Hating Gays Does Not Make You a Hate Group ?

Interesting piece about the Southern Poverity Law Center, how you make it on the  hate list, and Peter Sprigg.


Please remember that our friend Peter has....


Called for the expulsion of all gay people from the United States.


Calls for the recriminalization of homosexuality.


Teaching sex ed will make kids gay.


Calls Gay Pride "A movement dedicated to destroying marriage, free speech, public health, religious liberty, and (after the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal) national security."


According to the FRC's official lobbying report for the first quarter of 2010, they paid $25,000 to lobby Congress against approving a resolution denouncing Uganda's plan to execute homosexuals.  Read it again....They want the gays dead. Yup....

This Week In Holy Crimes

Cross post from joemygod.com

Over the last seven days...

Alabama: Pastor Barry Albert Cook charged with sexual abuse and torture of a child.
South Carolina: Pastor Jonathan Roberts charged with felonious theft of church money.
New York: Father Thomas Kreiser charged with using $25K in church donations for online gambling.
Wisconsin: Pastor Philip Caminiti charged with eight felony counts of child abuse for beating children as young as two months old.
Oklahoma: Pastor Vincent Brookfield charged with seven felony counts of molesting a seven year-old girl.
North Carolina: Pastor Paul Burke Johnson charged with four counts of sexual battery on a mentally impaired woman.
Iowa: Pastor Patrick Edouard charged with raping three women in his congregation.
Utah: Pastor Aaron Witcher sentenced to five years to life in prison on two counts of rape of a minor.
Pennsylvania: Father Ralph Johnson sentenced to four years in prison for child molestation. Johnson is 84.
New York: Rabbi Saul Kassin confesses to multimillion dollar money laundering scheme involving sales of human organs and counterfeit handbags.
Florida: Teacher at private Christian school charged with beating a 12 year-old boy unconscious with a broomstick.
Wisconsin: Father Joseph Gibbs charged with fondling a teenage girl. Gibbs allegedly threatened to sue the girl's family if she told.
Illinois: Imprisoned child molester Father Donald McGuire reveals evidence that his parish knew of his crimes and did nothing.

This Week's Winner
Oregon: In one of the largest settlements ever paid by a religious group, Northwest's Jesuits have agreed to pay $166M to nearly 500 victims of sexual abuse by priests. Most of the victims are Native Americans abused as children at Jesuit parish schools across the Pacific northwest and in Alaska. The settlement, which will largely be paid by an insurance company, is part of a bankruptcy reorganization plan.

Bill Maher: It's Time For President Obama To Come Out For Same-Sex Marriage

This is Great!!
Cross post from joemygod.com

Columbus Gay Men's Chorus And Children's Choir - It Gets Better

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Animusic 2- Gyro Drums AWESOME!

The Music Machine

Can You Name That Tune?

It is Amazing what we can do when we focus on creating something beautiful. Enjoy
Thanks Joe.

Bryan Fischer: I'm Worried That Donald Trump Doesn't Hate Gay People Enough

Trump is very clear when he says that gays do not deserve any rights at all and marriage is out of the question.

cross post from joemygod.com

Bryan Fischer: I'm Worried That Donald Trump Doesn't Hate Gay People Enough

American Family Association spokesdouche Bryan Fischer is worried that Donald Trump doesn't hate gay people enough to earn the endorsement of the right wing.

Does he believe the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is constitutional? Does he believe President Obama violated his oath of office by refusing to defend this law in court? Does he support a federal marriage amendment that would define marriage as a one-man, one-woman institution and prohibit marriage counterfeits like civil unions and domestic partnerships? Would he reverse President Obama’s decision to grant certain spousal benefits to the sexual partners of homosexuals, contrary to DOMA? Would he support reinstatement of the ban on open homosexual service in the military? Would he veto the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) if it came to his desk? Would he sign a repeal of the Hate Crimes act, which will criminalize speech that is critical of homosexual behavior?

Fischer also says that Trump's three marriages "ought to be a huge problem for social conservatives," an issue Fischer doesn't seem to have with thrice-married serial adulterer Newt Gingrich, who regularly appears on Fischer's radio show.

This is a MUST SEE

This is from a show called "In The Life". It is almost 30 minutes long. You will learn alot about what is happening with same sex marriage across the country.

AUDIO: Christianist Haters Spew Bile At Colorado's Civil Unions House Debate

Igor Volsky reports at Wonk Room:

Douglas Napier of the Alliance Defense Fund led the formal opposition against the bill and maintained that civil unions would likely lead to same-sex marriage, despite a 2006 voter-approved constitutional amendment that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The debate quickly disintegrated from there, as witnesses began quoting the Bible, regurgitating thoroughly debunked claims about ex-gay therapy and even predicting the end of times. The Family Research Institute’s Dr. Paul Cameron — whose so-called ‘research’ on homosexuality has been condemned and refuted by most major medical organizations in the United States and Canada — provided the most colorful testimony.

Focus On The Family Readies Its First Year Running Anti-Gay Pro-Bullying Campaign

 

Cross post from joemygod.com

The Day Of Silence, GLSEN's annual anti-bullying campaign is April 15th. And Focus On The Family's Candi Cushman is ready for her first year running the PRO-bullying Christian response, which was handed over to them last year by Exodus International. FOF's Day Of Dialogue will take place on April 18th.

"The whole idea is to help embolden and encourage students to want to express their biblical viewpoint in a loving and grace-filled way, especially when controversial sexual topics are brought up in their school and they feel like maybe their viewpoint is being stifled. So this just gives them some tools for being able to be confident and loving in expressing their biblical viewpoint. The whole idea of silence seems more like a media opportunity -- but the idea of dialogue is that this is an actual learning opportunity for students and a free exchange of ideas among them."

Focus On The Family is offering cash prizes to anti-gay Christian students who make the best video about how it's totally right to bully, shame, and ostracize gay kids for their sexuality. In the loving name of Jesus Christ, of course.

Labels: bigotry, bullying, Christianists, Day Of Silence, education, Focus On The Family, GLSEN, hate groups, LGBT youth, religion

House Republicans working to end DC's marriage law

Check out my comments below.

Cross Post from AmericanBlogGay.com

Posted byJoe Sudbay (DC)
The Republicans just can't quit their legislative gay-bashing.

They're taking aim at DC's marriage law. Can't say we expected this to happen:

Jim Jordan, chairman of the 176-member Republican Study Committee, is leading an effort by conservatives to press House leaders for floor votes in opposition to gay marriage.

Jordan’s first project is a draft proposal that would set up a referendum to overturn a year-old District of Columbia law recognizing marriages of gay and lesbian couples. The move comes as conservatives express a desire to move beyond a focus on spending cuts and expand the House majority’s legislative agenda to include social issues.

Yep, there are few things these hard-core right-wingers like more than legislative gay-bashing. And, it's red meat for some of the GOP nuts who are running for President:

There is little doubt that the social policy measures Jordan and the RSC have in mind would face strong opposition in the Democrat-controlled Senate and in the White House. Still, the idea of promoting such an agenda is gaining traction among House conservatives and possible GOP presidential aspirants, including former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., founder of the House’s Tea Party Caucus.

I sure hope Fred Karger is going to be on the stage when the GOP presidential candidates debate these issues.

The trendline is pretty clear. More and more Americans support equality. And, that's especially true for younger voters. But, these GOPers are addicted to homophobia.

Over at Equality Matters, Carlos Maza notes that this focus on gay-bashing is causing headaches for the GOP House leaders -- and exposing the real intentions of the teabaggers:

It’s becoming painfully clear that for many Republican lawmakers, the 2010 promise to focus on economic issues was little more than a Trojan horse for an anti-LGBT agenda most Americans would never have endorsed.

These right-wingers will probably force a House vote on this issue. We'll be watching that very closely. Very closely.

"GOPers are addicted to homophobia" no truer words written.

I am sick of the lies from the GOP. They said they were going to work on jobs and are doing everything but.  They said they stand for smaller government but have done nothing but argue huge national issues like abortion and gay rights.

Tami and I were married in DC on May 10, 2010 and I'll be damned if anyone will take it back!
Not only is my marriage granted by the District of Columbia but by the Congress of the United States of America as well.

My paperwork is the SAME as everyone else's. My thoughts and feelings about marriage are the SAME as everyone else's. I want the SAME rights, privileges, and responsibilities as everyone else.

DC has made it very clear that civil rights are not up for a public vote from the beginning. They also did not fall off the face of the earth nor did they burst into flames because we got married.

Actually, nothing has changed outside of our security and commitment to each other.
My neighborhood is still intact, no natural disasters here. No one is getting divorced and those kids with Moms and Dads still have them. In fact, a new baby was born with a Mom and Dad and all are doing well. I am still a legal stranger to my wife on a federal level. In fact Tami was FORCED to lie on her income taxes by marking SINGLE instead of Married and I am claimed as a dependant instead of Spouse.

While the state of Maryland says they view us as married, it does not count for much. So many of the state programs are funded by the feds and they have to abide by federal laws, we are still seen as SINGLE.

All over the country, states are debating recognition of same-sex relationships. Each time it come up for debate they are assaulted by out of state Hate Groups that vomit up lies, junk science, and the same tired Bible verses. Usually after the shrimp cocktails while wearing their poly blend suits. Take a good look at the size of so many of the Hate Mongers. Gluttony is a deadly sin they ignore as well.

The GOP has done NOTHING toward the goals the said they would reach. Instead they are busy trying to monitor who and why a woman wants an abortion or to continue the discrimination of the LGBT population. These are not SMALL government issues. They say that the states should have the right to decide these issues but the GOP in the states are sucking up the vomit from the Hate Groups like candy.

My home state of Ohio is in DEEP s**t because of the GOP. Ohio and Wisconsin have people protesting in the streets over job security. These states and many more are adding and/or amending their constitutions to DISCRIMINATE against LGBT people. ALL this does is HURT GAY FAMILIES.

We exist. We have always existed and will continue to exist. Discrimination is Unconstitutional and UN AMERICAN.

Do me a favor. When you hear a lie, call the lier on it. Do not allow lies to rule you city, state, or country. When an ELECTED PUBLIC offical does not do what they said they were going to do and/or lies about anything, stand up and say something!  We sign their payckecks. ( Most make more than they deserve.) They are supposed to work for everyone. Not just some.
They are suppost to work toward the greater GOOD FOR ALL. Not just for some.

Discrimination in any form hurts EVERYONE.

Words Hurt

This video has had over 300,000 hits. Words are worse than Sticks and Stones.

VT Guv's seen same-sex marriage and lived to tell the tale; shares coping skills with RI

From Good as You.com

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) was in Rhode Island yesterday, cutting through the National Organization For Marriage's noise in order to share his own firsthand experience with the oft-misrepresented concept that is marriage equality:

The Democratic governor, elected in November, said the experience in Vermont — which approved civil unions in 2000 and approved same-sex marriage in 2009 — shows that rather than causing the “sky to fall in,” legalizing same-sex marriage addressed a civil-rights issue and also helped the local economy.

“It was the kind of state we wanted to be,” he said. “One family, with all the same civil rights.”
Vermont governor visits R.I. to support same-sex marriage [Providence Journal]

But of course where there is talk of unity and peace, there is also faith-based conviction trying to stop the same. This is how Providence Journal describes yesterday's counter effort:

While Chafee and Shumlin talked, about 40 people, most of them from the Hispanic Ministerial Association of Rhode Island, prayed and held signs outside the State Room to voice opposition to same-sex marriage and support for traditional marriage.

“We don’t consider it to be a civil-rights issue,” said Ida Nogueras, pastor of Gethsemane Church, in Pawtucket. “We believe that it’s a choice.”
Vermont governor visits R.I. to support same-sex marriage [Providence Journal]

Well frankly, Ms. Nogueras, you can consider it swiss cheese if you want. What matters is what the facts on the ground (and in the constitution) say. And in Vermont, as they inevitably will in Rhode Island and elsewhere, those facts say that (a) LGBT people exist, (b) civil rights are for all and not some, and (c) the anti-LGBT religious community's supposed list of horribles have more than proven themselves to be little more than exercises in false-witness-bearing.