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March on Washington October 11th

2009-07-30T15:47:18Z

http://equalityacrossamerica.org/blog/?page_id=19

Our time table equality is more important that the go it slow approach of Obama and the Dems. It is good to see the the "voices of caution and reason" are being ignored. Now is the time to march.

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Marriage Talk

2009-06-13T19:34:40Z

A tribe for talking (and joking) about marriage.
Looking for new members:

http://tribes.tribe.net/65ca4bde-0272-47ba-9837-297a41b8d9dd?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B65ca4bde-0272-47ba-9837-297a41b8d9dd%5D

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Stephen Colbert Takes on Opponets of Marriage Equality

2009-04-17T19:39:27Z

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/4/17/721327/-The-Gathering-Storm

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A Deceptive Homophobic Cult is Here

2009-02-10T03:33:09Z

According to Falun Gong leader Master Li Hongzhi, homosexuality is the leading indicator of the depravity and regression of our society. In a poem, Li includes homosexuality as one of “the World’s Ten Evils” and he states: “homosexuality, licentious desires—dark heart, turning demonic.” [http://falundafa.org/book/eng/HongYinVB.htm#_Toc110877614] Li’s strongest words against gays come from a lecture in Switzerland. Homosexuality was one of the factors that led to the collapse of the Greek civilization, he said. Furthermore, “Homosexuals not only violate the standards that gods set for mankind, but also damage human society’s moral code. In particular, the impression it gives children will turn future societies into something demonic.” [http://www.falundafa.org/book/eng/switzerland1998.htm] Li describes a special kind of suffering for homosexuals. They will be made to undergo a particularly slow and painful annihilation: “That person is annihilated layer after layer at a rate that seems pretty rapid to us, but in fact it’s extremely slow in that time field. Over and over again, one is annihilated in an extremely painful way.” [http://www.falundafa.org/book/eng/switzerland1998.htm]

The Chinese government banned this group, a cult called by American cult experts, in 1999, since then these two authoritarian groups have been fighting each other. Since March 10, 2006, the Epoch Times run by the Falun Gong has accused the Chinese government of extracting organs from 6,000 live Falun Gong practitioners in an alleged concentration camp called Sujiatun run by the Liaoning Thrombus Medical Treatment Center. [http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-3-10/39083.html] But evidence shows that this charge is groundless.

On April 13, an official from the hospital in an interview stated that the hospital “lacks the required facilities to conduct organ transplants and has no basement to house the Falun Gong practitioners.”[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/home/2006-04/13/content_566554.htm] Further more this hospital--Liaoning Thrombus Medical Treatment Center--is not a state owned company but one partly owned by a Malaysian company called Country Heights Health Sanctuary.[http://crc.gov.my/clinicalTrial/documents/Proposal/TCM_Stroke%20TrialProtocol%20synopsis.pdf] And during an official visit to China the Minister of Health of Malaysia visited the hospital in September, 2004. This information shows that the hospital could not have been used to house and extract organs from practitioners.

On April 14, 2006, US State Department released a statement [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/64589.htm] that "found no evidence that the site is being used for any function other than as a normal public hospital".

The posting Urgent!!! Please help by a Falun Gong practitioner here is aiming to smear its opponent and generate sympathy and support. Let’s not be used by this homophobic cult.

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Are you registered to vote? Does your state have early voting like NC does? Read more here...

2008-09-28T00:21:31Z

at my blog, 2sides2ron:

http://ronhudson.blogspot.com/2008/09/voter-registration-verification-and.html

As a fair-play disclosure, this tool works for people voting for any candidate, but please note that I do support Barack Obama. Either way, I hope you will check your voter registration and that you will investigate early voting options in your state.

Safe Journeys!

Ron Hudson

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The Final Edition of the ICP

2008-06-11T15:03:16Z

Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities:

It is with both joy and sadness that I am writing to announce the final edition of the ICP. After you receive this notice, I will delete the mailing list for the ICP from my files and you will no longer receive announcements about the project. I was placed on a new drug regimen about 2 months ago and have experienced a serious side effect to the new meds. I am no longer able to continue to maintain the project as a result.

Please know that it has been a joy to bring you the ICP for the past 2 years and that I wish I could continue the project into the future. However, my focus has to be on my own healing now. For those of you who have contributed or hosted the ICP, my heartfelt gratitude can hardly be expressed. For those who blog about HIV/AIDS and who fight to end the stigma of this disease, I urge you to continue your work. We are all in the fight of our lives.

Many, many thanks to Sokari at Blacklooks for hosting the final edition of the ICP at the following link:

http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/06/international_carnival_of_positives_-_final_edition.html

Please visit, read and leave your feedback for the host and the contributors in this, the last edition of the ICP.

I wish you all peace and health.

Much love.

Ron Hudson

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ICP 2.9 now available at Creampuff Revolution

2008-03-09T17:42:39Z

Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP):

It is a tremendous pleasure to announce the publication of edition 2.9 of the ICP at the following link:

http://rosemaryrowe.typepad.com/creampuff_revolution/2008/03/creampuff-welco.html

Creampuff, a.k.a., Roro, who hails from Vancouver, is our first repeat host from Canada. I encourage you to bookmark this edition and visit it over time so that you can enjoy each of the contributions from the world of HIV/AIDS. I hope that you will also join me in thanking Roro for her work this month. We “met” about 2 years ago during the NHL Hockey Championship between Edmonton and the Carolina Hurricanes and have been fast friends since despite some rather competitive invocation of mojo to make our teams win the Stanley Cup. Roro’s sense of compassion combined with her sense of humor makes me quite happy to count her among my friends.

This 21st consecutive edition of the ICP features personal accounts, video, a special musical contribution from UK band Slovo, self-help information and the latest in news from the HIV/AIDS community. I hope that you will spend some time reading and that you will leave comments for the contributors. It is through your comments that we can hone our messages and learn how you feel about our work. Please feel free to leave your thoughts with each of the contributors and for our gracious host.

Next Edition

Please visit the ICP homepage to learn more about this project and how you can contribute here:

http://www.internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com .

We are now accepting submissions for edition 2.10 to be hosted here, at Mshairi:

http://www.mshairi.com/blog

This will be Mshairi’s first stint as host of the ICP although she has been a frequent contributor in the past. Mshairi’s edition will mark the first time that the ICP will have been hosted by an African host. If you like poetry, you should scroll through her blog. A selection of her poetry also appears at one of my favorite sites, The Other Voices Poetry International Project, an anthology of poetry from around the world that has been recognized by UNESCO, here:

http://www.othervoicespoetry.org

Mshairi's work appears under the title “Footprints” here:

http://othervoicespoetry.org/vol27/mshairi/index.html .

Contribute Your Work

Please join the growing community of contributors and hosts for this important international forum for genuine voices of AIDS. If you are interested in hosting the ICP, please email me at ron.hudson@verizon.net with the subject listed as “Volunteering to Host the ICP” and I will make the process for you as fun and rewarding as possible. We urgently need new volunteer hosts for the ICP editions after April, 2008. I will work with you to make the process as painless as it can be whether you are a first-time or returning host.

Please Share with Your Friends

Please share this notice with your friends and consider posting announcements of our link on your blogs and websites. Our continuing presence is bolstered by your participation and outreach. Please help spread the word.

To be Removed From or Added To the ICP mailing list:

Please email me at ron.hudson@verizon.net to be added to or removed from the ICP mailing list. Please include the word subscribe or unsubscribe in your subject line to indicate your intent. I will use your source email address as indicated in your note. If you did not receive notice of the ICP from me via direct email, then I do not have your email address in the mailing list. Please note that I can not remove an email address that does not exist on the mailing list. Your privacy is absolutely critical and no email addresses will be shared, sold or given to any other source. I use blind-copy distribution technology to prevent your identity from being revealed.

Peace to you and yours.

Safe Journeys!

Ron Hudson

2sides2ron http://www.ronhudson.blogspot.com
Poundcake Love http://www.poundcakelove.blogspot.com
The International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP)
http://www.internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com

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ICP 2.8 now available

2008-02-09T18:20:28Z

Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP):

It is a tremendous pleasure to announce the publication of edition 2.8 of the ICP at

http://notperfectatall.blogspot.com/2008/02/icp-28.html

Dragonette is our first European host, working from The Netherlands I encourage you to bookmark this edition and visit it over time so that you can enjoy each of the contributions from the world of HIV/AIDS. I hope that you will also join me in thanking Dragonette for her work this month.

This 20th consecutive edition of the ICP features personal accounts, video, music, self-help information and the latest in news from the HIV/AIDS community. Among these posts, you will find news about HIV/AIDS from around the world, posts from long-term survivors, an Annie Lennox HIV-prevention video, news and personal accounts from Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. I hope that you will spend some time reading and that you will leave comments for the contributors.

Next Edition

Please visit the ICP homepage to learn more about this project and how you can contribute at the following link:

http://internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com

We are now accepting submissions for edition 2.9 to be hosted at Creampuff Revolution, located here:

http://rosemaryrowe.typepad.com/creampuff_revolution/

This will be Roro’s second stint as host of the ICP. Her writing style is beautiful, funny, clever and guaranteed to make your ICP experience a good one. Please consider contributing your original artwork, poetry, news, personal accounts, short stories, videos or music files for the next edition.

Contribute Your Work

Please join the growing community of contributors and hosts for this important international forum for genuine voices of AIDS. If you are interested in hosting the ICP, please send an email to ron.hudson@verizon.net and I will make the process for you as painless as possible. We urgently need new volunteer hosts for the ICP editions after March, 2008. If any of you have previously hosted or if you are first-time host, I will work with you to make the process as fun as it can be. It would be especially cool to have a volunteer host for the April edition.

Please Share with Your Friends

Please share this notice with your friends and consider posting announcements of our link on your blogs and websites. Our continuing presence is bolstered by your participation and outreach. Please help spread the word.

To be Removed From or Added To the ICP mailing list:

Please send an email to ron.hudson@verizon.net with the word REMOVE or SUBSCRIBE in your subject line to have your name removed from or added to, respectively, the ICP mailing list. If you did not receive notice of the ICP from me via direct email, then I do not have your email address in the mailing list. Please note that I can not remove an email address that does not exist on the mailing list. Your privacy is absolutely critical and no email addresses will be shared, sold or given to any other source. I use blind-copy distribution technology to prevent your identity from being revealed.

Peace to you and yours.

Ron Hudson

http://www.ronhudson.blogspot.com 2sides2ron
http://www.poundcakelove.blogspot.com Poundcake Love
http://www.internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com
The International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP)

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Edition 2.7 of the International Carnival of Pozitivities Available

2008-01-12T15:51:45Z

Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP):

It is a tremendous pleasure to announce the publication of edition 2.7 of the ICP at

http://www.thespincycle.blogspot.com/2008/01/as-positive-as-you-wanna-be-icp-27.html

Matty the Damned at The Spin Cycle

(http://www.thespincycle.blogspot.com)

has graciously served as our host for this month...from Australia. Bless his heart, Matty has a way with words. I have to include a STRONG LANGUAGE WARNING for you to consider, but what is a little language when you are dealing with a terminal illness? I hope that you will read this article and overlook any part that might offend you to see through to the good in the messages that we share to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.

This 19th consecutive edition of the ICP features personal accounts, video, self-help information and the latest in news from the HIV/AIDS community. I hope that you will spend some time reading and that you will leave comments for the contributors.

Next Edition

Please visit the ICP homepage to learn more about this project and how you can contribute at the following link:

http://internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com

We are now accepting submissions for edition 2.8 to be hosted at NotPerfectAtAll, located here:

http://notperfectatall.blogspot.com/

Please consider contributing your original artwork, poetry, news, personal accounts, short stories, videos or music files for the next edition.

Please Share with Your Friends

Please share this notice with your friends and consider posting announcements of our link on your blogs and websites. Our continuing presence is bolstered by your participation and outreach. Please help spread the word.

Contribute Your Work

Please join the growing community of contributors and hosts for this important international forum for genuine voices of AIDS. If you are interested in hosting the ICP, please send an email to ron.hudson@verizon.net and I will make the process as painless as possible. We have hosts inline through March, 2008, but if you would like to host in April, 2008, or beyond, please let me know. I hope that you will consider signing up to host a specific edition of the ICP.

To be Removed From or Added To the ICP mailing list:

Please send an email to ron.hudson@verizon.net with the word REMOVE or SUBSCRIBE in your subject line to have your name removed from or added to, respectively, the ICP mailing list. If you did not receive notice of the ICP from me via direct email, then I do not have your email address in the mailing list. Please note that I can not remove an email address that does not exist on the mailing list. Your privacy is absolutely critical and no email addresses will be shared, sold or given to any other source. I use blind-copy distribution technology to prevent your identity from being revealed.

Peace to you and yours.

Ron Hudson

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The Ron Paul “Revolution”, an Extreme Rightwing Threat

2008-01-10T00:23:38Z

The Ron Paul “Revolution”, an Extreme Rightwing Threat

By STEVEN ARGUE

For the most part the Iowa caucuses were business as usual for the Democrat and Republican Parties. Among the Democrats, “Anti-war” and “pro-single payer health care” Democrat Dennis Kucinich put his support behind pro-war anti--single payer health care, Barrack Obama. Yet on the far right, anti-war Libertarian and Republican Ron Paul gained a stunning 10% of the vote.

Seeing the failure of the Democrats to deliver a candidate worth supporting; some left leaning individuals have been suggesting support to Ron Paul. One is anti-war Vietnam veteran Stan Goff, who suggested in his January 4, 2008 article ”Monkey Wrenching the System, Ron Paul’s Revolution” that people vote in the primaries for Ron Paul, switching party registration right away if they live in a state where such a move is necessary to vote in the Republican primaries.

At the root of the Ron Paul "revolution" is the dismantling of Social Security and the Department of Education as well as other basic social programs, and the elimination of worker and environmental protections. Advances like single payer health care? No way. Ron Paul's message is that you need to take care of yourself, and that there shouldn't be such government programs, nor such interference with private profit. While he puts forward reasons for not supporting going to war abroad, his domestic policies would ignite civil war at home.

In addition to pretending he's against all government, he's for outlawing abortion and supports the continued ban on same-sex marriage. He was one of the original co-sponsors of the "Marriage Protection Act".

He's also a religious extremist who thinks that creationism should be taught in the schools.

On race, Ron Paul was one of 33 Congress members to vote against the renewal of the Voting Rights Act, an act that was first passed to give Blacks in the south the right to vote. On a similar note, he says the Civil Rights Act violates the Constitution and impedes on individual liberties. Speaking of Blacks in Washington DC he states in campaign literature, "95 percent of African Americans in are semi-criminal or entirely criminal".

No wonder the American Nazi Party has close relations with him (see letter from Nazi Commander Bill White below). In addition, Ron Paul has the support of other white supremacists such as David Duke, and has knowingly taken donations from former KKK Grand Wizard Don Black.

Hell would freeze over before I'd support Ron Paul. And being an atheist; that will be a long time.

There are plenty of candidates to the left of the Democrats worth considering supporting who oppose the war, would preserve public education and Social Security, who would provide single payer or socialized medicine, and who aren’t raving racist, homophobic, and sexist “Libertarian” fanatics. Why not look at them rather than someone from the loony right?

I discuss some of the campaigns that may be worth supporting in the following article:

The Case for Socialized Medicine in the United States,
And the Struggle to Achieve It
By STEVEN ARGUE
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/02/18469739.php

Or here is a different version of the same article:
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/01/93820.html

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American Nazi Party Chief says Ron Paul is one of us

Bill White, commander of the American National Socialist Worker’s Party, aka The American Nazi Party, wrote the following on the Nazi Vanguard News Network:

Comrades:

I have kept quiet about the Ron Paul campaign for a while, because I didn’t see any need to say anything that would cause any trouble. However, reading the latest release from his campaign spokesman, I am compelled to tell the truth about Ron Paul’s extensive involvement in white nationalism.

Both Congressman Paul and his aides regularly meet with members of the Stormfront set, American Renaissance, the Institute for Historic Review, and others at the Tara Thai restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, usually on Wednesdays. This is part of a dinner that was originally organized by Pat Buchanan, Sam Francis and Joe Sobran, and has since been mostly taken over by the Council of Conservative Citizens.

I have attended these dinners, seen Paul and his aides there, and been invited to his offices in Washington to discuss policy.

For his spokesman to call white racialism a “small ideology” and claim white activists are “wasting their money” trying to influence Paul is ridiculous. Paul is a white nationalist of the Stormfront type who has always kept his racial views and his views about world Judaism quiet because of his political position.

I don’t know that it is necessarily good for Paul to “expose” this. However, he really is someone with extensive ties to white nationalism and for him to deny that in the belief he will be more respectable by denying it is outrageous — and I hate seeing people in the press who denounce racialism merely because they think it is not fashionable.

Bill White, Commander
American National Socialist Workers Party

*********
Poor Bill White. He’s having trouble with his brand of racism, anti-Semitism, mass extermination, and genocide not being "in fashion". But hey, you've got to thank the knuckleheaded Nazi for confirming our suspicions on Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan! -Steven Argue

Liberation News
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/liberation_news

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Announcing Edition 2.6 of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP)

2007-12-03T21:33:12Z

Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP):

It is a tremendous pleasure to announce the publication of edition 2.6 of the ICP at

http://www.dropdeadhappy.com/dropdeadhappy/ICP26.html

Mark Kokocki is our third host from Canada and our second from the Vancouver area after Roro at Creampuff Revolution. I encourage you to bookmark this edition and visit it over time so that you can enjoy each of the contributions from the world of HIV/AIDS. I hope that you will also join me in thanking Mark for his work this month and Giles of Slimconomy and Roro of Creampuff Revolution for the previous Canadian editions.

This 18th consecutive edition of the ICP features personal accounts, video, music, self-help information and the latest in news from the HIV/AIDS community. Among these posts,you will find news about HIV/AIDS in women and children, a good sampling of posts from long-term survivors, a Bollywood-like HIV prevention video from India, news and personal accounts from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America, I hope that you will spend some time reading and that you will leave comments for the contributors.

Next Edition

Please visit the ICP homepage to learn more about this project and how you can contribute at the following link:

http://internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com

We are now accepting submissions for edition 2.7 to be hosted at The Spin Cycle, located here:

http://thespincycle.blogspot.com

This new edition marks the first time that the ICP will have been hosted outside of North America as we go to Australia for host Matty the Damned and the Spin Cycle team. It is notable that Matty and the Spin Cycle contributed the first post to the ICP’s first edition in June of 2006. Please consider contributing your original artwork, poetry, news, personal accounts, short stories, videos or music files for the next edition.

Please Share with Your Friends

Please share this notice with your friends and consider posting announcements of our link on your blogs and websites. Our continuing presence is bolstered by your participation and outreach. Please help spread the word.

Contribute Your Work

Please join the growing community of contributors and hosts for this important international forum for genuine voices of AIDS. If you are interested in hosting the ICP, please send an email to ron.hudson@verizon.net and I will make the process for you as painless as possible. We have hosts inline through February, 2008, but if you would like to host in March, 2008, or beyond, please let me know. I hope that you will consider signing up to host a specific edition of the ICP.

To be Removed From or Added To the ICP mailing list:

Please send an email to ron.hudson@verizon.net with the word REMOVE or SUBSCRIBE in your subject line to have your name removed from or added to, respectively, the ICP mailing list. If you did not receive notice of the ICP from me via direct email, then I do not have your email address in the mailing list. Please note that I can not remove an email address that does not exist on the mailing list. Your privacy is absolutely critical and no email addresses will be shared, sold or given to any other source. I use blind-copy distribution technology to prevent your identity from being revealed.

Peace to you and yours.

Ron Hudson

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ICP 17 is now Available. I hope you are finding it helpful and interesting.

2007-11-12T03:05:49Z

Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP):

The 17th consecutive edition of the ICP is now available at the following link:

http://slimconomy.blogspot.com/2007/11/w-elcome-to-november-10-2007-edition-of.html

This edition is the second to have been hosted by a Canadian blogger and the second to be hosted internationally. Please join me in thanking Giles at Slimconomy for his participation as our host this month. As usual, this edition features personal accounts, video, self-help information and the latest in news from the HIV/AIDS community. I hope that you will spend some time reading and that you will leave comments for the contributors.

Next Edition

Please visit the ICP homepage at the following link to learn more about this project and how you can contribute:

http://internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com/

We are now accepting submissions for edition 18 to be hosted at Drop Dead Happy, located here:

http://www.dropdeadhappy.com

Please consider contributing your original artwork, poetry, news, personal accounts, short stories, videos or music files for the next edition.

Please Share with Your Friends

Please share this notice with your friends and consider posting announcements of our link on your blogs and websites. Our continuing presence is bolstered by your participation and outreach. Please help spread the word.

Contribute Your Work

I hope that you will join the growing community of contributors and hosts for this important international forum for genuine voices of AIDS. If you are interested in hosting the ICP, please send me a message and I will make the process for you as painless as possible. Return hosts are welcome! We have hosts in line through December, 2007, but need to start recruiting new hosts for next year right now!! I hope that you will consider signing up to host a specific edition of the ICP.

To be Removed From or Added To the ICP mailing list:

Please send me a message with the word REMOVE or SUBSCRIBE in your subject line to have your name removed from or added to, respectively, the ICP mailing list. If you did not receive notice of the ICP from me via direct email, then I do not have your email address in the mailing list. Please note that I can not remove an email address that does not exist on the mailing list.

Peace to you and yours.

Ron Hudson

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ICP 16 is now available

2007-10-10T17:28:48Z

Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP):

The 16th edition of the ICP is now available at:

http://ogresview.mu.nu/archives/243135.php.

This edition represents an attempt to reach out to a conservative political community about HIV/AIDS. It is my hope that our messages might encourage those who normally do not come in contact with the issues of HIV/AIDS to think about how to help us fight the pandemic. We have poetry, video, personal accounts and news from around the world.

Next Edition

Please visit the ICP homepage to learn more about this project and how you can contribute at the following link:

http://internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com/

We are now accepting submissions for edition 17 to be hosted at Slimconomy at the link:

http://slimconomy.blogspot.com

Please consider contributing your original artwork, poetry, news, personal accounts, short stories, videos or music files for the next edition.

Please Share with Your Friends

As usual, I would like to ask you to post a permanent link to the ICP homepage (you can get a widget there as well) on your blogs or websites and to share the word of this edition with your readers and friends. The more people who know about the ICP, the more likely it will be that we will continue to receive excellent contributions. In fact, feel free to nominate your own HIV/AIDS related contributions from your favorite blogs or websites. The most powerful stories are those of personal nature, so I would encourage you to seek out or write personal accounts and to share them with the ICP. There are many more of you than of me, so join me in the search for quality blogs that share personal stories about HIV/AIDS from around the world. We have hardly begun to tap into the situation in Asia, so blogs from that region of the world are particularly welcome.

Contribute Your Work

I hope that you will join the growing community of contributors and hosts for this important international forum for genuine voices of AIDS. If you are interested in hosting the ICP, please email me at ron.hudson@verizon.net and I will make the process for you as painless as possible. Return hosts are welcome! We have hosts in line through December, 2007, but need to start recruiting new hosts for next year. I hope that you will consider signing up to host a specific edition of the ICP.

To be Removed From or Added To the ICP mailing list:

Please email me with the word REMOVE or SUBSCRIBE in your subject line to have your name removed from or added to, respectively, the ICP mailing list. If you did not receive notice of the ICP from me via direct email, then I do not have your email address in the mailing list. Please note that I can not remove an email address that does not exist on the mailing list!!!!!

Peace to you and yours.

Ron Hudson

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ICP 15 is now available at Living Mindfully with HIV

2007-09-10T20:25:13Z

Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP):

The 15th edition of the ICP is now available at the following link:

http://hivhsnmindfulness.blogspot.com:80/2007/08/15th-edition-of-international-carnival.html

on the blog Living Mindfully with HIV. This edition includes a return of artwork from Colombian artist Farid de la Ossa, a video from Angelique Kidjo and Joss Stone for relief for Darfur, a special gift offer from me for your contribution to an AIDS Charity of your choice, HIV/AIDS news from around the world, more addiction recovery help, a very special introduction to "Big Love" or "Arohanui", and much more. Please take a few moments to read and leave comments, particularly for your host, James Wortz, who has done yet another great job despite a bout of bad health in the last few days.

Next Edition

Please visit the ICP homepage ( http://internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com ) to learn more about this project and how you can contribute. We are now accepting submissions for edition 16 to be hosted at Ogre's Politics and Views ( http://www.ogresview.mu.nu ). Please consider contributing your original artwork, poetry, news, personal accounts, short stories, videos or music files for the next edition. This next edition is very special. I have approached the host, Mr. Ogre, to participate as an outreach to a conservative political community that normally may not hear from people living with HIV/AIDS. Please consider this an opportunity to share your stories with a group of people who may not normally think of HIV/AIDS as often as we do and how you might make your case for teamwork with people who may not necessarily agree with you.

Please Share with Your Friends

As usual, I would like to ask you to post a permanent link to the ICP homepage (you can get a widget there as well) on your blogs or websites and to share the word of this edition with your readers and friends. The more people who know about the ICP, the more likely it will be that we will continue to receive excellent contributions. In fact, feel free to nominate your own HIV/AIDS related contributions from your favorite blogs or websites. The most powerful stories are those of personal nature, so I would encourage you to seek out or write personal accounts and to share them with the ICP. There are many more of you than of me, so join me in the search for quality blogs that share personal stories about HIV/AIDS from around the world. We have hardly begun to tap into the situation in Asia, so blogs from that region of the world are particularly welcome.

Contribute Your Work

I hope that you will join the growing community of contributors and hosts for this important international forum for genuine voices of AIDS. If you are interested in hosting the ICP, please email me and I will make the process for you as painless as possible. Return hosts are welcome!

To be Removed From or Added To the ICP mailing list:

Please send me an email (ron.hudson@verizon.net) with the word REMOVE or SUBSCRIBE in your subject line to have your name removed or added to the ICP mailing list.

Peace to you and yours.

Ron Hudson

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ICP 14 is now available--Please share this news with your friends

2007-08-10T15:50:27Z

Dear Friends of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP):

The 14th edition of the ICP is now available at the blog Straight, Not Narrow at the following link:

http://straightnotnarrow.blogspot.com/2004/08/welcome-to-14th-edition-of.html

This edition includes original artwork from HIV+ Colombian artist Farid de la Ossa, an original Spanish-language poem with translation by Mexican poet Jeannette Clariond, a video blog from the American comic ANT at his ANT Colony and a spoken-word video from my friend and 1 Giant Leap collaborator Rich Ferguson of Los Angeles, CA. Other posts address recognizing alcoholism within the HIV/AIDS community, as well as other thought-provoking articles about living with HIV/AIDS. We have a number of returning contributors as well as new participants. Please take a few minutes to visit and bookmark this edition so that you can enjoy it at your leisure over the next month.

Please visit the ICP homepage to learn more about this project and how you can contribute at the following link:

http://internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com/

We are now accepting submissions for edition 15 to be hosted at the blog Living Mindfully with HIV. Please consider contributing your original artwork, poetry, news, personal accounts, short stories, and video or music files for the next edition. The more of you who actively submit your articles, the more I will be able to identify and solicit new participants for this project.

I hope that you will join the growing community of contributors and hosts for this important international forum for genuine voices of AIDS and allies. Please note that we are still seeking hosts for our November, 2007, edition and for all editions beyond December, 2007. If you are interested in hosting the ICP, please email me at ron(dot)hudson(at)verizon(dot)net and I will make the process for you as painless as possible. Return hosts are welcome!

If you have a blog, please feel free to post a notice about the availability of this edition. Also, please share this note with your friends. We need to involve as many people as possible. I really appreciate all of the links that you have added for the ICP in your blog sidebars and would encourage any of you who have not yet done so to consider adding a permanent link to the ICP to your blog.

TO BE ADDED OR REMOVED FROM THE ICP MAILING LIST

If you would like to be added to or removed from the ICP mailing list, please email me with either the word REMOVE or SUBSCRIBE in the subject line of the email and I will ensure that your desires are followed. This email list is confidential and will not be shared with anyone. All correspondence is handled using blind copy so that your identity will be protected.

Peace to you and yours.

Ron Hudson

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The International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP)

2007-07-30T16:10:02Z

Hi everyone.

As a gay blogger and a 22 year survivor of HIV/AIDS, I started a blog carnival for people living with HIV/AIDS and their allies. The homepage of the International Carnival of Pozitivities (ICP) can be found at:

www.internationalcarnivalofpozitivities.blogspot.com

This is a forum to share artwork, music, video, poetry, short stories and personal accounts about living with HIV/AIDS, the struggle to end the stigma of HIV/AIDS and how allies help the HIV/AIDS community.

Please check out the homepage at the link above and you will find links for the first 13 editions. Our next edition will be posted by 10 August at Straight, Not Narrow at:

www.straightnotnarrow.blogspot.com

We accept pertinent submissions for each edition until the 2nd of each month at midnight New York time and publish each month by the 10th at midnight.

Please have a look. If you like what you see, please share the link with your friends.

Peace to one and all.

Safe Journeys!

Ron Hudson

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Surgeon General & the Pentagon's Gay Bomb

2007-06-28T03:57:45Z

Here's a petition to Congress to stop this a-hole from getting nominated.
www.StopHolsinger.com

Speaking of anti-views, here the latest news from the Pentagon. To paraphrase, 'Let's turn everyone gay at the drop of a hat. Everyone knows that gay men love to have sex in the midst of missiles flying over them'

No, this is NOT from the ONION. It's real proof that the American military will never be able to get rid of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' b/c they're F***ing Ignorant A-holes...

http://tinyurl.com/2rxyrp

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Lesbians sentenced for self-defense. FREE THEM NOW!

2007-06-23T02:34:57Z

FREE THEM NOW!
Lesbians sentenced for self-defense
All-white jury convicts Black women

By Imani Henry
New York

Published Jun 21, 2007 2:58 AM
On June 14, four African-American women—Venice Brown (19), Terrain Dandridge (20), Patreese Johnson (20) and Renata Hill (24)—received sentences ranging from three-and-a-half to 11 years in prison. None of them had previous criminal records. Two of them are parents of small children.

Their crime? Defending themselves from a physical attack by a man who held them down and choked them, ripped hair from their scalps, spat on them, and threatened to sexually assault them—all because they are lesbians.

The mere fact that any victim of a bigoted attack would be arrested, jailed and then convicted for self-defense is an outrage. But the length of prison time given further demonstrates the highly political nature of this case and just how racist, misogynistic, anti-gay, anti-youth and anti-worker the so-called U.S. justice system truly is.

The description of the events, reported below, is based on written statements by a community organization (FIERCE) that has made a call to action to defend the four women, verbal accounts from court observers and evidence from a surveillance camera.

The attack

On Aug. 16, 2006, seven young, African-American, lesbian-identified friends were walking in the West Village. The Village is a historic center for lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) communities, and is seen as a safe haven for working-class LGBT youth, especially youth of color.

As they passed the Independent Film Cinema, 29-year-old Dwayne Buckle, an African-American vendor selling DVDs, sexually propositioned one of the women. They rebuffed his advances and kept walking.

“I’ll f— you straight, sweetheart!” Buckle shouted. A video camera from a nearby store shows the women walking away. He followed them, all the while hurling anti-lesbian slurs, grabbing his genitals and making explicitly obscene remarks. The women finally stopped and confronted him. A heated argument ensued. Buckle spat in the face of one of the women and threw his lit cigarette at them, escalating the verbal attack into a physical one.

Buckle is seen on the video grabbing and pulling out large patches of hair from one of the young women. When Buckle ended up on top of one of the women, choking her, Johnson pulled a small steak knife out of her purse. She aimed for his arm to stop him from killing her friend.

The video captures two men finally running over to help the women and beating Buckle. At some point he was stabbed in the abdomen. The women were already walking away across the street by the time the police arrived.

Buckle was hospitalized for five days after surgery for a lacerated liver and stomach. When asked at the hospital, he responded at least twice that men had attacked him.

There was no evidence that Johnson’s kitchen knife was the weapon that penetrated his abdomen, nor was there any blood visible on it. In fact, there was never any forensics testing done on her knife. On the night they were arrested, the police told the women that there would be a search by the New York Police Department for the two men—which to date has not happened.

After almost a year of trial, four of the seven were convicted in April. Johnson was sentenced to 11 years on June 14.

Even with Buckle’s admission and the video footage proving that he instigated this anti-gay attack, the women were relentlessly demonized in the press, had trumped-up felony charges levied against them, and were subsequently given long sentences in order to send a clear resounding message—that self-defense is a crime and no one should dare to fight back.

Political backdrop of the case

Why were these young women used as an example? At stake are the billions of dollars in tourism and real estate development involved in the continued gentrification of the West Village. This particular incident happened near the Washington Square area—home of New York University, one of most expensive private colleges in the country and one of the biggest employers and landlords in New York City. The New York Times reported that Justice Edward J. McLaughlin used his sentencing speech to comment on “how New York welcomes tourists.” (June 17)

The Village is also the home of the Stonewall Rebellion, the three-day street battle against the NYPD that, along with the Compton Cafeteria “Riots” in California, helped launch the modern-day LGBT liberation movement in 1969. The Manhattan LGBT Pride march, one of the biggest demonstrations of LGBT peoples in the world, ends near the Christopher Street Piers in the Village, which have been the historical “hangout” and home for working-class trans and LGBT youth in New York City for decades.

Because of growing gentrification in recent years, young people of color, homeless and transgender communities, LGBT and straight, have faced curfews and brutality by police sanctioned by the West Village community board and politicians. On Oct. 31, 2006, police officers from the NYPD’s 6th Precinct indiscriminately beat and arrested several people of color in sweeps on Christopher Street after the Halloween parade.

Since the 1980s there has been a steady increase in anti-LGBT violence in the area, with bashers going there with that purpose in mind.

For trans people and LGBT youth of color, who statistically experience higher amounts of bigoted violence, the impact of the gentrification has been severe. As their once-safe haven is encroached on by real estate developers, the new white and majority heterosexual residents of the West Village then call in the state to brutalize them.

For the last six years the political LGBT youth group FIERCE has been at the forefront of mobilizing young people “to counter the displacement and criminalization of LGBTSTQ [lesbian, gay, bi, two spirit, trans, and queer] youth of color and homeless youth at the Christopher Street Pier and in Manhattan’s West Village.” (www.fiercenyc.org) FIERCE has also been the lead organization supporting the Jersey Seven and their families.

The trial and the media

Deemed a so-called “hate crime” against a straight man, every possible racist, anti-woman, anti-LGBT and anti-youth tactic was used by the entire state apparatus and media. Everything from the fact that they lived outside of New York, in the working-class majority Black city of Newark, N.J., to their gender expressions and body structures were twisted and dehumanized in the public eye and to the jury.

According to court observers, McLaughlin stated throughout the trial that he had no sympathy for these women. The jury, although they were all women, were all white. All witnesses for the district attorney were white men, except for one Black male who had several felony charges.

Court observers report that the defense attorneys had to put enormous effort into simply convincing the jury that they were “average women” who had planned to just hang out together that night. Some jurists asked why they were in the Village if they were from New Jersey. The DA brought up whether they could afford to hang out there—raising the issue of who has the right to be there in the first place.

The Daily News reporting was relentless in its racist anti-lesbian misogyny, portraying Buckle as a “filmmaker” and “sound engineer” preyed upon by a “lesbian wolf pack” (April 19) and a “gang of angry lesbians.” (April 13)

Everyone has been socialized by cultural archetypes of what it means to be a “man” or “masculine” and “woman” or “feminine.” Gender identity/expression is the way each indivdual chooses or not to express gender in their everyday lives, including how they dress, walk, talk, etc. Transgender people and other gender non-conforming people face oppression based on their gender expression/identity.

The only pictures shown in the Daily News were of the more masculine-appearing women. One of the most despiciable headlines in the Daily News, “‘I’m a man!’ lesbian growled during fight,” (April 13) was targeted against Renata Hill, who was taunted by Buckle because of her masculinity.

Ironically, Johnson, who was singled out by the judge as the “ringleader,” is the more feminine of the four. According to the New York Times, in his sentencing remarks, “Justice McLaughlin scoffed at the assertion made by ... Johnson, that she carried a knife because she was just 4-foot-11 and 95 pounds, worked nights and lived in a dangerous neighborhood.” He quoted the nursery rhyme, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” (June 15)

All of the seven women knew and went to school with Sakia Gunn, a 19-year-old butch lesbian who was stabbed to death in Newark, N.J., in May 2003. Paralleling the present case, Gunn was out with three of her friends when a man made sexual advances to one of the women. When she replied that she was a lesbian and not interested, he attacked them. Gunn fought back and was stabbed to death.

“You can’t help but wonder that if Sakia Gunn had a weapon, would she be in jail right now?” Bran Fenner, a founding member and co-executive director of FIERCE, told Workers World. “If we don’t have the right to self-defense, how are we supposed to survive?”

National call to action

While racist killer cops continue to go without indictment and anti-immigrant paramilitary groups like the Minutemen are on the rise in the U.S., The Jersey Four sit behind bars for simply defending themselves against a bigot who attacked them in the Village.

Capitalism at its very core is a racist, sexist, anti-LGBT system, sanctioning state violence through cops, courts and its so-called laws. The case of the Jersey Four gives more legal precedence for bigoted violence to go unchallenged. The ruling class saw this case as a political one; FIERCE and other groups believe the entire progressive movement should as well.

Fenner said, “We are organizing in the hope that this wakes up all oppressed people and sparks a huge, broad campaign to demand freedom for the Jersey Four.”

FIERCE is asking for assistance for these young women, including pro-bono legal support, media contacts and writers, pen pals, financial support, and diverse organizational support. For details, visit www.fiercenyc.org.

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NYC LGBT PRIDE EVENTS

2007-05-22T15:18:22Z

New York City’s Mayor’s Office and the Community Assistance Unity have denied Heritage of Pride a permit for the re-envisioned PRIDEfest, our annual street festival, however the other annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride events will proceed as planned.

Below is a list of events, including the date and times of each. Please visit our website, Hopinc.org, for more information.

THE RALLY
Bryant Park
42nd Street and 6th Avenue
Sunday, June 17th, 2007
2:00pm - 6:00pm

RAPTURE: A WOMEN’S DANCE
Pier 54 (13th Street @ the Hudson River)
In the Hudson River Park
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
6:00pm - 11:00pm

THE MARCH
5th Avenue and 52nd Street to Christopher Street and Greenwich Street
Sunday, June 24th, 2007
12:00pm - End
Moment of Silence: 2:00pm

DANCE 21: THE DANCE ON THE PIER
Pier 54 (13th Street @ the Hudson River)
In the Hudson River Park
Sunday, June 24th, 2007
4:00pm - 11:00pm

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A Blow to the Anti-Homosexual Agenda: Jerry Falwell is Dead

2007-05-18T14:56:44Z

He was one of the people who has done the most, over the last 30 years, to vilify and misrepresent queerfolk, and to propagate the notion that we, as a body, have an agenda to undermine civilization at large.

What a relief! Not that there aren't others waiting to step up, but he was particularly powerful and dangerous to our lives, our liberty, and our pursuit of happiness.

If you don't know who he was, you need to catch up on your Queer Studies homework.

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Lesbian book too disturbing?

2007-05-15T23:53:35Z

From today's Washington Post Express:

A Bentonville, Ark., man wants the city to pay his two sons $20,000 after they found a book on lesbian sex on the shelves of a city library. Earl Adams says since his 14- and 16-year-old sons found "The Whole Lesbian Sex Book" while looking for books on military academies, they have been "greatly disturbed" and that "this matter has caused many sleepless nights in our house." He wants the city to pay each boy $10,000 under Arkansas' obscenity laws and called for the library director to be fired. The book was removed from shelves earlier this month.

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Implications of the new ban on genetic discrimination?

2007-04-26T15:49:01Z

From today's Washington Post Express:

"House Passes Bill to Ban Genetic Discrimination
Genetic information no longer could be used to deny someone health insurance or job opportunities under legislation passed by the House on Wednesday. The measure makes it illegal for a health plan or insurer to deny coverage or charge higher premiums to a healthy person based solely on a genetic predisposition to a disease."

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS?

The paraphrase is a little sketchy. What form does genetic "information" take? Why does the second sentence of the article refer only to healthy people? Isn't having ill health from a genetically-caused disease evidence of the genetic predisposition? In fact, the symptoms of an inherited condition are typically the only genetic "information" people have.

Are there people who have a genetic inability to become infected by HIV? The stories have been around for years, but has it been verified? Because if so, the fact that other people have contracted HIV is just evidence of their predisposition to become infected, even if such predisposition exists in 99.9% of the population. Would this affect the preexisting condition clause in health insurance plans?

Can we say yet that homosexuality is genetically determined? If so, then no job opportunities can be denied on this basis.

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The Homophobic/Sexist Hip Hop Question.

2007-04-16T16:06:50Z

The Sexist Homophobic Hip Hop Question.

This is a small part of an interview I conducted with Out Black singer NHOJJ
www.nhojj.com
and Out Hip Hop artist BARON www.baron.com

It’s near the beginning of our conversation on Homophobia in the African American communities as in our society in general. The whole interview will broadcast on Monday the 16th on 99.5 fm WBAI and stream live on www.WBAI.ORG
The broadcast will be archived 24 hours later on the web site.
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Pedro: I saw a great documentary on PBS called “Beyond Beats and Rhymes.” And it’s a critique of Hip Hop by a straight Black man who loves Hip Hop but was concerned by the homophobia and sexism he finds in it. He was talking to people like Fifty Cent; really big name rappers and when he tried to he bring up the issue of homophobia… well, he tried. One of these men actually got up and walked out of the room. He could not talk about it. Busta Rhymes! Whom I think is great. I love his stuff. But he could not talk about it. He had to walk out of the room. What is that about? Enlighten me.

Nhojj: Well we were just reading a magazine and they had a list of suspect D.L. rappers and a lot of the guys you talk about and we hear; Busta Rhymes for one was on the list. And Baron has a really cool theory.

Baron: Well it’s a small theory but it’s not profitable. It’s not profitable to be an Out homosexual artist. So until we find a way that it’s profitable… Because that’s the base line of Hip Hop; they say it’s the music but it’s the money. So until there’s responsibility around it the conversation about D.L. will continue. Because of course there are homosexual Hip Hop artists, of course.

Pedro: I’m in the Punk Rock scene. And when the first smaller labels were bought up by major labels they were criticized for being sellouts. Bands that sighed were called sellouts. “This is not Punk Rock. Signing to a major record label is Not Punk Rock.” Meanwhile in Hip Hop when these small independent Hip Hop labels were being bought up by major record companies that’s when it stopped being conscious and positive and you started seeing Gang banging and excuse my language bitches and Hoes in thongs on the videos. And Jesse Jackson and all these major black leaders never once said “This is bad. We are losing our culture. This is our culture and it’s being bought up by corporations.”

Baron: But then yes this is our culture then this is our culture that’s projecting these images. You can blame the people that pay it but if you’re doing it you’re self, then you should blame yourself for it. If you’re doing it for the dollar…

Pedro: Yea, but what if you’re not going to get sighed? In the documentary “Beyond Beats and Rhymes” one young man did a rhyme that was brilliant and political and smart and positive. And when the man doing the documentary asked “Why don’t you do that? (Instead of Rapping about killing other Black men.) the guy said, “They don’t want to hear that shit.”

Baron: But who is that “they?”

Pedro: That are the record heads who run the record labels.

Baron: And “they” are the people who are buying it.

Nhojj: I think there are a lot of people who are buying it and I think there is a market for it. There catering to a market.

Pedro: I agree with that. Yes.

Nhojj: So I think some how you need to change what the ideal is. I think that’s what the ideal is; a strong, macho, what ever the words are. I get a lot of women, I get a lot of money. It’s an ideal in our society. And I think Hip Hop just is kind of a tool to create that fantasy. It’s a fantasy.

Pedro: I publish a zine called Boots and Roots. It’s a Punk Rock Zine. And the theme for the next issue was inspired by a friend of mine and its Family, Unity, Strength, Music and Never Being Alone Again. So those are our Punk Rock Values. We’re all in this together.
But I found myself thinking, “How am I going to write about strength for this zine?
So I looked up strength, I Googled Strength! And do you know what Tarot cards are? The Image of strength in the tarot is a lion and women or a lion and a child. That’s strength. It was one of the four cardinal virtues. And what did that mean by strength? They weren’t referring to physical strength. They were referring to spiritual strength: the thing inside you that keeps you going no matter what tries to stop you. And I thought, “That’s Punk Rock!”
So what is strength in the Hip Hop World? What does strength mean there?

Nhojj: I think there are almost two Hip Hop Worlds. There’s the older, kind of more grounded one that grew up with Hip Hop when it was under ground and I think for them strength was… Um…

Baron: Strength was in the expression. There wasn’t a voice of the inner city at that time when Hip Hop came into play. So it was like “Thank God I’ve got some where to express my political views, what’s happening to me socially … um…

Nhojj: Strength was in the expression; stating your truth.

Pedro: It’s like a jungle sometimes.
It makes me wonder,
how I keep,
from going under.”

(Laughter from every one.)

Pedro: That was strength!!! And it’s still a classic.

Nhojj: Then you have the other Hip Hop World which strength is how many women you can get, how many people you kill, how much time you spent in jail.

After this we move on to discuss issues of warriorhood, manhood, and men wanting to love each other regardless of weather we are Gay or Straight.

Part Three of this ongoing discussion will be broadcast on mondaythe 30th of April.
There will be a rebroadcast on Tuesday on 88.7 FM WRSU
www.nj.com/wrsu

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Church Hosts Conference on 'Ex-Gay' Therapy

2007-03-17T16:01:08Z

NPR broadcast an interesting article on an ex-gay conference ( http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7648730 ).

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Linda Simpson for President!

2007-03-10T18:04:27Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D-L7ec-Kfs

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N.J. Legislature Votes to Allow Same-Sex Unions

2007-02-28T01:05:03Z

Dec. 14 -- With a mandate from New Jersey's highest court to offer gay couples the same rights as heterosexuals, the state legislature voted Thursday to create civil unions but stopped short of using the word "marriage."

Gov. Jon S. Corzine (D) has said he will sign the bill into law, making New Jersey the third state, after Vermont and Connecticut, to offer civil unions, which extend to gay men and lesbians all the rights state law affords married people but give them a separate status.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/14/AR2006121400959.html

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Re: Falun Dafa

2007-02-26T05:21:59Z

Sorry, I haven't been on Tribe in a long time. I saw a reply to a post I had made a long time ago and wanted to clear up misconceptions.

I had posted about the Illegal organ harvesting of people who practice Falun Dafa. Since I last posted, alot has happened. There was an independent 2 month investigation by a former Canadian MP and human rights lawer which found alot of evidence about China's illegal organ harvesting. Since their report was released it has brought in alot of attention from the international community. You can read the recent news here: http://www.theepochtimes.com/211,111,,1.html

I know there was a document saying that Falun Dafa is a "Deceptive Homophobic Cult" I'd say that that statement is extremely intolerant and alot of the quotes were taken out of context in the first place. Just because our beliefs are different does not mean that we hate anyone or think less of anyone. In fact, among the three principles of Falun Gong, Tolerance is one of them (the other 2 being truthfulness and compassion). Being tolerant does not mean that we have to share the same beliefs, but rather that we are tolerant of the beliefs and lifestyles of others.

We could debate for days over subjects such as pre-marital sex, homosexuality, and sexual liberation and never come to any conclusion. I understand that you have your own beliefs and I would never hate anyone for that, nor would I ever say cruel words to someone who practices homosexuality. I would also deeply care if something like what is happening to us ever happened to people who practice homosexuality and I know that anyone who practices Falun Dafa would feel the same. It makes me sad that the feelings are not always mutual.

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U.S. Anglican leader met with boycott

2007-02-16T22:17:28Z

The AP is running an article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_re_af/anglican_conference;_ylt=AqblH1Jjqt7..XbZXGoM63.s0NUE) on the ostracism experienced by the U.S. Bishop over support for ordaining gays and blessing same-sex unions.

So, why should we care?

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World Premiere of Lou Harrison’s Opera "Young Caesar", Feb. 16 & 17

2007-02-06T06:08:17Z

Originally conceived as a puppet opera, Young Caesar explores the early life of Julius Caesar and his historical meeting, and subsequent love affair, with King Nicomedes of Bithynia. East meets West in this unique project inspired in large part by the composer’s years studying Chinese opera. Planned for February 2007 to coincide with what would be his 90th birthday, this is the definitive production of a work Harrison revised for over 20 years, and whose many final revisions were edited before his death in close collaboration with conductor Nicole Paiement. Don’t miss this landmark performance of a brilliant and important opera by one of the Bay Area’s most notable composers.

Ensemble Parallèle, under the baton and artistic direction of Nicole Paiement, presents the premiere of this opera to coincide with what would have been Harrison’s 90th birthday.

"Young Caesar had been transformed into a ravishingly beautiful masterpiece that encompassed many of Harrison’s interests – the Pacific Rim and its exotic colors, new theater, gay issues and the study of humanity. Harrison, one of the most authentic and uncompromising composers of this century was to die before hearing this final version," according to Paiement. "Fulfilling Harrison’s wishes Ensemble Parallèle and it wonderful team of artists is extremely excited to present to you the premiere of this final version. These performances are a major contribution to American Contemporary Opera and an important homage to a true musical visionary."

February 16 & 17, 2007 – 8pm*
* Also, April 3 at U.C. Santa Cruz

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theatre
700 Howard Street @ 3rd Street, San Francisco

$45 -- $60

For ticket information call YBC at 415.978.ARTS (2787).

www.ybca.org

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Thanksgiving denial

2006-12-21T16:35:55Z

Of course I spent Thursday and Friday with my family from New England. My lifepartner/ex was there on Thursday, and I scheduled new blinds to be installed Friday to minimize the time I’d need to be alone with the Repugs. Still it was exasperating. Aside from our own family dysfunction, they’re now asking, “Is W really a Republican or is he just ‘there’ ?” So, they’re not converts to the Democratic Agenda, and they still don’t get that the not-so-bad libertarian Republicans ally themselves with the not-so-Christian "Christian" rightwing hatemongers. Ugh. I will savor the next 360 days till we have to do it again.

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Today in History

2006-12-15T10:05:43Z

December 15, 1973 - In Washington, DC the American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its official list of mental disorders, following three years of lobbing from gay liberation movement.

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Light the Candle for World AIDS Day

2006-12-06T22:29:51Z

In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1st, Bristol-Myers Squibb is donating a dollar to AIDS research every time someone goes to their website and moves the match to the candle and lights it.

https://www.lighttounite.org

~ Peace

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Is my/the agenda overflowing?

2006-11-16T22:27:51Z

Homo in print catches the attention,hetero ,who cares,unless it's a President and even than,is there a hetero-sexual agenda?

With all this positive/negative/closet stuff/ coming out,is it any wonder why people in
general get tired of the sexual agenda?
Or will we ever?And why not?

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Mexico City OKs gay civil unions

2006-11-14T14:23:33Z

Mexico City OKs gay civil unions, a Mexican first
Mexico City lawmakers have approved gay civil unions and the mayor is expected to sign the measure, the Associated Press just reported. That would be a first in predominantly conservative Mexico, which has the world's second largest Catholic population.

The measure confers benefits similar to those of married couples but does not approve gay marriage. AP says lawmakers "were still hammering out the particulars" this afternoon.

Two days ago a a similar bill was introduced in Coahuila, the conservative mining and ranching state that borders Texas. The governor supports the measure, which would give gay couples pension, property and other rights, though not adoption. But it's chances are uncertain, given the state's conservative leanings.

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What is it about homophobes always getting caught with a dick in their mouths?

2006-11-06T16:23:40Z

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061103/ap_on_re_us/haggard_sex_allegations

Evangelical leader hit with sex claims

By CATHERINE TSAI, Associated Press Writer 17 minutes ago

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The leader of the 30 million-member National Association of Evangelicals, a vocal opponent of the drive for same-sex marriage, resigned Thursday after being accused of paying for sex with a man in monthly trysts over the past three years.

The Rev. Ted Haggard also stepped aside as head of his 14,000-member New Life Church while a church panel investigates, saying he could "not continue to minister under the cloud created by the accusations."

The investigation came after a 49-year-old man told a Denver radio station that Haggard paid him to have sex.

Haggard, a married father of five, denied the allegations in an interview with KUSA-TV late Wednesday: "Never had a gay relationship with anybody, and I'm steady with my wife, I'm faithful to my wife."

In a written statement, Haggard said: "I am voluntarily stepping aside from leadership so that the overseer process can be allowed to proceed with integrity. I hope to be able to discuss this matter in more detail at a later date. In the interim, I will seek both spiritual advice and guidance."

Haggard, a 1978 graduate of Oral Roberts University, was appointed president of the association in March 2003 and has been called one of the most influential evangelical Christians in the nation.

He has participated in conservative Christian leaders' conference calls with White House staffers and lobbied members of Congress last year on
U.S. Supreme Court appointees after
Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement.

The allegations come as voters in Colorado and seven other states get ready to decide Tuesday on amendments banning gay marriage. Besides the proposed ban on the Colorado ballot, a separate measure would establish the legality of domestic partnerships providing same-sex couples with many of the rights of married couples.

Mike Jones, 49, of Denver told The Associated Press he decided to go public with his allegations because of the political fight. Jones, who said he is gay, said he was upset when he discovered Haggard and the New Life Church had publicly opposed same-sex marriage.

"It made me angry that here's someone preaching about gay marriage and going behind the scenes having gay sex," said Jones, who added that he isn't working for any political group.

Jones, whose allegations were first aired on KHOW-AM radio in Denver, claimed Haggard paid him to have sex nearly every month over three years.

Jones said that he had advertised himself as an escort on the Internet and that a man who called himself Art contacted him. Jones said he later saw the man on television identified as Haggard.

He said that he last had sex with Haggard in August and that he did not warn him before making his allegations this week.

Jones said he has voice mail messages from Haggard, as well as an envelope he said Haggard used to mail him cash, though he declined to make any of it available to the AP.

"There's some stuff on there (the voice mails) that's pretty damning," he said.

Carolyn Haggard, spokeswoman for the New Life Church and the pastor's niece, said a four-member church panel will investigate the allegations. The board has the authority to discipline Haggard, including removing him from ministry work.

"This is really routine when any sort of situation like this arises, so we're prepared," Carolyn Haggard said. "The church is going to continue to serve and be welcoming to our community. That's a priority."

Richard Cizik, vice president for government affairs for the evangelicals association, expressed shock.

"Is this something I can imagine of Ted Haggard? No," he said.

___

Associated Press writer Dan Elliott in Denver contributed to this report.

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This Monday on Out-FM on 99.5 fm WBAI

2006-11-01T20:41:36Z

Hey all.
I'll be on the air monday 11 am on
99.5 fm WBAI.
The first half I'll be talking with Out arrtist Nhojj.

Well be talking abouthis new CD as well as homophobia in the Caribian
and in the US. And we'll be looking into how to respond in a positive
creative manner to homophoblc musical artists.

Then there will be a segment on the MIX Fest (The iindepedent Queer film Fest.)
That's 11:Am till Noon Eastern time (That's 20:00 23:00 till GMT)

Let us know what ya think.

Pedro

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The Birds & The Bees, Don't Ask Don't Tell

2006-11-01T10:58:46Z

From today's Washington Post:

The animal kingdom may be a lot gayer than people realize. According to a new exhibit at Oslo's Natural History Museum human homosexuality cannot be viewed as "unnatural" because just about all other creatures from giraffes to penguins swing that way too. The world's first exhibition on same-sex animal love, called "Against Nature?" opens Thursday, in Norway's capital city, despite outrage from radical Christian groups (one even said organizers should "burn in hell"). But According to project leader Geir Soeli, not only is homosexuality "a part of life," it "has been observed for more than 1,500 animal species, and is well documented for 500 of them." The exhibit contains many pictures illustrating his point including a controversial shot of two giant erect whales flailing against each other.

Source: "Museum's gay animals upset Christians" apparently is a link to gay.com

That article refers to my favorite great apes, the Bonobos (once commonly called pygmy chimps). They are our closest relatives, and have sex all the time, with everyone and everything around them. They are the only non-violoent primates: Bonobos, a type of chimpanzee, are among extremes in having sex with either males or females, apparently as part of social bonding. "Bonobos are bisexuals, all of them," Soeli said.

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TRIBE IS RUNNING ANTI-GAY ADS

2006-10-10T14:25:22Z

I've just seen two anti-gay ads pop up among the "ads by Google," one on my mailbox page and one while I was complaining about the first ad to the 'A Queer Tribe' tribe.

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Christian Ex-Gay Movement - KQED.org radio - NPR Fresh Air - 10/09/06

2006-10-09T19:04:19Z

http://www.kqed.org/programs/program-landing.jsp?progID=RD20

http://www.kqed.org

Upcoming

Mon, October 9, 2006 -- 1:00pm Pacific (replay 7pm pacific)

The Christian Ex-Gay Movement -- The show looks at the movement to help gays and lesbians overcome their homosexuality. Terry talks with Tanya Erzen, author of the new book "Straight to Jesus"; Alan Chambers, president of Exodus, the largest Evangelical group devoted to converting homosexuals to heterosexuals; and Shawn O'Donnell, an ex-gay who left Exodus to live again as gay man and whose story was part of the documentary, "Fish Can't Fly."

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Gay Marriage: A question of Civil Rights

2006-09-27T18:01:07Z

Gay Marriage: A question of Civil Rights

Statement of Peace and Freedom Party Senate Candidate Marsha Feinland:

In the United States, the institution of marriage controls our right to such matters as child custody, hospital visitation, and retirement income. It is also the most common and socially accepted form of a committed relationship between two adults. To deprive any couple of the right to marry is discrimination. We cannot allow discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, just as we no longer allow "miscegenation" laws to prohibit interracial marriage.

As the U.S. Senate takes up a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in time for preelection posturing by the right wing, we should study the poses assumed by the two senators from California. Both Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer were opposed to gay marriages in San Francisco when they were briefly legalized. This time, we will probably see them pointing out that the proposed amendment is "unnecessary," "inappropriate," or "not the business of the federal government."

My position is that a constitutional amendment or any law banning gay marriage is unjust, discriminatory and absolutely wrong. As long as the institution exists, everyone has the right to marry.

Also see:

Pro-War Diane Feinstein, What Are The Alternatives?
http://indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/28/18302034.php

Marsha Feinland for United States Senate
http://feinlandforsenate.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

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NY Log Cabins want White House hooker?!

2006-09-03T22:05:54Z

John at AmericaBlog is a very smart, quick-witted guy & I usually like his take on the craziness that has become current events...

http://tinyurl.com/ovs9t

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votefor tom chambers - wa state

2006-09-03T18:38:25Z

tom chambers is a washington state supreme court justice up for re-election in position 9. he voted to overturn the ban on gay marriage and we need to keep him on the bench. this election will be decided in the primary vote on sept 19, 2006. if you wait for the nov 7 general election it will already be over! ya gotta vote in the primary sept 19. supreme court positions are non--party statewide elections.

also vote for susan owens in position 2.

we don't have a good choice for position 8. gerry alexander may be the lesser of two evils.

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Queer eye for the ...

2006-07-28T22:59:49Z

from a friend of mine:

Probably not something to read at work...

but not to be missed either. i stumbled on it yesterday evening and
laughed and laughed ... you know, that cleansing laughter where you
cry until you have to blow your nose and then you feel weak. i was
really sorry noone was there to share it with (though i'm not sure i
could have shared it with anyone ... )

http://www.luriddigs.com

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Check out this wingnut in Atlanta -- says her religion forces her to be vocally anti-gay!

2006-07-09T16:40:58Z

From the LA Times:

Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies
Many codes intended to protect gays from harassment are illegal, conservatives argue.
By Stephanie Simon, Times Staff Writer
April 10, 2006

ATLANTA — Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant.

Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she's a senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sexual orientation. SNIP . . .

She caused another stir with a letter to the gay activists who organized an event known as Coming Out Week in the fall of 2004. Malhotra sent the letter on behalf of the Georgia Tech College Republicans, which she chairs; she said several members of the executive board helped write it.

The letter referred to the campus gay rights group Pride Alliance as a "sex club … that can't even manage to be tasteful." It went on to say that it was "ludicrous" for Georgia Tech to help fund the Pride Alliance.

The letter berated students who come out publicly as gay, saying they subject others on campus to "a constant barrage of homosexuality."

"If gays want to be tolerated, they should knock off the political propaganda," the letter said....read it in full at:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-christians10apr10,0,1243330,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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THE BATTLE OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

2006-07-07T19:07:29Z

Denial of vows called harmful to gays
Wedded partners' mental health much better, study says

Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Restricting marriage to heterosexual couples causes gay men and lesbian women psychological and social harm, a research article released Tuesday reports.

The article, which will be published in this month's issue of the journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy, is an analysis of 150 studies and articles published over the past 30 years and the first attempt to bring together all the research related to the topic.

"Discrimination impacts mental health in terrible, terrible ways," said Gilbert Herdt, co-author of the article and director of the National Sexuality Resource Center at San Francisco State University, which publishes the online journal where the article will appear.

The article does not quantify the impact of not being able to marry, but Herdt and co-author Robert Kertzner write that the denial of marriage causes some gay men and lesbian women -- and their families -- to devalue their relationships, and it can lead people to make to ambiguous commitments, both of which can undermine a relationship.

Hundreds of previous studies have shown that on average, heterosexual married individuals have better mental health, more emotional support, less psychological distress and lower rates of psychiatric disorders than unmarried heterosexuals, the article notes.

"We believe that the potential harm to these individuals and their communities is significant enough to call for immediate action to, and rectification of, laws and policies in the United States to allow same-sex marriage based on the findings of denied well-being," write Herdt and Kertzner, who is a psychiatrist and research scientist at Columbia University.

A lesbian couple that attended a press conference in San Francisco announcing the release of the report said they experienced firsthand the distinction between the feeling of registering as domestic partners and of marrying -- and saw their own families' distinct reactions.

"When we announced that we were going to be domestic partners, they said, 'That's great,' " Leah Crask said. "When we told them we were getting married at City Hall (in 2004), it made a huge impact. My parents said, 'Whoa, married? This is serious.' "

A leader at a conservative lobbying organization in Washington, D.C., said he agrees with the report's findings on the benefits of marriage. "That is exactly the point. We believe marriage is better than cohabitation for heterosexual couples," said Peter Sprigg, vice president for policy at the Family Research Council. He said researchers needed to study marriage among same-sex couples.

The authors of the article cite several studies that have found close similarities between same-sex and opposite-sex relationships.

E-mail Wyatt Buchanan at wbuchanan@sfchronicle.com.

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gay agenda?!?

2006-07-03T19:55:10Z

i've been queer sence 1974, (actually admitted to it in 78) and NO ONE ever told me gay folk have a "agenda"!!!!!!! anyone want to enlighten me on this long held secret?

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Pentagon Lists Homosexuality as Disorder

2006-07-02T01:00:22Z

Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse...

"A Pentagon document classifies homosexuality as a mental disorder, decades after mental health experts abandoned that position...."

http://tinyurl.com/kl5ro

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Mary Cheney attacks Kerry & Edwards

2006-06-30T00:03:28Z

But Kerry fires back with great response...

http://tinyurl.com/rpbrx

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CA Governor's Race & Gay Marriage

2006-06-15T20:48:17Z

First, please tell Senator Frist, "The Senate should be working on real issues - not writing discrimination into the Constitution" by visiting:
http://giveemhellharry.com/page/petition/realissues

Now, here's my email to Steve Westly & his reply:

"Does Steve support Same Sex Marriage in CA? I was very extremely disappointed that Arnold veto'ed the Gay Marriage Bill."

Dear Craig,

Thank you for your interest in Steve Westly’s policy positions. Steve is a problem-solver with a long history of getting results in both business and government. His successful programs to crack down on tax cheats have brought in $4.8 billion in new and accelerated tax revenues without raising a nickel in taxes. His top priorities are fixing California’s education system and cleaning up California’s environment. We’re happy to address your questions.

Steve has supported equal rights for gays and lesbians since college. He even had a gay rights plank in his platform when he ran for student body president at Stanford. On the Board of Equalization, Steve took a leading role in recognizing domestic partnership property and creating tax equality for all couples. He’s supported landmark LGBT legislation like the Leno bill, sent letters of support, and opened his checkbook to support LGBT causes.

Steve would sign a bill authorizing gay marriage. He considers it a matter of civil rights. He was the first statewide Democrat in the last election to support marriage equality. He believes there will be no equality in California so long as we continue to deny loving same sex couples and their families any of the rights and responsibilities enjoyed by heterosexual couples.

Steve has been a consistent supporter of LGBT causes since 1977. In 2001, he publicly supported marriage equality. His primary opponent did not. That’s why Steve has earned the endorsement of the state’s leading LGBT group, Equality California.

Unfortunately, our campaign is in high gear now, so we may not be able to address further follow up questions in a timely fashion. We encourage you to check our website for further updates and information at www.westly2006.com. We thank you for your interest and hope to earn your support.

Sincerely,
Policy Staff
Westly for Governor

Steve is proud to be endorsed by LGBT community leaders:
Equality California
etc...(long list)

I'm waiting for a reply from Angelides - does anyone know where he stands on Gay Marriage? They seem close on most other issues, right?

Thx!

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Toasting Political Christians

2006-06-12T05:34:46Z

Here's to The Moral Majority,
Apostles of Hatred and Fear:
As I watched Jerry Fallwell on TV last night,
I knew that the Anti-Christ was here.

The Golden Rule he has turned into Lead:
Now it only reads "Do Unto Others".
He wants to insure we have Crosses to bear
And supports laws to repress his Brothers.

His Dogma oozed out like Puss from Christ's Wounds
Reeking of Bigotry and Malice.
I'm certain his Holy Rituals produce
Vomit from Wine in his Chalice.

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Help wanted with a pro-life argument for a 14.5-year old

2006-05-17T20:56:15Z

Shortly after the 2004 elections I was trapped in a restaurant booth with my Republican siblings, their Republican spouses, and my 9-year-old nephew and 13-year-old niece. The kids go to Catholic school, and my niece's class had spent a great deal of time discussing the election. Her parents encouraged her to discuss the election with the family, but I was totally unprepared.

"But Kerry's for abortion!" my neice exclaimed in horror. I feebly responded, saying, "No, Kerry's for a woman's right to choose." The distinction was too subtle for a 13-year old.

Personally, I think most people think abortions are bad for everyone involved. Nobody decides to get pregnant just so they can go abort a fetus, but this seems to be what my niece is hearing. I think she's got it backwards: I blame the Republicans for the huge number of abortions in America.

I need to find a way to get through to her, past her parents' ignorance and the Catholic school pressure. How does the following sound?

Q: What do you think would be the effect of having a law against abortion?
We know from the past, when abortion was against the law, that many women DID have abortions anyway. We don't know precise numbers from back then, since few people would tell the government they were breaking the law. We do know that a lot of women were injured or died during these unregulated and illegal procedures. Experience has shown that having a law against abortion does NOT stop abortions; it just drives them underground.

Q: What percentage of women in America will have an abortion at some point in their lives?
Scientific American says 50%. Note that the percentage is MUCH smaller in countries like Sweden which have never made abortion a matter of politics. What's the difference between America and Sweden?

Q: Why do you think so many American women feel that having an abortion is the best choice?
From the studies people have done since abortion became legal we hear that poverty, poor sex education, inadequate access to reliable birth control, inadequate health care, lack of child-care options, and other social problems are common reasons. Do these reasons change over time? Which assistance measures work? The only way to reduce the number of abortions is to do research to find out why women have abortions. Hopefully we can use this data to make improvements in society that make unwanted pregnancies much less common.

Q: What do *I* think would be the effect of having a law against abortion?
I think a law against abortion will make abortion more common becuase it will stop all government research into the reasons why women have abortions, thus preventing the collection of any data that would support programs to prevent the causes of unwanted pregnancy. The research that has been done so far has pointed to some of the causes of unwanted pregnancy, but NOTE: the Republicans who claim to be "pro-life" are most often the most vehemently opposed to health care for the poor, sex education in schools, and child-care assistance. They don't want anyone to investigate why abortions happen, they don't want to support programs to make unwanted pregnancy less common, and they don't want to take care of the children that are born. So what's the moral high ground by claiming to be "pro-life?"

We don't need to have a law against everything we disapprove of, especially if the law won't work and makes the situation worse. There are other ways the government can help.

I can't decide at what age a girl should hear some of the stories I've heard. About women forced to carry dead fetuses for 8 months because the mother's life isn't in danger. About a one-armed child whose mother had an abortion without realizing she was carrying twins. About 12-year-old rape victims traumatized and ostracized, and their hopeless babies. I don't want to scare the kid; but I don't want her to grow up Republican either.

Can you guys help tighten this up? Does it make sense? Anything I should add/ remove? Will it make an impression?

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the battlecry for theocracy - from the politics tribe - BE VERY AFRAID

2006-05-17T06:27:57Z

http://uspolitics.tribe.net/thread/90179959-3acc-459c-843a-7493aefe1c10

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Urgent!!! Please help

2006-05-16T07:08:46Z

I am posting this everywhere I can, Please help us.
There are thousands of good people who could potentially lose their lives very soon.

Since the release of the information on the Sujiatun concentration camp in China, which is reported to do live organ harvesting on Falun Gong practicioners. More people have been stepping forward to reveal information. Recently, a veteran military doctor in the region of Shenyang said that the Sujiatun Concentration camp is just one of 36 such camps. Another camp in Jilin Province referred to as 672-S is said to hold over 120,000 people.

According to the Integrated Committee's announcement, transplant hospitals in China are now telling patients to "come in quickly" to get transplants. Patients are told that matching organs can be found at this time in as short as one or two days. The hospitals are also reported to say that, "it will be difficult after this batch of organs is used up."

We fear that there is going to be a mass execution to “hide the evidence” and get rid of witnesses. PLEASE HELP us, Falun Gong practitioners around the world are requesting an international investigation while there is still time.

This is the US petition, please sign it. It can save someone’s life.
http://www.fofg.org/act/act_petition.php?pid=1

you can also help by going here:
http://publicpetition.unvcc.com/UN/index.php
this is an easy, fill in the blank letter that with a click is automatically
sent to the senators and representatives of your choice
And it would also greatly help us if you would please pass this information on.

Thank you,
Joshua

You can learn more about this at:
The Epoch Times
http://www.theepochtimes.com/211,111,,1.html
Amnesty International
http://web.amnesty.org/report2004/chn-summary-eng
Falun Dafa Information Center
http://www.faluninfo.net/why/index.asp
or, you can ask me any questions you have by sending me a message.

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Brokeback Mountain In Vermont

2006-04-19T23:39:09Z

If you haven't heard about Brokeback Mountain In Vermont, now would be a good time to see what it's all about. Go to http://www.brokebackmountainvermont.com

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The Ad you won't see on TV

2006-04-15T01:35:39Z

http://www.stillspeaking.com/resources/ejector.wmv

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Wisconsin Assembly approved the constitutional amendment against gay marriage

2006-04-15T01:31:18Z

Published - Thursday, March 02, 2006

Same-sex marriage ban will take away rights — and not only for gays
By Dick Mial, Opinion page editor

.
I got a phone call from a woman in a rural county. She had read a recent guest column by Bill Steffenhagen, who argued against a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. She had a lot of questions, and I referred her to a gay rights group in Madison. Since she found out that her son was gay, her thinking about same-sex marriage laws — and lots of other issues — has changed. “I used to think it was a choice,” she said. Why would someone “choose” to be gay? She wondered.

Her thinking is timely. Members of the Wisconsin Assembly approved the constitutional amendment against gay marriage on Tuesday. Here is what the amendment says: “Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized in this state.”

The first sentence is just unnecessary. Wisconsin statutes already define “marriage” as between a man and a woman. The second sentence, though, is just unnecessarily cruel. What it does is forever rule out the possibility of any legal status short of marriage that would allow gay couples the same rights as married couples.

Those include being able to take advantage of a partner’s health insurance, Social Security or any other benefit. Under this constitutional amendment, it would be more difficult for gay couples to deal with family opposition to the relationship if one of the partners was hospitalized and hospital visitation was an issue.

This amendment already passed in the last legislative session. The Senate approved it earlier in this session. So Tuesday’s action in the Assembly assures that this amendment will go to the voters in November. If voters approve it, the constitution will be changed and the rights of gay individuals and couples will remain abridged. The vote was pretty much what you would expect, but there were a couple of surprises. All but one Republican voted for it. But the lone Republican dissenter, former La Crosse resident Greg Underheim, who represents an Assembly district in Oshkosh, gave a particularly eloquent speech against it.

“In virtually no other area do constitutions prohibit private individuals from engaging in an activity,” he said. “We are taking a document which has protected people from their government and saying ‘we’re changing the character of the document.’”

Most Democrats voted against it, with six voting for it. A few who had supported it in the first round opposed it this time. One of them was Rep. Barbara Gronemus of Whitehall, Wis. She said the change to the Constitution could adversely affect all unmarried couples, not just gay couples.

“It could mean the loss of health benefits for many individuals and families,” she said, “including many unmarried senior citizens in committed relationships. Every morning, we say the Pledge of Allegiance. We say that there is ‘liberty and justice for all.’ Does that really mean anything to us?”

Throughout the debate, the comment that offended me the most was made by Rick Wiley, executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, who said the presence of the amendment on the November ballot will help Republican candidates win elections.

Make no mistake: This action will hurt people. It might even hurt people you know. I don’t think electing partisans of any stripe is a good enough reason to deprive people of rights.
You should vote against this amendment on the November ballot.

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My gay anonymous sex chronicles

2006-04-06T15:04:43Z

Hey there,

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Gay Games Tribe

2006-03-27T08:25:38Z

for anyone going to this year's Gay Games in Chicago...

http://tribes.tribe.net/gaygames

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U.S. study backs allowing gays to adopt

2006-03-25T07:03:35Z

Larry Buhl, PlanetOut Network
Fri Mar 24, 7:17 PM ET

SUMMARY: Citing research on child development, an Adoption Institute study released Friday recommends that barriers to gay adoption be removed.

Children adopted by gays and lesbians fare no better or worse than those raised by heterosexual adults, and barriers preventing gay parents from adopting should be removed, said a report released Friday by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, entitled "Expanding Resources for Children."

"Based on both the available research and growing experience," the report concludes, "adoption by gays and lesbians holds promise as an avenue for achieving permanency for many of the waiting children in foster care."

The report is part of an extensive yearlong project intended to provide a research-based context for the ongoing debate over adoption of children by gays and lesbians. Report findings include:

Children reared by gay and lesbian parents fare comparably to those raised by heterosexuals on a range of measures of social and psychological adjustment.

Tens of thousands of children in the foster care system are disadvantaged by laws that bar gays and lesbians from adopting them.

Even in states that don't bar gays and lesbians from adopting, individual agencies and workers sometimes discriminate against gay and lesbian applicants or don't realize that gay parenting is permitted.

"The bottom line is that adoption by gays and lesbians is a fine thing to do," Adam Pertman, executive director of the Adoption Institute, told the PlanetOut Network. "There is simply no credible research showing that children are harmed when they're adopted by gay and lesbian parents, but lots of evidence to indicate that they do well in those homes."

The study was released amid new efforts nationwide to prevent gays and lesbians from adopting. Gay adoptions are explicitly prohibited by law only in Florida, while Utah has a de facto ban on gay adoptions that allows only married couples to adopt. However, social conservatives in at least 16 other states are trying reopen the debate on whether gays and lesbians can be fit parents. And in recent weeks the Catholic Church pressured Catholic Charities in Boston and San Francisco to not serve gays and lesbians wishing to adopt.

Pertman hopes the study will move the policy debate away from demagoguery and open up the pool of potential parents and reduce the legal and policy restrictions. He also suggests that it's helpful when workers, supervisors, and agency leaders examine their attitudes and beliefs about gay and lesbian parenting.

"Sixty percent of all adoption agencies in the U.S. take applications from gays and lesbians," Pertman added. "The reality on the ground is moving ahead of the policy debate."

Less than half of the approximately 110,000 children available for adoption find homes every year, so it makes no sense to restrict the pool of eligible parents, according to Joe Kroll, executive director of North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) in St. Paul, Minn. On its Web site NACAC states that all prospective foster and adoptive parents, regardless of sexual orientation, should be given equal and fair consideration. NACAC also opposes rules and legislation restricting the consideration of parents based on their sexual orientation.

"People keep asking why can't kids get placed when there are so many parents who want to adopt," Kroll told the PlanetOut Network. "But most perspective parents want 2-year-olds. The kids waiting for homes are older or have problems and you have to recruit heavily for those kids. Whoever can parent these kids, as long as they're determined to be fit parents, should be allowed to adopt them."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/po/20060325/co_po/usstudybacksallowinggaystoadopt

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Brokebat Mountain: "Batman is gay", says George Clooney

2006-03-09T14:34:39Z

03-March-2006
PinkNews.co.uk writer

Gotham City superhero, Batman, is gay, according to Hollywood superstar George Clooney.

The actor who was being interviewed on an American Oscar show, replied to host Barbara Walters’ who asked if he would ever play a gay cowboy. Mr Clooney said he believed he had already played a gay character, "I was in a rubber suit and I had rubber nipples. I could have played Batman straight, but I made him gay."

Fans have debated for years on the sexuality of Bruce Wayne’s alter ego. The oscar nominee played the caped crusader in 1997 film Batman & Robin, directed by Joel Schumacher. Mr Schumacher has previously been praised by gay groups for giving Clooney and Batman Forever star Val Kilmer pert nipples, tighter buttocks and an extended inflatable codpiece.

Question’s over Batman’s sexuality started in 1954, according to the Daily Star, when psychiatrist Fredric Wertham said Batman's close friendship with Dick Grayson, Robin, was sexual. Mr Wertham said: "Sometimes they are shown on a couch, Bruce reclining and Dick sitting next to him, jacket off, collar open, and his hand on his friend's arm. "Robin is buoyant with energy and devoted to nothing on earth or interplanetary space as much as to Bruce Wayne.”

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Italian trans woman stands to become italian mp

2006-02-27T22:13:04Z

Drag queen stands for parliament
23-Feb-2006
Marc Shoffman

A renowned Italian gay pride figure is ditching the
sequins and feather boas in a bid to become the
country's first trans MP.

Vladimir Luxuria, a former organiser of Italy's gay
pride parades, has joined the Communist Refoundation
and wants to be seen as a serious politician.

Born Wladimiro Guadagno, she considers herself neither
male nor female but dresses as a woman and prefers to
be called a 'she.' Political observers are tipping her
for a guaranteed seat as the party is expected to get
at least 6% of the vote and she is top of the list for
the proportional representation system.

The 40 year old told Reuters: "It's a way to say to
people: don't judge me by the way I look, don't judge
me by my sexual orientation. Please, judge me by my
ideas."

"Parliament is not a theatre, it's not a discotheque.
It's already revolutionary that a transgender gets into
parliament. It wouldn't be useful to provoke in such a
stupid way."

She promises to work in parliament to establish full
legal recognition of gay marriage, but stressed that
she is not pushing for adoption rights for gays, such
as exist in Spain, because "Italian society isn't ready
to accept it".

The Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right
coalition, which is campaigning on traditional family
values, hopes Italians will disapprove of the sexually
ambiguous politician. However, the centre left hopes
her presence will demonstrate a modern, tolerant view
of Italy.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/politics/2005-581.html

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Is the Gay Ban based on Military Necessity?

2006-02-15T21:44:30Z

According to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” known homosexuals are not allowed to serve in the US armed forces. Unlike the previous policy, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” does not allow the military to ask enlistees if they are gay, but similar to its predecessor, it does stipulate that service members who disclose that they are homosexual are subject to dismissal. The official justification for the current policy is the unit cohesion rationale, which states that military performance would decline if known gay and lesbian soldiers were permitted to serve in uniform. While scholars and experts continue to disagree whether lifting the ban would undermine military performance in the United States, evidence from studies on foreign militaries on this question suggests that lifting bans on homosexual personnel does not threaten unit cohesion or undermine military effectiveness. As imperfect an analogy as these countries’ experience may be to the United States, they serve as the best possible vantage point from which to evaluate the viability and necessity of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Currently, 24 nations allow gays and lesbians to serve in their armed forces, and only a few NATO members continue to fire homosexual soldiers. Despite the growing number of countries that have decided to allow gays and lesbians to serve in uniform, however, there has been little in-depth analysis of whether the lifting of a gay ban influences military performance. Even the best and most recent case studies of foreign countries are based on little evidence. Most were written in the immediate aftermath of a decision to lift a gay ban without waiting for evidence on the effects of the new policy to accumulate.

The lack of in-depth analysis of foreign experiences in lifting bans on homosexual personnel prompted the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military (CSSMM) to examine four cases in detail: Australia, Canada, Israel, and Britain. CSSMM researchers focused on these countries because all four lifted their gay bans despite opposition from the military services; because the United States, Australia, Canada, and Britain share important cultural traditions; because the Israel Defense Forces are among the most combat-tested militaries in the world; and because prior to lifting its ban, Britain’s policy was often cited as support for those opposed to allowing homosexual personnel to serve openly in the United States. To prepare the case studies, every identifiable pro-gay and anti-gay expert on the policy change in each country was interviewed, including officers and enlisted personnel, ministry representatives, academics, veterans, politicians, and nongovernmental observers. During each interview, experts were asked to recommend additional contacts, all of whom were contacted. By the end of our re-search, 104 experts were interviewed and 622 documents and articles were examined. Although it is possible that additional data exist, CSSMM believes that the findings reflect a comprehensive appraisal of all relevant evidence.

Lessons from Australia, Canada, Israel, and Britain

Each of the four countries studied reversed its gay ban for different reasons. In Canada, federal courts forced the armed forces to lift the ban in October 1992, ruling that military policy violated Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In Australia, the liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Keating voted to lift the ban in November 1992 as the country was integrating a number of international human rights conventions into its domestic laws and codes. In Israel, the military lifted its ban in June 1993 after dramatic Knesset hearings prompted a public outcry against the armed forces’ exclusion of gay and lesbian soldiers. And in Britain, in September 1999, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Britain’s gay ban violated the right to privacy guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights, and London reacted by lifting the ban in January 2000. Despite the different routes that led to the policy change in each country, the lessons drawn from each case were the same.

No Impact

Not a single one of the 104 experts interviewed believed that the Australian, Canadian, Israeli, or British decisions to lift their gay bans undermined military performance, readiness, or cohesion, led to increased difficulties in recruiting or retention, or increased the rate of HIV infection among the troops.

Perhaps it is time for the Administration, the Congress, and the Pentagon to reconsider the evidence that is used to justify the gay ban. Or, if political and military leaders remain unwilling to join most of the rest of NATO, they should at least have the integrity to admit that current American policy is based on prejudice, not on military necessity.

http://www.web.net/~jharnick/usgayban.html

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Don't ask, Don't tell, a personal view

2006-02-15T03:47:11Z

Before "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", we had a much simpler solution; "Don't admit to anything, and don't get caught having sex". That policy actually had ACLU's blessing. I know, because it was their advice to me, in 1980. Believe me, it worked just fine. I was investigated twice, and both times, I simply refused to answer questions, or lied about being Gay, in spite of the fact that I was very openly Gay. The address on my SC drivers license was 633 King Street, a well known Gay bar in Charleston at the time. It doesn't get much more open than that.

We had an odd problem when they introduced a new policy at that time, which allowed service members to take an immediate Honorable Discharge if they wanted to admit being Gay, but had not committed any Court Martial offense. The problem was that a lot of heterosexual sailors tried to use the new policy to get out of the Navy early. Nearly a dozen of my shipmates tried it, none of whom were Gay. All the Gay guys wanted to stay, because taking that discharge required them to admit being Gay, and most of them were not ready to have that known to everyone.

I'm sure 90% of the guys who took the discharge were heterosexual. The policy was most likely discarded or changed for that reason.

Forget DADT. It was never a good policy. We need to drop the ban on Gays in the military.

List of countries that allow gays in the military:

Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Israel
Lithuania
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom

Countries with explicit bans on gays in the military:

Argentina
Belarus
Brazil
Croatia
Greece
Hungary
Luxembourg
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Turkey
Venezuela

... and the U.S.

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Intolerant Caymans

2006-02-14T16:10:49Z

Gay cruise decision defended, from the Washington Blade

By Alan Markoff, alan@cfp.ky
Monday 30th January, 2006 Posted: 01:04 CIT (06:04 GMT)

The Cayman Islands Government has a responsibility to allow the all–gay cruise participants to come to shore tomorrow from the ship Navigator of the Seas, Leader of Government Business Kurt Tibbetts said at the Cabinet press briefing on Friday.

As many as 3,200 homosexual men and women passengers will be aboard the ship on a cruise organised by Atlantis Events and billed as “The Largest Gay Cruise in History II”.

Mr. Tibbetts said it would be impossible to deny landing to the gay cruisers if they behave like other tourists.

“Unless their actions while they’re here in the Cayman Islands go counter to our legislation, on what basis can we say no?”

If gay cruise ship visitors broke the law while here, it would be a different story, Mr. Tibbetts said.

“But we cannot presume those actions.”

As has happened several times in the past, a certain part of the Cayman community has spoken out against the cruise coming here, and has urged the Government not to allow it.

Mr. Tibbetts said he and the Cabinet had considered the matter carefully and he acknowledged that some people would disagree with their decision to allow the ship to come here as scheduled.

“It’s one of those situations where we absolutely can’t please everyone,” he said. “All we can do is make the best decision.”

Mr. Tibbetts said the decision came down to a matter of responsibility.

“Unless we were to shirk that responsibility, the decision we made was the one we had to make,” he said.

Mr. Tibbetts acknowledged the community’s feeling on the subject.

“Homosexuality, by and large, is not accepted in this society as the norm. That is simply a fact.”

Some of the Cabinet members have similar feelings, he said.

“If we remove ourselves from our responsibility that we have as a government and elected Cabinet, and speak to this situation as individuals, some of us would be expressing ourselves in like fashion to the public.”

Mr. Tibbetts said the world was getting smaller every day and that the Cayman Islands could not remain isolated with respect to the rest of the world on certain issues.

There would be serious repercussions for the Cayman Islands if Tuesday’s gay cruise were turned away, he said.

In 1998, another Atlantis Events all–gay cruise was not allowed to come ashore here. Mr. Tibbetts said Cayman was still feeling the repercussions of that decision.

“We can, if we wish, have a closed–door policy for (homosexuals),” he said. “But in the global village, there is really no survival for us on that front.”

Mr. Tibbetts noted he and his colleagues were elected representatives of the people and that they had a responsibility to do what the people wanted them to do.

Although making a decision contrary to the wishes of many people, Mr. Tibbetts said it was best decision for them in end.

To decide otherwise would create severe negative effects throughout the society, with broad economic implications, Mr. Tibbetts said, adding that while some people would say they were willing to accept those consequences now, they would not want the consequences when they actually occurred.

Fellow Cabinet Minister Alden McLaughlin said the issue of the gay cruise has been discussed in the Human Rights Committee meeting last week.

“The Committee whole–heartedly supports the actions taken by Government,” he said.

Through Friday morning, none of the Cabinet members had had any contact with the organisers of the sold–out cruise, which left Miami Saturday afternoon and will arrive here for a seven–hour visit Tuesday after a stop in Cozumel.

However, Mr. Tibbetts said he would make contact with the cruise organisers prior to their arrival and have “appropriate discussions” with them.

Mr. Tibbetts said none of those who were upset about the decision “believe in my God any more than I do.”

“The truth is, I wish they weren’t coming.”

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What is obscene?

2006-02-13T05:27:12Z

According to dictionary.com: NOTE: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that obscene applies to materials that appeal predominantly to a prurient interest in sexual conduct, depict or describe sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Material or expression deemed obscene by the court is not protected by the free speech guarantee of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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Do bisexuals exist? Should we avoid the question?

2006-02-13T05:05:05Z

I'm a big fan of the Kinsey scale. I also had a sexually satisfying (yet somehow emotionally troubling) relationship with a woman when I was 20, before I was ever with a man.

But, recently I saw this artical:
http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=29630

This was also reported in the NY Times under the title, "Gay, Straight, or Lying." The study indicated that men who claim to be bisexual are physically aroused by pictures of men and not by pictures of women. The study method received accolades because it relied on measurements of actual physical arousal (electrodes down there) instead of just asking questions.

The Washington Blade considered this to be somewhat dangerous territory, adding, “The last thing you want,” said Dr. Randall Sell, an assistant professor of clinical socio-medical sciences at Columbia University, “is for some therapists to see this study and start telling bisexual people that they’re wrong, that they’re really on their way to homosexuality.”

What do you guys and gals think?

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Idle computers fight HIV

2006-02-01T17:02:30Z

ACTION! ALERT | washingtonblade.com

Idle computers fight HIV
Donated time crunches data to develop new HIV drugs

By DYANA BAGBY
Jan. 20, 2006

GAY ACTIVISTS HAVE A SIMPLE NEW way to help fight the spread of AIDS: donating idle computer time to a global community of computers that will crunch data to find new HIV drugs.

By joining the World Community Grid, which links personal computers around the globe to create a “virtual super computer,” people donate their idle computer time to researchers who are hoping to significantly cut down on the time it takes to find chemical compounds against variations of a protein found in the HIV virus — one combination at a time.

“The computational challenges in approaching this problem are the vast number of possible mutations that may occur, and the huge number of possible chemical compounds that might be tested against them,” Arthur Olson, the project director of Fight AIDS at Home at the private Scripps Research Institute in California, said in a prepared statement.

“The new World Community Grid project will run millions upon millions of docking computations to evaluate potential interactions between compounds and mutant viral proteins,” he added.

FIGHT AIDS AT HOME joined with IBM and the World Community Grid in November to create the “virtual super computer” available to people around the world willing to donate their computers to participate in “grid technology” which allows for immense number-crunching tasks to be broken into small pieces for individual computers, explained Scripps spokesperson Keith McKeown.

“We’re very excited to be apart of IBM’s worldwide effort that benefits science and in dealing with HIV/AIDS in new ways,” he said.

“Normally, we would have to purchase a supercomputer to handle all the data, which is very costly and could take 100 years to handle all the data, but by joining the World Community Grid, we save money and time and hopefully will speed up the process in finding a cure.”

To help the project, computer users simply download a free software program from the World Community Grid that runs “in the background” on your computer, explained Catherine Collins, an IBM spokesperson. The Fight AIDS at Home client processes information and evaluates prospective candidates for drug discovery.

The program uses idle processor cycles that would otherwise go to waste, captures the wasted cycles of your computer and applies them to model the evolution of drug resistance and to design drugs necessary to fight AIDS, Collins said.

Computer models designed and tested via computers are also much quicker than the tedious task of testing millions of protein combinations to stop HIV in a traditional lab setting, according to project officials.

“When your computer has finished a Fight AIDS at Home computation, the Fight AIDS at Home results are packed up and sent back to the Scripps Research Institute, ready for Scripps researchers to collect and analyze them,” she explained.

The project is expected to take about a year.

MORE THAN 146,000 people and 240,000 computers have been enlisted to participate in the World Community Grid in the Fight AIDS at Home project, Collins said.

The World Community Grid, created to help in humanitarian science projects dealing with vast amounts of data, first found success as a virtual supercomputer by helping science with its Human Proteome Folding Project.

The grid technology enabled scientists to produce a database describing some 120,000 protein domains in about a year — a project that would have taken researchers about 100 years to complete with only their supercomputers, Collins said.

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5 States Consider Bans On Protests at Funerals

2006-01-30T17:41:38Z

This group has been protesting funerals of AIDS victims with signs that say, "God hates fags," for 20 years. NOW it's a problem?

5 States Consider Bans On Protests at Funerals
Proposals Aimed at Anti-Gay Demonstrations

By Kari Lydersen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 30, 2006; Page A09

CHICAGO -- At least five Midwestern states are considering legislation to ban protests at funerals in response to demonstrations by the Rev. Fred Phelps and members of his Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church, who have been protesting at funerals of Iraq war casualties because they say the deaths are God's punishment for U.S. tolerance toward gays.

Though the soldiers were not gay, the protesters say the deaths, as well as Hurricane Katrina, recent mining disasters and other tragedies are God's signs of displeasure. They also protested at the memorial service for the 12 West Virginia miners who died in the Sago Mine.

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Bias in academia toward NOT acknowleging gays in psychological studies?

2006-01-30T15:06:37Z

Is there a bias in academia toward NOT acknowleging gays in psychological studies? I read a lot of these studies and have found myself all over the map with regard to the male/female thinking processes. I'd love to see myself in a PET scan, since the problem solving looks quite different between standard men and women. Why would anyone assume gay brains would be the same as those of heteros?

Gay men have different sized hypothalami than straight men, and lesbians have different ear bones than straight women. Why would the soft tissue and the mind need to be the same?

Even physical conditions in the endocrine system differ between men and women, such as Hashimoto's syndrome, an auto-immune thyroid disorder, much more common in women than men. My sister has it, but so do I. So, are those men who have it more likely to be gay? My Dr thought this suggestion absurd (he an I have many absurd conversations, but he tends to more conservative in his thinking, probably due to his "education"), but I already know my brain works differently, and is probably structured somewhat differently.

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New Tribe: Poly Gay/Bi Men

2006-01-30T14:49:12Z

The Poly Gay/Bi Men tribe is a place for conversation, questions and support for men in the male-male poly life. It's also a place to meet other poly gay and bi men. Flirting encouraged. FTM/Trans-men are welcome.

I think the gay/bi men's community doesn't have a lot of understanding about the poly life. Maybe by getting together we can create a bit of community.

Please consider joining.

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U.S. votes with Iran, Sudan and Zimbabwe against queers at the UN

2006-01-24T12:03:46Z

U.S. votes with Iran, Cuba, Sudan and Zimbabwe against two gay groups at United Nations; National Gay and Lesbian Task Force calls action an 'absolute outrage'

"Apparently Iran, which President Bush has deemed part of the 'Axis of Evil,' is a suitable partner when it comes to discriminating against gay people."— Matt Foreman, executive director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2006 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force today denounced the United States' vote against two gay rights organizations' applications to join the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The United States joined the repressive, anti-gay regimes of Iran, Zimbabwe, China, Cameroon and others in voting against even granting a hearing to the application of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) and the Danish Association of Gays and Lesbians (Landsforeningen for Bosser og Lesbiske — LBL). Instead, the two groups' applications were summarily dismissed without a hearing.

"It is an absolute outrage that the United States has chosen to align itself with tyrants — all in a sickening effort to smother the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world," said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "Apparently Iran, which President Bush has deemed part of the 'Axis of Evil,' is a suitable partner when it comes to discriminating against gay people."

The governments of Iran and Zimbabwe are among the most repressive anti-gay regimes in the world. President Mugabe of Zimbabwe has long scapegoated and persecuted gay men and lesbians. The recently-elected president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has overseen an anti-gay campaign in recent months, in which many young people accused of homosexual acts have been executed. Also leading the charge against the application of the two gay groups was Egypt, which has persecuted gay men in recent years.

"The Task Force thanks the International Lesbian and Gay Association, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Watch for their efforts to promote pro-gay policies at the United Nations," Foreman said. "It is repugnant that the self-proclaimed 'leader of the free world' will align itself with bigots and tyrants at the drop of a hat to advance the right wing's virulently anti-gay agenda."

The Bush-Cheney administration has also opposed women's and children's rights treaties, sex education, contraception and family planning in international forums.

Today's vote to summarily dismiss the applications of ILGA and LBL was as follows, according to ILGA: Yes: Cameroon, China, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Senegal, Sudan, United States of America, Zimbabwe No: Chile, France, Germany, Peru, Romania; Abstention: Colombia, India, Turkey Not present: Ivory Coast.

Three years ago, the United States abstained from voting on a sexual orientation nondiscrimination resolution offered by Brazil via the U.N. Human Rights Commission.

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The Christian Right's weakness

2006-01-18T23:23:25Z

Just from a strategic perspective, I keep thinking that the only way to break up the Christian coalition is to remind these bigots of how much they hate each other. So far their common hatred has been their key to success, but direct it inward and it should also be their downfall.

I just heard some Baptists from Georgia saying that all Catholics would burn in hell, totally out in the open in a public place as though the point were obvious to anyone. I've heard similar comments about Jews, even more baldly stated. They really believe that most people agree with them, or that ending the statement with "Bless their evil little hearts" makes it inoffensive.

Dividing them will make them paranoid again, and make some of them even support religious tolerance once they realize it's for their own protection as well.

So, how can we emphasize their differences?

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Bernard Baran

2005-12-29T05:20:10Z

http://tribes.tribe.net/BernardBaran

"It was because he was a homosexual that he was arrested, it was because he was a homosexual that he was judged, it was as a homosexual that he was sentenced, and it was because he was a homosexual that no one can invoke on his behalf the voice of justice and truth..."

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Meier's opinionated past

2005-12-19T20:54:10Z

I heard Bush's speech nominating Meier to the supreme court this morning. Among other community activities she's participated in, Bush noted that she was involved with Exodus Ministries. [I assume you all know what that is.]

Please tell me she won't be confirmed. And that the Dems won't be stupid enough to make another deal with Bush.

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ahh brits

2005-12-18T15:53:50Z

Gay history “must be re-evaluated”
GAY.COM
Wednesday 14 December, 2005
Artefacts and documents that charted the history of lesbian and gay rights need to reassessed and reclassified so that LGBT people are made more visible, an organisation dedicated to gay history says.
Proud History, backed by the Museums Documentation Association (MDA), is calling on museums and cultural storage centres across the country to hunt through their holdings for anything related to gay issues.
They hope that the process will help build a virtual museum dedicated to LGBT history in the country and will include the documentation of the rise of gay culture from the days of criminalisation to civil partnerships.
“For the first time ever, we are asking museums, libraries and archives throughout Britain to revisit their holdings and reveal what they have that is queer," Proud Heritage's director Jack Gilbert told The Guardian newspaper.
"At the moment these are not classified correctly, or held completely out of context and never see the light of day."
The move follows a renewed push for more gay cultural awareness.
A dedicated LGBT Museum was proposed during the London Mayoral contest, although it is yet to be finalised.
Additionally, this year saw the debut of the LGBT History Month, which organisers hoped would help raise awareness of lesbian and gay people amongst young people.
The event saw the introduction of gay history into school lessons and a call for action against homophobic bullying in schools.
LGBT History Month will return in February next year, with those behind the scheme promising an expansion of some of the ideas first introduced this year.
The virtual museum would eventually be housed in the capital, organisers expect, although they are keen for co-operation from across the country.
They are in the process of sending out surveys to museums, libraries and archives asking them to look again at documents that may not be considered gay, but could be of interest to the project.

can you imagine a month of lessons for school children and public awareness campaigns about stonewall, act up and ellen?

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Tribal Censorship Here and Now

2005-12-12T07:20:42Z

Tribal Censorship here and now

I take it you have all received your little notice about obscenity from Tribe.

(Funny thing about that. Wade there has two sexual references right there on his home page.

So, of course I'm reporting him immediately to take them off. )

I ask that you now report all pictures of naked pregnant women, and naked children that are posted on family sites.

Report obscene comments, swear words, and hey, really anything that you find offensive.

If someone says something you find upsetting and obscene, report it! Hell, if it's just upsetting. Report it just to be on the safe side.

Let's send a message to Tribe that either you stand up for civil rights now, or you can wait til the US government shuts down this entire Tribe site on some technicality and do it then.

How totally fucked up that Tribe thinks that by appeasing Roberto Gonzales that he will leave them alone.

All Tribe is doing is paving the path so Gonzales can do his work more easily. And guess who Tribe thinks is obscene my gay and lesbian friends? Guess which pictures and which speech is on their list? You think it's the "family" discussions about pregnancy? Think again honey.

Oh and I used the word "fuck" up there, so do report me or else you could find yourself in deep trouble.

I am refusing to remove any photos or comments that I have on Tribe. I ask that you do the same. Make them do this dirty deed against freedom of expression.

If they do shut down your photos and comments, I ask that people join together to boycott Tribe.

Send them reports of EVERYTHING you find offensive. Make sure to add details. Fill their emails with obscenity and offensive statements.

Either you stand up for your civil rights now, or the end of your civil rights is at hand.

Tribe here is just one example of the new laws putting a chill on freedom of expression. Tribe should be ashamed for appeasing Gonzales and Bush.

Nevertheless it is now up to you to do something.

Boycott Tribe.

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Obscenity Prosecutions

2005-12-09T20:21:56Z

And this is why TRIBE is now censoring your civil rights....

Wave of Obscenity Prosecutions Leads to Closure and Self-Censorship of Websites

Contact:
Susan Wright, NCSF Spokesperson
(917) 848-6544

October 20, 2005
October 20, 2005 - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has announced that his office will specifically target "bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior" in pursuing new obscenity prosecutions. The Department of Justice began recruiting in late July for a new anti-obscenity squad to pursue obscenity prosecutions, and the FBI announced in September that it was forming an anti-obscenity task force to crack down on pornography.

Any website that has content containing "bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior" should be forewarned that prosecution is possible. Additionally, Federal sentencing guidelines state that any obscenity- related punishment should be "enhanced for sadomasochistic material."

Forty people and businesses have been convicted of obscenity since 2001, and 20 additional indictments are pending according to Andrew Oosterbaan, chief of the Justice Department's child exploitation and obscenity section. There were only four obscenity prosecutions during the eight years of the Clinton administration.

Though adult content is, in theory, protected by the First Amendment, only a jury can determine if a work is obscene or not under the subjective set of standards that vary from one community to the next established in the 1973 Supreme Court ruling, Miller v. California.

Text is not inherently more protected than images when it comes to obscenity charges. The erotic fiction website Red Rose Stories is facing obscenity charges after federal agents raided the owner's home on October 3rd, taking computer equipment and diskettes that contained all of their files and site information.

The Department of Justice is clearly hoping that websites will self-censor or remove their content entirely. Midori, a fetish model and SM educator who teaches classes on bondage, has removed her website, BeautyBound.com, citing fear of obscenity prosecution. The owner of three SM websites, known as GrandPa DeSade, removed his websites from the Internet. SuicideGirls.com also announced they are self-censoring their materials over concerns about a possible obscenity crackdown.

Recent prosecutions of obscenity on websites include: A former police officer in Lakeland, Florida, was arrested on October 7th on over 300 obscenity-related charges for the sexual content posted on his website. The same day, webmaster Chris Wilson, owner of amateur website NowThatsFuckedUp.com, was raided on charges of obscenity by a local Sheriff s office.

"I think it's crucial for us to stand up for consensual sadomasochism and other alternative sexual practices," says Barbara Nitke, fetish photographer. "This is a battle worth fighting, and I hope everyone who can will just censor out the most provocative material from their websites, but keep them up. I also appeal to the lawyers in our community to help us find ways to keep people's websites up."

Barbara Nitke and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) have proactively challenged federal obscenity laws as applied to the Internet, arguing that obscenity laws based on "local community standards" are too vague and their existence burdens protected speech, resulting in self-censorship due to the fear of prosecution. A district court three-judge panel in New York ruled that while Nitke and the NCSF members were at risk, more proof was needed that obscenity laws cause otherwise protected speech to be restrained through acts of self-censorship. The case is currently on appeal to the United States Supreme Court.

"The effect of silencing alternative lifestyle speech was exactly why we brought the lawsuit," says attorney John Wirenius, lead counsel for NCSF. "The self- censorship we are seeing underscores the importance of supporting our ongoing obscenity challenge."

To contribute to the appeal of the CDA lawsuit, go to: www.ncsfreedom.org/donations.htm

Barbara Nitke - www.barbaranitke.com

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Why are het men such jerks?

2005-12-08T04:53:38Z

I was bored so decided to check out a movie at the cheap seats. I went to see 40 year Old Virgin, don't ask me why.

One stupid bigoted gay joke after another.

Why is it that het men have to use disgust of gay men as proof of their virility?

It's really absurd.

It just makes me think they are really gay. They sure do invest a LOT of energy into hating us!

This move was truly fucked up. It proved, once again, that illiteracy is way up in the USA, and that hating gay men is just fine and dandy as long as it's done jokingly by straight men.

I left really depressed and angry because people were laughing at these horrible slurs.

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ACLU protests school’s anti-gay essay contest.

2005-12-06T14:38:52Z

From the Washington Blade,

Farmington, N.M. – Civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, are protesting a Farmington high school’s essay contest, which asks students to address why preserving marriage between men and women is vital to society, the ACLU said in a press release. Pupils at Piedra Vista High School also are asked to explain in essays why unborn children merit respect and protection. The civil rights groups allege that the contest violates state laws that ban sexual orientation discrimination by teachers.

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Tribal Censorship

2005-11-30T07:35:49Z

I have been reported more times than I can count to Tribe.

And I am the first to admit that I purposefully push the limits of speech and conversation.

To me, if people don't use their freedom of expression, then we will surely lose it.

However, they have just given me my final warning.

Either I cease with the inappropriate photos and speech or out I go.

I have repeatedly asked about which speech and which photos, but I am obviously not entitled to that information.

However, I know which photos. Go to my profile and pick one.

I have posted those photos on many different tribes, including "family" tribes. I figure why not? If they can put photos of their kids anywhere, why can't I respond? If they can present images of brave soldiers fighting a noble war, then surely I can respond.

Furthermore, I did a little study. I found numerous sites with photos of naked children, some making "obscene" gestures. I also found lots of photos of nude or semi nude pregnant women, none of which were under the "adult" heading.

I sent those to Tribe and asked why two naked gay men with erections in a photo making a political statement is different from naked pregnant women regarding appropriate content.

No response.

I know I have pissed off lots of people on Tribe. I could care less. If all we do is sit around being nice and trying not to upset one another, then you end up with what we got.

Christians and Bush running the country, and Mr. Alito in the wings.

So, now they want to toss me off.

Here's what I did. The new attorney general is shutting down web sites with "perverted" or SM content and fining those who run them.

I told Tribe that if they stop telling me my speech and expression is inappropriate, I won't turn them in for having illegal obscene material on their web site.

Things like urination, SM and bestiality, among other choice human behaviors all appear on Tribe. All are illegal under the new laws being enforced.

(I can post the stories about this new law and the actions being taken by the authorities if you like.)

I told them either we all have freedom of expression or no one does, and I can go either way on it with them at this point.

I am tired of gay content being declared "adult."

I am way tired of heterosexuals parading pregnant women and children around like we're all supposed to be so honored and amazed.

The planet's population increases at three additional people per second. Wars for diminished resources rage daily. The habitat is destroyed.

And who do the hets blame the fall of society on?

Homosexuals.

I think it's time to give them the news.

And why is it that endless banter about sky gods and demigods passes as appropriate speech, but talk about gay activism and heterosexism is considered wrong?

Why can some het man call me a fag, tell me I don't deserve civil rights, support war that kills children, and support the destruction of the environment and that passes as appropriate speech.

But when I tell that person he's a fascist idiot, that is insulting and worthy of condemnation.

(I know both are insulting, but if you can dish it out, then honey you can take it.)

The cowardice of censorship astonishes me.

People don't want to have cherished ideas upset, so they will destroy basic civil rights to maintain their dogmas. And usually they do it just like Tribe, without reason and without any means to respond.

Having access to a response and a defense means those whop censor might have to think about what they're actually doing to themselves and to society.

So, will I turn Tribe into the authorities if they toss me off?

Would you?

Censorship on the net is spreading. If Samuel Alito becomes the next Supreme judge, he and Gonzales, the Attorney General have nothing in their way.

The freedom of expression gay men now enjoy on the net will be gone.

And if you think heterosexist liberals will stand up for you think again. They enjoy their naked women and pregnant women and their kids.

But naked gay men with erections is not worth the trouble.

And gay men who give back what the heterosexist majority dish out will simply be silenced.

They'd rather talk about saving the planet so they can have more kids.

They don't see what the big deal is with gay people anyway? What exactly are we complaining about?

I intend to show them, in this little way.

Being on Tribe can be fun, and I've read some awesome stories on here by people not afraid to express their true thoughts.

However, it's not worth self-censorship in order to pander to the fearful and the pious.

So again, would you turn in Tribe to make that point?

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if there were a constitutional ban

2005-11-14T16:03:25Z

if there were a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman would that make immigration for USA queers into more gay friendly countries (spain, the netherlands, belgium) easier at all?

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The states offers 'anti-effeminate' medicine!

2005-11-06T10:43:08Z

http://www.hetracil.com/

It's sad really. If you google the name 'Hetracil', you find a lot of pages about how it's "helped" people, as well as how they are/were trying to pass a bill to make the drug illegal, as perents and doctors were perscribing it to youth under the age of 18. This, i belive, is a theft of identity. It's one thing to hate yourself when your an adult and take it, it's another to give it to someone who is 9 or 10 who isn't even thinking of their sexual preferance yet, and giving them a drug that could possibly alter THEM,and even if they are beginning to find out thei sexual preferance, it's still not right!

I'm so glad I live in Canada. And I wonder at the same time if someone like me did tak ethis medicine, what the hell it would do exactly? I'm going to read up more on this, but I thought you would all like to know.

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Nominee alarms gay groups

2005-11-02T22:49:22Z

Supreme Court nominee alarms gay groups
Larry Buhl, PlanetOut Network
published Monday, October 31, 2005

LGBT groups Monday quickly criticized President Bush as pandering to the far right by choosing jurist Samuel Alito to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. They expressed particular doubt as to Alito's willingness to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-affected people.

Legal experts and activists from across the spectrum agree that Alito, 55, has been a consistently conservative voice on the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since he was seated there in 1990 by then-President George H.W. Bush. Some have nicknamed him "Scalito" and "Scalia Lite" because his judicial philosophy so closely mirrors that of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

"You can't get much more conservative than Sam Alito," legal scholar Jonathan Turley told the "Today Show" on Monday.

Unlike Harriet Miers, who withdrew her nomination last week after strong opposition from conservatives, Alito has a long record of legal opinion and ideology -- and 15 years of decisions that may be at odds with gay and lesbian equality, LGBT activists say.

Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese criticized Bush for choosing to "placate the far right instead of appealing to the fair-minded values of the American people."

"President Bush capitulated to the howling from the extreme evangelical right and threw them red meat in the form of U.S. Circuit Court Judge Samuel Alito," said Matt Forman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "The country will now be put through a wrenching, divisive and damaging confirmation process. One more travesty inflicted on this nation by the president and his right-wing allies."

Most of the harshest critics of the nomination have slammed President Bush for allegedly colluding with right-wing activists in choosing Alito. The Washington Post reported Monday that Bush consulted the conservative anti-gay Concerned Women for America to ensure Alito was acceptable to them.

The revelation, and the likelihood that Bush consulted other anti-gay organizations, should raise alarm bells for LGBT citizens, said Eric Stern, Executive Director of the National Stonewall Democrats.

"Americans need to know why right-wing activists, the same ones who rejected Miers for not being clearly conservative, are practically salivating over this nominee. These anti-gay organizations are on President Bush's speed dial."

Lambda Legal agreed that being a darling of the right raised red flags about Alito, but the group's legal director, Jon Davidson, told the PlanetOut Network that his group will carefully review Alito's 800-plus decisions on the bench before taking a position.

"We want to be fair and perform due diligence on nominees," Davidson said. "We are trying to figure out not just how he might rule on an issue but what his approach is. There are so many split decisions on the Supreme Court because they take difficult cases. You want someone who doesn't rule by gut reaction but will decide based on a commitment to core constitutional principles"

Lambda Legal opposed the nomination of John Roberts because of his refusal to answer crucial questions during his Senate hearing, but had not formed an opinion on Miers due to her lack of a legal paper trail.

Nevertheless, many LGBT activists and liberals worry that Alito will consistently decide against LGBT equality, oppose the rights of disabled workers and other minorities and even try to overturn Roe v. Wade. Given the statements from Senate Democrats, it is possible that many groups will join together to fight the Alito nomination.

Said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.: "Rather than selecting a nominee for the good of the nation and the court, President Bush has picked a nominee whom he hopes will stop the massive hemorrhaging of support on his right wing."

And Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., criticized Bush and vowed close scrutiny of the Alito record. "Conservative activists forced Miers to withdraw from consideration for this same Supreme Court seat because she was not radical enough for them. Now the Senate needs to find out if the man replacing Miers is too radical for the American people."

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George Takei (aka Sulu) Comes Out

2005-10-29T15:35:43Z

CNN

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God's Judgment on Heterosexuality

2005-10-17T21:37:44Z

God's Judgment on Heterosexuality and the Church's Caring Response
by Tobias S. Haller, BSG.

Introduction

The church is faced today with a pastoral problem of significant gravity. It has become more and more apparent that many heterosexuals have come to consider themselves to be faithful members of the church, while committing acts at variance with the church's solemn teaching. The problem is far from new; both the Scriptural witness, and the unbroken tradition of the church attest to the ongoing nature of this tragic discontinuity. The matter has only come to the renewed attention of the church in recent years due to the efforts by some heterosexuals who seek not only to defend but to justify their behavior.

Origins in Creation

The inability of heterosexuals to form lasting, stable relationships has long been noted. A survey of the biblical material provides a sad witness to this inability -- and one explanation for its source -- in God's judgment upon Adam and Eve. This judgment provides a climax to the creation account in Genesis (3.16) and may therefore be taken as substantive testimony to God's eternal plan for humanity. This passage explains the tragic inability of heterosexuals to work together as equals: the female is cursed by being placed under male rule, rather than coexisting as the full and equal partner that a healthy and life-giving relationship requires. This divinely mandated order or hierarchy -- which has institutionalized a veritable "civil war of the sexes" -- fosters the incapacity for mutuality that renders stable heterosexual relationships nearly impossible -- a fitting punishment for the failure to act in obedience to the God who welcomed his creatures into a relationship based on mutual trust and responsibility.

The rest of the biblical material portrays the unfortunate consequence of this constitutional incapacity. Even the patriarch Abraham, who in all other respects was a model of fidelity, was willing to deny his wife and turn her over as a potential concubine. (Gen. 12.13) The overwhelming majority of heterosexual relationships portrayed in Scripture are devoid of any appearance of human care, affection, mutuality, concern, or love. Few of the heterosexual relationships that do evince a degree of personal commitment are monogamous. For example, Elkanah shows real fondness for his barren wife Hannah, but not enough to refrain from having a second wife to bear him children. One is hard pressed to find even a handful of faithful, loving, lifelong, monogamous, heterosexual relationships in the whole of Scripture.

We must remember, however, that God's power is perfected in weakness. The people of Israel departed from the true path time and again, yet were capable of repentance and redemption. So too, God will be patient with erring heterosexuals who repent of their sinful behavior and return to God. The analogy between Israel's corporate misbehavior and the personal behavior of heterosexuals is firmly and dramatically linked in Scripture: heterosexual adultery and prostitution are types of idolatry on Israel's part throughout the prophetic and poetic literature, so much so that at times it is difficult to determine if the acts under condemnation are cultic or sexual in nature. The heterosexual activity (real or figurative) is almost always paired with a call to repentance, and an offer of divine forgiveness. A striking example of this in the New Testament is Jesus' forgiveness of the woman taken in adultery. The Lord forgives her, while making it clear he considers her behavior to be "sin." This is one of the few times the Gospel directly and specifically designates any behavior by the title of "sin." Indeed, of all specific individual acts identified in the Gospel as "sin," half are heterosexual in nature; the others relate to the denial and betrayal of Jesus himself. It is a sign of God's great mercy that the former sins are forgiven while the latter are retained: this fact should serve as a reminder of the gravity of heterosexual sin in God's eyes as well as God's patience with the sinner.

Disease and the other consequences of heterosexual acts

It is incumbent upon the church to avoid suggesting that the high frequency of infant mortality, death in childbirth (which until the introduction of antiseptic procedures was common worldwide), and sexually transmitted disease represent in some way God's specific punishment of individual heterosexuals for their sinful behavior. All human beings share in common mortality, fall prey to disease throughout their lives, and ultimately suffer death. Disease and death may therefore be seen as a tragic consequence of Original Sin rather than of the particular sins of any individual or group.

However, we would be negligent in our task were we to fail to note the biblical witness on this matter. The "knowledge" of good and evil that results from tasting the fruit of the forbidden tree is intimately linked with the shame in nakedness that leads to the effort to conceal the secondary sexual characteristics that distinguish heterosexuals. The taking of the fruit of knowledge leads almost immediately to Adam's first heterosexual experience after the Fall, in which he "knows" his wife. The Fall also results in God's double curse upon Eve: sexual longing for her husband coupled with submission to his domination, rendering a mature love based on equality virtually impossible.

In God's judgment upon Eve, travail in childbirth is singled out as a means to punish womankind for having led mankind astray (Gen. 3.16). It is true that this judgment is partially deferred in the Deuteropauline literature, where it is promised that a woman believer will be "brought safely through childbirth"; that is, a woman's faith will preserve her through this difficult trial, her faith serving as a balance to Eve's primal infidelity. (1 Tim. 2.12-15) Finally, though we refrain from making any direct connection at this point, it must also be acknowledged that at least one instance of child mortality is explicitly related to heterosexual sin: the death of the child born of the illicit heterosexual liaison between David and Uriah the Hittite's wife. (2 Sam 12.14)

Thus procreation, while necessary for the continuance of the human species, is forever tinged with shame, imbalance, and danger as a result of the actions of the first heterosexuals. Heterosexuality is shot through-and-through with mortality, and in the New Testament becomes a type for the world that is passing away. Jesus affirms, in Luke 20.34-35, that heterosexuality -- "marrying and giving in marriage" -- belong to this age, and that those who are worthy of a share in the life of the world to come do not become entangled in the snares of this sort of behavior. While the church has not gone so far as to take Jesus literally at his word on this point, a degree of caution is nonetheless prudent. Jesus' preference for and counsel to celibacy is both a choice and a sign of the Kingdom in which heterosexuality will cease to exist, and, in his words, those worthy of resurrection will be like angels, freed from the mortality for which heterosexual procreation was the remedy. (Luke 20.36)

Moreover, it would be irresponsible of the church not to warn heterosexuals of the dire medical consequences their behavior might cause. When medical conditions (childbed fever, sexually transmitted disease, ectopic pregnancy, cervical cancer, and so on) can clearly and directly be linked with a preventable form of behavior the church is obliged to provide at least warning and counsel to avoid such acts, if possible.

Relevance of biblical material

Many today would argue that the injunctions placed upon heterosexual contact in the Law of Moses are no longer relevant to a discussion of heterosexuality. We must point out, however, the general ritual opprobrium attached to heterosexual acts. All heterosexual acts render both parties unclean at any time, due to emission of semen (Lev 15.18), and abominable at other times, due to contact with menstrual blood. (Lev 15.24, 20.18) The continued fervent condemnation of the latter abomination in the prophetic literature (Ezek. 18.5-13; 22.10), and in church tradition down through the ages (e.g., the Didascalia, Jerome, Clement of Alexandria, John Chrysostom, and Thomas Aquinas) warrants our caution in discarding the Mosaic material as simply "cultural baggage."

Heterosexual Behavior vs. the Heterosexual Condition

Some argue that while heterosexual behavior is sinful, the heterosexual condition is not, and that heterosexuals are capable of leading normal, full, and happy lives within the moral framework determined by the church.

While this is to a large extent an accurate understanding, the church must also warn of the dangers of sin at the level of volition that precedes action. Both the Old and New Testaments warn of the insidious nature of such heterosexual sin. The Tenth Commandment (Exod 20.17) clearly places the mental act of coveting one's neighbor's wife in the same moral universe as outright adultery. Jesus repeats and emphasizes this connection in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5.28). Given this Scriptural witness it is difficult to see that heterosexual inclination is in any way less culpable than heterosexual action, unless involuntary and immediately rejected by an exercise of the will and moral judgment. Such an understanding must rule as sinful, therefore, all pornographic or semi-pornographic material so widely available in our society. (The latter includes much advertising that appears, at first, to be completely unrelated to heterosexuality, but uses a heterosexual subtext in order to market a product.)

The church may be informed, if not guided, by the findings of science on this issue. However, the scientific community is not yet in full agreement as to the etiology of heterosexuality, or the treatment of its more egregious manifestations. While it appears that heterosexual behavior is to a large extent genetically conditioned, and early environmental factors play a significant part in its development -- for neither of which an individual could be held responsible -- still the possibility to refuse to engage in heterosexual acts is always available to the adult person capable of exercising reasonable and free choice. Despite the intensity of the heterosexual inclination, the exercise of the will and moral judgment can assist all but the most clinically unstable heterosexual from committing acts judged to be immoral by the church. Because of this, there can be no question about the position the church must take when dealing with unrepentant, avowed, overt and open heterosexuals who not only commit such acts, but go so far as to brag about the number of their sexual liaisons (many of them made through contacts in such sordid institutions as "singles bars"). The danger to the young -- quite apart from the risk of becoming objects of predatory heterosexuals, and perhaps by this means being recruited to their ranks -- is multiplied by the bad example heterosexuals might present if their behavior were to be mistakenly considered worthy of emulation. For this reason, any toleration of heterosexuals or heterosexuality must be examined with great care and precise clarity, lest the wrong message be sent to our young people, who represent the future of the church and society.

The marriage of heterosexuals

Given the statistics on infidelity, divorce, abortion, rape, the abuse of spouses and the predatory assault upon children by heterosexuals, it would appear that few heterosexuals are capable of the fundamental, mutual self-giving required to support a lifelong, committed relationship. The biblical material on this matter is again unambiguous. When Jesus told the disciples that the only permissible exercise of heterosexual behavior was within the context of a lifelong, faithful, monogamous marriage, his disciples exclaimed that it was impossible. Jesus went on to assert that while not impossible, it was a supernatural gift only a few could be expected to accept. (Matt. 19.10-11)

The Pauline material does not forbid heterosexual marriage, but certainly does not encourage it. Paul's preferential option is for abstinence. Paul spent much of his ministry dealing with the weaknesses of heterosexuals in the early church, counseling them, if at all possible, to avoid entering marriages he knew few of them would be able to sustain, yet allowing it for those unable to control themselves. (1 Cor 7) At the same time, Paul warned against any heterosexual activity outside marriage. Clearly this creates a pastoral dilemma for the church, and an opportunity to exercise forgiveness for those incapable --through no fault other than the constitutional weakness that afflicts so many heterosexuals -- of achieving the highest standards of Christian behavior.

The ordination of heterosexuals

The question of the ordination of active heterosexuals is not a new one. While it appears that some apostles were married (Mark 1.30), Paul clearly regards the practice with unconcealed condescension. (1 Cor 9.5) The Deuteropauline material relents slightly, and allows bishops to be married "only once." (1 Tim. 3.2) The early church allowed married persons to be ordained, except those who had gone so far to marry twice, even after being widowed; and any ordained person who sought to marry was deposed. It was soon found that stricter regulation of heterosexual tendencies was required, and the catholic church, in its wisdom, determined within a few centuries of its institutional life that bishops (and in the West, all clergy) should permanently abstain from all heterosexual activity. Since the Reformation, some churches have decided once again to permit avowed, open and active heterosexuals to serve as ministers, often with disastrous consequences, as the natural tendency toward infidelity and instability evinced by so many heterosexuals emerges in socially and morally inappropriate ways.

The heterosexual agenda

Even considering the church's call to forgiveness and understanding, it would be highly inappropriate to support the so-called "heterosexual agenda" in the secular arena. The church was, to a certain extent, taken unawares when the greatest victory of the heterosexual special interest group was achieved: the liberalization of divorce laws in many parts of the world. Similarly, heterosexual lobbyists have been hard at work mounting efforts to decriminalize heterosexual acts still forbidden by statute in many states, to lower the age of consent for sexual activity between persons of the opposite sex, and to legalize prostitution and the distribution of pornography. Heterosexuals are also fervent in their efforts to retain the special rights that they have managed to secure, rights not afforded to other citizens.

The heterosexual lobby operates politically, but a more insidious influence may well be through the disproportionate heterosexual representation in the entertainment field and in the media. Heterosexuals hold tight control over almost every communications medium, and the proportion of content favorable to heterosexuality is overwhelming. Scarcely a television program or film is released to the public without at least one major heterosexual character, often the hero or heroine, and the effects of this culture-war are already becoming evident in moves towards greater toleration of heterosexual excesses. A sign of the influence of the heterosexual movement is the growing use of the term "straight" to describe heterosexuals. This novel meaning given to a perfectly ordinary word is an example of the attempt to "mainstream" the heterosexual lifestyle, and it is fundamentally misleading -- relationships as intricate, complicated and twisted as those of most heterosexuals would scarcely be called "straight" in the ordinary sense of the word.

The church and the heterosexual

The church is not only competent to forgive the moral error involved in heterosexual acts, it is also able to appeal to the state for mercy and some consideration of the broken condition of the heterosexual offender. The church should model its behavior on Christ, who while acknowledging the sinfulness of the woman taken in adultery, enjoined the crowd to remit the punishment justly due to her. However, it would be improper for the church to seek completely to prevent the exercise of secular law, which may serve--if not as a corrective--at least as a warning of the consequences of immorality.

Conclusion

After all is said and done, we continue to affirm that heterosexuals, despite the sinfulness of their behavior, are children of God, and worthy of our care and pastoral concern. They are more to be pitied than censured. With the pastoral care and counsel of the church, firm in its resolve that there will be no outcasts, they may grow to that "full stature of mature manhood in Christ" promised to all faithful believers.

Promulgated by the Sacred Congregation for the Defense of What I Say is True Because I Say It

Copyright © 1994, 1996 T. S. Haller, BSG

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Trans = Reparative Therapy

2005-09-28T17:42:00Z

http://www.susans.org/reference/usts1-9.html

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Do you consider HETEROSEXUALITY a genetic defect?

2005-09-22T21:15:31Z

Do you? or something else? I am just curious.

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France Offers Money to Third-Time Parents

2005-09-22T17:49:11Z

France Offers Money to Third-Time Parents

The Associated Press
Thursday, September 22, 2005; 11:08 AM

PARIS -- France announced financial incentives Thursday for parents to have a third child, hoping to boost its fertility rate by helping people to better juggle the demands of work and family life.

A new measure will award $916 a month to parents who take one year's unpaid leave from work after the birth of a third child, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced at the close of a national conference on families.

It will take effect in July 2006. De Villepin said he believed the measure will appeal to "numerous parents" and allow for a "better reconciliation of professional and family rhythms."

"We must do more to allow French families to have as many children as they want," the prime minister said.

France's fertility rate, at an average of 1.9 children per woman, is the second highest in Europe after Ireland's, around 2. But it is still below the 2.07 level needed to prevent population decline.

The European Union average is around 1.5, dropping to less than 1.3 in some countries, including Greece, Spain, Italy and the new EU member nations in Eastern Europe where fertility rates dropped precipitously after the collapse of communism. Some experts fear that the decline in fertility rates across the continent could have far-reaching economic and social consequences.

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Men in Land of Samurai Find Their Feminine Side

2005-09-22T16:31:58Z

Men in Land of Samurai Find Their Feminine Side
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/21/AR2005092102434.html

In today's Washington Post

"... The so-called feminization of Japanese men has become a topic of TV talk shows, magazine articles, academic research, films and, perhaps most notably, public acceptance. When Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a divorced father of three, requested a dance with Richard Gere during a meeting this year, no one blinked an eye -- even when Koizumi had Gere lead their waltz...."

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New Gay Youth

2005-09-21T16:26:48Z

I found this article from the Planned Parenthood website really interesting... being someone who identifies as Bisexual for mostly political reasons (I really just feel kinda fluid and would prefer to not lable myself, but currently I do for political reasons), I was intriged that there is research around this issue.... since many of my friends fit the idea of "new gay youth" (say the under 25 folks).

What's New About The New Gay Teenager

by Keely Savoie
07.28.05

Cornell professor Ritch Savin-Williams believes that gay teens, as we know them, are disappearing — and that's a good thing, according to him. In his book, The New Gay Teenager, Savin-Williams suggests that they have been replaced by a new breed of teen who, despite having same-sex sex and relationships, doesn't feel particularly "gay." And while Savin-Williams' vision of a "post-gay" world may seem premature given the level of intolerance and bigotry that still exists, the advent of the new gay teen may still herald a new age of sexual fluidity.

Old Gay v. "New gay"
What we don't know about gay teens far outweighs what we do know, says Savin-Williams.

What we don't know about gay teens far outweighs what we do know, says Savin-Williams. And what we do know may be skewed.

Past research on gay teenagers focused narrowly on teens with a self-proclaimed gay identity. These teens, Savin-Willaims argues, may in fact have been less emotionally healthy than their non-identifying same-sex-attracted peers because they were largely drawn from support groups or group homes where the odds of finding emotionally unstable teens were much higher. This led to the popularization of negative stereotypes that amounted to little more than what Savin-Williams calls a "suffering suicidal" script.

What past researchers missed, says Savin-Williams, is the good news: Many same-sex-attracted teens are healthy, resilient, and mature, able to integrate their same-sex attractions into their emerging personalities as merely one aspect of who they are. In other words, gay teens are not unlike other teens.

From Pre-Gay to Post-Gay

Savin-Williams has positioned his book to not only fill the gaps in our knowledge about the "old gay teens" but to ring in a new era of same-sex-attracted teens who are different from their predecessors in fundamental ways: the "new gay teenagers."

These "new gay teenagers" not only represent a fuller picture of who gay teens have always been — they also represent a generational shift. The new gay teens have embraced a whole new lexicon to describe their sexuality, including labels that incorporate everything from alternative gender expression ("queerboi") to the firm rejection of labeled sexuality altogether ("unlabeled"). This constitutes more than a trend of new catch phrases; Savin-Williams believes that this proliferation of new words to describe sexuality heralds a seismic shift in gay youth culture that elides the artificial dichotomy between hetero- and homosexuals.

This shift in cultural thinking is partly the result of pop culture phenomenons like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Will and Grace, and partly the result of increased political advocacy for anti-hate-crime legislation, civil rights protections, gay adoption, and gay marriage. In short, Savin-Williams believes that the gay movement has been so successful in its drive for the mainstream acceptance of gayness that gayness itself no longer carries any significant cultural meaning — that being gay is no more extraordinary than, say, having brown hair.

Savin-Williams contends that the normalization of gayness has filtered into teen culture so that now, instead of proclaiming gay identity or embracing the subculture of gayness, same-sex attracted teens greet their burgeoning sexuality, whatever it may be, with a shrug of indifference, in effect declaring, "So what?" Savin-Williams believes that this upcoming generation will mark the beginning of the end of "gay identity" — that its social, political, and personal utility will become obsolete. He hopes that "pre-gay" young people who have not yet grown into a sexual identity will be "convinced to relegate the idea of gayness to the dustbin, its previous existence forgotten except by those who ask, 'What was that all about?'"

Conflicting Images

Savin-Williams paints a rosy picture of gay youth, where tolerance has trumped bigotry, sameness has eroded difference, and ordinariness prevails over an old-school gay culture that actively sought to distinguish itself from the straight-and-narrow. And he rightly trumpets the triumphs of the gay-rights movement — the Lawrence v. Texas decision in which the Supreme Court agreed that gays, too, have a right to private sexual lives; the exponential increase of gay-straight alliances in high schools across the country; the many cities and states that have included homosexuals as a class protected by anti-discrimination laws. But in doing so, Savin-Williams also implies that the battle for gay equality has been won — that the gay rights movement has been so successful that it has erased the meaning of "gay" altogether.

But statistics are stubborn, and news stories consistently paint a different picture.

Indeed, researchers have almost unanimously concluded that gay youth are much more likely than straight youth to suffer from a range of social and personal pressures connected to their sexuality. According to the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, harassment of gay-identified youth was up 8 percent in 2004, compared to 2003. Gay-straight alliances in schools are under assault by an increasing number of social conservatives in American politics and culture. The average high school student hears anti-gay slurs 25 times a day, according the
Sticks and Stones Project of the ACLU in Georgia. Under these conditions, teens could have many reasons not to identify as gay. In fact, of the 25 percent of gay teens who responded that they were not "out" in a 1997 OutProud survey (the latest for which results are available), 53 percent said they feared their friends' reactions. This suggests that we may not be on the brink of a truly post-gay era after all.

So, while Savin-Williams is right to question the validity of research that pathologizes gay youth, right to celebrate the accomplishments of the gay rights movement, and right to laud the gains made on both the legal and cultural fronts, the "gay-blind" world he envisions is still a far-off reality. Until "you're so gay" disappears altogether as an insult, it is likely that gay adolescents will still seek comfort and support in their gay identity — by whatever name.

Keely Savoie is a freelance writer living in Brooklyn, New York.

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The Credo of the Liberal Breeder

2005-09-16T17:34:23Z

I am having a discussion on Political Junkie about this and thought it might be intersting to hear from team players on this issue.

The Credo of the Liberal Breeder

"As for the population, yes I know that the capacity of this world is at the brim (and possibly flowing over) but that is why we have those darn toxic waters to kill more and thus regulate it a little better. " - Mayor Kerwin White (Steve)

I've been trying to think of a word to describe the liberal heterosexual breeding man, and often his counterpart, the liberal heterosexual breeding woman, in the USA.

I do think the above quote sums it up quite nicely. But what word to use to define it?

You have on the fascist, christian, god fearing side of the US politic those who have families. They espouse family values.

When faced with the reality of diminishing resources, loss of civil liberties, exploding population, mass starvation, toxic environments and the wars it takes to gather resources, they include in their credo THE END TIMES.

For more information about the tribulation, pre and post, wrath or not, go to Rapture Ready News.

raptureready.com/index.html

It's okay to have more kids and ignore these problems because the rapture will gather up the righteous, (their kids included obviously,) and take everyone to heaven, first class all the way.

Those who die from the wars, from starvation, from floods due to global warming, by definition were not right with God.
The Bible prophecies have been fulfilled. You're not right with God now, hey too bad.

But not to worry, all those who die will be reborn if they find Jesus before they die. They won't be reborn here on earth, but in a better place. Heaven. You get to be with Jesus, and God, and in some religions Mary, so that's really good.

On the goddess fearing, green party, side of the US politic you also have those with families. They too espouse family values, but in with a different method.

They want everything to be environmentally safe for their children. (Thus we have the odd habit of recycling so that more people can be born.) Thus we're told to take care of the environment for the sake of the children and for future generations.

When faced with the reality of diminishing resources, loss of civil liberties, exploding population, mass starvation, toxic environments and the wars needed to gather these resources, we are reminded that Gaia heals all.

The toxic waste of consumer society will simply kill off those that the goddess see fits. Gaia, our earth mother, will find ways to balance her energy and make things right again.

For more information about how Gaia, our earth mother, heals all, well, I will leave you to find that. The resources online are plentiful, flowing like the breast milk of Isis.

These green breeders, by definition, are righteous in the eyes of the goddess. (Their children, obviously, will survive. You see, they teach their kids how to be good citizens, unlike those nutcase right wing types.)

The earth mother will gather up many humans, but not to worry, they will be reborn. Yes, they may come back as a toad, or maybe a leaf, but they will return to ecotopian delight eventually as humans, as long as they lit their candles and chanted on the solstice.

Both sides of this political demographic continue to breed and shop in the face of growing bleak realities. Nevertheless, they have faith that they are correct with their philosophy and with the world. It's the other side that's so stupid, hateful and obviously insane.

This is what passes for real politics in the USA. Two sides of the same coin. It's basically finger pointing backed by the logic of a child who believe in imaginary friends.

Can a heterosexual breeder have a progressive, constructive politic? Does having a family create a mental density, a protective barrier if you will, which disallows people to fully see the extent of the damage to the world today?

Is it all just too awful to comprehend, much less to let children comprehend, so it's best to just hope for the best?

Does creating a fantasy philosophy help to keep the awful truth from children, thus it's the most compassionate thing to do?

If so, then why do adults actually believe the stories they tell?

Forty thousand children die each day from starvation and three ADDITIONAL children are born every second. Yet, people thoughout the US still want to have more kids and raise families.

(This goes on throughout the world but I'm trying to understand US politics here, being that our politic removed itself from reality a long time ago and continues to do so. For further information on reality displacement in the USA, see Iraq War, September 11th and Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq sanctions, Columbian politics, Somalian politics, Saudi Arabia oil and East Timorese politics, to name but a few examples.)

Could the desire to raise a family be some sort of mental defect in people? Perhaps it's a narcissistic neurosis? Any psychologists care to offer an opinion?

What does one call it when one engages in behavior that adds to a person's self-destruction, even after the person is aware of that process?

Could the belief in sky gods and goddesses offer some clue into this mental disorder?

Could the desire to have more children in the face of facts which would caution against it have something to do with chemical imbalances that take place in the brain when heterosexuals THINK about breeding? Any scientists care to offer opinion?

After all, several differences in brain size, chemistry and body makeup have been found in homosexuals as compared to heterosexuals. Perhaps this is another one?

However, how would that explain homosexuals who want to be like heterosexuals in every way except one? Does just thinking about mimicking heterosexual behavior cause this narcissistic, self-destructive neurosis or enact the chemical imbalance?

I leave it to you to decide. I will also post this on gay tribes and see what response I get, then post those responses back here.

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And yet AGAIN...

2005-09-15T11:37:40Z

From the New York Times:

Vatican to Check U.S. Seminaries on Gay Presence

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By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: September 15, 2005

Investigators appointed by the Vatican have been instructed to review each of the 229 Roman Catholic seminaries in the United States for "evidence of homosexuality" and for faculty members who dissent from church teaching, according to a document prepared to guide the process.

The Vatican document, given to The New York Times yesterday by a priest, surfaces as Catholics await a Vatican ruling on whether homosexuals should be barred from the priesthood.

In a possible indication of the ruling's contents, the American archbishop who is supervising the seminary review said last week that "anyone who has engaged in homosexual activity or has strong homosexual inclinations," should not be admitted to a seminary.

Edwin O'Brien, archbishop for the United States military, told The National Catholic Register that the restriction should apply even to those who have not been sexually active for a decade or more.

American seminaries are under Vatican review as a result of the sexual abuse scandal that swept the priesthood in 2002. Church officials in the United States and Rome agreed that they wanted to take a closer look at how seminary candidates were screened for admission, and whether they were being prepared for lives of chastity and celibacy.

The issue of gay seminarians and priests has been in the spotlight because a study commissioned by the church found last year that about 80 percent of the young people victimized by priests were boys.

Experts in human sexuality have cautioned that homosexuality and attraction to children are different, and that a disproportionate percentage of boys may have been abused because priests were more likely to have access to male targets - like altar boys or junior seminarians - than to girls.

But some church officials in the United States and in Rome, including some bishops and many conservatives, attributed the abuse to gay priests and called for an overhaul of the seminaries. Expectation for such a move rose this year with the election of Pope Benedict XVI, who has spoken of the need to "purify" the church.

It is unknown how many Catholic priests are gay. Estimates range widely, from 10 percent to 60 percent.

The catechism of the Catholic Church says people with "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies must live in chastity because "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."

The Rev. Donald B. Cozzens, a former seminary rector who set off a controversy five years ago when he published a book asserting that "the priesthood is or is becoming a gay profession," said in an interview yesterday that many in the church had come to accept his observation.

But he said he was concerned that the seminary review would lead the church to ask celibate faculty members and seminarians to withdraw.

"That would be a major mistake from my perspective," said Father Cozzens, who teaches in the religious studies department at John Carroll University in Cleveland. "First, I think it's unfair if not unjust for committed gay seminarians and faculty who are leading chaste lives. And secondly, I don't know how you can really enforce that."

The Rev. Thomas J. Reese, a sociologist who resigned in May as editor of the Jesuit magazine America under pressure from the Vatican, said that with the shortage of priests, the church can hardly afford to dismiss gay seminarians.

"You could have somebody who's been in the seminary for five or six years and is planning to be ordained and the rector knows they're a homosexual," said Father Reese, now a visiting scholar at Santa Clara University in California. "What are they going to do, throw them out?

"It's much healthier if a seminarian can talk about their sexuality with a spiritual director, but this kind of policy is going to force it all underground."

Archbishop O'Brien, who is supervising the seminary review, did not respond to requests for interviews made to his office in Washington. In an interview with The Associated Press, he said the Vatican document was being reviewed by the pope and could be released this year.

The seminary review, called an apostolic visitation, will send teams appointed by the Vatican to the 229 seminaries, which have more than 4,500 students. The last such review began about 25 years ago and took six years to complete.

At each seminary, the visitors are to conduct confidential interviews with every faculty member and seminarian, as well as everyone who graduated in the last three years.

A 12-page document with instructions for the review is now being distributed to seminarians and faculty members. It asks whether the doctrine on the priesthood presented by the seminary is "solidly based on the church's Magisterium," or teaching, and whether teachers and seminarians "accept this teaching." Among the other questions are these:

¶"Is there a clear process for removing from the seminary faculty members who dissent from the authoritative teaching of the church or whose conduct does not provide good example to future priests?"

¶"Is the seminary free from the influences of New Age and eclectic spirituality?"

¶"Do the seminarians or faculty members have concerns about the moral life of those living in the institution? (This question must be answered)."

¶"Is there evidence of homosexuality in the seminary? (This question must be answered)."

The questionnaire also asks whether faculty members "watch out for signs of particular friendships."

The Rev. Thomas Baima, provost of the largest seminary in the United States, St. Mary of the Lake, in Chicago, where the Vatican is sending nine interviewers, said such questions were no surprise.

"The reason we're having an apostolic visitation now is precisely in the aftermath of the clerical sexual-abuse scandal," Father Baima said. "Issues about screening our candidates, about formation for celibacy, about how we teach moral theology are going to get more attention than how we teach church history."

But one gay priest, who said he would not give his name because he has been told by his order not to speak out, said the seminary review would demoralize gay priests.

"It says to gay priests, many of whom are hard-working, faithful men who live their promises of celibacy with integrity, that you should never have been ordained," he said.

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trolls

2005-09-15T03:46:05Z

you are boring.

teacher gives you F-.

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lest we forget....

2005-09-14T21:43:19Z

fyi:

This internet message on biblically-grounded principles for public policy on marriage made its way to PCG; we pass it along here.

The Presidential Prayer Team is currently urging us to: "Pray for the President as he seeks wisdom on how to legally codify the definition of marriage. Pray that it will be according to Biblical principles. With any forces insisting on variant definitions of marriage, pray that God's Word and His standards will be honored by our government." This is true.

Any good religious person believes prayer should be balanced by action. So here, in support of the Prayer Team's admirable goals, is a proposed Constitutional Amendment codifying marriage entirely on biblical principles:

A. Marriage in the United States shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5)

B. Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives. (II Sam 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron
11:21)

C. A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. (Deut
22:13-21)

D. Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden. (Gen 24:3; Num 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Neh 10:30)

E. Since marriage is for life, neither this Constitution nor the constitution of any State, nor any state or federal law, shall be construed to permit divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark 10:9)

F. If a married man dies without children, his brother shall marry the widow. If he refuses to marry his brother's widow or deliberately does not give her children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe and be otherwise punished in a manner to be determined by law.
(Gen. 38:6-10; Deut 25:5-10)

G. In lieu of marriage, if there are no acceptable men in your town, it is required that you get your dad drunk and have sex with him (even if he had previously offered you up as a sex toy to men young and old), tag-teaming with any sisters you may have. Of course, this rule applies only if you are female. (Gen 19:31-36)

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ok just when you thought you had heard everything

2005-09-14T16:32:37Z

http://www.repentamerica.com/pr_hurricanekatrina.html

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Texas governor suggests gay veterans should leave state

2005-09-08T18:39:38Z

Texas governor suggests gay veterans should leave state
Gay groups demand Perry apologize
By STEVE KOVAL | Jun 8, 10:55 AM

Texas Gov. Rick Perry suggested that gay veterans unhappy with the proposed anti-gay constitutional amendment should move elsewhere.

"I'm going to say Texas has made a decision on marriage and if there's a state with more lenient views than Texas, then maybe that's where they should live," the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Perry said Sunday.

Perry's comments were in response to a question during a news conference about what he would tell gay war veterans returning from Iraq.

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a group for gays in the military, today joined calls by the Lesbian & Gay Rights Lobby of Texas for Perry to apologize.

"More than 66,000 lesbian and gay veterans make their home in Texas," said Sharra E. Greer, SLDN’s director of law and policy. "Their service has defended the freedom of every Texan, including Governor Perry. The governor’s remarks dishonor their service and he should immediately apologize. We should be thanking these brave men and women, not asking them to leave."

Col. Paul W. Dodd, a retired Army Chaplain and SLDN honorary board member who now lives in Texas, said in a statement, "Gays and lesbians have defended our country since the American Revolution."

"Governor Perry’s remarks were outrageous and offensive and do not reflect the views of fair-minded Texans who value the service of our men and women in uniform. It is past time that those who fight for freedom abroad be afforded those same liberties here at home," Dodd said.

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Don't you hate it when...

2005-09-01T03:36:51Z

Straight people say that gay people want "special rights" and that we are pushing our "lifestyles" on everyone. The reality is we don't want special rights. We just want equal rights. I don't think a homosexual couple kissing or holding hands in public is anymore "pushing our lifestyle" on anyone then when a straight couple does it. I am sure you all know this, but it just pisses me off though.

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Acceptance we demand!

2005-08-30T13:36:35Z

But...... We are so unaccepting.

Some of the most hateful people I have meet are fags, and dyk's!

Until this can change we are a long way from being accepted, and rightfuly so.......

I have been hurt more buy fags and dyk's than I have, from laws that stop me from having equility......

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Gay men and dykes are mean to me

2005-08-26T13:08:04Z

I decided to put this on a new topic since the other one was getting too long.

It's regarding Demanding Acceptance..... My response....

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Oh PUHHHHHLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE! Gay men and lesbians are hateful!!!! Yeah, well okay, sure, we're human, but come on honey!!! Get real.

You walk down the street with your lover holding hands, kissing THEN TELL ME WHO HURTS YOU MORE.

Dum shit!

Where I live THREE gay men have been brutally attacked in TWO YEARS. TWO DIED! This happens all across the country and the world EVERY FUCKING DAY!

I'm sorry, but you're just being pathetic and whining if you really think that way. WAKE UP. DO SOMETHING besides sit online crying about how mean gay men have been to you.

Of course we're mean. We have to grow a thick skin to live in this bigoted christian violent society!!!!!

You have better get meaner too, because the like of Pat Roberston and his gangs of thugs are rampaging our rights. Violence is on the increase. And they are very very rich and powerful.

Hateful indeed!!!!!

Again, get a clue. Get a life. Wake up you fags and get real!!!

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hey fags whats up

2005-08-26T03:12:11Z

im new so whats this tribe about

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