Lying and Misrepresenting in the name of God is still a sin
Apparently the anti-gay industry just won't let go of this Jim Naugle thing.
A group of them (the usual suspects) have began a coalition, Healthy Public Places, in which they will spin more propaganda about the lgbt community.
They even have a webpage. However the only thing on it is a press release.
Stay tuned for "studies" that will show that lgbts are more likely to want to have sex in public places.
Paging Paul Cameron!
I have an idea. How about including a statement from area police who have said repeatedly that "gay public sex" is a nonexistent issue in Ft. Lauderdale.
Meanwhile, I ran across something interesting and disturbing.
In 2006, the group Operation Save America began this huge effort to stop Charlotte NC lgbts from having their annual pride event.
This group claimed that all sorts of lewd things were happening during the event.
They tried, unsuccessfully, to get the local government to do away with the event.
I should add that since that time, Charlotte Gay Pride, had suffered from member burnout and it looked like there wouldn't be an event.
Naturally Operation Save America took credit. But they took it too soon. Charlotte Gay Pride went on as scheduled.
But back to my original point. There is a video online from Operation Save America from the 2006 fight. Apparently they and other groups with the same endeavors wanted to show the so-called "nasty gay agenda" they were fighting against.
The video shows members of various "Christian" groups making speeches in front of a committee. This is undercut with footage from the Charlotte Pride.
Pastor Flip Benham of Operation Save America accused drag performers of having sex acts with children, some as young as three and four years old.
However, the footage from the event does not show that. It shows children coming up and giving money to performers. There is nothing lewd about that.
And it does show a drag performer holding a baby in her arms. The performer is not doing anything lewd.
And there is a picture, not video, but picture of a drag performer and a child. But don't get alarmed. The child looks as if he is about the give the performer money.
However, add a little ominous music, it probably looks like the performer is about to eat the child.
I might point out that some of the footage looks edited. We do not see the beginning and ending of events in sequence. And much of the footage from the event are pictures (such as the drag performer and the child).
There was this quick montage of a man looking like he was wearing just a t-shirt. It is not known if whether or not he was wearing shorts. Apparently he may have been manning a table from a "nudist" group.
Then there was something interesting.
Someone puts up a book to the camera and this book shows nude men as the unidentified person turns the page.
However, it is not known whether or not the book came from the table, and the person turning the pages is never identified.
And they also show different books and pictures but nothing as lewd as they made things out to be.
But here is something I found troubling.
Former Mecklenberg County Commissioner Hoyle Martin is shown at the meeting
reading something that he said came from "gay activist Steve Warren."
It reads in part:
If all these things come to pass quickly, we will subject orthodox Jews and Christians to the most sustained hatred and Vilification in recent memory. We have captured the liberal establishment and the press. We have already beaten you on a number of battlefields. And we have the spirit of age on our side. You have neither the strength to fight us nor the will, so you might as well surrender now.
Martin paraphrased the last part of the statment but that’s pretty much word for word what he said.
But in the video, Martin omitted something crucial about the piece
It was published in 1987.
Apparently Warren was a member of Act-Up and as many of us know, 1987 was the year that marked the beginning of gay groups beginning direct action campaign to protest homophobia and the inaction regarding AIDS and HIV in the gay community.
Act-Up was heavily involved in these tactics.
The question I have is just what in the hell does Warren who, as far as I know, is neither a native of North Carolina nor a member of the Charlotte Pride planning committee, have to do with Charlotte Gay Pride?
What does his piece, written over 15 years ago, have to do with Charlotte Gay Pride?
Nothing unless you want to scare ignorant people of faith about an alleged "gay agenda."
It is relatively easy to take the writings of one person and generalize about an entire community.
You are not just appealing to the person's fear but also their egos. Some folks who believe that homosexuality is a sin unfortunately also believe other nasty things about lgbts and these things have nothing to do with Biblical interpretation.
Like gays want to have sex with children.
After all to them, God says homosexuality is bad. And that means lgbts are bad people. Why would God speak against them if they weren't "evil?"
Their God never lies.
I suppose with that mode of thinking, Oprah Winfrey words and life doesn’t mean a thing. And neither does Vernon Jordan or Martin Luther King, Jr.
After all, why not take the actions someone like Willie Horton and demonize the African-American for that?
And who cares about people like Cesar Chavez? Augusto Pinochet and Manuel Noriega will suffice to brand all Latino folks.
And since we are going waaay back, let forget Pinochet and Noriega. Let's talk Santa Ana.
The sad thing is that through out the entire video, Benham and the rest used words like religion, faith, and family.
So I suppose using out-of-date pieces and distorting Pride footage is okay if you are trying to "protect" religion, faith, and family.
And I suppose that continuing to highlight a nonexistent problem in order to create a moral panic is okay also.
I am confused. Just where did Jesus say doing these things are okay?
Monday, August 06, 2007
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Finis
A short post today.
The final galleys for my book have been finished and approved. All there is to do now is wait for my author's review copy.
If all goes well (and I think it will) then my book, Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Exposing the Lies of the Anti-Gay Industry, should be out by mid to late September.
A short post today.
The final galleys for my book have been finished and approved. All there is to do now is wait for my author's review copy.
If all goes well (and I think it will) then my book, Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Exposing the Lies of the Anti-Gay Industry, should be out by mid to late September.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Janet Folger puts her foot in her mouth but it's nothing new to see here folks
In her zeal to brand lgbts as purveyors of public sex, the Weeping Willow of the Anti-Gay Industry, Janet Folger seems to have stepped in it.
In that recent column of hers which I have talked about, News flash! Sex in public still illegal, Folger said the following:
Dr. E. Fields, in his book "Is Homosexual Activity Normal?", reveals "41 percent of homosexuals say they have had sex with strangers in public restrooms."
Now just who in the heck is Dr. E. Fields? Well according to this blog:
Edward Fields is a chiropractor who has spent the last 55 years involved with various neo-Nazi organizations in the United States. The ADL has a few interesting details on "Dr" Edward Fields:
In 1952, still shy of twenty, he met the flamboyant racist J.B. Stoner while the two were attending law school in Atlanta, and joined Stoner's Christian Anti-Jewish Party (formerly the Stoner Anti-Jewish Party), a very small mass-mailing outfit in Atlanta. Stoner said he founded the organization to "out-Hitler Hitler," whom he called a "moderate"; his aim was "to make being Jewish a crime, punishable by death."
Fields eventually dropped out of law school, choosing instead to attend Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, in 1953.
The following year he and another student allegedly posted signs on storefronts in Davenport and two other towns reading, "This store owned by Jews" and "Anti-Jewish Week, Feb. 21-28" (in fact, the end of February had been designated National Brotherhood Week).
No charges were filed, but Fields was placed on probation. He remained undaunted, apparently; his schooldays continued to be marked by anti-Semitic and racist pickets, meetings and mailings. During this time he built networks across the American far-right underground. He attended Palmer until 1956, and thereafter referred to himself as "Dr. Fields" - a title that conferred prestige among hardcore racists.
To her credit, Folger acknowledged what she did:
Special note: In the original version of this column, there was a sentence where I referred to some research conducted by a Dr. E. Fields.
It has come to our attention that Dr. Fields subscribes to a number of racist views of which our Faith2Action ministry was unaware. The research had been previously cited by some seemingly unchallenged sources, which I'm sure were also unaware of his racist views and writings.
We sincerely apologize for this mistake. As Christians, we disavow all racism as sinful and would never knowingly promote an advocate of racism.
Faith2Action maintains that the problem of sex in public restrooms is a very serious one that Fort Lauderdale and other cities have every right and duty to confront. In the future, however, we will not refer to any research by Dr. Fields.
Now if only she would get others to do the same regarding Paul Cameron.
Really though I am not surprised by Folger's citing racist sources. Others in the anti-gay industry have done the same.
In April 2007, professional "ex-gay" Stephen Bennett was promoting a video from YouTube that talked about the supposed homosexual menace.
Thing is, however, the video was made by a person who created other videos such as:
The Black Death (about how Asians nearly killed Europeans by giving them the plague)
Keep America white- Hitler- Blacks are racist-
Mexican druglords and human sacrifice-
White Europeans are the first Americans (parts I, II and III)
Black Crime
Black Intelligence - which purports to be a discussion of how white people are smarter than black people, and which shows a bunch of dark Hollywood-stereotype African natives jumping up and down like monkeys. The video is one of the most racist things you have ever seen. I thought about not even posting it, but the lesson will not be learned until we call the religious right on their bigotry publicly.
Please bear in mind that I am not calling Folger or Bennett racist. I am merely pointing out how so strident members of the anti-gay industry are that they will use anything to demonize the lgbt community.
Their egos seem to tell them that in the long run, what they are doing is right in the eyes of God. That being the case, who needs to do things such as research and checking one's sources.
The real question is Harry Jackson paying attention.
In her zeal to brand lgbts as purveyors of public sex, the Weeping Willow of the Anti-Gay Industry, Janet Folger seems to have stepped in it.
In that recent column of hers which I have talked about, News flash! Sex in public still illegal, Folger said the following:
Dr. E. Fields, in his book "Is Homosexual Activity Normal?", reveals "41 percent of homosexuals say they have had sex with strangers in public restrooms."
Now just who in the heck is Dr. E. Fields? Well according to this blog:
Edward Fields is a chiropractor who has spent the last 55 years involved with various neo-Nazi organizations in the United States. The ADL has a few interesting details on "Dr" Edward Fields:
In 1952, still shy of twenty, he met the flamboyant racist J.B. Stoner while the two were attending law school in Atlanta, and joined Stoner's Christian Anti-Jewish Party (formerly the Stoner Anti-Jewish Party), a very small mass-mailing outfit in Atlanta. Stoner said he founded the organization to "out-Hitler Hitler," whom he called a "moderate"; his aim was "to make being Jewish a crime, punishable by death."
Fields eventually dropped out of law school, choosing instead to attend Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, in 1953.
The following year he and another student allegedly posted signs on storefronts in Davenport and two other towns reading, "This store owned by Jews" and "Anti-Jewish Week, Feb. 21-28" (in fact, the end of February had been designated National Brotherhood Week).
No charges were filed, but Fields was placed on probation. He remained undaunted, apparently; his schooldays continued to be marked by anti-Semitic and racist pickets, meetings and mailings. During this time he built networks across the American far-right underground. He attended Palmer until 1956, and thereafter referred to himself as "Dr. Fields" - a title that conferred prestige among hardcore racists.
To her credit, Folger acknowledged what she did:
Special note: In the original version of this column, there was a sentence where I referred to some research conducted by a Dr. E. Fields.
It has come to our attention that Dr. Fields subscribes to a number of racist views of which our Faith2Action ministry was unaware. The research had been previously cited by some seemingly unchallenged sources, which I'm sure were also unaware of his racist views and writings.
We sincerely apologize for this mistake. As Christians, we disavow all racism as sinful and would never knowingly promote an advocate of racism.
Faith2Action maintains that the problem of sex in public restrooms is a very serious one that Fort Lauderdale and other cities have every right and duty to confront. In the future, however, we will not refer to any research by Dr. Fields.
Now if only she would get others to do the same regarding Paul Cameron.
Really though I am not surprised by Folger's citing racist sources. Others in the anti-gay industry have done the same.
In April 2007, professional "ex-gay" Stephen Bennett was promoting a video from YouTube that talked about the supposed homosexual menace.
Thing is, however, the video was made by a person who created other videos such as:
The Black Death (about how Asians nearly killed Europeans by giving them the plague)
Keep America white- Hitler- Blacks are racist-
Mexican druglords and human sacrifice-
White Europeans are the first Americans (parts I, II and III)
Black Crime
Black Intelligence - which purports to be a discussion of how white people are smarter than black people, and which shows a bunch of dark Hollywood-stereotype African natives jumping up and down like monkeys. The video is one of the most racist things you have ever seen. I thought about not even posting it, but the lesson will not be learned until we call the religious right on their bigotry publicly.
Please bear in mind that I am not calling Folger or Bennett racist. I am merely pointing out how so strident members of the anti-gay industry are that they will use anything to demonize the lgbt community.
Their egos seem to tell them that in the long run, what they are doing is right in the eyes of God. That being the case, who needs to do things such as research and checking one's sources.
The real question is Harry Jackson paying attention.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Something worth knowing about the Jim Naugle controversy
By now the controversy over anti-gay Florida Mayor Jim Naugle is probably wearing thin, except for in anti-gay industry circles.
But today, something came out that needs to be said yet again.
As I stated before, an effective anti-gay industry tactic is to distort something about the lgbt community and repeat it ad naseum.
With that in mind, I saw an article today that yet again clearly shows that Naugle and his supporters are attempting to create a moral panic about "public sex" to yet again demonize the gay community:
When Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle linked the purchase of new toilets for beach parks to gay sex in public places, he uncorked a torrent of protest. But just how prevalent is public sex?
No one keeps detailed statistics on sex in public restrooms and parks. South Florida law enforcement agencies say they receive occasional complaints and make a few arrests, but they don't spend much time cracking down on it. Since 2005, Fort Lauderdale has reported two arrests for sexual activity in a public restroom.
''I don't know whether it's the perception or the reality, but it doesn't seem like it's that much of a problem,'' Broward Sheriff's Office spokesman Jim Leljedal said.
Miami-Dade Police cracked down on public sex at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St., in August 2001 and made 17 arrests. Police spokesman Juan Villalba said he knows of no current sting operations.
And check out this quote from Anthony Verdugo, executive director of the Christian Family Coalition of South Florida:
''The majority of homosexuals and heterosexuals don't engage in public sex, and if you poll them they would say it's wrong,'' Verdugo said. ``But the issue is a valid issue that the mayor brought up in terms of public sex and listings on the website.''
No matter how valid the issue seems to be, it is not an issue that should be used to demonize an entire community for alleged actions of a few.
Someone alert Janet Folger!!
By now the controversy over anti-gay Florida Mayor Jim Naugle is probably wearing thin, except for in anti-gay industry circles.
But today, something came out that needs to be said yet again.
As I stated before, an effective anti-gay industry tactic is to distort something about the lgbt community and repeat it ad naseum.
With that in mind, I saw an article today that yet again clearly shows that Naugle and his supporters are attempting to create a moral panic about "public sex" to yet again demonize the gay community:
When Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle linked the purchase of new toilets for beach parks to gay sex in public places, he uncorked a torrent of protest. But just how prevalent is public sex?
No one keeps detailed statistics on sex in public restrooms and parks. South Florida law enforcement agencies say they receive occasional complaints and make a few arrests, but they don't spend much time cracking down on it. Since 2005, Fort Lauderdale has reported two arrests for sexual activity in a public restroom.
''I don't know whether it's the perception or the reality, but it doesn't seem like it's that much of a problem,'' Broward Sheriff's Office spokesman Jim Leljedal said.
Miami-Dade Police cracked down on public sex at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St., in August 2001 and made 17 arrests. Police spokesman Juan Villalba said he knows of no current sting operations.
And check out this quote from Anthony Verdugo, executive director of the Christian Family Coalition of South Florida:
''The majority of homosexuals and heterosexuals don't engage in public sex, and if you poll them they would say it's wrong,'' Verdugo said. ``But the issue is a valid issue that the mayor brought up in terms of public sex and listings on the website.''
No matter how valid the issue seems to be, it is not an issue that should be used to demonize an entire community for alleged actions of a few.
Someone alert Janet Folger!!
Friday, July 27, 2007
It's Monday so it's time for another lie courtesy of Minister Harry Jackson
A popular and effective distortion technique of the anti-gay industry is to misrepresent something about the lgbt community and repeat that misrepresentation irregardless of the correction of said fact.
A perfect case in point is the latest column by Minister Harry Jackson. Jackson is railing yet again about adding lgbts to hate crimes legislation.
In this column, he is upset because U.S. Representative Jim Clyburn sent him a letter asking him to stop distorting the issue. Jackson said he sent a letter back to Clyburn detailing for him the following exchange:
In the congressional subcommittee, Republican Congressman Louis Gohmert of Texas moved to remove "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" from the bill. It failed on a recorded vote of 19 to 13. Next, Congressman Mike Pence from Indiana offered an important amendment on Freedom of Religion.
A number of Republicans spoke in support of it. But the Democrats, Jerrold Nadler, Tammy Baldwin and Chairman John Conyers kept evading the issue.
Finally Congressman Gohmert asked, "If a minister was giving a sermon, a Bible Study or any kind of written or spoken message saying that homosexuality was a serious sin and a person in the congregation went out and committed a crime against a homosexual would the minister be charged with the crime of incitement?"
Gohmert was attempting to clarify and emphasize that the legislation would have an effect on the constitutional right to religious freedom and thus the Pence amendment was needed to protect religious speech. The Democrats continued to explain why they could not accept the amendment.
Lundgren continuously shot down their answers. He said, "What is your answer? Would there be incitement charges again the pastor?"
And finally Democrat Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama spoke up and said, ‘Yes.’ ”
Jackson's version this exchange is a lie. And it has been refuted repeatedly.
The following is the actual exchange (courtesy of the webpage Good As You):
GOHERT: ...If a minister preaches that sexual relations outside of marriage of a man and woman is wrong, and somebody within that congregation goes out and does an act of violence, and that person says that that minister counseled or induced him through the sermon to commit that act, are you saying under your amendment that in no way could that ever be introduced against the minister?
DAVIS: No.
You see how Jackson distorted the exchange?
And I should point out the fact that in matters of violent crime, if the alleged perpetrator claims that certain individuals were involved, then it is the duty of the police to question that person.
This goes for ministers or anyone else and it happens irregardless of hate crimes legislation.
Rep. Clyburn asked Jackson to stop distorting the issue.
Apparently he didn't pay attention to the request.
New webpage, same old lies
Unassuming people alarmed that gay/straight alliances are in their children's schools generally fall victim to the lies of the anti-gay industry.
And it's usually their fault.
Rather than attempting to try to educate themselves on the lives of lgbt children and their needs, these parents go trolling online for sources that enhance their negative point of view about homosexuality. And there are many out there.
Unfortunately, there is now a new one.
Linda Harvey of the so-called "pro-family" group Mission America has started another group, Truthatschool.org, that seeks to "stop the promotion of homosexuality" in schools.
This webpage follows the same lying anti-gay industry mantra, particularly in the section that gives parents warnings of how "homosexuality has infiltrated schools:"
3. A homosexual club for students - Students are trained to be activists who will pressure school boards, be very "out" and visible to other students, and become the darlings of their sympathizers in the media. Club meetings feature "X" rated topics and dwell on rejection of traditional values, particularly religious beliefs that don’t accept homosexuality. “Straight” supporters also attend and may be encouraged to explore alternate sexuality. Students with same sex attractions will be cheered on by club members if they begin this behavior.
8. AIDS speakers, “safe sex” health education classes - This was the first avenue into the schools. Validity of alternate “families” and homosexual practices are often basic assumptions of today's health ed, and graphic instruction in condom use is typical as a method for AIDS "prevention." Actually, such lessons encourage promiscuous sex among teens, including experimentation with homosexuality.
10. Openly homosexual teachers and staff - These teachers then become role models, in-house activists, and possible confidants for students who want to start homosexual behavior. Student molestation becomes a real risk.
Harvey, who by the way is featured slightly in my book as an anti-gay industry propaganda technique (i.e. the phony expert) is a former ad executive who transformed herself to a sounding board for the usual anti-gay industry lies:
Homosexuality is associated with destructive outcomes, including AIDS, a much higher risk of STDs, roughly three times the rate of alcoholism and drug abuse, much more promiscuity and domestic abuse, and a shortened life span. The staggering health consequences observed for decades among homosexuals are referenced in much more detail in our Resources
And just what are these "resources?" Here are two:
The Negative Health Effects of Homosexuality - Timothy Dailey, Family Research Council
The Health Risks of Gay Sex - Dr. John R. Diggs
As luck would have it, I talk about both studies in my book. The studies are slanderous diatribes full of distortions and cherry-picked studies.
You know. The ones that's keeping James Holsinger from becoming surgeon general.
But let me elucidate further:
The Negative Effects of Gay Sex
Twice, John R. Diggs includes the study done by Alan Bell and Martin Weinberg in their book, Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women, as indicative of the entire gay population. In one passage, he even refers to it as “a far ranging study of homosexual men . . .” But Bell and Weinberg never said that their findings were indicative of all gay men. They actually said “. . . given the variety of circumstances which discourage homosexuals from participating in research studies, it is unlikely that any investigator willever be in a position to say that this or that is true of a given percentage of all homosexuals.”
Diggs cites a Canadian study twice in order to claim that gays have a shorter lifespan than heterosexuals. But his citation of the study is a mischaracterization. In 2001, the six original researchers (Robert S. Hogg, Stefan A. Strathdee, Kevin J.P. Craib, Michael V. O’Shaughnessy, Julion Montaner, and Martin T. Schechter) who conducted that study have gone on record saying that religious conservatives (like Diggs) was distorting their work.
In another section entitled Physical Health, Diggs claims that gays are victims of “gay bowel syndrome.” The term is an obsolete medical term. exist and even the CDC does not use it. In fact, if one was to look at the endnotes of Diggs’ study, he would find that two of the sources he quoted concerning “gay bowel syndrome” were from articles in published in 1976 and 1983, which is consistent with the years that the term existed. One last source was a letter to the editor printed in 1994 but Diggs does not make it clear as to whatwere the circumstances surrounding it.
He generalizes convenience sample studies as indicative of the gay population at large. Diggs takes studies done in foreign countries and claims that they are indicative of the gay population at large.
Diggs claims that there are five distinctions between heterosexual and homosexual populations including levels of promiscuity, physical health, mental health, lifespan, and monogamy. However, he spends very little time comparing the two dynamics. He uses all of his time castigating gay populations.
He uses an out of date book, The Gay Report (published in 1979) to claim that gays are engaging in deviant sexual practices. Only once does he attempt to tie the alleged deviant practices of gays in 1979 to present day; and to do so, he cites two events that took place regarding bondage workshops. However, there is a strong indication that heterosexuals took part in these events as well as gays. Diggs ignores this dynamic.
The Negative Effects of Homosexuality
Timothy Dailey use a 1985 survey of lesbians at a Michigan music festival to claim that lesbians have a high rate of domestic violence. However, according to the reviewer of the study, Suzana Rose, Ph.D., of the 1099 lesbians participants, most were white and between the ages of 20-45. She also said: “Questions concerning perpetrating abuse need to distinguish between actions taken in self-defense and actions initiated by the aggressor. This point was not assessed here. Findings are limited by the selective recruiting of participants.”
Dailey also uses the Weinberg and Bell book to claim that all gay men are promiscuous despite the fact that both authors said their work was not indicative of all gay men.
Dailey uses the term “gay bowel syndrome”
Dailey cites a study that says young gay men are in danger of catching disease at a high rate. He omits the part of the study that said they need places to build their self esteem as homosexuals. In addition, he performs mathematical manipulation on percentages gauged in legitimate studies in order to push forth a higher image of gay men catching diseases.
He generalizes convenience sample studies as indicative of the gay population at large.
The sad thing is that guillible parents are going to read Linda Harvey's mess complete with her bad sources and think of it as credible.
Truly an ignorant person can cause more damage than a learned fool.
A popular and effective distortion technique of the anti-gay industry is to misrepresent something about the lgbt community and repeat that misrepresentation irregardless of the correction of said fact.
A perfect case in point is the latest column by Minister Harry Jackson. Jackson is railing yet again about adding lgbts to hate crimes legislation.
In this column, he is upset because U.S. Representative Jim Clyburn sent him a letter asking him to stop distorting the issue. Jackson said he sent a letter back to Clyburn detailing for him the following exchange:
In the congressional subcommittee, Republican Congressman Louis Gohmert of Texas moved to remove "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" from the bill. It failed on a recorded vote of 19 to 13. Next, Congressman Mike Pence from Indiana offered an important amendment on Freedom of Religion.
A number of Republicans spoke in support of it. But the Democrats, Jerrold Nadler, Tammy Baldwin and Chairman John Conyers kept evading the issue.
Finally Congressman Gohmert asked, "If a minister was giving a sermon, a Bible Study or any kind of written or spoken message saying that homosexuality was a serious sin and a person in the congregation went out and committed a crime against a homosexual would the minister be charged with the crime of incitement?"
Gohmert was attempting to clarify and emphasize that the legislation would have an effect on the constitutional right to religious freedom and thus the Pence amendment was needed to protect religious speech. The Democrats continued to explain why they could not accept the amendment.
Lundgren continuously shot down their answers. He said, "What is your answer? Would there be incitement charges again the pastor?"
And finally Democrat Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama spoke up and said, ‘Yes.’ ”
Jackson's version this exchange is a lie. And it has been refuted repeatedly.
The following is the actual exchange (courtesy of the webpage Good As You):
GOHERT: ...If a minister preaches that sexual relations outside of marriage of a man and woman is wrong, and somebody within that congregation goes out and does an act of violence, and that person says that that minister counseled or induced him through the sermon to commit that act, are you saying under your amendment that in no way could that ever be introduced against the minister?
DAVIS: No.
You see how Jackson distorted the exchange?
And I should point out the fact that in matters of violent crime, if the alleged perpetrator claims that certain individuals were involved, then it is the duty of the police to question that person.
This goes for ministers or anyone else and it happens irregardless of hate crimes legislation.
Rep. Clyburn asked Jackson to stop distorting the issue.
Apparently he didn't pay attention to the request.
New webpage, same old lies
Unassuming people alarmed that gay/straight alliances are in their children's schools generally fall victim to the lies of the anti-gay industry.
And it's usually their fault.
Rather than attempting to try to educate themselves on the lives of lgbt children and their needs, these parents go trolling online for sources that enhance their negative point of view about homosexuality. And there are many out there.
Unfortunately, there is now a new one.
Linda Harvey of the so-called "pro-family" group Mission America has started another group, Truthatschool.org, that seeks to "stop the promotion of homosexuality" in schools.
This webpage follows the same lying anti-gay industry mantra, particularly in the section that gives parents warnings of how "homosexuality has infiltrated schools:"
3. A homosexual club for students - Students are trained to be activists who will pressure school boards, be very "out" and visible to other students, and become the darlings of their sympathizers in the media. Club meetings feature "X" rated topics and dwell on rejection of traditional values, particularly religious beliefs that don’t accept homosexuality. “Straight” supporters also attend and may be encouraged to explore alternate sexuality. Students with same sex attractions will be cheered on by club members if they begin this behavior.
8. AIDS speakers, “safe sex” health education classes - This was the first avenue into the schools. Validity of alternate “families” and homosexual practices are often basic assumptions of today's health ed, and graphic instruction in condom use is typical as a method for AIDS "prevention." Actually, such lessons encourage promiscuous sex among teens, including experimentation with homosexuality.
10. Openly homosexual teachers and staff - These teachers then become role models, in-house activists, and possible confidants for students who want to start homosexual behavior. Student molestation becomes a real risk.
Harvey, who by the way is featured slightly in my book as an anti-gay industry propaganda technique (i.e. the phony expert) is a former ad executive who transformed herself to a sounding board for the usual anti-gay industry lies:
Homosexuality is associated with destructive outcomes, including AIDS, a much higher risk of STDs, roughly three times the rate of alcoholism and drug abuse, much more promiscuity and domestic abuse, and a shortened life span. The staggering health consequences observed for decades among homosexuals are referenced in much more detail in our Resources
And just what are these "resources?" Here are two:
The Negative Health Effects of Homosexuality - Timothy Dailey, Family Research Council
The Health Risks of Gay Sex - Dr. John R. Diggs
As luck would have it, I talk about both studies in my book. The studies are slanderous diatribes full of distortions and cherry-picked studies.
You know. The ones that's keeping James Holsinger from becoming surgeon general.
But let me elucidate further:
The Negative Effects of Gay Sex
Twice, John R. Diggs includes the study done by Alan Bell and Martin Weinberg in their book, Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women, as indicative of the entire gay population. In one passage, he even refers to it as “a far ranging study of homosexual men . . .” But Bell and Weinberg never said that their findings were indicative of all gay men. They actually said “. . . given the variety of circumstances which discourage homosexuals from participating in research studies, it is unlikely that any investigator willever be in a position to say that this or that is true of a given percentage of all homosexuals.”
Diggs cites a Canadian study twice in order to claim that gays have a shorter lifespan than heterosexuals. But his citation of the study is a mischaracterization. In 2001, the six original researchers (Robert S. Hogg, Stefan A. Strathdee, Kevin J.P. Craib, Michael V. O’Shaughnessy, Julion Montaner, and Martin T. Schechter) who conducted that study have gone on record saying that religious conservatives (like Diggs) was distorting their work.
In another section entitled Physical Health, Diggs claims that gays are victims of “gay bowel syndrome.” The term is an obsolete medical term. exist and even the CDC does not use it. In fact, if one was to look at the endnotes of Diggs’ study, he would find that two of the sources he quoted concerning “gay bowel syndrome” were from articles in published in 1976 and 1983, which is consistent with the years that the term existed. One last source was a letter to the editor printed in 1994 but Diggs does not make it clear as to whatwere the circumstances surrounding it.
He generalizes convenience sample studies as indicative of the gay population at large. Diggs takes studies done in foreign countries and claims that they are indicative of the gay population at large.
Diggs claims that there are five distinctions between heterosexual and homosexual populations including levels of promiscuity, physical health, mental health, lifespan, and monogamy. However, he spends very little time comparing the two dynamics. He uses all of his time castigating gay populations.
He uses an out of date book, The Gay Report (published in 1979) to claim that gays are engaging in deviant sexual practices. Only once does he attempt to tie the alleged deviant practices of gays in 1979 to present day; and to do so, he cites two events that took place regarding bondage workshops. However, there is a strong indication that heterosexuals took part in these events as well as gays. Diggs ignores this dynamic.
The Negative Effects of Homosexuality
Timothy Dailey use a 1985 survey of lesbians at a Michigan music festival to claim that lesbians have a high rate of domestic violence. However, according to the reviewer of the study, Suzana Rose, Ph.D., of the 1099 lesbians participants, most were white and between the ages of 20-45. She also said: “Questions concerning perpetrating abuse need to distinguish between actions taken in self-defense and actions initiated by the aggressor. This point was not assessed here. Findings are limited by the selective recruiting of participants.”
Dailey also uses the Weinberg and Bell book to claim that all gay men are promiscuous despite the fact that both authors said their work was not indicative of all gay men.
Dailey uses the term “gay bowel syndrome”
Dailey cites a study that says young gay men are in danger of catching disease at a high rate. He omits the part of the study that said they need places to build their self esteem as homosexuals. In addition, he performs mathematical manipulation on percentages gauged in legitimate studies in order to push forth a higher image of gay men catching diseases.
He generalizes convenience sample studies as indicative of the gay population at large.
The sad thing is that guillible parents are going to read Linda Harvey's mess complete with her bad sources and think of it as credible.
Truly an ignorant person can cause more damage than a learned fool.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Shedding more light on yet another anti-gay industry lie
I have talked the situation involving a lawsuit some Christian employees had with the city of Oakland many times on this blog.
These employees, the Allied Defense Fund, and other members of the anti-gay industry have claimed that they were discriminated against simply because they wanted to start a Christian organization in response to other employees starting a gay tolerance group.
The employees and the Allied Defense Fund sued while the rest of the anti-gay industry distorted the case as "another" example of the supposed gay agenda trying to shut down Christians.
The situation had nothing to do with them being able to form their group, but with a flyer the organizers put up. The flyer used language in a manner that bashed gay employees. The city told the organizers that they could submit another flyer but the two women in the middle of the situation refused.
The Ninth Circuit Court ruled against them so they have been appealing to the Supreme Court.
I ran across something else that sheds light on the story and I want to share with everyone. The following is from an article printed on July 4:
. . . the seemingly harmless flier was not an isolated incident but part of a deliberate pattern of harassment. The association's flier was specifically posted outside of a lesbian co-worker's cubicle, placed on her desk and in the restroom. The plaintiffs went out of their way to harass their lesbian co-worker as well as to proselytize about their belief on city time and on the taxpayer's dime.
Just how tacky can a man get?
And our friend Peter LaBarbera and the Americans for Truth (in name only) have done it again.
In attempting to defend Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle for his rantings regarding gay men and public bathroom sex, LaBarbera published an absolutely long list of postings from gay men looking for sex in public places.
He says he received the list from a web page, which he did not mention. He made allusions to another page called Craig's list but it is not clear where he got the postings from.
What is clear is Peter's attention to detail.
Furthermore, he has the nerve to say:
by reprinting this information, Americans For Truth’s “gay” critics – in typical “shoot-the-messenger” fashion – will again accuse me of reveling in the homosexual perversions described below.
To that, I say hell yeah!
How else would one describe a man who not only searched through sex listings but meticulously cataloged and added cute little comments to a few entries.
To paraphrase a popular comedian:
That trick is nasty!!!!!!!
Really though, if one looks hard enough, one will find trash anywhere. And usually when folks like Peter look for evidence of "perversion" in the gay community, they seem to always ignore evidence of "perversion" in the heterosexual community.
It's the same mentality that leads them to call anal sex "gay behavior" while ignoring the fact that heterosexuals also engage in anal sex.
No doubt Peter's latest hot mess will appeal to those already with biases against the gay community. But to the rest of us, it demonstrates more excesses from a man seems to be having a much more fun time with gay sex than the rest of us.
I have talked the situation involving a lawsuit some Christian employees had with the city of Oakland many times on this blog.
These employees, the Allied Defense Fund, and other members of the anti-gay industry have claimed that they were discriminated against simply because they wanted to start a Christian organization in response to other employees starting a gay tolerance group.
The employees and the Allied Defense Fund sued while the rest of the anti-gay industry distorted the case as "another" example of the supposed gay agenda trying to shut down Christians.
The situation had nothing to do with them being able to form their group, but with a flyer the organizers put up. The flyer used language in a manner that bashed gay employees. The city told the organizers that they could submit another flyer but the two women in the middle of the situation refused.
The Ninth Circuit Court ruled against them so they have been appealing to the Supreme Court.
I ran across something else that sheds light on the story and I want to share with everyone. The following is from an article printed on July 4:
. . . the seemingly harmless flier was not an isolated incident but part of a deliberate pattern of harassment. The association's flier was specifically posted outside of a lesbian co-worker's cubicle, placed on her desk and in the restroom. The plaintiffs went out of their way to harass their lesbian co-worker as well as to proselytize about their belief on city time and on the taxpayer's dime.
Just how tacky can a man get?
And our friend Peter LaBarbera and the Americans for Truth (in name only) have done it again.
In attempting to defend Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle for his rantings regarding gay men and public bathroom sex, LaBarbera published an absolutely long list of postings from gay men looking for sex in public places.
He says he received the list from a web page, which he did not mention. He made allusions to another page called Craig's list but it is not clear where he got the postings from.
What is clear is Peter's attention to detail.
Furthermore, he has the nerve to say:
by reprinting this information, Americans For Truth’s “gay” critics – in typical “shoot-the-messenger” fashion – will again accuse me of reveling in the homosexual perversions described below.
To that, I say hell yeah!
How else would one describe a man who not only searched through sex listings but meticulously cataloged and added cute little comments to a few entries.
To paraphrase a popular comedian:
That trick is nasty!!!!!!!
Really though, if one looks hard enough, one will find trash anywhere. And usually when folks like Peter look for evidence of "perversion" in the gay community, they seem to always ignore evidence of "perversion" in the heterosexual community.
It's the same mentality that leads them to call anal sex "gay behavior" while ignoring the fact that heterosexuals also engage in anal sex.
No doubt Peter's latest hot mess will appeal to those already with biases against the gay community. But to the rest of us, it demonstrates more excesses from a man seems to be having a much more fun time with gay sex than the rest of us.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Anti-gay tactic - Ignore the truth and maybe it will go away
Yesterday, I talked about the controversy involving Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle and his robo-toilet idea. Naugle wanted the city to pay $250,000 for a robo-toilet that he claimed would curb anonymous gay sex in public restrooms.
Of course the city didn't accept the proposal and the lgbt community were furious. Apparently his idea of a robo-toilet was the latest in a long line of nasty comments and proposals Naugle lodged against the lgbt community.
Yesterday, he called a press conference claiming to issue an apology.
Which he did. Of course the apology was not to the lgbt community but for allegedly underestimating the "problem" of anonymous gay sex in public restrooms.
That's right. Naugle used the press conference to insult the lgbt community yet again. Needless to say that lgbts and other citizens in Ft. Lauderdale are banding together to voice their displeasure with him.
As they should.
I have been reading about the entire controversy and noticed something that you probably already know but I still want to make you aware of.
The following comment is one I posted yesterday. It is by an area sergeant when he was asked about the problem of "gay public sex" :
. . . one problem Naugle had in trying to justify buying a robo-john due only to his belief that it will stop the rampant anonymous t-room sex he's been thinking about is that the rampant anonymous t-room sex he's been thinking about isn't a problem. According to Sgt. Frank Sousa, "There's no evidence, no reports or arrests made for any men having sex in any restrooms." - Robo-johns and stereotypes, Sun-Sentinel, July 20, 2007
You would think that the word of a police sergeant would be enough. Think again. Apparently some folks feel that if they ignore the sergeant's comments, then their view of the issue will be the correct one:
Hurrah for Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle for telling it like it is. The mayor is absolutely correct about gay men over taking the public restrooms as they troll for sex and drugs.Gays having sex in public is becoming an epidemic, not just in Florida but all over the U.S. - letter to the editor, Sun-Sentinel, July 22, 2007
I am not homophobic in any sense of the word. I count gays and lesbians among my closest friends and acquaintances, and respect them no less for their sexual orientation.That having been said, there's no reason the government needs to sanction behavior that the vast majority of Americans find morally reprehensible. That "cruising" in public areas is a problem in the gay community is well-known, especially among gays. To note that gays disproportionately engage in this activity (for whatever reason) is not homophobic, it's honest. Naugle has every right to his concerns. - letter to the editor, Sun-Sentinel, July 22, 2007
Instead of asking whether the laws against sex in the public restroom should be obeyed (as the mayor and the people of Ft. Lauderdale would like) The Sun Sentinel, a pawn for the homosexual lobby, asked if the mayor should resign for his stand against this illegal activity. He also voted against pornography in the public libraries. And for that, he's being protested against at Ft. Lauderdale City Hall today. - News Flash! Sex in Public Still Illegal, Janet Folger, World Net Daily, July 24, 2007
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle is catching a lot of flack for taking on the problem of public homosexual sex in his city, especially in public restrooms. - The Dakota Voice blogspot, July 24, 2007 (this site, of course, did not print the comment by Sgt. Frank Sousa)
Every now and then, a politician stands up and does the right thing no matter how loudly leftist activists spew. As you'll see from the link below, Mayor Jim Naugle in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, has his hands full with homosexual activists who are trying to bully their way, as usual. To his credit, Mayor Naugle is standing his ground and doing exactly the opposite of what they're demanding (that is if you can understand them through their spittle). They're even shouting out "shame on you" to the mayor, when in fact THEY'RE the ones who ought to be ashamed. - The Seventh Sola, July 25, 2007
Finally, a strong public official! City was overwhelmed by homosexuals having anonymous sexual encounters in public parks & restrooms, angering parents and community. Mayor announced a crackdown - that the city won't take it any longer. Homosexual activists (supported by local press, of course) demonstrated against mayor, held rally, called him a "bigot", etc., but mayor held his ground. - Mass Resistance webpage, July 25, 2007
Homosexual Activists Continue to Attack Mayor Naugle - a headline from Active Christian Media, July 25, 2007
Watch yesterday’s Sun-Sentinel video of Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle’s press conference in which he apologizes for not doing more to stop homosexual “sex” in the city’s public and beach restrooms . . . A note on the Naugle story: will the day ever come when LEADERS of the proud “gay” lobby apologize for their community’s own excesses — e.g., tolerating or encouraging men to commit anonymous sodomies with other men in public restrooms, parks, and bathhouses (sex clubs)? - Americans for Truth web page, July 26, 2007
I think you all will understand why I choose not to read any comments from Free Republic.
Yesterday, I talked about the controversy involving Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle and his robo-toilet idea. Naugle wanted the city to pay $250,000 for a robo-toilet that he claimed would curb anonymous gay sex in public restrooms.
Of course the city didn't accept the proposal and the lgbt community were furious. Apparently his idea of a robo-toilet was the latest in a long line of nasty comments and proposals Naugle lodged against the lgbt community.
Yesterday, he called a press conference claiming to issue an apology.
Which he did. Of course the apology was not to the lgbt community but for allegedly underestimating the "problem" of anonymous gay sex in public restrooms.
That's right. Naugle used the press conference to insult the lgbt community yet again. Needless to say that lgbts and other citizens in Ft. Lauderdale are banding together to voice their displeasure with him.
As they should.
I have been reading about the entire controversy and noticed something that you probably already know but I still want to make you aware of.
The following comment is one I posted yesterday. It is by an area sergeant when he was asked about the problem of "gay public sex" :
. . . one problem Naugle had in trying to justify buying a robo-john due only to his belief that it will stop the rampant anonymous t-room sex he's been thinking about is that the rampant anonymous t-room sex he's been thinking about isn't a problem. According to Sgt. Frank Sousa, "There's no evidence, no reports or arrests made for any men having sex in any restrooms." - Robo-johns and stereotypes, Sun-Sentinel, July 20, 2007
You would think that the word of a police sergeant would be enough. Think again. Apparently some folks feel that if they ignore the sergeant's comments, then their view of the issue will be the correct one:
Hurrah for Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle for telling it like it is. The mayor is absolutely correct about gay men over taking the public restrooms as they troll for sex and drugs.Gays having sex in public is becoming an epidemic, not just in Florida but all over the U.S. - letter to the editor, Sun-Sentinel, July 22, 2007
I am not homophobic in any sense of the word. I count gays and lesbians among my closest friends and acquaintances, and respect them no less for their sexual orientation.That having been said, there's no reason the government needs to sanction behavior that the vast majority of Americans find morally reprehensible. That "cruising" in public areas is a problem in the gay community is well-known, especially among gays. To note that gays disproportionately engage in this activity (for whatever reason) is not homophobic, it's honest. Naugle has every right to his concerns. - letter to the editor, Sun-Sentinel, July 22, 2007
Instead of asking whether the laws against sex in the public restroom should be obeyed (as the mayor and the people of Ft. Lauderdale would like) The Sun Sentinel, a pawn for the homosexual lobby, asked if the mayor should resign for his stand against this illegal activity. He also voted against pornography in the public libraries. And for that, he's being protested against at Ft. Lauderdale City Hall today. - News Flash! Sex in Public Still Illegal, Janet Folger, World Net Daily, July 24, 2007
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle is catching a lot of flack for taking on the problem of public homosexual sex in his city, especially in public restrooms. - The Dakota Voice blogspot, July 24, 2007 (this site, of course, did not print the comment by Sgt. Frank Sousa)
Every now and then, a politician stands up and does the right thing no matter how loudly leftist activists spew. As you'll see from the link below, Mayor Jim Naugle in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, has his hands full with homosexual activists who are trying to bully their way, as usual. To his credit, Mayor Naugle is standing his ground and doing exactly the opposite of what they're demanding (that is if you can understand them through their spittle). They're even shouting out "shame on you" to the mayor, when in fact THEY'RE the ones who ought to be ashamed. - The Seventh Sola, July 25, 2007
Finally, a strong public official! City was overwhelmed by homosexuals having anonymous sexual encounters in public parks & restrooms, angering parents and community. Mayor announced a crackdown - that the city won't take it any longer. Homosexual activists (supported by local press, of course) demonstrated against mayor, held rally, called him a "bigot", etc., but mayor held his ground. - Mass Resistance webpage, July 25, 2007
Homosexual Activists Continue to Attack Mayor Naugle - a headline from Active Christian Media, July 25, 2007
Watch yesterday’s Sun-Sentinel video of Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle’s press conference in which he apologizes for not doing more to stop homosexual “sex” in the city’s public and beach restrooms . . . A note on the Naugle story: will the day ever come when LEADERS of the proud “gay” lobby apologize for their community’s own excesses — e.g., tolerating or encouraging men to commit anonymous sodomies with other men in public restrooms, parks, and bathhouses (sex clubs)? - Americans for Truth web page, July 26, 2007
I think you all will understand why I choose not to read any comments from Free Republic.
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