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A TRAGIC ARTICLE 2008-08-14 12:47:00 This is a tragic, heartbreaking, article. It shows how a family can be irrevocably fractured by homophobia. And, to add insult to injury, many of those who reject their Gay children claim to be proponents of "family values," and even profess to be "Christians!""David Knight's wish to reconcile with his father [Pete, who was the author of Proposition 22, referred to as the Knight Initiative in Ca
AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE BY ANDREW SULLIVAN 2008-08-13 12:56:00 This is a superb article by Andrew Sullivan that you'll want to read.Notice, in regard to the California Supreme Court decision: "The individual citizen posited by the court is defined as prior to his or her sexual orientation. He or she exists as a person before he or she exists as straight or gay. And the right under discussion is defined as 'the opportunity of an individual' to choose another ' Read more:SULLIVAN
MORE PERVERSIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE 2008-08-13 10:37:00 Check these out! If these limited human beings are trying to portray Christians as a pack of freaks, they couldn't be doing a better job! To cheapen God in this way, asking Him to bless a political party and to give "rain" of "biblical proportions on Obama's speech at the convention, is bizarre and surreal, and is offensive to every Christian worthy of the name, and is offensive to all intellige
UPDATE TO AUGUST 9TH POST 2008-08-12 02:07:00 This is the latest update on the subject of the August 9th post.I guess the proponents of the exclusionary, discriminatory Proposition 8 in California, that seeks to prevent same-sex marriages from continuing to be California law as decided by the California Supreme Court, are going to cut their losses, and not rock the boat. They tried to change the wording of that Proposition so it would mystif
PERCEPTIONS OF "EVANGELICALS": IS IT ANY WONDER? 2008-09-16 02:05:00 In the article entitled,"Evangelicals Weigh Election Issues," there is an interesting section regarding people's views of "evangelicals," that is both predictable and disquieting."One of the surprises of a new Ellison study [Ellison Research of Phoenix] is 'how much abuse is aimed at evangelicals,' noted company president Ron Sellers. 'Evangelicals were called illiterate, greedy, psychos, racist,
"BORN THAT GAY" 2008-09-14 02:02:00 Several months ago, I wrote an article entitled, The Homophobia Behind Studies of the Causes of Homosexuality that tried to show the homophobic ramifications of the existence of such studies.Part of that article reads as follows:"We must again ask why it's so important, beyond the intellectual issues involved, to seek to establish why some people are Gay? Why not study why some people are Straight
MAURICE SENDAK--FAMOUS AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS 2008-09-12 02:05:00 " [Maurice] Sendak, who had a five-decade partnership with another man, psychoanalyst Eugene Glynn, who died last year, 'I just didn’t think it was anybody’s business.'"The article also cited Sendak as saying that early in his career--50 or 60 years ago--being openly gay was not an option for a writer and artist who wanted to make a career for himself, particularly not when he specialized in c
THE ASSERTION OF CHOOSING TO BE GAY IS NO "JOKE" 2008-09-10 02:07:00 The danger of reinforcing the false stereotypes by such utterances as that made by Kylie Minogue can never be minimized."Kylie Minogue has considered becoming a lesbian." Speaking of the late actress Talullah Bankhead, Minogue is quoted as saying, "I'd go gay for her." "..God knows I can't get a man - so maybe I should cross over."Whether she was "joking" or not, her making such statements rein
FOR THIS ELECTION YEAR 2008-09-08 02:02:00 Apropos of nothing having to do with LGBT rights, especially during this election year, I wanted to share with you this brief, clever, and very funny video that pretty much says it all. And, after we stop smiling, we see that it highlights the pathetic state of political affairs in this year's Presidential nomination and election process, and in this country, that is certainly anything but a laug
SO THIS IS LOVE: THE MYSTIFICATION OF HOMOPHOBIA 2008-09-06 10:44:00 Words fail me!"For 24 hours, the message board outside Havens Corners Church, 6696 Havens Corner Rd., read, 'I kissed a girl and I liked it, then I went to Hell.'""'If anyone's seen the video and understands how lewd and suggestive the video is for this song, that is not something young people should go toward,' [Pastor David] Allison said."He thought the message would be a loving way to remind te
"SARA PALIN RE-IGNITES THE CULTURE WARS" 2008-09-04 02:04:00 "The annual Pew Religion and Public Life Survey recently reported that after voters gauged how liberal McCain and Obama were, 'the average voter places themselves much closer to McCain than to Obama.' "Forty-nine percent of Americans say their “moral values” are conservative, while only 20 percent say they are liberal. About half of voters, when asked to assess the moral values of the candidat
THE LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS AND SARAH PALIN 2008-09-02 02:02:00 This revealing and incisive article highlights some of the issues that would put any thinking conservative in a dilemma. [Also, check this article and audio out for more about the kind of character Palin has, and what kind of person she really is.]What rationalizations can Log Cabin Republicans come up with to justify in any way a McCain candidacy for President? How can they support Palin, given
ON THE SELECTION OF SARAH PALIN AS MCCAIN'S PICK FOR V.P. 2008-08-31 11:26:00 This article that appeared today resonates with an email I sent to a friend of mine yesterday regarding the selection of Sarah Palin as McCain's choice for Vice President, and I wanted to share a slightly edited part of that email with you.By McCain's choosing Palin, can anyone in his or her right mind think it was for any other reason than to put the finishing touches on his victory? It was SOLE
OBAMA AND GAY RIGHTS 2008-08-29 09:38:00 "'I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination." [Barack Obama at his speech at the Democratic Convention, August 29th. For the full article, see here.]We are to make no mistake: It might be better in the long-run for the advanc
DEL MARTIN DIED THIS MORNING: GOD REST HER SOUL! 2008-08-27 17:25:00 Del Martin just died! Also, see here. Please also see here and here. Del Martin was a pioneering Gay rights activist, who, along with her spouse, Phyllis Lyon, was the founder of the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian rights organization in the U.S., in San Francisco in 1955; they founded "The Ladder," the first magazine that was a vehicle for lesbians to share their voices, in 1956.
HOW MANY MORE EMMETT TILLS DO WE NEED? 2008-08-27 06:49:00 [Emmett Till]Please read this whole article.I'm under no illusion that Obama is another Martin Luther King! He's definitely not that!However, regardless of who becomes President, there must be grassroots organizing and a more aggressive organizational representative that the Human Rights Campaign agitating for LGBT rights that doesn't sell out, or that doesn't engage in the practice of political
DON CHARLES ON THE FOLSOM STREET FAIR, CHARITABLE WORK, AND THE PUBLIC DISTORTION OF GAY IDENTITY 2008-10-03 12:21:00 The following post is a terrific, erudite essay that my good friend, Don Charles, was going to place as a comment. I asked him if I could feature it on my blog, and he kindly gave me his permission to do so, and I'm delighted he did. It is a statement that must be taken to heart by anyone who is truly concerned about the acquisition of full and equal civil rights for LGBT people. This is his ess Read more:CHARITABLE
AN EXAMPLE OF DESPICABLE TACTICS USED BY HOMOPHOBES 2008-10-02 12:53:00 In case we need reminding: This is how truly despicable homophobes can be!"In an email exchange between Colleen Holmes [Who previously worked for the Christian Broadcasting Network as well as the Christian Legal Society, and is currently the director of the anti-gay political group Eagle Forum.] and Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness (CMR), a group dedicated to opposin
PARTAKING IN A WAR OF ALL AGAINST ALL 2008-10-01 02:10:00 We've seen this phenomenon all too often! It's a tragedy, as well as a grave injustice, when anyone seeks to deny full and equal civil rights to any minority group. But it's nothing short of irrational and bizarre when one minority group seeks to deny full and equal civil rights to another minority group!We've seen this irrational and bizarre phenomenon played out in much of the African American
LGBT ALLIES OF THE HOMOPHOBIC OPPRESSOR IN SABOTAGING CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 8 AND OTHER LGBT CIVIL RIGHTS 2008-09-29 02:10:00 During last year's Folsom Street Fair, I posted, on September 28, 2007, the following entitled, "Playing Into The Hands Of The Homophobes" regarding what I thought then as now was a counterproductive phenomenon that our enemies would use against us. This is a comment I made regarding that post:"The last thing we want to do is enable the oppressor to be able to play the 'victim' who has 'been righ
"PULPIT FREEDOM SUNDAY," CHURCH-STATE ENMESHMENT, AND THE SEDUCTION OF FASCISM 2008-09-26 02:04:00 Please read this article in its entirety. If we haven't been concerned about the enmeshment of reactionary "religion" with the most reactionary elements of civil society, this article should do the trick!Here is a brief excerpt from this article:"On Sunday, Pastor Jody Hice of Bethlehem, Ga., a man who takes the Bible literally and has never committed a crime, will stand before God and the 1,300
FEEDING IN TO DESTRUCTIVE STEREOTYPES 2008-09-23 02:03:00 [FOR SOME REASON, THE LINKS ON THIS POST DO NOT WORK, SO I PROVIDED THE TERMS USED AND THE SOURCES AND THE RELEVANT DATES OF THE CITED NEWS ARTICLES, SO THAT THEY CAN BE LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET.]
My good friend, Don Charles, who blogs over at "Christ, The Gay Martyr," sent me the following email asking that I elaborate on it, and I’m very pleased to do so because I, too, share these beliefs!
"MILK" 2008-09-22 07:22:00 This is the trailer for the film, "Milk," starring Sean Penn. Harvey Milk is very personal to my wife as he was her Math teacher in New York. She remembers him as not only being a great teacher, but as being a fine, decent human being. Now, millions can attest to those facts as well!
THE HARVEY MILK BILL AND PROPOSITION 8 IN CALIFORNIA 2008-09-20 09:59:00 Equality California sent out the following news item:ACTION ALERT For those living in California, please call the number and register your vote to have Gov. Schwezanneger sign the Harvy Milk Bill. Tell him to sign the Harvey Milk Bill. The right wing has turned up the heat, flooding Gov. Schwarzenegger's office with an overwhelming number of calls opposing our bill that would honor LGBT hero Harv
AN EXAMPLE OF SOME CLERGY RHETORIC OF HATE 2008-09-19 02:04:00 They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, a video is worth 100,000 words. I can write and talk incessantly about the hateful rhetoric that emanates from all too many professing "Christian" clergy and laypeople, but this video puts a reality to that claim that no amount of words on my part could do justice. Why would anyone be intimidated by such a hater like this, and what does
A NEWLY RELEASED DVD: "THE GAY MARRIAGE THING" IS READY TO FOR DOWNLOAD 2008-09-18 02:06:00 On Tuesday, I received an email from Stephanie Higgins, Director of the film, THE GAY MARRIAGE THING who has just released her independent film on DVD. I strongly urge you to download this film, as it puts a human face on the issue of same-sex marriage that is particularly crucial as we approach votes that threaten already existing same-sex marriage rights in California embodied in the mean-spirit
PROPOSITION 8 IN CALIFORNIA 2008-10-23 02:07:00 A poll released yesterday, shows 48 percent of Californians in favor of eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry and 45 percent opposed. The fate of this Proposition that seeks to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry by writing discrimination into California's Constitution in contavention of the California Supreme Court's decision last May, is too close to call.Suffice it to
A DISCRIMINATORY MIND-SET THAT IS PERVERTING CHRISTIANITY AND IS DESTROYING THE UNITED STATES 2008-10-21 10:34:00 Please watch this brief video:If you think that this mind-set is unique among many professing Christians in America, think again! This woman is by no means unique in her thinking, and in her absorption of the jingoistic and exclusionary rhetoric that emanates from all too many pulpits throughout the United States.Yesterday, I attended a rally that supported Proposition 8 in California, that seeks
AN EXCELLENT, THOUGHT-PROVOKING ARTICLE 2008-10-20 10:00:00 This is an excellent, thought-provoking article"There are “Christian” groups raising millions (over $50 million in California alone) to take rights away from people…forever!""So, I asked these “Christian” groups (who also back Palin & McCain), how many hungry could you feed for $50 million? How many homeless could you house for $50 million? How many people could you send to college for
REDUCTION IN INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH NUMBERS MIGHT NOT BE A BAD THING 2008-10-19 10:06:00 George Will concludes a commentary entitled, "Episcopal churches insist on the ordination of gay clergy", by stating the following:"The Episcopal Church once was America's upper crust at prayer. Today it is "progressive" politics cloaked - very thinly - in piety. Episcopalians' discontents tell a cautionary tale for political as well as religious associations. As the church's doctrines have become
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