Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Saturday, August 07, 2010

The right's comparison of Michelle Obama and Marie Antoinette is more astute than they realize

So members of the right are using a trip to Spain to again smear First Lady Michelle Obama as uncaring and extravagant.

You'll forgive me for not being impressed but I've seen it before. Remember the rumor spread about her supposedly eating lobster, caviar, and champagne at the Waldorf-Astoria while Obama was preparing for the third Presidential debate in 2008? It didn't happen. Not that it matters, however. After all, why let truth stand in the way of a good rumor.

But there is a new thing in this recent smear. Members of the right, such as Rush Limbaugh, have compared Mrs. Obama to Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France during the French Revolution who was executed for crimes against the state. It's a talking point which several have repeated so don't think the comparison is spontaneous or by accident.

Antoinette's name is byword for uncaring extravagance mostly due to the legend of her comments regarding why the people of France were raising hell. Allegedly when she was told that they have no bread, she remarked "let them eat cake." The story symbolized her supposed nasty attitude regarding her subjects.

And so we have members of the right now using Mrs. Obama's vacation in Spain with her daughter to spread the meme that she is just like Antoinette in the fact that she is doesn't care about people suffering from this awful climate of recession in the United States.

However, I would advise those on the right to tread lightly with this comparison. While it is not known for a fact that Antoinette said the "let them eat cake" comment, it is known that the rumors were used to make her public enemy number one in France. She was not popular for a multitude of reasons, one of which because she was foreign (Austrian). Therefore any negative rumor told about her gained immediate popularity

So subsequently when she, her husband Louis XVI, and the rest of their retinue were arrested, she was subjected to many indiginities by the French mobs hungry for blood including:

nearly made to stare at the head of her mutiliated friend (Maria Teresa Luisa of Savoy, Princess of Lamballe) as crowds paraded it on a stick outside of her window,
being separated from her family and falsely accused of molesting her young son, a charge which she denied so vehemently that it is said she nearly turned the women who were against her to her side,
and even suffering a final indignity of being denied privacy before her execution to take care of the hemmorraging caused by her uterine cancer.

Certainly things are not as extreme for Mrs. Obama as they were for Antoinette the irony here is stark. Members of the right are using a historical symbol of uncaring extravagance to smear the First Lady while forgetting that this same figure became that symbol due to substantiated rumors designed to flame mobs against her.

Perhaps Limbaugh and the rest shouldn't worry about how much Mrs. Obama compares to Marie Antoinette and worry about how they compare to those bloodthirsty French mobs who demanded Antoinette's blood.

Friday, August 06, 2010

Know Your LGBT History - Don't be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

The Wayans family is the first African-American film family of Hollywood and they got this monicker through their brand of blue humor comedy movies.

Some are funny, others areastupid and in a few of them, the lgbt community have been made fun of. But to be honest, so have a lot of other groups and nationalities.

Now their first movie to hit it big, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, (1996) was a takeoff of the annoying plethora of movies which featured black men in danger of being murdered through gang activity and neighborhood violence.

I hate to say it but this movie grows on you and there are some serious laugh out loud scenes.

But I had a discussion with a friend of mine involving two scenes which didn't necessarily talk about the lgbt community per se but is still of some interest to us . . . maybe.

The first scene is a take off of the cookout scene from the movie Boys N Da Hood. In it, the head villain is bragging about how he is not afraid to go back to jail. And his sentiments are echoed by members of the cast, until the last part:

'Porno Pete' LaBarbera's 'Truth Academy' flopping big time and other Friday midday news briefs

Bulletin: Porno Pete’s ‘Truth Academy’ a Poorly Attended Dud - And we should be surprised by this lovely turn of events?

This is not a parody - But mercy, I wish it was. The GOP gay group GOProud is inviting (wait for it) Ann Coulter to speak. Coulter hasn't exactly been verbally nice to the lgbt community. I still am in the Twilight Zone about the flyer in this link calling Ann Coulter the "right wing Judy Garland." That had BETTER be a parody.

Martin Ssempa didn’t like the article on gays in Uganda - Dr. Poo Poo doesn't like it when others tell facts about the lgbt community.

Hospital Responds to Discrimination Trans Flap - So it admits the wrong done to members of our community. Good. Now fix it.

Religious right blame game continues over Prop 8 decision

In two separate interviews, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America continued to place game on the Prop 8 decision - which they lost big time - on other reasons. Never mind their side just couldn't defend its mess.

It was the classic religious right strategy of using talking points to evade the question. I don't think the hosts (Rick Sanchez or Chris Matthews) were having any of it though:

Thursday, August 05, 2010

Maggie Gallagher is another reason why we won yesterday in Prop 8 decision

Another reason why the Prop 8 side lost yesterday is demonstrated by the above video which features Maggie Gallagher of the National Organization for Marriage and Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry.

Maybe it's just me but Gallagher came across as rude and shrill. She didn't seem to want to answer the questions at hand and at times talked over host Anderson Cooper.

Isn't it a shame that her cohorts couldn't act the same way in court. Maybe they would have gained a little ground.

One more thing - her "waaaaaa, stop calling me a bigot" routine could easily disappeared is someone would ask her about her associations to folks like the Traditional Values Coalition and Louis Marinelli.

Related posts:

Phony disclaimer won't help National Organization for Marriage

National Organization for Marriage needs to address hate in its own ranks

National Organization for Marriage tries to cover up ugly comments with pitiful lies

National Organization for Marriage - gays were never hunted down and murdered like 'Jews, Christians, and blacks'

Message to Maggie Gallagher: associating with bigots does make you a bigot

How George Rekers is connected to the Prop 8 supporters and other Thursday midday news briefs

An incredible breakdown by Rachel Maddow as to how the Prop 8 side is connected with the discredited George Rekers. And this is a point in which I hope to touch upon in my speech at SC Pride on Sept. 4 - just how connected the religious right is to junk science. The Prop 8 decision should be a lesson to us all. In the face of logic, the dubious claims of the religious right always collapses.

And in other news:

Gary Cass on Prop 8 Ruling: What Do You Expect From the Debased Mind of a Pervert? - Well what else can we expect from a man who defends a church which tried to exorcise "a gay demon" out of a child.

Prop 8: Cable news roundup - And for you news junkies is the roundup of cable news reactions to the Prop 8 decision.

Schadenfreude Alert: Liberty Counsel Blames ADF For Prop 8 Decision - Finally, one of the sweetest tastes from the Prop 8 decision - religious right groups attacking each other.

More on Proposition 8's pitiful court defense

Again I reiterate the position that Proposition 8 lost yesterday not because of "activist judges" or because of a "secret plot," but because those defending Proposition 8 blew it. They had the chance to defend the vote and failed miserably. I pulled out a number of pieces which proves my point:

Prop. 8 Supporters: We Don't Need Evidence - this is Judge Vaughn Walker's summary of the evidence by those supporting Proposition 8:

At oral argument on proponents' motion for summary judgment, the court posed to proponents' counsel the assumption that "the state's interest in marriage is procreative" and inquired how permitting same-sex marriage impairs or adversely affects that interest. Counsel replied that the inquiry was "not the legally relevant question," but when pressed for an answer, counsel replied: "Your honor, my answer is: I don’t know. I don't know."…

Despite this response, proponents in their trial brief promised to "demonstrate that redefining marriage to encompass same-sex relationships" would effect some twenty-three specific harmful consequences. At trial, however, proponents presented only one witness, David Blankenhorn, to address the government interest in marriage. Blankenhorn’s testimony…provided no credible evidence to support any of the claimed adverse effects proponents promised to demonstrate. During closing arguments, proponents again focused on the contention that "responsible procreation is really at the heart of society's interest in regulating marriage." When asked to identify the evidence at trial that supported this contention, proponents' counsel replied, "you don't have to have evidence of this point."

Pro-Prop 8 Witness Laments Reaction - David Blankenhorn, the only pro-Proposition 8 witness has not had a good experience. I do feel sorry for him. His testimony was probably a huge reason why lgbts won yesterday.

Does Miles McPherson want to hide his gay = pedophilia belief from the Proposition 8 trial? - This piece of mine from earlier this year talks about how there could have been other witnesses for Proposition 8. But they chose not to testify.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Dear Proposition 8 supporters - You lost because you lied

Dear supporters of Proposition 8,

Please do not take my words as gloating but rather a clear and concise analysis of why you may be feeling dejected now over the overturning of Proposition 8.

In 2008, when you won, many of you stood with your arms raised in defiance of the bitter tears you caused in the lgbt community.

What a difference two years makes indeed.

But let me explain to you why you lost today. It’s not complicated, but rather simple.

Your side lost because you lied.

Oh I know that folks on your side will whine about “activist judges who make laws rather than interpret them,” but let’s be real here.

Your entire narrative has been a lie from the beginning.

Folks on your side, such as Maggie Gallagher of the National Organization for Marriage, the Family Research Council, and the rest of the pseudo defenders of morality will probably whine about how you all have been unfairly labeled as “bigots.” And I am sure that they will point out that every time there has been a public vote on marriage equality, the lgbt community has always lost.

But they will conveniently omit how these victories were attained. You won’t hear about how they invoked images of gay boogeymen molesting children in false ads nor will they admit to telling lies about children supposedly being taught about gay sex.

You won’t hear them admit to exploiting people’s unconscious fears and ignorance of the lgbt community in order to spin outrageous scenarios of what could happen should lgbts be allowed to marry.

And don’t be surprised by this. Those like Gallagher will never admit to the depths they stooped to win not only in California but other places like Maine.

But there is a reason why this country has checks and balances. And there is a reason why people can’t arbitrarily vote on the rights of others without having to defend this vote in the logical arena of courts, where you can’t invoke panic by proverbially yelling fire in a crowded theatre.

In the courts, you must defend your position. And in the long run, you couldn’t. Or rather many of you wouldn’t. Again, the specters of gay bogeymen were invoked as your leaders spun false images of avenging hordes for their reluctance to be questioned in the courts about the unprovoked lies they said in pulpits, in speeches, and on commercials.

This time, it didn’t work. The court saw through the phony claims and realized something, which I hope that many of you now do - you have no logical reason to either deny us the right to love or to deny us the ability to protect the ones whom we love.

But please don’t think that even though we are celebrating, the lgbt community is naive to think that this ends the struggle for marriage equality.

We know this is just the beginning of a long fight to attain something that should have been ours from the beginning.

But that’s okay.

We are a community who learn from our past mistakes. At times we lose, but we learn to adapt and we eventually win.

So bring it on. We are not afraid.

Related post:

Message to the religious right - this isn't just about marriage, it's about history

Another perspective on the Dan Choi controversy and other Wednesday midday news briefs

Again, when the Prop 8 decision is handed down, this post will probably go on the memory dust heap. Bear with me because when it does come down, I will be at work. I will comment on it when I get home. But until then . . .

Between Floating and Leeching: The Financial Struggle of the LGBT Activist - I HATE lgbt internal strife and do my best to avoid talking about it. But this situation with Dan Choi isn't going away. Still, I sometimes with the lgbt community would follow the lead of the black community in having a reluctance to put their/our business out in the street.

WND: Anti-Gay Hate Groups "Can Enrich Any Neighborhood" - Let's play a game, boys and girls. How many Paul Cameronesque lies can you find in this World Net Daily monstrosity.

Want to Win? Get Back to Basics - Words of wisdom from Wayne Besen, one of my inspirations for creating this blog.

The Anti-Gay Litmus Test? - An interesting article which makes some good points.

Gay book pulled at library, activists stage protests - They have my full support.

Kevin Jennings comments on attempts to destroy his reputation

Anything posted this morning will probably go on the memory dust heap after Judge Walker in California renders his Proposition 8 decision. Just one note friends - regardless of whether we win or lose, remember that the battle will not be over. We will win when we stay for the long haul.

Obama appointee in the Department of Education, Kevin Jennings, finally commented about the nasty war of innuendo by the religious right and other conservatives last year and earlier this year which sought to label him as an "anti-religion pedophile who induces children to read porn and have sex with older men:"

Speaking Tuesday to a packed room of progressive interns finishing up a summer in D.C., Kevin Jennings – now serving as the assistant deputy secretary for safe and drug-free schools in the U.S. Department of Education – easily slipped back into an old role, that of educator.

When addressing the interns – some of whom were there from the organization founded by Jennings, the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) – the administration official whose role has made him a lightning rod for conservatives did not hold back from speaking forcefully about LGBT and other progressive political issues in his 30-minute address Aug. 3.

. . . During and after his speech, Jennings several times referenced the extensive attacks against him by Fox News – and the work of Media Matters for America to correct those false statements.

Calling them ''some of the most homophobic attacks we've ever seen in this country,'' Alliance for Justice President Nan Aron – whose group organized the event – said, ''Kevin fought back and won.''

After his speech, Jennings expanded on the reason why he didn't back down in the face of the criticism from the right.

''I, as the leading proponent of stopping bullying in America, I was not going to allow myself to be bullied out of a job,'' he said. ''There was no way. It was not going to happen.

''I've been preaching for 25 years that bullying is not okay. There was no way I could then say, 'Okay, well, I'll let you bully me.'''

Referencing President Theodore Roosevelt's ''in the arena'' speech in which the then-president told his audience to ''strive to do the deeds'' even if they wound up failing, Jennings told the interns, ''Do not be that cold or timid soul. Get in the arena.

''You won't win every time. You may find yourself like me with 1.1 million Google hits, most of which are negative – thanks to the Fox News Network – but get in there and fight.''

Now I know some are ready to use Jennings's words as yet another way to be critical of Obama's slow progress on lgbt rights, but allow me to play devil's advocate.

Before pointing the finger at Obama, how many in the lgbt community have taken Jennings's words about fighting to heart? And I certainly don't mean standing in a street and holding a sign that reads "No More Mr. Nice Guy" for two hours with the expectations that such activity will undo the 30 plus years that the religious right have invested in demonizing the lgbt community through phony words, studies, and talking points.

Instead of simply labeling the opposition as "haters," how many of us have invested time and effort in proving our points not just to those who support us - although that is very important - but also to others not familiar with the ins and outs of the struggle for lgbt equality.

Before we point fingers at Obama for not doing everything we want, maybe we need to ask ourselves are we doing everything that needs to be done.

Related post:

The War on Kevin Jennings - Chronology of a Failed Smear Campaign

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Family Research Council's anti-gay ad backfires

I've written extensively on the situation in Holland, MI involving the anti-gay Family Research Council and the fraudulent ad the organization paid to be published in the Holland's local newspaper.

The ad, which cited FRC-created pamphlet, The Ten Myths About Homosexuality, was the organization's attempt to speak against the city's broadening of its anti-discrimination ordinance to include the gay community.

Now I am glad to report that many of the residents of Holland, MI aren't happy with the ad, nor are they silent about their anger.

On Facebook is the group Holland Is Ready where residents of the city and others who support lgbt inclusion are interacting as well as passing along information.

And in the Holland Sentinel, the newspaper which originally ran FRC's ad, is a plethora of letters to the editor all voicing opposition to the ad.

Lastly, anger over the ad has caused its co-sponsor, Request Foods, to disavow the ad:

. . .the listed co-sponsor of the ad, Request Foods, said on Friday that it did not support the effort to stop the ordinance and should not have been listed in the ad.

"The ad was paid for by one [investor] without our management team's knowledge or permission," the company said in a statement emailed to FoxNews.com. "The opinions expressed in the ad do not reflect Request Foods' views and the ad should not have included our company name."

I don't know about you, but any day that FRC's homophobic efforts blows up in the organization's face is a good day.

Rachel Maddow takes on anti-gay Amtrak lie and other Tuesday midday news briefs

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

I talked about this Family Research Council lie a while back. It's nice to see someone on a larger scale of attention challenging FRC on it.

CWA Spokeswoman at NOM Rally Claims Banning Gay Marriage Will Help Economy - Just so you know that the Family Research Council doesn't corner the market on anti-lgbt distortions.

Prop 8 Report: The “Danger To Children” Theme Proved Decisive - Nothing says success like pulling the "gays want to harm children" card.

Former Suburban School Chief FIRED For Being Gay, Panel Finds Evidence Of Discrimination - PLEASE tell us again how lgbts don't need ENDA.

The interview the National Organization for Marriage shouldn't want you to see

Brian Brown and the National Organization for Marriage are always claiming that they are "unfairly under attack for merely defending the idea of marriage." But the above video is what happens when Brown is asked simple questions about his position. He doesn't get violent nor hateful. But he dodges with the dexterity of a teenager playing dodgeball. It's pretty embarrassing for him and his group.

Monday, August 02, 2010

Family Research Council distorts British article in attack on gay soldier

The Family Research Council has finally sunken to a level that even I can't begin to ponder.

In the current news, there is a huge controversy involving a website called Wikileaks. This site has displayed classified documents of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. In the center of this controversy is Bradley Manning, a 22-year-old gay soldier suspected of leaking documents to Wikileaks. He is currently awaiting court martial.

There is much speculation as to why Manning may have leaked these documents. But not to the Family Research Council. A post on the organization's webpage says the following:

It turns out that Manning is an extreme homosexual activist, whose fury over the services' homosexual policy may have led him to publicize highly classified documents about the wars. According to the U.K.'s Telegraph, Manning has an extensive history of campaigning for gay, lesbian, and transgendered causes and sources say he may have even been considering a sex change when he leaked military secrets on the Internet.

Although the U.S. press is relatively mum on his personal life, the British paper questions how Manning got away with "flaunting" his sexuality when DADT is still in effect.

There are several serious problems with FRCs claims. If you look at the link to the British article so generously provided by the organization, nothing in it connects Don't Ask, Don't Tell to Manning's alleged leaking of documents.

Furthermore, there is nothing in the British article about Manning seeking a sex change. And lastly, there is nothing - not one thing - in the British article which poses any question about Manning allegedly "flaunting his sexuality."

FRC attributes these speculations to the British article when they actually came from another source - Cliff Kincaid of the right-wing group Accuracy in Media.

Kincaid's speculations came from an original column he wrote on Wikileaks controversy. However, the manner in which FRC wrote its piece makes it seem that Kincaid's claims were included in the British article.

It is worth mentioning that neither Kincaid nor his organization, AIM, are accurate or unbiased sources when it comes to lgbt issues. Earlier this year, AIM had to retract a blog post falsely accusing a gay Obama appointee, Kevin Jennings, of being a pedophile. Kincaid has also made the vile claim that disease-tainted gay blood threatens our troops.

The Family Research Council has been known for distorting legitimate statistics to stigmatize the lgbt community, but in this case it seems that the organization has sunken to a new low - distorting news articles.

Could it be that the group falsely attributed Kincaid's claims to the British article because it's aware of his unsavory reputation for attacking the lgbt community with lies?

That is a serious point to ponder.

Taylor Dayne to rock SC Pride 2010!

Allow me to indulge in a little South Carolina horn tooting here.

I always have a fun time at the annual South Carolina Pride Festival but this one will be extra special for a number of reasons.

Not only will it be my ninth SC Pride Festival but I am also one the guest speakers. In addition, I have been chosen to receive the prestigious Order of the Pink Palmetto.

It's going to be an awesome time!

Multi-platinum recording artist Taylor Dayne to headline SC Pride 2010

Drag performer Pandora Boxx & other entertainers to appear at free festival in the park

The South Carolina Pride 2010 festival to be held in Finlay Park, Columbia, South Carolina on September 4, 2010 will feature a star-studded line-up of local and nationally know entertainers. Headliners include multi-platinum recording artist Taylor Dayne, as well as singer-songwriter Cris Williams, performer Janice Robinson, and local entertainer Danielle Howle. Pandora Boxx, star of RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag U on LOGO, will open the festival after serving as Celebrity Grand Marshal of the Parade. Admission to the park & parade is free.

The SC Pride day on September 4, 2010 starts at noon with the Parade down Main Street, Columbia, with commentary hosted live on the radio by WXRY 99.3FM. Live entertainment in Finlay Park will kick-off immediately following the end of the parade. The official after-Pride block party will be held at PT’s 1109 at 1109 Assembly Street featuring dance music by world-renowned DJ Chris Cox.

“Live PROUD!” is the theme selected for SC Pride 2010 by the organization dedicated to organizing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride events in South Carolina. SC PRIDE 2009 had approximately 8,000 attendees according to police estimates with over 70 vendors. The Pride Festival draws attendees from across South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and beyond.

All South Carolinians, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, are encouraged to attend the exciting, family-friendly SC Pride events. Enjoy food, fun, music, and vendors all day! Sponsored by Richland County, City of Columbia, WXRY, the Free-Times, Food lion, Q-Notes, and many more. Visit www.scpride.org for a complete list of sponsors and the official calendar of events.

The South Carolina Pride Movement is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocacy, education, support, and celebration of the GLBT community in South Carolina. The South Carolina Pride Movement is located on 1108 Woodrow Street in Columbia. For more information contact Tamera Tedder, President, at (803) 771-7713, mtt156@yahoo.com, or visit www.scpride.org.

Depriving lgbts of their rights is akin to the African-American civil rights movement and other Monday midday news briefs

Mich. Candidate Target Of Gay Hate Mail - A political season without a nasty anti-gay attack ad is like, oh I don't know, a day without sunshine.

Harry Jackson: Fighting Against Gay Marriage is Just Like Fighting For Civil Rights - And of course Bernice King and the rest of those who bristle at comparisons of lgbts and African-American civil rights movements will be silent.

Ne-Yo Says 'People Think I'm Gay Because I've Never Shot a Person' -- Say What! - Now I've officially heard EVERYTHING.

Sorry Batch Of GOP Presidential Hopefuls Flood Iowa - Several reasons why I hope, in spite of everything, President Obama is re-elected.

More crazy signs from 'lynch gay couples' NOM supporter - Insane groups generally attract insane supporters.

Anti-gay 'Truth Academy' on deck for this week

Peter LaBarbera's phony "Truth Academy" is going to be held this week. It will interesting to see who will be attending. It will be even more interesting to see how the protest by The Chicago Gay Liberation Network (GLN) will play into the proceedings.

Naturally, the American Family Association's One News Now is allowing LaBarbera to cast his collection of mess as some sort of accurate and moral event.

But I also found something else extremely fascinating and highly unusual. The One News Now article made it a point to fairly give the GLN's position on the situation:

"We're giving free scholarships to young people because we know that, let's face it, young people in America are brainwashed in favor of the gay rights movement," the AFTAH (LaBarbera) founder laments.

Some pro-homosexual groups are already showing opposition to the Truth Academy, claiming that its teachings are hateful "bigotry."

"The Chicago Gay Liberation Network (GLN) has already announced it's going to protest the truth academy," LaBarbera reports.

That is the same group that celebrated the firing of a University of Illinois professor who taught the Catholic view against homosexuality. In reference to AFTAH's efforts, GLN's website contends that "youth should not be taught to hate their peers and thus fuel the cycle of self-loathing, depression and suicide which too many LGBTQ youth experience. Bigotry must be vocally and publicly opposed, especially when haters try to recruit young people."

The conservative leader, however, feels that defending biblical truths and the natural family is not "hate," and he suspects that some of the opposition might be because of the lineup of nationally known speakers the academy has invited to speak.

Let's take a look at these speakers. They include:

Cliff Kincaid- a man whose organization(Accuracy in Media), when not having to apologize for inaccurately labeling a gay Obama official (Kevin Jennings) as a pedophile, is busy defending a Ugandan law which penalizes people - with imprisonment and death- simply for being gay.

Robert Knight of Coral Ridge Ministries - who has spent years demonizing the lgbt community even to the point of freely citing the discredited research of Paul Cameron (a man who publishes "research papers" accusing gays of such things as wallowing in feces and plunging gerbils up their rectums.) Knight has also in the past described lesbians as "pretty big heavy set women who look like they’ve been over working October Fest for the last six years "

Ryan Sorba, Young Conservatives of California - a man so nastily anti-gay that he was booed off of the stage at a right-wing conservative conference for his comments.

Greg Quinlan, Parents and Friends of Gays and Ex-Gays - who, when he is not distorting the words of prominent researchers such as Dr. Francis Collins, attempts to spin court defeats into victories for his fraudulent group.

Matt Barber, Liberty Counsel - a man who described gay relationships as “one man violently cramming his penis into another man’s lower intestine and calling it ‘love.’” Barber is also the same man who encouraged attendees at a conference last year to go into more detail in describing gay sex acts as a way to disgust people.

And last but not least:

Arthur Goldberg - head of JONAH, a Jewish "ex-gay" group. Golberg is a convicted felon who was imprisoned for a multitude of charges including federal mail and wire fraud to conspiracy counts as a result of a bogus bond writing scheme.

One more thing - JONAH is presently embroiled in an ugly scandal in which two former clients charged one of the organization's lead therapists with sexual misconduct.

All of this makes one wonder just what is LaBarbera's definition of "biblical truths."

Any parent who thinks that their children would benefit from being exposed to this collection of homophobic misfits needs his/her head examined.

Friday, July 30, 2010

Know Your LGBT History - A Different Story

African-Americans absent at anti-gay marriage rallies and other Friday midday news briefs

Guess who is NOT showing up at NOM’s rallies - Trust me when I say that we black folks don't have time for that type of mess.

One man (who celebrates Christmas), one woman (who observes Easter) - Do these people have to make a political/religious issue out of everything? They are probably mad because Chelsea Clinton didn't invite any of them to the wedding.

Councilwoman Getting Death Threats For Supporting Non-Discrimination Against Gays - Let's keep Councilwoman Janis Fullilove in our prayers.

More Layoffs Looming At Focus? - Just in time for James Dobson's new political group.

Calling All Tipsters: The Time To Speak Out Against Ex-Gay Abuse Is NOW - An important call to arms by Truth Wins Out.

'Porno' Pete LaBarbera for your listening pleasure

Like I said last night - if you give the religious right enough rope and they hang themselves. Courtesy of David Pakman and Midweek Politics.comes an interview with your friend and mine, "Porno" Pete LaBarbera. If you have time and want a good laugh, check it out: