Short post - something you can do
The anti-gay industry is scared to death because of the possibility of lgbts being added to hate crimes legislation.
Go to this site and take action so that we are added to hate crimes legislation.
If you need more information as to hate crimes protection, go here.
Oh and one more thing so that this site does not lose it's integrity:
Adding lgbts to hate crimes legislation will not lead to jailing Christians for believing or even saying that homosexuality is a sin. The ultimate goal of lgbts is not to persecute Christians.
Any claims that this is the case is anti-gay industry tactic 4 - Claiming that any pro-lgbt laws will lead to the persecution of Christians. This is not true nor will it ever be.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Was it something we said?
If you have read my post below about our friend Peter and his talking about rimming, please be aware that he has pulled the post.
And it's a real shame too because so many of us "evil radical gays" was having so much fun with him over it.
Oh well, now that it is gone, time to go back to work in "taking over the world."
If you have read my post below about our friend Peter and his talking about rimming, please be aware that he has pulled the post.
And it's a real shame too because so many of us "evil radical gays" was having so much fun with him over it.
Oh well, now that it is gone, time to go back to work in "taking over the world."
Geez! What is with these people?
You all have read it. You know what I am going to talk about.
Just when I think that our friend Peter LaBarbera can't stoop any lower, he breaks out the shovel.
Now he is talking about "rimming," or sexually stimulating the anal region with one's tongue?
And why is he doing this? To play the "gay people are so damned nasty game." He makes the claim that rimming is:
a revolting homosexual act that most heterosexuals have never heard of, but which is commonplace among “gay” men.
What I want to know is how in the hell does he know?
While I'm sure that many of my colleagues will treat Peter's rumination over rimming like the mockery it is, I would like to reflect on the reason why he felt it necessary to talk about such an "interesting" subject.
People for the American Way sheds some light on Peter's obsessions in an excellent piece that looked at a recent gathering of anti-gay industry talking heads:
Peter LaBarbera of the Illinois Family Institute, an organization that recently called on President Bush and Congress to rescind waivers “for HIV-infected travelers participating in or attending the ‘Gay Games” in Chicago on the grounds that they posed a health hazard, noted that the Right has, thus far, been unable to make the American public understand just how gross and unnatural homosexual behavior really is.
LaBarbera then read aloud to the crowd of middle-aged audience members, a graphically explicit posting from a “pro-gay website” describing the unpleasant physical side effects of male anal intercourse, concluding that such information needs to be shared with the public, especially young people, so that they can understand the true nature of such gross, unnatural and dangerous behavior.
LaBarbera then called for anti-gay activists to regain the offensive by constantly reminding people that homosexual behavior is always wrong and that they must stop “downplaying their opposition” to homosexuality. More importantly, they must work to “bring shame back” to those who are practicing or defending homosexuality.
It's sad that Peter seems to link us wild sexual behavior. Is it really a need to talk about truth on his part or a passive aggressive degree of jealousy?
Draw your own conclusions.
In more important news, two items:
April is around the corner, which means it is time for the annual Day of Silence. Unfortunately the anti-gay industry seeks to combat this with "Day of Truth."
I see that Peter wants to people to send him the names of the schools who take part in the Day of Silence. I think he and others have got something sinister in mind. We should get ready to combat their lies.
They claim to want to use the day to speak the "truth" about homosexuality. However (and this is a small excerpt from my book) take a gander at what they want school kids to repeat about our community:
One of the efforts of the Allied Defense Fund is "Day of Truth," which is supposed to combat "Day of Silence," a national campaign created to bring attention to the bullying of gay and lesbian students in America’s schools.
ADF’s "Day of Truth" resources and literature, like all resources of the anti-gay industry, is filled with distortions. Case in point is the handout, The Ten Biggest Myths of Homosexual Behavior:
The handout claims that "homosexual behavior is at much higher risk for many sexually transmitted diseases, including not just HIV, but also syphilis, gonorrhea, human papilloma virus (HPV), hepatitis, chlamydia, and a whole group of infections called ‘gay bowel syndrome." But . . . "gay bowel syndrome" is an obsolete medical term that medical practitioners do not use.
The handout also makes the following claim:"The Centers for Disease Control have found that 60 percent of new cases of HIV infection are men who have had sex with men, and also that the number of homosexual men who admittedly neglect to use condoms is rising. Homosexual victims of AIDS, they found, had an average 1,100 sexual partners in their lifetimes. They estimated that 30 percent of 20-year-old homosexual men will be HIV positive or dead before they reach their thirtieth birthday." This claim is a blatant lie. The CDC has said that it does not collect statistics on the life span of gay men.
Let's not get so caught at Peter's need to talk about rimming that we forget the danger that him and other groups (i,e, Mission America) pose to our lgbt children.
Lastly, I see Tony Dungy, coach of the Indianapolis Colts, had some words to say at an anti-gay industry banquet in which he was being honored. Apparently he is for the ban against gay marriage:
The Super Bowl-winning coach "embraced" the stance of an Indiana organization supporting an amendment to the state constitution that would ban gay marriages, and he added Tuesday night at a gathering of the Indiana Family Institute that he's "on the Lord's side."
"We're not trying to downgrade anyone else," said Dungy, coach of the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts. "But we're trying to promote the family — family values the Lord's way," Dungy said. "IFI is saying what the Lord says. You can take that and make your decision on which way you want to be."
This is my response:
Dear Mr. Dungy,
You have a right to your opinion and I honor that right. However, I should remind you that finally winning a Superbowl (that you couldn't lead your team to when you had the best record in the AFC) does not give you any type of special knowledge of just what is "God's side" in the complex issues of our world. Please be advised that the Bible that I assume you follow does not say "And God created Heaven and Earth and gave Tony Dungy special status to be on his side and to know his mysteries."
If I am wrong and you have the correct clarification of this, please let me know.
Until then, I would like to make a small suggestion that you do not mistake your awards and status as any type of designation to tell the rest of us just what is God's side in the complex matters of this world, including the issue of same-sex marriage.
But just in case I am wrong and you do possess some special conduit to God, could you ask him just why in the world does Peter LaBarbera like to focus on rimming?
You all have read it. You know what I am going to talk about.
Just when I think that our friend Peter LaBarbera can't stoop any lower, he breaks out the shovel.
Now he is talking about "rimming," or sexually stimulating the anal region with one's tongue?
And why is he doing this? To play the "gay people are so damned nasty game." He makes the claim that rimming is:
a revolting homosexual act that most heterosexuals have never heard of, but which is commonplace among “gay” men.
What I want to know is how in the hell does he know?
While I'm sure that many of my colleagues will treat Peter's rumination over rimming like the mockery it is, I would like to reflect on the reason why he felt it necessary to talk about such an "interesting" subject.
People for the American Way sheds some light on Peter's obsessions in an excellent piece that looked at a recent gathering of anti-gay industry talking heads:
Peter LaBarbera of the Illinois Family Institute, an organization that recently called on President Bush and Congress to rescind waivers “for HIV-infected travelers participating in or attending the ‘Gay Games” in Chicago on the grounds that they posed a health hazard, noted that the Right has, thus far, been unable to make the American public understand just how gross and unnatural homosexual behavior really is.
LaBarbera then read aloud to the crowd of middle-aged audience members, a graphically explicit posting from a “pro-gay website” describing the unpleasant physical side effects of male anal intercourse, concluding that such information needs to be shared with the public, especially young people, so that they can understand the true nature of such gross, unnatural and dangerous behavior.
LaBarbera then called for anti-gay activists to regain the offensive by constantly reminding people that homosexual behavior is always wrong and that they must stop “downplaying their opposition” to homosexuality. More importantly, they must work to “bring shame back” to those who are practicing or defending homosexuality.
It's sad that Peter seems to link us wild sexual behavior. Is it really a need to talk about truth on his part or a passive aggressive degree of jealousy?
Draw your own conclusions.
In more important news, two items:
April is around the corner, which means it is time for the annual Day of Silence. Unfortunately the anti-gay industry seeks to combat this with "Day of Truth."
I see that Peter wants to people to send him the names of the schools who take part in the Day of Silence. I think he and others have got something sinister in mind. We should get ready to combat their lies.
They claim to want to use the day to speak the "truth" about homosexuality. However (and this is a small excerpt from my book) take a gander at what they want school kids to repeat about our community:
One of the efforts of the Allied Defense Fund is "Day of Truth," which is supposed to combat "Day of Silence," a national campaign created to bring attention to the bullying of gay and lesbian students in America’s schools.
ADF’s "Day of Truth" resources and literature, like all resources of the anti-gay industry, is filled with distortions. Case in point is the handout, The Ten Biggest Myths of Homosexual Behavior:
The handout claims that "homosexual behavior is at much higher risk for many sexually transmitted diseases, including not just HIV, but also syphilis, gonorrhea, human papilloma virus (HPV), hepatitis, chlamydia, and a whole group of infections called ‘gay bowel syndrome." But . . . "gay bowel syndrome" is an obsolete medical term that medical practitioners do not use.
The handout also makes the following claim:"The Centers for Disease Control have found that 60 percent of new cases of HIV infection are men who have had sex with men, and also that the number of homosexual men who admittedly neglect to use condoms is rising. Homosexual victims of AIDS, they found, had an average 1,100 sexual partners in their lifetimes. They estimated that 30 percent of 20-year-old homosexual men will be HIV positive or dead before they reach their thirtieth birthday." This claim is a blatant lie. The CDC has said that it does not collect statistics on the life span of gay men.
Let's not get so caught at Peter's need to talk about rimming that we forget the danger that him and other groups (i,e, Mission America) pose to our lgbt children.
Lastly, I see Tony Dungy, coach of the Indianapolis Colts, had some words to say at an anti-gay industry banquet in which he was being honored. Apparently he is for the ban against gay marriage:
The Super Bowl-winning coach "embraced" the stance of an Indiana organization supporting an amendment to the state constitution that would ban gay marriages, and he added Tuesday night at a gathering of the Indiana Family Institute that he's "on the Lord's side."
"We're not trying to downgrade anyone else," said Dungy, coach of the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts. "But we're trying to promote the family — family values the Lord's way," Dungy said. "IFI is saying what the Lord says. You can take that and make your decision on which way you want to be."
This is my response:
Dear Mr. Dungy,
You have a right to your opinion and I honor that right. However, I should remind you that finally winning a Superbowl (that you couldn't lead your team to when you had the best record in the AFC) does not give you any type of special knowledge of just what is "God's side" in the complex issues of our world. Please be advised that the Bible that I assume you follow does not say "And God created Heaven and Earth and gave Tony Dungy special status to be on his side and to know his mysteries."
If I am wrong and you have the correct clarification of this, please let me know.
Until then, I would like to make a small suggestion that you do not mistake your awards and status as any type of designation to tell the rest of us just what is God's side in the complex matters of this world, including the issue of same-sex marriage.
But just in case I am wrong and you do possess some special conduit to God, could you ask him just why in the world does Peter LaBarbera like to focus on rimming?
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
The true test of homophobia
Word just came down from Australia that a gay man infected with HIV was intentionally infecting others.
It has been said that he was bragging about it.
If these things are true, the man is vile and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
But I have a simple question to anyone or entity willing to emphasize this man's sexual orientation for personal gain.
In the coming days, you will probably be sending out blog posts, emails, and solicitations for money, using the sad episode for your own purposes.
Would you be making such a fuss over that man's orientation if he was heterosexual and attempting to infect women?
Word just came down from Australia that a gay man infected with HIV was intentionally infecting others.
It has been said that he was bragging about it.
If these things are true, the man is vile and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
But I have a simple question to anyone or entity willing to emphasize this man's sexual orientation for personal gain.
In the coming days, you will probably be sending out blog posts, emails, and solicitations for money, using the sad episode for your own purposes.
Would you be making such a fuss over that man's orientation if he was heterosexual and attempting to infect women?
A Freudian slip every now and then is a good thing.
It's still copy editing central at my house. I'm half way through and it looks good. Other than a few grammatical errors, my book is not going through any drastic changes.
As I said yesterday, I am also preparing press packets to email and send out. The packets are comprised of a press release, a one-page self-interview and a four page excerpt of my book. I am also preparing a list of who I will send the packets to.
If you are interested in receiving a packet or know of someone or news entity who you think should get a packet, please email me at CharleKenghis@aol.com
Now . . .
I still have been patroling for the latest scuttlebutt from members of the anti-gay industry. Pickings are very slim, even with our friend Peter. By the way, that video of the 2006 Pride Parade that Peter linked from the American Family Association site is rather good.
And don't worry, there is nothing obscene in it. It makes me wonder if Peter and crew is getting desperate.
That thought continues to echo through my mind when I picked up the following from his site:
Homosexuality is what you do,not “who you are,”as proved by the many ex-”gays” and ex-”lesbians”now living joyful lives, whether celibate or in heterosexual marriage.
Okay, let's forget that nonsense about those "many" ex-gays. To paraphrase Wayne Besen, if there is so many of them, maybe they should march on Washington.
I will wait for it.
Whether he realizes it or not, Peter is telling a degree of truth, although I don't think he meant to.
His claim about homosexuality is not true. Peter, as far as I know, is not nor has he ever been gay. That being the case, what he knows about the lgbt community couldn't fit into the navel of a fetus.
But please notice the meaning behind his screed.
This so-called cultural battle that Peter and other members of the anti-gay industry fight was never about protecting Christians. It's not enough for Peter, James Dobson, Beverly LaHaye, and the rest to have a personal belief that homosexuality is a sin. They want everyone else to believe it also and they want the laws of this country to reflect their beliefs.
The entire plan of the anti-gay industry has been undermining and eliminating any positive reinforcement of the lgbt orientation. By doing this, they want to ensure that the options left for the lgbt community are ones that existed before we learned how to fight:
One option is to get married, live your life according to a lie, and reduce your orientation to clandestine sexual encounters in places like public bathrooms.
Another option is to be a real life representation of the play Boys in the Band; become open and unhappy until you connect being gay with being bitter, lonely, and hateful - a spiritual death debatably worse than any life taking blow from a gay basher.
No matter how they claim otherwise, the anti-gay industry wants to dictate not only our lives but the defintion of our orientation to us. And they want us to shut up, sit down, and take in what they say as if they are some type of authority.
They don't have authority. What they do have is a feeling of entitlement. It is that same feeling of entitlement that led James Dobson to attack researchers for daring to criticize him just because he miscontrued their work.
It is that same feeling of entitlement that continues to lead Peter LaBarbera into constantly trying to stigmatize our community.
It is the feeling of entitlement that allows Paul Cameron to justify his bad research techniques.
And it is the same feeling of entitlement that leads the entire anti-gay industry to say and do anything, no matter how unethical or hypocritical to their Christian principles, to ensure their way of life is enforced.
And the sad thing about the entire situation is that they actually think they are doing God's will.
Sometimes I laugh at the depths of the anti-gay industry's ignorance. And I want to help in any way I can in exposing how they have distorted our lives.
But there are times when I can't help but to feel sorry for them.
It's still copy editing central at my house. I'm half way through and it looks good. Other than a few grammatical errors, my book is not going through any drastic changes.
As I said yesterday, I am also preparing press packets to email and send out. The packets are comprised of a press release, a one-page self-interview and a four page excerpt of my book. I am also preparing a list of who I will send the packets to.
If you are interested in receiving a packet or know of someone or news entity who you think should get a packet, please email me at CharleKenghis@aol.com
Now . . .
I still have been patroling for the latest scuttlebutt from members of the anti-gay industry. Pickings are very slim, even with our friend Peter. By the way, that video of the 2006 Pride Parade that Peter linked from the American Family Association site is rather good.
And don't worry, there is nothing obscene in it. It makes me wonder if Peter and crew is getting desperate.
That thought continues to echo through my mind when I picked up the following from his site:
At Americans For Truth, we are in an ongoing and very politicially incorrect battle to restore the definition of homosexuality: homosexuality is behavior — changeable behavior, not an innate, unchangeable trait or identity.
Homosexuality is what you do,not “who you are,”as proved by the many ex-”gays” and ex-”lesbians”now living joyful lives, whether celibate or in heterosexual marriage.
Okay, let's forget that nonsense about those "many" ex-gays. To paraphrase Wayne Besen, if there is so many of them, maybe they should march on Washington.
I will wait for it.
Whether he realizes it or not, Peter is telling a degree of truth, although I don't think he meant to.
His claim about homosexuality is not true. Peter, as far as I know, is not nor has he ever been gay. That being the case, what he knows about the lgbt community couldn't fit into the navel of a fetus.
But please notice the meaning behind his screed.
This so-called cultural battle that Peter and other members of the anti-gay industry fight was never about protecting Christians. It's not enough for Peter, James Dobson, Beverly LaHaye, and the rest to have a personal belief that homosexuality is a sin. They want everyone else to believe it also and they want the laws of this country to reflect their beliefs.
The entire plan of the anti-gay industry has been undermining and eliminating any positive reinforcement of the lgbt orientation. By doing this, they want to ensure that the options left for the lgbt community are ones that existed before we learned how to fight:
One option is to get married, live your life according to a lie, and reduce your orientation to clandestine sexual encounters in places like public bathrooms.
Another option is to be a real life representation of the play Boys in the Band; become open and unhappy until you connect being gay with being bitter, lonely, and hateful - a spiritual death debatably worse than any life taking blow from a gay basher.
No matter how they claim otherwise, the anti-gay industry wants to dictate not only our lives but the defintion of our orientation to us. And they want us to shut up, sit down, and take in what they say as if they are some type of authority.
They don't have authority. What they do have is a feeling of entitlement. It is that same feeling of entitlement that led James Dobson to attack researchers for daring to criticize him just because he miscontrued their work.
It is that same feeling of entitlement that continues to lead Peter LaBarbera into constantly trying to stigmatize our community.
It is the feeling of entitlement that allows Paul Cameron to justify his bad research techniques.
And it is the same feeling of entitlement that leads the entire anti-gay industry to say and do anything, no matter how unethical or hypocritical to their Christian principles, to ensure their way of life is enforced.
And the sad thing about the entire situation is that they actually think they are doing God's will.
Sometimes I laugh at the depths of the anti-gay industry's ignorance. And I want to help in any way I can in exposing how they have distorted our lives.
But there are times when I can't help but to feel sorry for them.
Monday, March 19, 2007
That was QUICK!!!
Remember when I said "barring unexpected incidents?"
We just had one and it may blow up to be something BIG!
It seems that our friend Ken Hutcherson, the anti-gay pastor who never met a self aggrandizing adjective he didn't like, is upset at the White House over a title he was supposedly given.
According to him, he was given the title of Special Envoy for Adoptions, Family Values, Religious Freedom, and Medical Relief. He apparently used this title on a trip to Latvia where he complained about (what else) gay rights.
But . . .
The White House says he wasn't given the title.
So now he is not only pissed but claims to have proof of being bestowed the title.
The entire story is here and here
Don't tell our friend, Peter.
He may get jealous of losing attention.
I will keep following this story as it goes.
Remember when I said "barring unexpected incidents?"
We just had one and it may blow up to be something BIG!
It seems that our friend Ken Hutcherson, the anti-gay pastor who never met a self aggrandizing adjective he didn't like, is upset at the White House over a title he was supposedly given.
According to him, he was given the title of Special Envoy for Adoptions, Family Values, Religious Freedom, and Medical Relief. He apparently used this title on a trip to Latvia where he complained about (what else) gay rights.
But . . .
The White House says he wasn't given the title.
So now he is not only pissed but claims to have proof of being bestowed the title.
The entire story is here and here
Don't tell our friend, Peter.
He may get jealous of losing attention.
I will keep following this story as it goes.
My galleys are here!!!!!!!!!
I neglected to mention that the galleys to my book also arrived. I spent the entire weekend just looking at them afraid to print them out.
Why?
Because it's so damned amazing. I am closer to two of my dreams: becoming an author and exposing at least some of the lies of the anti-gay industry.
So barring any unexpected incidents (and I am sure there will be some thanks to Peter and the rest of the anti-gay industry), I will be busy editing my book this week. I will continue to post also but not as in much detail as I usually do.
The quicker I get the galleys back to my publisher, the quicker I can begin preparing press packets.
I neglected to mention that the galleys to my book also arrived. I spent the entire weekend just looking at them afraid to print them out.
Why?
Because it's so damned amazing. I am closer to two of my dreams: becoming an author and exposing at least some of the lies of the anti-gay industry.
So barring any unexpected incidents (and I am sure there will be some thanks to Peter and the rest of the anti-gay industry), I will be busy editing my book this week. I will continue to post also but not as in much detail as I usually do.
The quicker I get the galleys back to my publisher, the quicker I can begin preparing press packets.
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