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THE NEED FOR DIGNITY AND SELF-RESPECT BY GAY PEOPLE AND EVERYONE ELSE 2008-07-01 02:15:00 This is one of the saddest articles I've read in a long time. Two of the statements contained in this article are the following, made by twenty four year old, David Nielson, who is discussing his hopes for a meeting of "Affirmation," a group of at least 2,000 LGBT people, with the President of the LDS Church:"This meeting is past-due. ... but if we want them to cease persecuting us ... then we ha
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR SHAME AND HOMOPHOBIA! 2008-06-29 02:40:00 These three videos are well worth watching! If there was ever any doubts that shame and homophobia are unnecessary emotions, and that most all who condemn Gay people are likely to be ones who are afraid of, and even be in their denial about, their own sexuality, these three videos should lay those doubts to rest. As I've written so many times before, people who are emotionally and sexually intac
A SLICE OF HISTORY OF GAY EMANCIPATION 2008-07-25 11:46:00 This is an interesting article that just appeared regarding a slice of Gay emancipation's history that I think you'll like.
SOON, DADT WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST 2008-07-24 10:44:00 This article, in and of itself, demonstrates why Don't Ask, Don't Tell will soon become a thing of the past! The testimony of such people as Elaine Donnelly before a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Personnel Committee, will finally bring the hammer down on that ludicrous and cruel practice allowed by Pres. Bill Clinton for purposes of political expediency, which was typical of him and hi
AN INTERVIEW WITH JAY BAKKER 2008-07-23 12:34:00 This is an interesting video of an interview with Jay Bakker, the son of Jim and Tammy Bakker, who has a ministry to ALL of God's children, who is LGBT affirming, and who truthfully talks about the grace of God as he learned it from studying the Bible after he became disaffected with the institutional Church. It's well worth listening to.
ARCHBISHOP ROWAN WILLIAMS IS SACRIFICING JUSTICE FOR UNITY, AND HE WILL HAVE NEITHER 2008-07-22 09:50:00 "The Archbishop of Canterbury has continued his quest for Anglican unity with a strong statement against living in sin and gay sex."Dr Williams said: "I do not believe that sex outside marriage is as God purposes it.""And he said he remained "committed" to the Church's official stance against gay sex, which aims to preserve Biblical norms."[For the full article, see
A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION IS POSED 2008-07-21 02:05:00 A man by the name of Rudi Kohler wrote a brief letter to the editor of the "Salt Lake Tribune," in which he posed a crucial question, not only germane to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but that must be asked of all professing Christians, denominations, and churches."If gay rights is a moral issue, why doesn't the LDS Church take a moral position on the killing in the wars in Ir
A MUST READ 2008-07-20 09:40:00 My good friend, Don Charles, on his excellent blog, "Christ, The Gay Martyr,", has a new two-part post entitled, "Credo," that must be widely distributed and read by every Gay person and by every professing Christian! As is typical of his writings, it is provocative and absolutely brilliant!Here is an excerpt from his two part post:"I believe that organized religion owes LGBT folk around the worl
THIS IS GREAT NEWS 2008-07-18 09:58:00 This is great news!"A majority of California voters oppose a November ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, according to a survey released Friday."The Field Poll found that 51 percent of likely voters say they would vote against Proposition 8, while 42 percent say they would vote for it."The poll shows a turnaround from 2000, when 61 percent of voters
GOD BLESS THE PASTORS WHO TRULY FOLLOW JESUS 2008-07-18 02:10:00 It is so refreshing to see that there are some courageous pastors in the United Methodist Church who are obeying the Gospel of grace and love, and the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives, ministries, and in society, who are performing same-sex marriages. The motto of the United Methodist Church is: "Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors," and these men and women of faith are living up to that st
A DESPICABLE POLICY BY THE CENSUS BUREAU TOWARD SAME-SEX MARRIAGE 2008-07-16 02:05:00 I just read this article entitled, "2010 Census Won't Recognize Same-Sex Marriage Responses," and anyone with an ounce of self-respect would storm the barricades on this one. Part of the article reads as follows: "The U.S. Census Bureau will actively edit the responses of same-sex couples on the 2010 Census, classifying all legally married same-sex couples as 'unmarried partners.'"“'We are just Read more:BUREAU
ANOTHER HYPOCRITICAL HOMOPHOBIC HATER'S TORTURED PSYCHE EXPOSED 2008-07-14 10:10:00 When someone (in this case, a man) is virulently homophobic and then is caught with his pants down (so to speak), with a man in his and his wife's bed, the hypocrisy is enormous, to say the least. What makes this story so important is not merely the hypocrisy that is evidenced, but the source of a great deal of the animus that lies behind homophobia itself.Alabama's Republican Attorney General, T Read more:HATER
AN EXCELLENT SERMON BY REV. NANCY WILSON, MODERATOR OF MCC 2008-07-12 03:47:00 A Sermon by the Moderatorof Metropolitan Community ChurchesThe Rev. Nancy L. WilsonMCC ModeratorMC"Shaking The Foundations!"by The Reverend Nancy L. WilsonDelivered at The Fellowship's Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, on June 25, 2008.INTRODUCTORY NOTE FROM REV. WILSON:I delivered this sermon at the opening service of the Annual Conference of The Fellowship in Dallas, Texas. We were blessed by so
ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHY WE SHOULDN'T TRY TO APPEASE SMUG, SELF-RIGHTEOUS CLERGY OR ANYONE ELSE 2008-08-10 02:10:00 "Harold Miller, a leading Irish bishop in the Anglican church, says the church can't accept gays even if homosexuality is proven to have a genetic or biological origin. "Said Miller: 'If you say that because you are born with a certain inclination then it is God-given and you should be free to follow that through in your life, it doesn't make any logical sense whatever. You would then have to sa
THE REACTIONARIES ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE WORDING OF PROPOSITION 8 IN CALIFORNIA 2008-08-09 10:50:00 The reactionary proponents of hateful and exclusionary Proposition 8, that was specifically designed to overthrow the California Supreme Court's decision affirming the right of same-sex couples to marry within the state of California, are now unhappy with the wording used to describe that Proposition. Click this link for the full article."Proposition 8 supporters had argued that Brown's title, 'E
A LETTER FROM BISHOP LELAND SOMERS ON FAITH IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE 2008-08-07 19:36:00 My friend, Bishop Leland Somers, sent out this video clip that I couldn't watch until the end, because I was profoundly embarrassed. This is that clip that shows so many warped features of what passes for "Christianity" that I don't have the words to express them:When I wrote him back and said that I was embarrassed to watch the whole clip, and that it was patently offensive to me, he wrote me th
ROWAN WILLIAMS IS A TYPICAL "LIBERAL" 2008-08-07 12:42:00 This article shows Archbishop Rowan Williams to be a typical "liberal."He does believe that the spiritual legitimacy of same-sex faithful relationships is akin to heterosexual marriage, but will not have his rhetoric and beliefs prevail when the rubber hits the road! He rolls over for the bullies in the Anglican communion, seeks to accommodate to those who use Godless reasoning to exclude Gay men
THE HATE THAT HATE PRODUCES 2008-08-05 02:05:00 Mike Signorile has part of an interview that he held with "Carla Lewis, who was inside the Tennessee Valley Universalist Unitarian Church when a gunman opened fire little over a week ago." This is that video clip:In this vein, there is an excellent commentary entitled, "Blood on Their Hands," by my friend, Rev. Chellew-Hodge, on her blog, The Christian Agnostic. Please read her whole brief artic
THE IRRATIONALITY OF RELIGIOUSLY "JUSTIFIED" HOMOPHOBIA 2008-08-01 09:05:00 UPDATE, AUGUST 5, 2008: This recent article again shows that one can't seek to accommodate bullies, as to do so costs individual and organizational credibility, and bespeaks the bankruptcy of any Christian denomination or organization when it seeks to sacrifice the cause of "justice" for the desire for "unity" with reactionary or any other kind of bullies. Unless "grace" trumps "legalism," any ch
A HIERARCHY OF MORAL VALUES IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE 2008-07-31 10:01:00 This is an excellent, well thought out, article that came out today by Margaret Carlson [Pictured]."Let's take a civics quiz. In Congress which is worse: being corrupt or being gay? Time is up. Pencils down. If you answered being gay, you've been paying attention, class. Of the 10 Commandments, it is much better to break the one about stealing than the one about sex." [It's important to note that
GREAT NEWS ABOUT MASSACHUSETTS' AND OUT OF STATE MARRIAGE 2008-07-30 10:14:00 This is great news coming out of Massachusetts, whereby same-sex couples from out of their state will be able to come to Massachusetts and marry. Their racist 1913 law, that was designed to prevent interracial marriage, is being recognized as the hateful anachronism that it is, despite some foolish current rationalizations, as seen in the article, to the contrary.This ruling, and the California S
DELUSIONAL TRAITORS WHO FIDDLE WHILE THE ROME OF FULL AND EQUAL LGBT RIGHTS BURNS 2008-07-28 02:02:00 Please read this recent article in regard to the national movement to prevent same-sex marriages, where a lot of money and advertising is being poured into trying to convince the voters to vote against same-sex marriages.And then, please read this article by Tristan Taormino as well as the following quote, "Adam has just released his second music video for the song 'Faggoty Attention' which is fea
AN EXCELLENT INTERVIEW WITH BISHOP GENE ROBINSON 2008-07-27 09:00:00 “'I think the American compulsion to talk about everything openly is a great strength – and a weakness. We appear unnecessarily brash, but I love that about us. I feel called to be as open as I can be about my life so that young lesbians and gay men will understand that they can have wonderful relationships, be mothers and fathers and [achieve] real distinction for themselves in their careers.
THE QUESTIONABLE FATE OF PROPOSITION 8 IN CALIFORNIA 2008-08-25 02:05:00 "The literature that volunteers distributed was intended to reinforce the campaign's message that the amendment is pro-marriage and children instead of anti-gay."'California should do more to encourage families to stay together,' reads the pamphlets illustrated with close-ups of heterosexual couples posed cheek-to-cheek."Frank Schubert, who is co-managing the Yes on 8 campaign, said the outreach e
FEAR OF RETRIBUTION AMONG DISSIDENTS IN THE LDS CHURCH REGARDING THEIR OBJECTIONS TO CALIFORNIA'S PROP. 8 2008-08-23 09:32:00 This article is both encouraging and revealing at the same time.Notice the line: "In an e-mail, site managers at lds4gaymarriage declined to be identified for this story, saying no one was willing to give their names 'because of the fear of retribution by the church.'""Religion" breeds fear! The Spirit breeds freedom! Christianity is of the Spirit of the Lord, if it's Christianity in fact! Free
SOME FACTS TO REMEMBER WHEN VOTING ON PROPOSITION 8 IN CALIFORNIA 2008-08-21 02:10:00 Many of those who intend to vote in favor of the discriminatory Proposition 8 in California, designed to overturn the California Supreme Court's decision affirming the right of same-sex couples to marry, are likely operating under certain false assumptions concerning both the nature of same-sex love as well as the nature of traditional religious prohibitions against any sexual activity outside the
MCCAIN'S APPEAL TO "EVANGELICALS" AND THE FATE OF PROPOSITION 8 IN CALIFORNIA 2008-08-18 02:05:00 This article unwittingly highlights a problem that all of us who oppose Proposition 8 in California will find disquieting."...there are signs McCain is winning over a group that has regarded him with suspicion on grounds including his past criticism of Religious Right leaders and his support for stem cell research."A nationwide poll of registered voters by the Pew Research Center from July 31 to A
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IS AT IT AGAIN 2008-08-16 02:05:00 "The [Mormon] Church has a single, undeviating standard of sexual morality: intimate relations are proper only between a husband and a wife united in the bonds of matrimony. The Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage neither constitutes nor condones any kind of hostility towards homosexual men and women. Protecting marriage between a man and a woman does not affect Church members' Christian ob
THE ADVANTAGES OF CELEBRITY SAME-SEX MARRIAGES 2008-08-15 13:21:00 When well-known personalities like Ellen De Generes get married, it both further legitimizes same-sex marriage; serves as a role model, thereby giving permission, to other same-sex couples who wish to spend their lives together; normalizes same-sex marriage in the eyes of increasing numbers of Straight people; makes it far more likely that such hateful and discriminatory propositions as Propositi
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