Wednesday, May 30, 2012
NOM's Brian Brown Accepts Dan Savage's Dinner Debate Challenge
As reported on the Towleroad:
Last week, Dan Savage invited NOM's Brian Brown for dinner and a taped debate on marriage and the Bible at his home. Savage laid out some possible conditions, all of which Brown has accepted.
Writes Brown in a blog post:
UPDATE: Savage responds.
Last week, Dan Savage invited NOM's Brian Brown for dinner and a taped debate on marriage and the Bible at his home. Savage laid out some possible conditions, all of which Brown has accepted.
Writes Brown in a blog post:
Dan -- I accept and will look forward to
debating you at your dining room table. As I said in my challenge to
you, anytime, any place.
While I appreciate the invitation that you have extended to my wife, she will not be able to attend. She is a full-time mom with seven beautiful children and an eighth on the way.
I have no objection to Mark Oppenheimer from the New York Times covering the discussion, nor to you hiring your own video crew to film the event, provided that I am able to hire my own video crew to be sure there is no creative editing of the discussion.
Not that a New York Times reporter would slant the news, mind you!
This will be fun!
Start popping the popcorn.While I appreciate the invitation that you have extended to my wife, she will not be able to attend. She is a full-time mom with seven beautiful children and an eighth on the way.
I have no objection to Mark Oppenheimer from the New York Times covering the discussion, nor to you hiring your own video crew to film the event, provided that I am able to hire my own video crew to be sure there is no creative editing of the discussion.
Not that a New York Times reporter would slant the news, mind you!
This will be fun!
UPDATE: Savage responds.
So...
It looks like I'm gonna have to clear all the Catholic kitch out of our living room and dining room—my 5' plaster Jesus, our 3' plaster Mary, all my other plaster saints, the dozens of rosaries hanging around their plaster necks, the stack of disintegrating hymnals on the mantle, etc. Wouldn't want Brian to think there's something disrespectful about our collection. Our Catholic kitch is all family heirlooms. My late grandfather's rosaries, most of them prayed to pieces, were headed to the dump when I picked them out them out of the trash. But will knowing that my 5' plaster Jesus has been evacuated to our bedroom be more of a torment for Brian?
It looks like I'm gonna have to clear all the Catholic kitch out of our living room and dining room—my 5' plaster Jesus, our 3' plaster Mary, all my other plaster saints, the dozens of rosaries hanging around their plaster necks, the stack of disintegrating hymnals on the mantle, etc. Wouldn't want Brian to think there's something disrespectful about our collection. Our Catholic kitch is all family heirlooms. My late grandfather's rosaries, most of them prayed to pieces, were headed to the dump when I picked them out them out of the trash. But will knowing that my 5' plaster Jesus has been evacuated to our bedroom be more of a torment for Brian?
Toddler Sings Anti-Gay Song In Indiana Church, 'Ain't No Homos Gonna Make It To Heaven,' Says Child
As recent protests against anti-gay pastors in North Carolina
occur, a video has surfaced that shows an Indiana toddler singing a
hate-filled anti-gay song that includes the lyrics, "Ain't no homos
gonna make it to heaven."
According to a TMZ report,
the video was recorded at the Apostolic Truth Tabernacle in Greensburg,
Indiana, and it features a young boy on the altar singing, with the
crowd responding positively to the song's content.
While the words are difficult to make out, TMZ has listed what it believes to be the lyrics that the toddler was singing.
"The Bible's right, somebody's wrong, the Bible's right, somebody's wrong, Romans one, twenty six and twenty seven, ain't no homos gonna make it to Heaven," TMZ writes, referring to the song in the video.
As the young toddler finishes up his last words, the congregation stands and cheers in an apparent celebration.While the words are difficult to make out, TMZ has listed what it believes to be the lyrics that the toddler was singing.
"The Bible's right, somebody's wrong, the Bible's right, somebody's wrong, Romans one, twenty six and twenty seven, ain't no homos gonna make it to Heaven," TMZ writes, referring to the song in the video.
It's fairly certain, the loathsome members of this abhorrent church of hate can further revel in the knowledge that they've proven what we already know, that though being gay isn't a choice, hatred and bigotry is!
This fact is made even more repugnant when they use small children as pawns for their evil, destructive machinations.
This is one of those rare moments, when "out of the mouths of babes" is made more insidious and ugly than when a grown adult say's it.
These stupid people should all be arrested for child abuse, not given free reign to reproduce.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Charles Worley's Anti-Gay Message Protested By Thousands
Pastor Charles Worley's May 13 anti-gay
sermon was protested on Sunday by more than 2,000 people, the Hickory
Daily Record reported.
Worley, who ministers at the Providence
Road Baptist Church in Maiden, North Carolina, told congregants that
gay
men and women should be confined behind an electrified fence and
allowed to die off.
When he added, “Somebody said, 'Who
you gonna vote for?' I ain't gonna vote for a baby killer and a
homosexual lover,” some in the crowd could be heard responding with
“Amen.”
Holding signs which read “Jesus had 2
dads and he turned out just fine” and “I am a gay, moral
conservative Christian” the protesters lined Southwest Boulevard in
nearby Newton.
A small but vocal group of more than 50
counter-protesters holding signs which read “Gay pride is why Sodom
got fried” and “Sodomites are vile, unnatural and worthy of
death. Romans 1:21-32” stood in to support Worley and his church.
Laura Tipton, a member of the Catawba
Valley Citizens Against Hate, the group behind the protest, said she
hoped Worley's congregation “sees that we are gathering in love.
Their messages are wrong, and we will not accept them.”
Jeremiah Davidson of Atlanta, a Worley
supporter, said: “We're trying to stand up against censorship and
totalitarianism. I'm here for free speech and the gospel of Christ –
I'll know I've been successful because I've done the will of God.”
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Pope's butler arrested over Vatican documents leak
From CNN:
Moral of the story: The Pope and the Catholic church (as it always has) feels it has the divine right to do whatever the fuck it wants too, including holding someone against their will., this and the fact the Church continues to meddle in the political arena all over the world, should at the very least have their tax exempt status' revoked and if it were up to me, be declared a hate group and charged with crimes against humanity.
I think that's a proper response to the fag hating Nazi in a dress sitting on the Vatican throne.
Oh, and here is "Gods personal representative here on Earth" in his youth, wearing his Aryan youth Nazi uniform, doesn't he just look so gallant and inspiring?
Paolo Gabriele, 46, was arrested Wednesday for illegal possession of confidential documents, found in his apartment in Vatican territory, the Vatican said in a statement Saturday.Gabriele is being held in a special cell within the Vatican City, a walled enclave within Rome ...
Gabriele, who has worked as the papal butler since 2006, is one of only a handful of people with access to the pontiff's private desk.
His job included handing out rosaries to dignitaries and riding in the front seat of the "Popemobile," a vehicle used for public papal appearances, as seen in many photographs showing Gabriele with the pope.
Moral of the story: The Pope and the Catholic church (as it always has) feels it has the divine right to do whatever the fuck it wants too, including holding someone against their will., this and the fact the Church continues to meddle in the political arena all over the world, should at the very least have their tax exempt status' revoked and if it were up to me, be declared a hate group and charged with crimes against humanity.
I think that's a proper response to the fag hating Nazi in a dress sitting on the Vatican throne.
Oh, and here is "Gods personal representative here on Earth" in his youth, wearing his Aryan youth Nazi uniform, doesn't he just look so gallant and inspiring?
Moscow police detain 40 as gay activists demand right to hold parade, face Christian protest
MOSCOW — Gay activists tried to stage two demonstrations in Moscow on
Sunday to demand the right to hold a gay pride parade in the Russian
capital, but they were blocked first by Orthodox Christian opponents and
then by police, who detained a total of about 40 people from both
sides.
The gay activists first gathered outside the city council building, where a few scuffles occurred as their opponents tried to disrupt the demonstration, decrying homosexuality as a sin. After police broke up that protest, another group tried to stage a second protest at city hall, but once again police moved in and detained participants, including prominent gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev.
The majority of those detained were gay activists, but some of the Christian demonstrators also were pushed into police buses. Police said about 40 people were detained in all.
Homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in 1993, but anti-gay sentiment remains strong.
Activists have long petitioned the Moscow government for permission to stage such a parade, but have always been denied. Former Mayor Yuri Luzhkov described gay parades as “satanic,” while current Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said he disapproves of gay gatherings because they could offend the religious beliefs of many Russians.
Gay activist Galina Kaptur criticized city authorities for treating homosexuality as a contagious disease that would be spread through society if gays were allowed to hold a parade.
“It’s as if they thought that if all left-handed people held a parade, then afterward everyone would become left-handed,” Kaptur said. “This is wrong.”
Among the opponents of gay rights was Dmitry Tsarionov, who spoke to the crowd in front of a sign that said “Moscow is not Sodom.”
“I will not allow perverts to bring the wrath of God onto our city,” he said. “I want our children to live in a country where a sin that so awfully distorts human nature is not preached in schools.”
This month, Alexeyev became the first person convicted under a new law in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, which makes it a crime to spread “gay propaganda” among minors. Alexeyev was charged after he picketed St. Petersburg’s city hall with a placard that said “homosexuality is not a perversion.” He was fined 5,000 rubles (about $170).
The Russian parliament is considering extending the measure nationwide, which gay activists say would make it even easier to ban their public demonstrations.
The gay activists first gathered outside the city council building, where a few scuffles occurred as their opponents tried to disrupt the demonstration, decrying homosexuality as a sin. After police broke up that protest, another group tried to stage a second protest at city hall, but once again police moved in and detained participants, including prominent gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev.
The majority of those detained were gay activists, but some of the Christian demonstrators also were pushed into police buses. Police said about 40 people were detained in all.
Homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in 1993, but anti-gay sentiment remains strong.
Activists have long petitioned the Moscow government for permission to stage such a parade, but have always been denied. Former Mayor Yuri Luzhkov described gay parades as “satanic,” while current Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said he disapproves of gay gatherings because they could offend the religious beliefs of many Russians.
Gay activist Galina Kaptur criticized city authorities for treating homosexuality as a contagious disease that would be spread through society if gays were allowed to hold a parade.
“It’s as if they thought that if all left-handed people held a parade, then afterward everyone would become left-handed,” Kaptur said. “This is wrong.”
Among the opponents of gay rights was Dmitry Tsarionov, who spoke to the crowd in front of a sign that said “Moscow is not Sodom.”
“I will not allow perverts to bring the wrath of God onto our city,” he said. “I want our children to live in a country where a sin that so awfully distorts human nature is not preached in schools.”
This month, Alexeyev became the first person convicted under a new law in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, which makes it a crime to spread “gay propaganda” among minors. Alexeyev was charged after he picketed St. Petersburg’s city hall with a placard that said “homosexuality is not a perversion.” He was fined 5,000 rubles (about $170).
The Russian parliament is considering extending the measure nationwide, which gay activists say would make it even easier to ban their public demonstrations.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)



































