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Saturday, May 08, 2010

Free Republic not happy over the George Rekers escort scandal

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Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper covers George Rekers escort scandal

With appearances on Rachel Maddow and Anderson Cooper's show the George Rekers escort scandal has officially blown up:

And here s what my buddies at Midweek Politics Radio had to say (referencing my Huffington Post article on the controversy):

I sincerely doubt the weekend will diminish this story's flight. Come Monday, Rekers will still be on people's minds.

Past posts:

Latest on Rekers scandal: Media allegedly listened in on phone conversation between him and escort

The George Rekers escort scandal goes on and on

George Rekers talks but avoids the BIG question as 'rentboy' scandal continues

Family Research Council founder travels with a 'rentboy' - scandal brewing in religious right circles

Friday, May 07, 2010

Know Your LGBT History - Querelle

I'm tempted to post something else on this George Rekers thing, but I have my daily posting schedule to think of and those who keep up with this blog know that Friday evenings are reserved for Know Your LGBT History.

And for this afternoon, I thought I would focus attention on the 1982 movie, Querelle.

This movie is an incomprehensible messed based on French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle de Brest. It starred the late actor Brad Davis as Querelle, a bisexual sailor who is also a thief and murderer, and his adventures in a whorehouse. The whorehouse is owned by a woman, Lysiane, whose husband, Nono likes to play dice with strangers. If the stranger wins, he can have sex with Lysiane. If he loses, Nono gets to have sex with the stranger.

Needless to say Querelle loses on purpose and in a disturbing scene, is sodomized by Nono.

If you asked me anything else about this movie, I couldn't tell you because it's a mess, but with one saving grace.

The actress who played Lysiane is internationally famous Jeanne Moreau and she is stunning. I had only seen her in one film before this one. After this one, she became one of my favorite actresses:

John Stewart comments on George Rekers, LaBarbera's wolves attack Goodasyou.org, and other Friday midday news briefs

John Stewart comments of George Rekers . . . amongst other matters:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

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Family Research Council's European Gaycation

www.thedailyshow.com

Daily Show Full Episodes

Political Humor

Tea Party

Hey Pete: If you're going to send your foxes to hound me, first destroy the connections! - So far Peter LaBarbera has attacked my online buddies Jeremy Hooper and Joe Jervis, but never me. Damn, is it a racial thing? lol

Bad Blood: Politics Trumps Science in the Gay Blood Donation Debate - This is a highly intersting story about gay blood donations. I hope the author doesn't get into trouble.

Rethink that lawsuit, Dr. Rekers - I agree totally.

Latest on Rekers scandal: Media allegedly listened in on phone conversation between him and escort

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Thursday, May 06, 2010

The George Rekers escort scandal goes on and on

The George Rekers escort scandal continues get more and more bizarre.

The Miami New Times, the publication which broke the story, published an interview with "Lucien," the young man who was Rekers's "travel assistant." Amongst other things, he said Rekers paid him to give him body rubs in the nude during the 10 day European vacation:

Rekers allegedly named his favorite maneuver the "long stroke" -- a complicated caress "across his penis, thigh... and his anus over the butt cheeks," as the escort puts it. "Rekers liked to be rubbed down there," he says.

In his first interview since New Times broke the story Tuesday, the 20-year-old escort, who prefers to go by the name Lucien, contradicts Rekers's contentions that he hired the escort to help carry his luggage and that he was trying to save the soul of a lost sinner.

Although Rekers does have physical ailments that make it difficult for him to haul suitcases, Lucien wasn't hired to carry luggage on their European vacation, the escort says.

"Lucien" also said that he is coming forward because "It's a situation where he's (Rekers) going against homosexuality when he is a homosexual,"

Rekers has refused to comment to the Times, but in an email written to Steve Rothaus, a blogger at the Miami Herald newspaper, Rekers said he is not gay. He also threatened a lawsuit.

And then the email got very strange. Read it for yourself:

My travel assistant called me this afternoon earnestly asking me to clarify on my website that he worked for me as a travel companion and not as a prostitute. I completely agreed with my travel assistant that it is absolutely true that I hired him and he worked for me as a travel companion and not as a prostitute. I also read to him the first sentence that has been posted on my website for several days that says, “A recent article in an alternative newspaper cleverly gave false impressions of inappropriate behavior because of its misleading innuendo, incorrectly implying that Professor George Rekers used the Rentboy website to hire a prostitute to accompany him on a recent trip.”

Two days ago a professor friend of mine recommended that I ask my travel assistant to send me an email saying what happened on the trip so I could post a statement on what we agreed on. When I called my travel assistant to ask if he would write a statement to me, h asked me to send him questions to remind him of what topics about our trip he should write to me about, which I did on May 4.

Here are the four questions that I sent my travel assistant at his request two days ago, together with the answers we agreed on in our phone conversation this afternoon:

1. Did Dr. Rekers in fact hire you to lift my luggage when necessary as a travel assistant during the trip, because I cannot do so myself since I had surgery?
Together we agreed that I in fact hired him to lift luggage when necessary as a travel assistant during the trip, because I cannot do so himself since having surgery. We agreed that this is what my travel assistant agreed to do for pay prior to taking the trip.

2. Did you in fact lift my luggage during the trip each time it was necessary, or did Dr Rekers lift his own luggage during the trip?
We agreed that my travel assistant did in fact lift my luggage each time it was necessary, that I did not lift my luggage, and my travel assistant did all the lifting.

3. Did Dr. Rekers hire you as a prostitute for the trip?
We agreed that I hired him as a companion and to help with luggage, and that I did not hire him as a prostitute for any sexual purpose.

4. Did Dr. Rekers spend time explaining how the Christian faith is based in love to you during the trip?
We agreed that I explained the Christian faith to my travel assistant in conversations on several days during the trip.

So far, no one has stepped up to defend Rekers except for some comments on the far right site Free Republic:

Anti-gay bloggers at conservative chat site FreeRepublic.com, where GLBT news of all sorts is routinely discussed at length, were less circumspect, with some posts accusing the "liberals" of trying to set Rekers up for a smear campaign and others alleging that Rekers, as an "ex-gay," might be relapsing.

The Family Research Council, the organization he helped to found, gave a tepid response to the controversy, claiming not to have had contact with Rekers in over a decade.

NARTH (National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality), the organization of which Rekers is a board member, said the following:

The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) is a professional scientific organization with hundreds of academic, research, and clinical members dedicated to assisting individuals dealing with unwanted homosexual attractions. While NARTH is focused on the science of homosexual attraction, personal controversies often deepen the existing cultural divide on this issue. Such is the case in the recent news stories concerning one of our members, Dr. George Rekers.

NARTH takes seriously the accusations that have been made,and we are currently attempting to understand the details behind these press reports. We are always saddened when this type of controversy impacts the lives of individuals, and we urge all parties to allow a respectful and thorough investigation to take place.

At this difficult time for the families and individuals involved, we extend our sympathies. We also wish to reiterate our traditional position that these personal controversies do not change the scientific data, nor do they detract from the important work of NARTH.

NARTH continues to support scientific research, and to value client atonomy, client self-determination and client diversity.

Peter LaBarbera's pitiful attack on the Southern Poverty Law Center

While George "daddy longstroke" Rekers continues to be hit by the hubris bus, our friend, Peter LaBarbera has renewed his attacks on the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Ever since the SPLC declared his Americans for Truth web site to be a hate site, LaBarbera has been scrambling to destroy SPLC's credibility.

And he thinks he found something.

In 2005, the organization mistaked him for discredited researcher Paul Cameron in its Intelligence Report, saying that it was he who was denounced by the American Psychological Association. So now, LaBarbera has jumped on this as sort of proof that the organization isn't credible. However in his glee, a few things escaped LaBarbera.

While it is true that he is not Paul Cameron and was never denounced by the American Psychological Association, he never says why he would cite someone who was denounced by the American Psychological Association, which is the main reason why the Americans for Truth web site was cited as a hate site.

What Peter does is offer a ridiculous defense of Cameron:

It should be noted that the confusion of two conservative, pro-family advocates is only the most blatant error found in the SPLC documents. We will let Paul Cameron and his Family Research Institute provide a full correction of the SPLC’s misinformation about him (see this FRI post on the APA expulsion claim).

That link is nothing more than Cameron relating a story of how he convinced doctoral dissertation candidates into believing that he was not expelled from the American Psychological Association or the American Sociological Association for distorting research.

And believe it or not, he is right.

Cameron was expelled from the American Psychological Association for not cooperating with the Committee of Scientific and Professional Ethics and Conduct when the committee was investigating claims by fellow researchers that Cameron was distorting their work. See the letter from the American Psychological Association here

And as for the American Sociological Association:

In 1985, the American Sociological Association (ASA) adopted a resolution which asserted that "Dr. Paul Cameron has consistently misinterpreted and misrepresented sociological research on sexuality, homosexuality, and lesbianism" and noted that "Dr. Paul Cameron has repeatedly campaigned for the abrogation of the civil rights of lesbians and gay men, substantiating his call on the basis of his distorted interpretation of this research." The resolution formally charged an ASA committee with the task of "critically evaluating and publicly responding to the work of Dr. Paul Cameron."

At its August, 1986 meeting, the ASA officially accepted the committee's report and passed the following resolution:

The American Sociological Association officially and publicly states that Paul Cameron is not a sociologist, and condemns his consistent misrepresentation of sociological research. Information on this action and a copy of the report by the Committee on the Status of Homosexuals in Sociology, "The Paul Cameron Case," is to be published in Footnotes, and be sent to the officers of all regional and state sociological associations and to the Canadian Sociological Association with a request that they alert their members to Cameron's frequent lecture and media appearances."

Nice try, Peter and Paul.

Then LaBarbera tries to nitpick with SPLC over his behavior at several junctures:

The Lambda Report on Homosexual Activism, the precursor and flagship print publication of Americans For Truth, was not “inflammatory” but reported using firsthand information gathered from homosexual activist groups and “gay” events. Besides, the SPLC, with its reckless and preposterous linkage of demented, racist fringe groups like the KKK to mainstream pro-family conservative groups such as AFTAH and pro-Constitution Tea Partiers — all under the rubric of alleged “hate” — is in no place to lecture anyone about being “inflammatory”;

LaBarbera was never a member of the American Psychological Association and is not a scientist, hence he was never expelled; here the SPLC mistakes him with Cameron [Editor's Note: for years the Left has distorted the facts surrounding Cameron's association with the APA; see this PhD dissertation apology to Cameron] (Alvin - I covered this already.)

LaBarbera’s work has not been “denounced by the American Psychological Association”; again, here the SPLC writer, relying on the 2005 erroneous SPLC report, mistakes LaBarbera for Cameron.

At the 2006 Vision America conference in question, “The War on Christians,” LaBarbera did not call homosexuality “disgusting” but referred to specific homosexual acts and their unhealthy consequences as such. He continues to believe that shame, not pride, should be associated with all homosexual conduct because it is immoral.

At the same Vision America conference, LaBarbera did not call for the closing of all homosexual “establishments,” but for shutting down homosexual sex clubs and bathhouses as public health hazards. These sex businesses — which helped AIDS explode nationally in the eighties — facilitate anonymous homosexual sexual encounters and hyper-promiscuity, which spreads disease and harms both men who have sex with men and and the women who are in relationships with these men. (The latter often are unaware of their partners’ secret promiscuity.)

AFTAH repeats its challenge to Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center’s director, to a public “Debate on Hate” regarding the SPLC’s politically-motivated “hate” designations.

Peter seems to have jumped on an error by SPLC and is trying to pump it up into something huge, but when one looks at exactly what he is saying, it is nothing there but a pitiful man still smarting over being called out over his lies.

But instead of jumping on Potok, how about challenging me, Peter. I listed 10 reasons why your web site is a hate site. What do you have to say about these:

1. Smearing gays via a CDC report on an increase on HIV while intentionally downplaying the part of the report which clearly places the blame on this increase on homophobia (while at the same time implying that the report "dispels the homophobia causes AIDS propaganda")

2. Defending a bill which would lead to the imprisonment and possible genocide of Ugandans simply for being gay or lesbian.

. 3. Going to subcultural leather events and using the "racy" behavior of gays attending to stigmatize the entire lgbt community while ignoring the behavior of heterosexuals at the same events.

4 . Making ugly comments about a "transgender quota" in the Obama Administration simply because the president appoints a (very, very qualified) transgendered woman to an office in his administration.

5. Instigating a highly inappropriate comment about gays, lesbians, and sexual intercourse; a comment so ugly that it led to a feud between three religious right groups.

6. Continuously citing the work of the discredited researcher Paul Cameron, even when made aware of his dubious history of getting kicked out of medical groups, censures and rebukes.

7. Aiding and abetting Conservapedia spread lies about gay health using the fictional term "gay bowel syndrome."

8. Freely admitting to errors when it comes to claims against the gay and lesbian community but not taking responsibility for them.

9. Falsely accusing the Democratic National Convention and the Gay and Lesbian Task Force of putting on a sadomasochistic event.

10. Attempting to imply that a staph infection was the new HIV and then lying about his implications when caught.

I await your answer, but I know it will never come.

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George Rekers's escort details encounters and other briefs from the rentboy scandal

The following are a bunch of clips from various sites regarding the George Rekers "rentboy" scandal:

George Rekers Is a Homosexual, Says Escort - The escort, "Lucien," is now talking and what he says . . . wow!!

JMG Readers Shut Down Florida AG Bill McCollum's Facebook Campaign Page - What does this have to do with Rekers? He was responsible for the $87,000 Rekers and his colleague received to defend Florida's anti-gay adoption law in court.

Ironically, 'American Public Life' is what's now biting Rekers in the arse - George Rekers's connection to the National Organization for Marriage's Maggie Gallagher.

NARTH In The Harsh Spotlight After Rekers Caught With Male Hooker - A serious look at NARTH, the organization which includes Rekers as a founder.

President of ex-gay group stretches truth in letter to Washington Post

Apparently there is a small controversy brewing in Washington, D.C.

The mayor there, Adrien M. Fenty, accidentally gave an award of appreciation to the former president of the ex-gay group PFOX, Regina Griggs.

After a lot of outcry, Fenty said the award was given by accident.

Naturally, the "professional ex-gays" are crying foul, such as the now president of PFOX, Greg Quinlan. In a letter to the Washington Post, he said:

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) should not apologize for recognizing Regina Griggs, executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) and a family advocate who has been instrumental in ensuring civil rights to all D.C. residents.

The lawsuit filed last year by PFOX against the D.C. Office of Human Rights resulted in ex-gay men and lesbians being recognized as a protected class under the District's Human Rights Act. The office had refused to extend D.C.'s sexual orientation nondiscrimination law to former homosexuals. But the court held that the Human Rights Act does not require immutable characteristics for sexual orientation status, so ex-gay men and lesbians are entitled to the same legal protections that gays enjoy.

But like so many things Quinlan has said in the past (such as when he distorted the words of Dr. Francis Collins), this is a serious stretching of the truth.

The law suit happened because PFOX sued the NEA for denying it an exhibit booth at the groups's national convention in 2002 and PFOX actually lost this case.

According to the web site Box Turtle Bulletin:

PFOX sued in the District of Columbia under the District’s very inclusive Human Rights Act claiming discrimination against ex-gays. On May 24, 2005, the Office of Human Rights issued stated that PFOX had no probable cause because ex-gays are not members of a protected class under the HRA based on the plain language of the statute and even if PFOX was part of a protected class, NEA rejected PFOX’s application for non-discriminatory reasons.

PFOX appealed in federal court and on June 26, 2009, Federal Judge Maurice Ross issued his opinion.

The basis for OHR’s finding that ex-gays are not protected was that because PFOX denies that orientation is immutable, therefore they by definition were not discriminated against due to an immutable characteristic. In other words, those who believe orientation to be innate are protected by non-discrimination laws while those who believe it is transitory are not.

While that is an amusing and ironic position, it didn’t fly with the judge. Because the case was tried under D.C.’s HRA, there is no requirement for immutable characteristics.

Indeed, the HRA lists numerous protected categories such as religion, personal appearance, familial status, and source of income, which are subject to change. The HRA’s purpose is “to secure an end in the District of Columbia to discrimination for any reason other than that of individual merit….”

Furthermore, according to Box Turtle Bulletin:

. . . most importantly, the judge found that it is perfectly reasonable for the NEA to exclude PFOX. Because the NEA did not exclude them for being ex-gay, but rather because they have a disruptive political agenda that is contrary to that of the NEA.

The NEA did not reject its application because PFOX’s members include exgays, homosexuals, heterosexuals, or members of any other sexual orientation. Rather, NEA rejected PFOX’s application because PFOX’s message and policies were, in NEA’s opinion, contrary to NEA’s policies regarding sexual orientation.

Jeremy Hooper of Goodasyou.org broke it down like this and I agree with his assessment:

The court in NO WAY said that "ex-gay" classification is anything right, valid, scientific or rhetorically sound, or in any way deserved of every last right specific classification that LGBTS people receive -- especially since, of course, "ex-gay" people ALL fall into one of those scientifically recognized categories (or asexuality, alternately)! The court in no way denied that PFOX's mission is hostile to others. And of course the court in no way said that PFOX is deserved of any kind of honor, especially from a city that so richly values respect -- something that PFOX (whose spokesman recently tagged the awesome and peaceful PFLAG organization as a "hate group") refuses to show you to happy, healthy LGBT people and the credible, peer-reviewed information that supports them!

Conversion Therapy - a video with George Rekers in mind

From the folks at InfoMania, a look at "conversion therapy." And I dedicate this video to George Rekers, a proponent of this belief that gays can change their orientation:

Past infoMania posts:

Advice to closeted politicans - How to keep from being exposed

Why the phrase 'No Homo' is highly needed

Reasons why the 'sanctity' of proms MUST be preserved from Constance McMillen

Why gay marriage is 'wrong'

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

George Rekers talks but avoids the BIG question as 'rentboy' scandal continues

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George Rekers's ex-gay/anti-gay legacy in danger? and other Wednesday midday news briefs

Major Ex-Gay Web Sites Silently Reconsider Reliance on Rekers - Why oh why aren't we surprised?

Burlco school board bans book on homosexuality - And parents ARE NOT happy about that, which is a good thing.

Q. Why don't anti-LGBT websites typically allow comments? - Because they generally get their asses handed to them if they did, like in this case.

Porter Responds to Being Dropped By VCY - After being publicly spanked by her (former)radio station, anti-gay Janet Folger responds in surprisingly kind tones. It makes you wonder if her "mad zealot" pose is just an act. Naaaah.

Ohio: Antonio wins primary; set to be state's first out LGBT elected state official - Good news out of Ohio!

Court Expands Rights of Gay Parents - Slowly but surely, we are winning this one.

Is the Family Research Council playing quiet damage control over George Rekers incident?

From blogger Joe Jervis (Joe.My.God) comes this interesting tidbit:

On his personal website, homo-hooker loving Dr. George Rekers links to the Family Research Council's "about" page to note his having been one of their co-founders. Whoops, he's already been erased from the FRC's site, not even 12 hours after the news broke that Dr. James Dobson's one-time buddy has been having his sack lifted by a barely legal Latino twink. Tony Perkins works fast! Does that sting just a little bit, Doctor? Man overboard!

If this is the case, then it is obvious that the Family Research Council is playing a game of quiet damage control regarding the recent incident of Rekers found traveling with a male escort. However, if one would assess the history of the FRC when it comes to deleting things from its page, Rekers has nothing to worry about.

Last year, the Family Research Council removed several studies from its web site about homosexuality. A representative claimed that the studies were removed because they were "outdated." However, the information contained in these so-called "outdated" studies was found to be recycled in new studies on the web site.

Therefore, I'm sure that if FRC is eliminating all traces of Rekers to cover itself, when and if this incident ever blows over, his name will pop back up on the web site.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Family Research Council founder travels with a 'rentboy' - scandal brewing in religious right circles

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Anti-gay folks caught being disingenuous liars Parts 1 & 2 and other Tuesday midday news briefs

Forget the fox we have in this hunt -- PFOX's constant half-truths & misreps are reason enough to rescind D.C. honor - Anti-gay folks caught being disingenuous liars Part 1.

Engle Offers Tactical Support For Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill - Anti-gay folks caught being disingenuous liars Part 2.

Gay couples as fit to adopt as heterosexuals - No surprise to anyone but welcomed news anyway.

Partner violence more likely if gay - I read this article and, while it's a very important issue, there are some things about it that make me uncomfortable. The title is highly irresponsible, there is no link to the study in the article, and the researchers supposedly only looked at gay and lesbian couples in California. One thing is for sure - expect religious right groups to exploit it - the article AND the study.

Cross-Dressing Teen Sparks Prom Debate In NJ - And he WON!

Irony alert! Janet Porter dropped from VCY America

For Janet Porter, the hits keep coming.

According to People for the American Way's Right Wing Watch, she has been dropped from VCY America, which carried her daily radio program, because of her "increasing involvement with dominion theology." VCY America's Vic Eliason reportedly said Porter had been warned about this sort of thing on more than occasion. He also said:

Because of the long standing of Faith2Action on VCY America, which has provided satellite services, air time, production, and line fees without charge, we know there will be many who will question its discontinuance.

VCY has been wrestling for months with the drift of the program toward "dominion theology" and ecumenism.

The following links bring up articles which describe the issues in detail

The Coalescing of the Religious Right with Apostolic Dominionism
May Day Prayers: What Repentance?

This has not been an easy decision, but a line has been crossed that VCY America cannot ignore. Faith2Action has chosen to go in a direction that is not consistent with the biblical position of VCY America.

This announcement comes at the heels of a huge flop of an event, "May Day 2010: A Cry To God For A Nation In Distress," which Folger was in charge of. She and other organizers expected close to 8,000 attendees, but only a few hundred showed up.

Dominion theology, by the way, is the belief that Christians must take over world institutions in order to create conditions that would lead to the return of Christ.

Porter had espoused this belief not only during Saturday's failed event but also earlier during a prayer in which she demanded that God give Christians control of the media.

The irony of her being dropped from VCY America proves one thing - the Lord does move in mysterious ways.

Monday, May 03, 2010

Advice to closeted politicans - How to keep from being exposed

Someone on another blog demanded that I stop "dissing" the religious right and focus on "useful information."

Fair enough. So courtesy of the folks at infoMania, some "useful information" for the closeted politician:

Past infoMania posts:

Why the phrase 'No Homo' is highly needed

Reasons why the 'sanctity' of proms MUST be preserved from Constance McMillen

Why gay marriage is 'wrong'

GOP candidate 'joke' about anti-gay violence and other Monday midday news briefs

Rep. Kingston's real issue? That anti-gay voices aren't as teflon coated as they once were - And the phony Tony Perkins scandal goes on.

American Joins Kampala Rally Pushing For Passage of Anti-Gay Bill - How nice (sarcasm intended)

GOP House Candidate Who Served In The Military: Gays ‘Were Taken Care Of In Ways I Can’t Describe To You’ - The way they backtracked on these comments are pitiful.

Maine's Mike Heath Longs For the Days of "Christianity, Charity and Shared National Values" - Between slavery, segregation, stealing land away from Native Americans and making women feel inferior, America had time to be really "Christian."

More from religious right May Day 2010 hot mess

Peter LaBarbera's "prayer" in regards to "homosexuality promotion zones" only scratches the surface when it comes surreal zaniness during Saturday's religious right event (and $70,000 COLOSSAL flop) “May Day 2010: A Cry To God For A Nation In Distress.”

People for the American Way's Religious Right Watch broke it down in easily digestible (but still nauseating) chunks:

. . including Ted Baehr repenting for the movie "The Runaways" with its sex, and drugs, and rock and roll, while others repent for Los Angeles and its role as the home of the pornography industry. Eventually, Janet Porter repents for all the time and money Christians have given to an industry that hates God and prays that Christians will gain control over the industry and take dominion until Christ returns. That is then followed by a woman from Minnesota who repents for her state having elected the first Muslim to Congress ... and then eventually God shows up at the rally.

With all due respect, because I don't like to be in a position to attack religious beliefs, this event was about a small number of ill-informed, religiously obnoxious individuals making huge asses of themselves.

A few thoughts:

What with these folks and Dakota Fanning?

According to Ted Baehr in his prayer, the religious right wants to take over the arts and entertainment industry and create "a new Michelangelo" and a "new (Leonardo) Da Vinci." Wouldn't that defeat the point of Peter LaBarbera's prayer, seeing that both Michelangelo and Da Vinci were gay?

The hateful prayer in regards to the Muslim Congressman (Keith Ellison) was just wrong. Period.

How pitiful is it for an event to have such low attendance that someone points to the sun's rays and say something like, "see, God is here."

Related post:

Janet Porter demands that God gives the religious right control of the media

Saturday, May 01, 2010

Peter LaBarbera 'obsessed' with schools being 'homosexuality promotion zones'

You think Peter LaBarbera is obsessed with the lgbt community?

That question was rhetorical seeing all of years, time, and effort he has spent attacking us, demonizing us, and basically trying to make us seem like the "other" in American society.

But the above video takes the cake. It happened this morning during Janet (I'm demanding that God give Christians control over the media) Porter's absolutely ridiculous May Day 2010 event in D.C.

May Day 2010 is one of those "America needs to repent and turn to God before he opens a big can of whip ass on us" events religious right groups generally hold when they are either trying to raise more funds or galvanize more folks through scare tactics.

And I think LaBarbera takes the cake here. According to People for the American Way's Religious Right Watch:

Peter LaBarbera . . . used his five minutes to attack gays, asking God to forgive us for our "excessive tolerance," lamenting "the long secular road America has traveled from 'abomination' to 'gay'," and for allowing "homosexual activists ... to fulfil their wicked plan of turning America's schools, public and sometimes private, into homosexuality promotion zones"

The idea that this silly man accuses the lgbt community of being some secret evil group out of a James Bond is extremely offensive and I would get angry if LaBarbera's prayer wasn't so hilariously ludicrous. Particularly 2:22 to 2:40 when he interrupts his prayer (to God) to explain to the audience one of the sources he cites.

Who knew prayers came with footnotes?

Folks like LaBarbera seem to always forget that lgbts can pray too and not only that, God hears our prayers.

This particular gay man won't be praying for his destruction, only that LaBarbera finally receives some type of inner peace.

Maybe then he will leave the lgbt community alone.

Not that I'm hinting anything, mind you.

UPDATE - According to Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out, the $70,000 event was a HUGE flop.

Related posts:

Peter LaBarbera - the self-destruction of an anti-gay activist

Pillars of Faith: Peter LaBarbera, Anti-Gay Creep

Porno Pete On Rampage

The 'Complete' Peter LaBarbera by Box Turtle Bulletin