Politifact calls Michele Malkin out for lying about last night's rally/memorial in Arizona with President Obama - Not necessarily an lgbt issue per se but highly important. Someone with this much hatred in her heart has to have a mental problem.
Video: Haley Barbour's pride parade - After he has gotten into trouble for his racism, Barbour switches to homophobia.
Fallout of a police sting in a safe place - You simply have to read this story. It is an excellent piece about police entrapment.
Gearing Up To Stop Genocide In Uganda and Spotlighting The Family - Wayne Besen lists those responsible for that awful Ugandan anti-gay bill. Awesome breakdown.
San Francisco home to first US gay museum - We need more of these across the country.
Analyzing and refuting the inaccuracies lodged against the lgbt community by religious conservative organizations. Lies in the name of God are still lies.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Pawlenty mingles with anti-gay hate group, wants to reinstate DADT
According to People for the American Way's Right Wing Watch, former Minnesota Governor and potential presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty chose an interesting venue to promote his new book - the American Family Association's radio program with Bryan Fischer.
Now Fischer is infamous for his ugly statements about not only the Muslim community but lgbts. Fisher has:
As we all know, the AFA has been called an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and mostly because of comments made by Fischer.
However Pawlenty was only interested in playing nice with Fischer, even to the point of talking positively of reinstating Don't Ask, Don't Tell:
Now why a prospective presidential candidate would grace a program from someone who voices such awful opinions is beyond me. Let's be clear about something - if Fischer's comments had been racist or anti-Semitic, Pawlenty wouldn't have dared to come on his program.
But since they pertaining to the lgbt community, some folks may think that these comments and Pawlenty's appearance on the program of the person making then are both okay.
And it's par for the course for Pawlenty.
Ever since the buzz about his presidential aspirations was made public, Pawlenty seems to have been on a mission to establish his so-called "conservative credentials" on the backs of the lgbt community.
On May of last year, he vetoed a bill aimed at giving same-sex partners the same end-of-life rights as married couples.
In December of 2009, he backtracked from pro-gay legislation that he signed, claiming that the bill would led to third-graders being taught by "cross-dressing" teachers.
No doubt Pawlenty's mind is on the 2004 election, when anti-gay marriage amendments sent conservative voters to the polls and gave President Bush a second term.
Someone should inform Pawlenty that the lgbt community aren't exactly as compliant as we were back then. And we won't wait until someone uses us as scapegoats before we fight back.
In other words, if Pawlenty thinks he is going to get to the White House on the backs of the lgbt community, someone told him wrong.
Related posts:
Perhaps anti-gay hate groups should put a muzzle on Bryan Fischer
Family Research Council's 'we are not a hate group' campaign gets destroyed on two fronts
American Family Association will not confront reason why its considered a hate group
Hat tip to PFAW for providing the list of Fischer's comments.
Now Fischer is infamous for his ugly statements about not only the Muslim community but lgbts. Fisher has:
•Said that “homosexuals should be disqualified from public office.” (8/5/2010)
•Insisted that gays are biased, sexually deviant felons, not to mention pedophiles, and should never serve on the Supreme Court. (4/15/2010, 4/16/2010)
•Called gay adoption “a terrible, terrible, inexcusable, inhumane thing to do to children.” (8/10/2010)
•Argued that we should“impose the same sanctions on those who engage in homosexual behavior as we do on those who engage in intravenous drug abuse." (2/3/2010)
•Wrote: “The inescapable conclusion is that gay sex is a form of domestic terrorism.” (6/10/2010)
•Said: “Hitler discovered that he could not get straight soldiers to be savage and brutal and vicious enough to carry out his orders, but that homosexual solders basically had no limits and the savagery and brutality they were willing to inflict on whomever Hitler sent them after. So he surrounded himself, virtually all of the Stormtroopers, the Brownshirts, were male homosexuals.” (5/25/2010)
As we all know, the AFA has been called an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and mostly because of comments made by Fischer.
However Pawlenty was only interested in playing nice with Fischer, even to the point of talking positively of reinstating Don't Ask, Don't Tell:
Bryan, I have been a public and repeat supporter of maintaining Don't Ask, Don't Tell. There's a lot of reasons for that, but if you look at how the combat commanders and the combat units feel about it, the results of those kinds of surveys were different than the ones that were mostly reported in the newspaper and that is something I think we need to pay attention to. But I have been a public supporter of maintaining Don't Ask, Don't Tell and I would support reinstating it as well.
Now why a prospective presidential candidate would grace a program from someone who voices such awful opinions is beyond me. Let's be clear about something - if Fischer's comments had been racist or anti-Semitic, Pawlenty wouldn't have dared to come on his program.
But since they pertaining to the lgbt community, some folks may think that these comments and Pawlenty's appearance on the program of the person making then are both okay.
And it's par for the course for Pawlenty.
Ever since the buzz about his presidential aspirations was made public, Pawlenty seems to have been on a mission to establish his so-called "conservative credentials" on the backs of the lgbt community.
On May of last year, he vetoed a bill aimed at giving same-sex partners the same end-of-life rights as married couples.
In December of 2009, he backtracked from pro-gay legislation that he signed, claiming that the bill would led to third-graders being taught by "cross-dressing" teachers.
No doubt Pawlenty's mind is on the 2004 election, when anti-gay marriage amendments sent conservative voters to the polls and gave President Bush a second term.
Someone should inform Pawlenty that the lgbt community aren't exactly as compliant as we were back then. And we won't wait until someone uses us as scapegoats before we fight back.
In other words, if Pawlenty thinks he is going to get to the White House on the backs of the lgbt community, someone told him wrong.
Related posts:
Perhaps anti-gay hate groups should put a muzzle on Bryan Fischer
Family Research Council's 'we are not a hate group' campaign gets destroyed on two fronts
American Family Association will not confront reason why its considered a hate group
Hat tip to PFAW for providing the list of Fischer's comments.
Daniel Hernandez gives a lesson of reality vs. lies
I agree with President Obama's assessment during his speech last night regarding Daniel Hernandez. Hernandez, for those who aren't aware, was the intern of Congresswoman Gifford who rushed to her side after she was shot and stopped her from bleeding to death.
Whether he wants to reject the title or not, Hernandez is a hero.
More than that, his example of bravery is something to remind us of the general and basic goodness of lgbts when we have to deal with things like so:
The poor homosexuals -- they have declared war upon nature, and now nature is extracting an awful retribution (AIDS)." - Pat Buchanan
Homosexuality will always be a sexual perversion. And you say that around here now and everybody goes nuts. But I don't care. They're mean. They want to talk about being nice. They're the meanest buggers I have ever seen. - Chris Buttars, Utah legislator
The "alphas" in homosexual relationships, be they men or women, are many times recruiting younger partners. A vast percentage of those who enter the homosexual life do so after having been sexually initiated by an older person of their sex – be it consensual or not – it usually has the feel of enticement or seduction - conservative activist Kevin McCullough
When people have views supporting homosexuality, they should not be involved with youth in any way, period. Here’s why:
• They will provide inaccurate, misleading information to kids;
• They may limit a student’s opportunity to hear warnings about the behavior;
• They may advocate or model inappropriate behavior;
• They may be directly involved in the molestation of kids themselves; or
• They may be in a position to allow others to do so - Linda Harvey
There is nothing "conservative" about "one man violently cramming his penis into another man’s lower intestine and calling it 'love' - Matt Barber
In fact, most mothers are more concerned with protecting their children from homosexual activists, who insist on their supposed 'right' to propagandize young schoolchildren. - Peter LaBarbera
Hernandez serves to remind us just who are the haters and who are the ones with love in their hearts.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Palin learns the price of constantly being on the attack
I think that Sarah Palin is getting a lot of undeserved criticism.
But I don't feel sorry for her.
Palin's dilemma reminds me of an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, a show renowned for its twist endings. In particular, the episode with the criminal who gets away with the crimes he did commit but is jailed for the one crime that he had nothing to do with.
Palin's popularity relied on her reputation for pushing the envelope, being gung-ho, and constantly on the attack. From her speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention to her tour around the country for the Tea Party Movement, Palin and her supporters enjoyed her "take no prisoners" style and reaped off of the criticism of said style.
But now things have turned. Palin is learning what happens when you throw out words like "revolution" and "don't retreat, reload." To her, words pushing imagery of violent overthrow were supposed to be taken as figurative descriptions, reflecting how people should vote.
To the man who caused the Arizona massacre, Jared Loughner, words like that are meant to be taken literally with much collateral damage.
In the confusion of the aftermath, very few - , whether they were people who were eager to attack Palin or those simply trying to find solutions in the wake of the tragedy - were interested in sorting out just who was figurative and who was literal.
So while I think we should all take this lesson in - especially the media and public figures - regarding the words we use, this should especially be a lesson for Palin.
Sometimes it's not good to be perceived as always being on the hunt. It's not good to constantly want to dig elbow deep in red meat.
Not because some maniac might take you seriously, but simply because those who are assessing the actions of the maniac may group you with him, even if he wasn't listening to you in the first place.
But I don't feel sorry for her.
Palin's dilemma reminds me of an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, a show renowned for its twist endings. In particular, the episode with the criminal who gets away with the crimes he did commit but is jailed for the one crime that he had nothing to do with.
Palin's popularity relied on her reputation for pushing the envelope, being gung-ho, and constantly on the attack. From her speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention to her tour around the country for the Tea Party Movement, Palin and her supporters enjoyed her "take no prisoners" style and reaped off of the criticism of said style.
But now things have turned. Palin is learning what happens when you throw out words like "revolution" and "don't retreat, reload." To her, words pushing imagery of violent overthrow were supposed to be taken as figurative descriptions, reflecting how people should vote.
To the man who caused the Arizona massacre, Jared Loughner, words like that are meant to be taken literally with much collateral damage.
In the confusion of the aftermath, very few - , whether they were people who were eager to attack Palin or those simply trying to find solutions in the wake of the tragedy - were interested in sorting out just who was figurative and who was literal.
So while I think we should all take this lesson in - especially the media and public figures - regarding the words we use, this should especially be a lesson for Palin.
Sometimes it's not good to be perceived as always being on the hunt. It's not good to constantly want to dig elbow deep in red meat.
Not because some maniac might take you seriously, but simply because those who are assessing the actions of the maniac may group you with him, even if he wasn't listening to you in the first place.
NC official wants to end all AIDS funding and other Wednesday midday news briefs
Brown: Cut off AIDS funding - A cruel and judgmental thing to say about people with HIV/AIDS.
Video: Let's tone down rhetoric, says man who suggests gays be deported and/or criminalized - Peter Sprigg says we need to tone down the rhetoric. I would believe that if he would apologize for things he has said about the lgbt community.
UK LGBT Advocate: “Christian Homophobes Should Not Be Criminalized”- I agree. I venture to say that the majority of lgbts in America agree with this statement. But watch how the religious right will conveniently ignore it when talking about how gays supposedly want to put folks in jail.
‘My Teacher Is a Lesbian’• Coming Out at School - An excellent piece.
Jane Lynch Says Straight Audiences Not Ready For Gay Actors in Leading Roles - I don't know. It depends on the role and what the audience wants to see. I don't really like romance pictures. I'm more of into action and a gay actor playing an action hero is okay with me.
Video: Let's tone down rhetoric, says man who suggests gays be deported and/or criminalized - Peter Sprigg says we need to tone down the rhetoric. I would believe that if he would apologize for things he has said about the lgbt community.
UK LGBT Advocate: “Christian Homophobes Should Not Be Criminalized”- I agree. I venture to say that the majority of lgbts in America agree with this statement. But watch how the religious right will conveniently ignore it when talking about how gays supposedly want to put folks in jail.
‘My Teacher Is a Lesbian’• Coming Out at School - An excellent piece.
Jane Lynch Says Straight Audiences Not Ready For Gay Actors in Leading Roles - I don't know. It depends on the role and what the audience wants to see. I don't really like romance pictures. I'm more of into action and a gay actor playing an action hero is okay with me.
Religious right nonsense coming to South Carolina
Guess who is coming to my state of South Carolina:
This event will be held in Seneca, SC on Jan. 21. And its press release is a hoot:
Now if you want proof that this nonsense about "taking things back" is just lip service, take into account the state of South Carolina.
We have a Republican governor and Legislature. And the statewide Democratic party are in the middle of what can be termed as death throes. I'm interested to see just who Staver and Barton want to take the state back from, especially taking into account that neither of them are residents of South Carolina.
It gets more interesting:
Conveniently Barton will not talk about his habit of distorting history, his denigrating of the lgbt community via junk science, how Lawrence O'Donnell refuted him hard for it, and how he threw a "why are the homosexuals picking on me" tantrum afterwards.
And then:
Of course Staver probably won't mention the exploits of his organization in the infamous Janet Jenkins vs. Lisa Miller case in which the Liberty Counsel not only tried to keep a child away from her lesbian mother but still continued to defend the other mother even after she kidnapped the child and ran away.
South Carolina definitely needs to awake in hopes of finding out that the event featuring Staver and Barton was just a simple nightmare.
This event will be held in Seneca, SC on Jan. 21. And its press release is a hoot:
We Must Rise Up and Take Back Our State. For too long, silent Americans have watched their country inch toward an existence unrecognizable to its Founders. The time to act is now!
There’s a war raging. Christianity is under attack in our schools, workplaces, and governments. Silence is a decision to stand with the enemy. Inaction is a deathblow to the God-honoring principles our country was created to allow each citizen to enjoy. Will you stand by and let the very fabric of our country be stripped apart? Will you get in the fight, stand with those who stand for liberty, and join a movement of repentance, prayer, and revolution?
The time has come. The choice is yours. Join America’s leading constitutional scholar and Christian apologist Mat Staver for Liberty Counsel and Christian historian, David Barton at the South Carolina Awake!
Now if you want proof that this nonsense about "taking things back" is just lip service, take into account the state of South Carolina.
We have a Republican governor and Legislature. And the statewide Democratic party are in the middle of what can be termed as death throes. I'm interested to see just who Staver and Barton want to take the state back from, especially taking into account that neither of them are residents of South Carolina.
It gets more interesting:
David Barton will educate and inspire attendees about the Founding Era and America’s rich Godly heritage. Barton will look at the lives of many of the Founders and religious leaders who participated in the birth and establishment of the most literate, most productive and most powerful nation on earth.
Conveniently Barton will not talk about his habit of distorting history, his denigrating of the lgbt community via junk science, how Lawrence O'Donnell refuted him hard for it, and how he threw a "why are the homosexuals picking on me" tantrum afterwards.
And then:
Mat Staver will follow Barton’s presentation with a stirring message entitled, “Take Back America,” in which he will talk about the challenges and opportunities we have to preserve the legacy of liberty.
Of course Staver probably won't mention the exploits of his organization in the infamous Janet Jenkins vs. Lisa Miller case in which the Liberty Counsel not only tried to keep a child away from her lesbian mother but still continued to defend the other mother even after she kidnapped the child and ran away.
South Carolina definitely needs to awake in hopes of finding out that the event featuring Staver and Barton was just a simple nightmare.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Black lgbts shouldn't be seen as weak or invisible
If you want to see why it's so hard for lgbt of color to get any type of acknowledgment, then a situation in Schnectady, New York should give an indication.
Apparently some people there are not happy with the billboard seen above:
Billboards trying to drum up community support for gay black men were criticized Monday as a pastor, a daycare provider and a City Council member called for the billboards to come down.
The Rev. Alfred Thompkins, of Calvary Tabernacle, said the “I am gay” billboard message only encourages troubled youth to embrace homosexuality.
“A thirteen-year-old looks at these billboards and says, ‘That must be it, I must be gay,’ ” he said. “That goes directly against God’s purpose. As a resident of Schenectady, a pastor who works with young people, with families, frankly I’m really bothered by the message these send.”
The billboards offer three messages, showing gay men with their families, in church and on a basketball court. Each message starts with the announcement “I am gay,” in large letters, and concludes with, “We have always been a part of this community.”
They were designed by In Our Own Voices, a gay advocacy group in Albany. The state Department of Health paid for the billboards as part of an effort to find a more effective way to reduce the HIV infection rate, which has disproportionately hit gay and bisexual black men. Last year, the Centers for Disease Control said the epidemic had reached such a level that new methods must be found to encourage men to use condoms.
Our Own Voices says that the billboard is created to garner acceptance of homosexuality, which in turn will cause gay men to lead healthier lives. Others have voiced opposition to the billboards because they supposedly allow "inappropriate sexual expression," a reason which doesn't make any sense at all because there nothing on the billboards with anything having to do with sexual intercourse.
And probably the most insulting comment from one person (the same one pushing the ridiculous idea of "inappropriate sexual expression") is the belief that the billboards should be moved to "adult business zones."
The sad thing is that this controversy reveals the ignorance of some in the black community regarding lgbts of color.
I got news for Pastor Thompkins - 13-year-old lgbts already exist. The billboards' presence is irrelevant on that point. But the billboards are a much better message to these children than seeing a weak, flamboyant, oversexed gay man or an overly sexually aggressive lesbian, or a confused transgender out to "trick" a man to have sex with her - three stereotypes that are unfortunately prevalent in the black media these days.
And the idea that being an lgbt is strictly a lifestyle about sex is a huge lie. According to a report by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force which looked at data from the 2000 Census report:
Black same-sex households are nearly twice as likely as White same-sex households to include children. Black male same-sex households are twice as likely as White male same-sex households to include at least one child under 18, 36% versus 18% respectively. Fifty-two percent of Black female same-sex households are comprised of parents living with at least one child under 18, compared with 32% of White female same-sex households.
What this is about is the deliberate inability of the African-American community to acknowledge the presence of lgbts of color. And that inability leads to the ignorance that we are seeing here. It's really a catch-22 situation because while I am not happy with the nonsense these folks have expressed, I know what will happen when this issue is discussed by some members of the lgbt community.
It's going to be transformed into a back and forth argument on whether lgbts are racist or are African-Americans homophobic.
Meanwhile, lgbts of color - that's us folks in the middle - will be ignored or rather seen as a prize to be won by whichever group can prove that they suffered more than the other group.
Bottom line to me is this - the billboards are an excellent idea and those who agree with this point should not allow themselves to go off on tangents. The issue is about the safety and health of lgbts of color and that's where the issue should stay.
Hat tip to Joe.My.God.
$100,000 to stop marriage equality? and other Tuesday midday news briefs
NOM To Spend $100K Opposing Marriage in Rhode Island - Where exactly does the National Organization for Marriage get its money?
The Bombast and the Body Count - Such things are dangerous.
Transgender vets want military access for own - An excellent article featuring an online buddy of mine, Autumn Sandeen.
Ugandan Opposition Leader Calls for Decriminalization - We can only hope that his call will be heeded.
Ontario Catholic School Board to Reconsider Ban on Gay-Straight Alliances Following Board Member's 'Nazi' Remarks - I'll believe it when I see it.

The Bombast and the Body Count - Such things are dangerous.
Transgender vets want military access for own - An excellent article featuring an online buddy of mine, Autumn Sandeen.
Ugandan Opposition Leader Calls for Decriminalization - We can only hope that his call will be heeded.
Ontario Catholic School Board to Reconsider Ban on Gay-Straight Alliances Following Board Member's 'Nazi' Remarks - I'll believe it when I see it.
Michele Bachmann for President? Matt Barber thinks so
Our anti-gay, "limp-wristed" friend Matt Barber seems to taken time out from his homophobic ramblings to delve into comedy.
He probably doesn't think so, but anyone who thinks that zany Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is presidential material has to be delving in loony territory.
And Barber just doesn't express the idea that Bachmann is presidential. He deems her as (Ronald) "Reagan in pumps":
Barber's rambling for me seems to shift the question of is Bachmann serious to the much better question of has Barber been smoking banana peels? In all honesty, one might think that Barber is angling for a seat in the Bachmann Administration (makes me ill just to mention those two words) should the planets align right, donkeys begin flying, and Bachmann actually does take a seat in the Oval Office.
Of course word to wise to Bachmann - maybe having Barber giving you platitudes is a potion for disaster. After all, he was one of the folks who deemed disgraced beauty queen Carrie Prejean as the latter-day Queen Esther.
And you see what happened to her.
He probably doesn't think so, but anyone who thinks that zany Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is presidential material has to be delving in loony territory.
And Barber just doesn't express the idea that Bachmann is presidential. He deems her as (Ronald) "Reagan in pumps":
From the instant his fruitful eight-year reign ended, Republicans have pined for the next Ronald Reagan. To date, no man has succeeded in filling the conservative standard-bearer's legendary boots. Well, maybe it's time to swap boots for pumps. Could he be a she?
Sarah Palin, you say? Perhaps, but there's actually another outspoken, attractive, fearlessly conservative Tea Party favorite firing up the center-right grass roots: Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican.
Forget a Senate run. The buzz inside the Beltway is that Mrs. Bachmann may be looking to add a woman's touch to the Oval Office (beyond just sprucing up its temporary occupant's eyesore decor). Her spokesman, Doug Sachtleben, has confirmed to media that the congresswoman is considering a potential presidential run, saying: "Nothing's off the table."
Barber's rambling for me seems to shift the question of is Bachmann serious to the much better question of has Barber been smoking banana peels? In all honesty, one might think that Barber is angling for a seat in the Bachmann Administration (makes me ill just to mention those two words) should the planets align right, donkeys begin flying, and Bachmann actually does take a seat in the Oval Office.
Of course word to wise to Bachmann - maybe having Barber giving you platitudes is a potion for disaster. After all, he was one of the folks who deemed disgraced beauty queen Carrie Prejean as the latter-day Queen Esther.
And you see what happened to her.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Presidential candidates and Congressional leaders to mingle with anti-gay hate groups
From People for the American Way's Right-Wing Watch:
The following are the list of speakers, some of which are a cornucopia of anti-gay voices:
I see that Mike Huckabee, Sen. Marc Rubio, and Reps. Mike Pence, Allen West and Michelle Bachmann are going to be at the conference and thus will be hobnobbing with members of the Family Research Council (Tony Perkins), the Traditional Values Coalition (Andrea Lafferty), and Concerned Women for America (Wendy Wright). FRC and TVC were declared anti-gay hate groups according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, while CWA was profiled for its anti-gay animus.
The designations was given to these three organizations not because of their "religious beliefs" regarding homosexuality and gay marriage but because of their insistence in spreading false and ugly propaganda about the gay community (i.e. homosexuality and pedophilia are connected.)
One has to wonder what the panel discussions at the conference will be this year. Last year, Lafferty and the Liberty Counsel's Matt Barber led a panel discussion on the so-called dangers of homosexuality. It was during this discussion that Lafferty made the absurd claim that pro-gay nondiscrimination laws will lead to the molestation of crippled war veterans.
No doubt, Huckabee and company will probably still attend this conference even after told about these organizations and no doubt they will give a false explanation of why they will mingle with anti-gay groups if asked - something along the line of "it's unfair that these groups are being called hateful simply because their religious beliefs."
But the fact that these folks will attend a conference with anti-gay hate groups is good to know, especially in light of the knowledge that Huckabee, Pence, and Bachmann are possible Presidential candidates. All the more reason that they become three people who have no place residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
In April, the Freedom Federation will host its second annual "Awakening" conference entitled "Raising Our Voices: Equipping and Empowering a New Revolution" which organizer hope will feature a mix of right-wing activists like Lou Engle, Tony Perkins, Mat Staver, Frank Gaffney, Wendy Wright, David Barton, and Gary Bauer with Republican leaders like Cuccinelli, Michele Bachmann, Marco Rubio, Alan West, Mike Pence, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Huckabee
The following are the list of speakers, some of which are a cornucopia of anti-gay voices:
I see that Mike Huckabee, Sen. Marc Rubio, and Reps. Mike Pence, Allen West and Michelle Bachmann are going to be at the conference and thus will be hobnobbing with members of the Family Research Council (Tony Perkins), the Traditional Values Coalition (Andrea Lafferty), and Concerned Women for America (Wendy Wright). FRC and TVC were declared anti-gay hate groups according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, while CWA was profiled for its anti-gay animus.
The designations was given to these three organizations not because of their "religious beliefs" regarding homosexuality and gay marriage but because of their insistence in spreading false and ugly propaganda about the gay community (i.e. homosexuality and pedophilia are connected.)
One has to wonder what the panel discussions at the conference will be this year. Last year, Lafferty and the Liberty Counsel's Matt Barber led a panel discussion on the so-called dangers of homosexuality. It was during this discussion that Lafferty made the absurd claim that pro-gay nondiscrimination laws will lead to the molestation of crippled war veterans.
No doubt, Huckabee and company will probably still attend this conference even after told about these organizations and no doubt they will give a false explanation of why they will mingle with anti-gay groups if asked - something along the line of "it's unfair that these groups are being called hateful simply because their religious beliefs."
But the fact that these folks will attend a conference with anti-gay hate groups is good to know, especially in light of the knowledge that Huckabee, Pence, and Bachmann are possible Presidential candidates. All the more reason that they become three people who have no place residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Should children be told about transgender people? and other Monday midday news briefs
Gay intern credited with saving US congresswoman - In case you haven't heard about this story, READ IT!
Jacobs: Birds Are Dying Because of DADT Repeal - Crazy Cindy Jacobs strikes again.
At least one 'Economist' agrees: Maggie should start stashing away some of her gay marriage profit - Those who are against marriage equality lose again, this time in a fair debate.
Vote for Pro-LGBT Miss America Contestant! - The anti-Carrie Prejean. I hope she don't have any pictures out there.
Should We Introduce Children to the Concept of Transgender People? - Why isn't this a good idea. I'm all for it. I was a child when I learned a little about the transgender community and it didn't damage me.
Jacobs: Birds Are Dying Because of DADT Repeal - Crazy Cindy Jacobs strikes again.
At least one 'Economist' agrees: Maggie should start stashing away some of her gay marriage profit - Those who are against marriage equality lose again, this time in a fair debate.
Vote for Pro-LGBT Miss America Contestant! - The anti-Carrie Prejean. I hope she don't have any pictures out there.
Should We Introduce Children to the Concept of Transgender People? - Why isn't this a good idea. I'm all for it. I was a child when I learned a little about the transgender community and it didn't damage me.
Even after tragedy, religious right still provoking the anger
I was going to write about something else this morning, something a bit more positive after Saturday's tragedy in Arizona.
But something caught my eye during my morning read:
That piece of repugnance is from the American Family Association's One News Now, a supposed Christian news service. The article is talking about - and giving an ugly slanted version - of the Obama Administration's decision to add a provision to Medicare regulations. From the New York Times:
The reason why it was kept quiet because it was that provision which started a lot of controversy against the health care bill when Sarah Palin claimed that it would lead to "death panels" deciding who gets to live and who has to die. It was an ugly lie which received the PolitiFact Lie of the Year. It was also one of the main reason why there was so much unbridled anger during the health care town halls meetings in 2009. :
I might also point out that One News Now doesn't even mention Arizona's tragedy in its news. But it does have the following items:
Will House repeal ObamaCare?
Oversight chairman just doing his job
ALIPAC: Napolitano must go
Media favors Dems, no matter the cost
One would think that this supposed Christian publication would have something about Arizona's tragedy and at least a word from a religious leader talking about how we can rely on our faith in God to get us through.
Instead, One News Now chose to peddle in more anger and more lies.
Just sad.
But something caught my eye during my morning read:
'End-of-life options' = death panels
A healthcare expert says he's appalled at how the Obama administration tried to hide a Medicare regulation that would have had the government pay doctors to advise patients on end-of-life options during their annual visits.
Medicare coverage for voluntary end-of-life planning was put in the original House version of ObamaCare by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon), but was dropped after Sarah Palin and other Republicans raised the specter of "death panels" deciding the fate of vulnerable seniors. But the end-of-life counseling surfaced again right before Christmas in a Medicare regulation, nearly going unnoticed.
John R. Graham, director of healthcare studies at the Pacific Research Institute, explains what happened.
. . . "They try to keep things secret, hidden in the dark -- things that they know are obnoxious and repellent to many people," he laments. "And we've just got to keep on top of this because they're going to try and sneak it in again in the weeks and months to come."
Graham argues that while the Obama administration may not refer to "death panels," that is exactly what the administration wants.
That piece of repugnance is from the American Family Association's One News Now, a supposed Christian news service. The article is talking about - and giving an ugly slanted version - of the Obama Administration's decision to add a provision to Medicare regulations. From the New York Times:
Under the new policy, outlined in a Medicare regulation, the government will pay doctors who advise patients on options for end-of-life care, which may include advance directives to forgo aggressive life-sustaining treatment.
. . . The final version of the health care legislation, signed into law by President Obama in March, authorized Medicare coverage of yearly physical examinations, or wellness visits. The new rule says Medicare will cover “voluntary advance care planning,” to discuss end-of-life treatment, as part of the annual visit.
Under the rule, doctors can provide information to patients on how to prepare an “advance directive,” stating how aggressively they wish to be treated if they are so sick that they cannot make health care decisions for themselves.
The reason why it was kept quiet because it was that provision which started a lot of controversy against the health care bill when Sarah Palin claimed that it would lead to "death panels" deciding who gets to live and who has to die. It was an ugly lie which received the PolitiFact Lie of the Year. It was also one of the main reason why there was so much unbridled anger during the health care town halls meetings in 2009. :
I might also point out that One News Now doesn't even mention Arizona's tragedy in its news. But it does have the following items:
Will House repeal ObamaCare?
Oversight chairman just doing his job
ALIPAC: Napolitano must go
Media favors Dems, no matter the cost
One would think that this supposed Christian publication would have something about Arizona's tragedy and at least a word from a religious leader talking about how we can rely on our faith in God to get us through.
Instead, One News Now chose to peddle in more anger and more lies.
Just sad.
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Just one statement about this awful situation in Arizona
As the information filters in and folks are arguing, this is what I think - those who have power and influence via public office or the media must be careful as to what they say and those whose job is to educate as journalists must take it upon themselves to do their damn jobs rather than pursue a line of attack. You never know how your words may affect someone.
I don't care what is said. No one will be able to convince me that the madness we bore witness to today is not associated with all of the nonsensical and unnecessary rhetoric we had to deal with in 2010.
If words like "death panels" and portents of doom about the "end of America" are thrown around needlessly, then what the hell does anyone think all of it would lead to? If you scare people by making them think that their very livelihoods are in danger by who is elected to public office, why is it so impossible to realize that one loony loner will take you seriously?
Because it only takes one.
C.S. Lewis said it best - "This is the warning."
The question is what are we going to do to heed the warning?
I don't care what is said. No one will be able to convince me that the madness we bore witness to today is not associated with all of the nonsensical and unnecessary rhetoric we had to deal with in 2010.
If words like "death panels" and portents of doom about the "end of America" are thrown around needlessly, then what the hell does anyone think all of it would lead to? If you scare people by making them think that their very livelihoods are in danger by who is elected to public office, why is it so impossible to realize that one loony loner will take you seriously?
Because it only takes one.
C.S. Lewis said it best - "This is the warning."
The question is what are we going to do to heed the warning?
Phony page of Arizona shooter praising Obama now on Facebook
Someone with a NASTY sense of humor has put up a phony facebook profile page of the Arizona shooter Jared Laughner, complete with pictures of Obama, Stalin, Castro, and Saul Alinsky.
The page also features a quote from historical figure Emma Goldman. Goldman was blamed when President McKinley was assassinated. Lastly, the profile claims that the shooter is gay.
Nothing I can say will suffice except to ask that everyone reading this should report that page as fake. Go on the link (hold your nose if you have to) and click on the report button.
It's in the menu on the left. Bottom of the left sidebar, hit "Report/Block This Person." Put it up as a fake profile, impersonating a public figure.
UPDATE - GOOD JOB! The page is now gone.
The page also features a quote from historical figure Emma Goldman. Goldman was blamed when President McKinley was assassinated. Lastly, the profile claims that the shooter is gay.
Nothing I can say will suffice except to ask that everyone reading this should report that page as fake. Go on the link (hold your nose if you have to) and click on the report button.
It's in the menu on the left. Bottom of the left sidebar, hit "Report/Block This Person." Put it up as a fake profile, impersonating a public figure.
UPDATE - GOOD JOB! The page is now gone.
Is this the Arizona's shooter's youtube address?
According to Joe Jervis, the shooter in Arizona has a youtube address. These are the videos on the address and if Jervis's allegation turns out to be true, they speak for themselves:
And the following is a video he marked as a favorite:
It only takes one nut and one opportunity. Our prayers need to be with all of those caught in the middle of this madness.
And the following is a video he marked as a favorite:
It only takes one nut and one opportunity. Our prayers need to be with all of those caught in the middle of this madness.
Porno Pete LaBarbera accuses me of being a hypocrite while ignoring his own activities
Porno Pete LaBarbera isn't happy with last night's post on the pseudo-controversy of Matt Barbera's "limp wrist." He sent me the following email:
LaBarbera accusing me of taking a cheap shot is like a nymphomaniac accusing someone of being slutty.
I present Exhibit A:
The persons in this picture is Goodasyou.org's Jeremy Hooper and his partner celebrating their wedding. But Peter manipulated to publicize his group's ridiculous upcoming banquet. He may not agreed with Hooper's wedding, but it wrong for him to distort the wedding photo the way he did.
And it's not the first time that Peter has done something like this. He has taken photos of a transgender friend of mine, Autumn Sandeen, and used them to demonize her and the entire transgender community.
And let us not forget the doctored photo of openly gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) he used to make an absolutely stupid argument that men need to fear being "felt up" by gay TSA agents.
So just who is the hypocrite here? Or better question - who is the one most indicative of a movement of liars who, while they talk about Christian values, have their hands so deeply dipped in slime that it's coming up to their shoulders?
Remember what I said last night about poking fun at LaBarbera is so enjoyable that is should be considered fattening?
I think I just gained five pounds from this post.
You try to discredit an obvious and ridiculous (and devious, though childish) attempt to portray Matt Barber as a limp-wristed gay guy and you consider yourself a watchdog for accuracy?! A bigger man would have said, yeah, that's a cheap shot, that's not right... But you are a small man. Grow up, Alvin, and repent. You are such a hypocrite.
LaBarbera accusing me of taking a cheap shot is like a nymphomaniac accusing someone of being slutty.
I present Exhibit A:
The persons in this picture is Goodasyou.org's Jeremy Hooper and his partner celebrating their wedding. But Peter manipulated to publicize his group's ridiculous upcoming banquet. He may not agreed with Hooper's wedding, but it wrong for him to distort the wedding photo the way he did.
And it's not the first time that Peter has done something like this. He has taken photos of a transgender friend of mine, Autumn Sandeen, and used them to demonize her and the entire transgender community.
And let us not forget the doctored photo of openly gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) he used to make an absolutely stupid argument that men need to fear being "felt up" by gay TSA agents.
So just who is the hypocrite here? Or better question - who is the one most indicative of a movement of liars who, while they talk about Christian values, have their hands so deeply dipped in slime that it's coming up to their shoulders?
Remember what I said last night about poking fun at LaBarbera is so enjoyable that is should be considered fattening?
I think I just gained five pounds from this post.
Friday, January 07, 2011
Homophobe Matt Barber accuses gays of making him look 'limp-wristed'
Since it's the weekend, I am going to take a break from the serious stuff and do something I enjoy immensely - making fun of the homophobic Peter LaBarbera and Matt Barber.
On his Americans for Truth webpage, LaBarbera made the following claim regarding an interview between him and Barber:
LaBarbera is talking about this photo of Barber looking especially like he is "family."
The sad thing about LaBarbera' s statement is that so much of it is false. The photo was not taken at a "pro-family" protest. It was taken at an anti- Proposition 8 protest from two years ago. And we have proof of this because of the link LaBarbera so generously provided. The orginal photo is at the left. Perhaps LaBarbera was claiming that Barber's presence equaled a "pro-family" protest. Well counting Barber and LaBarbera, that was two protesters there. Whoop te do. I wonder what they sang as a protest song.
And of course LaBarbera's claim of the photo being a "trick" is highly specious. I did not listen to LaBarbera's explanation of how this was possible (mainly because I prefer my Metamucil taken orally and not audibly) but from what Jervis told me, LaBarbera was claiming that the "trick" had something to do with the shutterspeed of the camera.
Whatever.
The original photo of Barber and other photos were originally posted on Pam's House Blend. So basically this idea that us gay activists manipulated a photo of Barber to make him look limp-wristed is a serious flight of fancy on the part of LaBarbera and Barber, much like the idea that either of them can be taken seriously as anything but two men with too much time on their hands and too much preoccupation with the so-called nocturnal habits of gay men. They both need to get real jobs.
Barber looking extremely limp-wristed in his photo had nothing to do with us. All we did was to take advantage of his faux pas because honestly, poking fun at Barber (and LaBarbera) is so enjoyable that is should be considered fattening.
On his Americans for Truth webpage, LaBarbera made the following claim regarding an interview between him and Barber:
In the first part of the interview, LaBarbera discusses how homosexual activists manipulated a photo of Matt taken at a pro-family protest to try and make him look “limp-wristed.” (Barber, a former heavyweight boxer, ably describes the “queer” activists’ penchant for putting down their foes by calling them …. homosexuals.) See the hateful Joe Jervis’ embarrassingly sophomoric use of the trick Barber photo HERE.
LaBarbera is talking about this photo of Barber looking especially like he is "family."
The sad thing about LaBarbera' s statement is that so much of it is false. The photo was not taken at a "pro-family" protest. It was taken at an anti- Proposition 8 protest from two years ago. And we have proof of this because of the link LaBarbera so generously provided. The orginal photo is at the left. Perhaps LaBarbera was claiming that Barber's presence equaled a "pro-family" protest. Well counting Barber and LaBarbera, that was two protesters there. Whoop te do. I wonder what they sang as a protest song.
And of course LaBarbera's claim of the photo being a "trick" is highly specious. I did not listen to LaBarbera's explanation of how this was possible (mainly because I prefer my Metamucil taken orally and not audibly) but from what Jervis told me, LaBarbera was claiming that the "trick" had something to do with the shutterspeed of the camera.
Whatever.
The original photo of Barber and other photos were originally posted on Pam's House Blend. So basically this idea that us gay activists manipulated a photo of Barber to make him look limp-wristed is a serious flight of fancy on the part of LaBarbera and Barber, much like the idea that either of them can be taken seriously as anything but two men with too much time on their hands and too much preoccupation with the so-called nocturnal habits of gay men. They both need to get real jobs.
Barber looking extremely limp-wristed in his photo had nothing to do with us. All we did was to take advantage of his faux pas because honestly, poking fun at Barber (and LaBarbera) is so enjoyable that is should be considered fattening.
Know Your LGBT History - Beverly Hills Cop
Eddie Murphy is a skilled, versatile actor and should have gotten at least an Oscar nomination for Beverly Hills Cop (1984).
However, having said that, it is worth noting that while I enjoyed this movie immensely, the following scene was just damn ugly.
Granted, to some it's probably not a big deal. However I don't see anything funny with connecting lgbts with sexually transmitted diseases just when the AIDS crisis was gripping the nation.
Just goes to show that even though we have a long way to go, lgbts have come a looong way since 1984:
Past Know Your LGBT History Posts:
Know Your LGBT History - Some Like It Hot
Know Your LGBT History - Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia
Know Your LGBT History - Dirty Laundry
Know Your LGBT History - The Willie Witch Project
Know Your LGBT History - Spartacus
Know Your LGBT History - Caged
Know Your LGBT History - The Birdcage
Know Your LGBT History - Maude
Know Your LGBT History - That Certain Summer
Know Your LGBT History - Boat Trip
Know Your LGBT History - Staircase
Know Your LGBT History - Beautiful Thing
Know Your LGBT History - Armed and Dangerous
Know Your LGBT History - The Proud Family
Know Your LGBT History - Suddenly Last Summer
Know Your LGBT History - Gay TV Now
Know Your LGBT History - Stewardess School
Know Your LGBT History - Up the Academy
Know Your LGBT History - Don't be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Know Your LGBT History - A Different Story
Know Your LGBT History - Victim
Know Your LGBT History - The Color Purple
Know Your LGBT History - Making Love
Know Your LGBT History - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Know Your LGBT History - Noah's Arc
Know Your LGBT History - Ode to Billy Joe
Know Your LGBT History - Adorable Adrian Adonis
Know Your LGBT History - The Night Strangler
Know Your LGBT History - All in the Family
Know Your LGBT History - Tongues Untied
Know Your LGBT History - The Celluloid Closet
Know Your LGBT History - Querelle
Know Your LGBT History - Theatre of Blood
Know Your LGBT History - Strange Fruit
Know Your LGBT History - Designing Women
Know Your LGBT History - The Children's Hour
Know Your LGBT History - Sylvester
Know Your LGBT History - Once Bitten
Know Your LGBT History - The Boys in the Band
Know Your LGBT History - Christopher Morley, the crossdressing assassin
Know Your LGBT History - Midnight Cowboy
Know Your LGBT History - Dracula's Daughter
Know Your LGBT History - Blacula
Know Your LGBT History - 3 Strikes
Know Your LGBT History - Paris Is Burning
Know Your LGBT History - The Women
Know your LGBT History - Soul Plane
Know Your LGBT History - The Player's Club
Special Know Your LGBT History - Fame
Know Your LGBT History - Welcome Home, Bobby
Know Your LGBT History - Barney Miller
Know your lgbt history - The Jerry Springer Show
Know your lgbt history - Martin Lawrence and that 'gay guy' on his show
Know your lgbt history - The Ricki Lake Show
Know your lgbt history - Which Way Is Up
Know your lgbt history - Gays in Primetime Soaps
Know your lgbt history - Boys Beware
Know your lgbt history - The Boondocks
Know your lgbt history - Mannequin
Know your lgbt history - The Warriors
Know Your LGBT History - New York Undercover
Know Your LGBT History - Low Down Dirty Shame
Know Your LGBT History - Fortune and Men's Eyes
Know your lgbt history - California Suite
Know your lgbt history - Taxi (Elaine's Strange Triangle)
Know your lgbt history - Come Back Charleston Blue
Know your lgbt history - James Bond goes gay
Know your lgbt history - Windows
Know your lgbt history - To Wong Foo and Priscilla
Know your lgbt history - Blazing Saddles
Know your lgbt history - Sanford and Son
Know your lgbt history - In Living Color
Know your lgbt history - Cleopatra Jones and her lesbian drug lords
Know your lgbt history - Norman, Is That You?
Know your lgbt history - The 'Exotic' Adrian Street
Know your lgbt history - The Choirboys
Know your lgbt history - Eddie Murphy
Know your lgbt history - The Killing of Sister George
Know your lgbt history - Hanna-Barbera cartoons pushes the 'gay agenda
'Know your lgbt history - Cruising
Know your lgbt history - Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones
Know your lgbt history - I Got Da Hook Up
Know your lgbt history - Fright Night
Know your lgbt history - Flowers of Evil
The Jeffersons and the transgender community
However, having said that, it is worth noting that while I enjoyed this movie immensely, the following scene was just damn ugly.
Granted, to some it's probably not a big deal. However I don't see anything funny with connecting lgbts with sexually transmitted diseases just when the AIDS crisis was gripping the nation.
Just goes to show that even though we have a long way to go, lgbts have come a looong way since 1984:
Past Know Your LGBT History Posts:
Know Your LGBT History - Some Like It Hot
Know Your LGBT History - Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia
Know Your LGBT History - Dirty Laundry
Know Your LGBT History - The Willie Witch Project
Know Your LGBT History - Spartacus
Know Your LGBT History - Caged
Know Your LGBT History - The Birdcage
Know Your LGBT History - Maude
Know Your LGBT History - That Certain Summer
Know Your LGBT History - Boat Trip
Know Your LGBT History - Staircase
Know Your LGBT History - Beautiful Thing
Know Your LGBT History - Armed and Dangerous
Know Your LGBT History - The Proud Family
Know Your LGBT History - Suddenly Last Summer
Know Your LGBT History - Gay TV Now
Know Your LGBT History - Stewardess School
Know Your LGBT History - Up the Academy
Know Your LGBT History - Don't be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Know Your LGBT History - A Different Story
Know Your LGBT History - Victim
Know Your LGBT History - The Color Purple
Know Your LGBT History - Making Love
Know Your LGBT History - A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Know Your LGBT History - Noah's Arc
Know Your LGBT History - Ode to Billy Joe
Know Your LGBT History - Adorable Adrian Adonis
Know Your LGBT History - The Night Strangler
Know Your LGBT History - All in the Family
Know Your LGBT History - Tongues Untied
Know Your LGBT History - The Celluloid Closet
Know Your LGBT History - Querelle
Know Your LGBT History - Theatre of Blood
Know Your LGBT History - Strange Fruit
Know Your LGBT History - Designing Women
Know Your LGBT History - The Children's Hour
Know Your LGBT History - Sylvester
Know Your LGBT History - Once Bitten
Know Your LGBT History - The Boys in the Band
Know Your LGBT History - Christopher Morley, the crossdressing assassin
Know Your LGBT History - Midnight Cowboy
Know Your LGBT History - Dracula's Daughter
Know Your LGBT History - Blacula
Know Your LGBT History - 3 Strikes
Know Your LGBT History - Paris Is Burning
Know Your LGBT History - The Women
Know your LGBT History - Soul Plane
Know Your LGBT History - The Player's Club
Special Know Your LGBT History - Fame
Know Your LGBT History - Welcome Home, Bobby
Know Your LGBT History - Barney Miller
Know your lgbt history - The Jerry Springer Show
Know your lgbt history - Martin Lawrence and that 'gay guy' on his show
Know your lgbt history - The Ricki Lake Show
Know your lgbt history - Which Way Is Up
Know your lgbt history - Gays in Primetime Soaps
Know your lgbt history - Boys Beware
Know your lgbt history - The Boondocks
Know your lgbt history - Mannequin
Know your lgbt history - The Warriors
Know Your LGBT History - New York Undercover
Know Your LGBT History - Low Down Dirty Shame
Know Your LGBT History - Fortune and Men's Eyes
Know your lgbt history - California Suite
Know your lgbt history - Taxi (Elaine's Strange Triangle)
Know your lgbt history - Come Back Charleston Blue
Know your lgbt history - James Bond goes gay
Know your lgbt history - Windows
Know your lgbt history - To Wong Foo and Priscilla
Know your lgbt history - Blazing Saddles
Know your lgbt history - Sanford and Son
Know your lgbt history - In Living Color
Know your lgbt history - Cleopatra Jones and her lesbian drug lords
Know your lgbt history - Norman, Is That You?
Know your lgbt history - The 'Exotic' Adrian Street
Know your lgbt history - The Choirboys
Know your lgbt history - Eddie Murphy
Know your lgbt history - The Killing of Sister George
Know your lgbt history - Hanna-Barbera cartoons pushes the 'gay agenda
'Know your lgbt history - Cruising
Know your lgbt history - Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones
Know your lgbt history - I Got Da Hook Up
Know your lgbt history - Fright Night
Know your lgbt history - Flowers of Evil
The Jeffersons and the transgender community
The 'we don't want gays involved in CPAC' boycott grows and other Friday midday news briefs
Heritage Foundation and Media Research Center Join CPAC Boycott - The "we don't want that gay group involved with CPAC" boycott is getting more and more interesting. I'm running out of popcorn.
Audio: Right, because that is what's on gay soldiers' minds in foxholes -- sexual massage - I weep for the stupidity of the religous right . . . almost.
Wendy Wright Demonstrates Fundamentalist Christian Victim Complex - Get over it, Wendy.
NOM’s secret funding sources - I am curious to know where the National Organization for Marriage is getting their money also.
N.J. Gov. Christie approves toughest anti-bullying law in the country - OMG! Did Gov. Christie finally do something right?
Audio: Right, because that is what's on gay soldiers' minds in foxholes -- sexual massage - I weep for the stupidity of the religous right . . . almost.
Wendy Wright Demonstrates Fundamentalist Christian Victim Complex - Get over it, Wendy.
NOM’s secret funding sources - I am curious to know where the National Organization for Marriage is getting their money also.
N.J. Gov. Christie approves toughest anti-bullying law in the country - OMG! Did Gov. Christie finally do something right?
Parents angry after discovering safe sex kits contained lubricant, candy
Religious right groups easily exploit fears about sex sometimes because, let's face it, people fear sex. And they really fear the fact that their children think about sex. This fear leads them to sometimes show irrational degrees of anger, like this situation in New Hampshire demonstrates:
The 14-year-old would probably pull out the lubricant and laugh at it while with his friends. Granted, there were a lot of mistakes here. The school administration and the AIDS services group should have checked with each other as to what was going into the kits and there should have been some kind of opt-out policy.
But to flip out over the fact that the safe sex kits contained candy and lubricant seems to be a bit too much for me. The implication seems to be that the candy is "enticing" students to take the kits, but so what if it did? It certainly doesn't mean that the candy will be enticing students to have sex.
And as for the lubricant - flavored lubricant seems to be a bit much, but let's show a bit of common sense here. What's wrong with including lubricant in safe sex kits? What's the point of distributing safe sex kits if you aren't going to include all of the necessary things to ensure safe sex?
This situation would be hilarious if it weren't so sad.
AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region has been banned from the Monadnock School District after parents and school board members objected to the distribution of "safe sex kits" to students following a presentation in December.
School board member Bruce Barlow said AIDS Services overstepped its bounds by offering flavored lubricant and candy in the kits, when the school administration believed only condoms were being handed out.
"When the decision was made to include strawberry-flavored lube in that bag, all common sense left the room," said Barlow. "You can't hand something like that to a 14-year-old boy and expect him to respond to it as an adult would."
The 14-year-old would probably pull out the lubricant and laugh at it while with his friends. Granted, there were a lot of mistakes here. The school administration and the AIDS services group should have checked with each other as to what was going into the kits and there should have been some kind of opt-out policy.
But to flip out over the fact that the safe sex kits contained candy and lubricant seems to be a bit too much for me. The implication seems to be that the candy is "enticing" students to take the kits, but so what if it did? It certainly doesn't mean that the candy will be enticing students to have sex.
And as for the lubricant - flavored lubricant seems to be a bit much, but let's show a bit of common sense here. What's wrong with including lubricant in safe sex kits? What's the point of distributing safe sex kits if you aren't going to include all of the necessary things to ensure safe sex?
This situation would be hilarious if it weren't so sad.
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