosexual? Do they really believe they are in some way helping the world by hating and persecuting the LGBT community? Here is one of the many negative aspects of all that hate (there are only negative aspects by the way). Gay children turned out on the streets by gay-hating parents and/or communities and forced to live any way they can, simply because they were born different.We have already discussed some states attempts and failed attempts to bar homosexuals from adopting children, but fortunately they have thus far been unable to block them from being foster parents. Now some advocacy groups are trying to take advantage of this in an effort to help these children get off the street and have a shot at a normal life (or at least as close to it as you can get in this country).You can read a full story about this here.The saddest thing about this is that we have a big Read more:Persecution
Santorum Flip-Flops. 2006-08-10 16:13:00 He actually voted for it, before he voted against it. Our old pal Rick Santorum
threw everyone into a tizzy when he signed a pledge circulating around Washington that he wouldn't discriminate against gays and lesbians in his office.Of course his signing shocked the world considering that this was the same man who felt allowing gay marriage would lead to bestiality, he also still thinks there are WMD's in Iraq.Santorum, who has an out gay man on his staff, has never before come anywhere near doing anything but hate on the LGBT community. This move seemed to signal at least a politically motivated acquiescence in a token effort. Alas it was not to be.It turns out that an aide to Santorum signed the declaration on his behalf thinking that the pledge was constant with the employee handbook. Oh how wrong you were! Apparently Rickey-boy doesn't want to have to protect the rights of transgender citizens in his office. I guess some animals are still more equal than others.This does no Read more:Flops
Rule #1 Don't Elect Bigots or Morons. 2006-08-09 16:57:00 Welcome to Rhea County, Tennessee! Home of...well, I have no idea actually. At least it's not home to any illegal homosexual activity. Fortunately they rescinded that one. That's right, the county commission of Rhea County, Tennessee unanimously supported a proposal that criminalized homosexuality as a crime against nature in Tennessee.That's not just a ban on gay marriage, it's a ban on gays, period. Nothing says progress like throwing people in jail for being gay. I imagine slavery and debtors prison were probably also on the list as well.As frightening as this is to even consider, there are several pieces of good news associated with it.First, the legislation was rescinded two days after it was proposed - supposedly because the county commissioners didn't understand that they were voting to ban homosexuality. Talk about lesser of two evils - either you're Nazis or idiots - neither option would inspire any confidence in an elected official.The second bit of good news is Read more:Elect
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Backfire! 2006-08-08 19:00:00 It's a sad day in America when a good, honest, down-home bigot can't escape the evil homosexuals and their "ways." At least that's how some residents of Meade, Kansas are feeling right about now.This is an amazing story for a number of reasons, here it is in a nutshell:A couple from southern California, J.R. and Robin Knight, move to Meade, KS to open a B&B. No they aren't a gay couple, no it isn't a gay B&B. It's a heterosexual couple and a regular run of the mill B&B in a small Kansas town.The couple's 12-year-old son (who still lives in CA) came across a rainbow flag at a store and purchased it for his parents because it had pretty colors. Even though the parents knew it was a gay rights symbol, they put it up anyway to remind them of their son and as a showcase for his thoughtful gift. And that's when it all went haywire.Needless to say, many members of the town went into a coniption fit over the idea that there might be a gay-friendly inn in town. What stated out Read more:Backfire
True Persecution. 2006-08-07 16:56:00 I always love to listen to Christians moan and groan about being persecuted and how they are being prevented from spreading their religion to every tiny corner of the world. And while there are certainly legitimate cases of attacks and other unacceptable behaviors toward these folks and their "mission," Each one came as the result of prosthelytizing. While that doesn't mean that they deserved what they got or that they had it coming, but at the same time, when you wag you bible in someone's face you are asking for them to react.The thing we talk about on this site is True Persecution
. Persecution that does not come as a result of a particular belief or activity. True persecution is persecution that happens for no apparent reason and can come as a result of such innocuous activities as shopping or walking or going to the movies. It is the systematic oppression at the hands of the government, the people and other interest groups (like the church for example).That's what it is li
Suspected San Diego Gay Bashers Caught! 2006-08-02 16:15:00 Suspected "lowlife" scumbag gay basher James Allen Carroll ===>photo courtesy of the San Diego
Union Tribune Nothing announces to the world that you are a man's man quite like hiding in the bushes and sneaking up on unsuspecting people and hitting them in the head with a baseball bat. But that's exactly what James Allen Carroll and his friends in the gang called the "Lowlifes" allegedly did. Carroll and his friends are accused of being the gay bashers in last weeks attack on 6 men leaving the gay pride festival last weekend.Carroll and three other men, two of which boys aged 16 and 17 are also in custody, are accused of savagely attacking 6 men who were minding their own business and simply attending a public event.The community was shocked by the brutality of the attacks and the alleged attackers were caught thanks to witnesses who came forward.Thankfully in addition to the charges of attempted murder and other assault charges, the accused will also be facing hate crime enhancement Read more:Caught
Is America's National Pastime Baseball or Hating Gays? 2006-08-01 21:28:00 It seems like we won't have to ask this question anymore thanks to Focus on The Family. That's right true believers, it seems that James Dobson and his world class hate group have infiltrated Major League baseball. It turns out that last weeks "Faith Day" at the Atlanta Braves vs Marlins game was co-sponsored by Dobson's group.It's ironic and almost prophetic that we covered this over at The Rudicus Report. There we mused whether this was the beginning of Christian Baseball and also pointed out that it was a slap to Atlanta's gay population. At the time, we did not know of FOF's involvement. Now that we do, this is even more astounding and inappropriate.Not only was this "Faith Day" preaching Christianity to their captive audience, but it turns out FOF was handing out literature, ostensibly turning this sporting event into a giant anti-gay rally.You can read the full Washington Blade story here.This kind of thing is not only hateful and hurtful, but also sends the worst kind Read more:America
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Are You Gay? 2006-07-27 16:01:00 N'Sync's Lance Bass is gay, but Oprah isn't. George Michael is gay and doesn't care who knows it now, but at one time he did (even though anyone with even marginally functional gaydar really didn't have any doubt. Coming out can be a liberating experience for some and the beginning of a nightmare for others. Recently there have been several stories about military officers who were axed due to Don't Ask, Don't Tell. And big news has been made out of gay politicians being elected in Alabama and Georgia. So it leaves me with the question of why are people so obsessed with who's gay?I know famous people coming out helps by putting a familiar face on homosexuality and gives people struggling with their sexuality a role model (hopefully), but how does it change them? They were gay before they announced it, or were outed. And while that clearly has all sorts of ramifications, it doesn't change the substance of those people. Oprah didn't become a better host because we now kn
Children Are Taught To Hate. 2006-07-25 14:20:00 It's nice to know we can rely on good old family values when it comes to teaching our children right and wrong. We often hear from the AFA and other so-called "family" groups how wrong, horrible and terrible it is for gays to marry or adopt or have anything whatsoever to do with children.Now I understand why; if they did, we wouldn't have our own little "Boys from Brazil" club.So it is with great pleasure that we celebrate these "baby geniuses" for so perfectly representing the hearts and minds and future of American family values.Two boys, aged 12 and 14 were charged with a hate crime under Maine's new hate crime law which now includes sexual orientation protection. The boys are accused of vandalism on the Poland, Me., home of Linda Boutaugh and Keri Fuchs, a lesbian couple.The boys allegedly destroyed the interior of the home, breaking furniture and writing anti-gay slurs on the walls. Feces and urine were also found in the home and the car which was also severely damaged.Fuchs Read more:Children
Stacking the Deck. 2006-07-24 17:43:00 Already a lock for the title of Worst President Ever, George W. Bush doesn't seem content with basking in the glow of his victory, he wants to keep screwing up the country for generations to come. We already saw what he's done to the Supreme Court whose sole responsibility from this point forward is playing a game called "who can be more rabidly conservative." We already know that he's gotten rid of all the actual scientists at the FDA and other advisory groups in favor of non-sensical "yes-men" with no apparent compunction to base any of their decisions on reality. And we've also seen the FCC rollback it's activities to the 1950's.Now we have a new development that threaten to keep us all down for a long long time.This is a great piece of investigative journalism by Charlie Savage over at the Boston Globe.You can read the full article here:In a nutshell, what he's outlined is a frightening trend "The Bush administration is quietly remaking the Justice Department's Civil Rig Read more:Stacking
Apparently Dogs are Bigots Too. 2006-07-21 23:44:00 It's a sad sad day when you can't even put a light hearted equality education program out there without some hate group slamming it down.The folks over at www.borndifferent.com have a great showcase to help people understand the idea of other people being born gay - in reference to the myriad of research affirming biological differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals. It's a neat site and they bring up some great points. It's all done in a fun and non-confrontational way and is centered around a dog named Norman who says "moo" instead of "woof". The campaign aired in the Colorado Springs area.Of course without missing a beat, one of the pre-eminent hate groups, Focus on the Family trotted out a rebuttal with their own dog Sherman, who barks as "biology intended." The counter-site goes on allegedly refute the scientific claims.We all know James Dobson and FOF are notorious for fabricating and misrepresenting research, so I don't think there is anything really big there. Read more:Bigots
The Queers Did It! 2006-07-21 02:42:00 Now I've heard everything. Like a game of 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon, it appears that everything can be can be blamed on gays. Senior Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch has declared that the bombing of Israel by Hezbollah and the subsequent war with Lebanon was the fault of...wait for it - gays. That's right buckaroos, the International Gay Pride Festival scheduled for Jerusalem is responsible for the rocket attacks - and no, I'm not kidding.You can read the full story here.Just like Hurricane Katrina, last years Tsunami, and the terrorist attack on an Indonesian hotel - blame for all can be laid at the feet of gays, if you listen to the right people.The worst thing about this is not that this person is clinically insane, or that the very idea that this is some God inspired reprisal is beyond laughable to anyone with an IQ over 3, no the worst thing is that there actually people who will read this and say "you know he's right."It doesn't matter how silly it sounds, it will never take away fro
Evil Empire. 2006-07-20 16:24:00 Do you remember the good old days when the U.S. used to be a world leader in human rights and was often seen and heard chastising other nations on their human rights records? Well it looks like we are day by day becoming that which we used to fight against. We used to fight against imperialist nations and totalitarian nations, and now we have become them.But, it looks like we are also becoming the big violators of the international human rights standards that we helped develop. That's right kids, Cowboy George and his posse have pretty much eradicated everything that this country once stood for, including human rights.Remember the days when we were the world leaders of the U.N.? Now we not only saddled them with a tyrannical ambassador (John Bolton), but we have now come under fire on our own human rights record against gays and lesbians.We were already in trouble over Gitmo and the myriad of human rights violations going on there, now a new U.N. report titled "Lesbian, Gay, Bise Read more:Empire
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An Open Question on Gay Marriage. 2006-07-19 06:04:00 Yesterday we saw the proposed constitutional to ban gay marriage defeated in the House by a vote of 236-187 (hooray for our side!). While this is certainly good news on some level, the fact remains that while this amendment probably won't go anywhere, many states are easily passing and upholding bans on the state level, and even trying to eliminate the possibility of civil unions.But as I listened to Dennis Hastert saying "Be assured that this issue is not over," and then to Joe Pitts of PA saying, "We must not allow an institution of such great importance to be arbitrarily redefined for the entire nation by a small number of unelected judges," I was left with the same question that I always seem to be left with on this issue. What's the big deal?If the Republicans and their friends want to be honest and just say "We hate queers and we just don't want them to have any rights whatsoever," then I can understand. But this whole issue of the sanctity of marriage or this so-called "in Read more:Question
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