Liars and hypocrites don't fade away . . . they just wrap themselves up in religion
I know I shouldn't mention you know who, but what can one do when he makes it so easy almost every day.
Our friend Peter LaBarbera is back attacking the so-called transgender menace:
WATCH IT: Tranny Insanity at CNN — No Other Side on 8-Year-old Boy Gender Confusion Story
It is simply mind-boggling that CNN chose not to include another viewpoint on this story about the Colorado elementary school encouraging gender-confusion in an eight-year-old (biological) male student who thinks he’s really a girl. (Click HERE for the One News Now story citing AFTAH on this.) You will note that CNN interviews only the parent of another gender-confused child — a girl whom the mother refers to as “he” on the CNN video.
Now the thing that stands out in this piece is Peter's hypocrisy.
Apparently he is okay with being able to appear on Hannity and Colmes by his lonesome while attacking the lgbt community
But now he is calling for fairness.
Talk about your hypocrites.
And unfortunately, Matt Barber has not left Concerned Women for America.
But he is getting pathetic. On the conservative Town Hall site, he has published a ridiculous tome, Unmasking the Gay Agenda.
I don't think I need to tell you all what he says. It's the usual "gays are planning to take over" nonsense backed up the usual suspects of distortions employed by the anti-gay industry:
1. In Their Own Words
What you are about to read is just a quick, though disturbing, glance behind the homosexual lobby’s lavender curtain.
Below are two of the central demands put forth by homosexual activists in their “1972 Gay Rights Platform”:
I am not even going to repeat these so-called list of demands. But the fact that Barber mentioned them is lunacy on his part. I have never heard of these list of demands, except on anti-gay industry sites. I think that it is farfetched to claim that lgbt organizations, activists, and bloggers are using these list of demands, especially seeing that they are over 30 years old.
Wait a minute . . .
I do remember that in a recreation of what Hamilcar Barca did to his son, the famous Carthiginian Hannibal (look it up), I was forced in 1973 to lay my one-year-old hand on a copy of Joan Crawford poster and swear that I would do all I can to promote the 1972 platform.
Then it was repressed in my mind until I could become of age.
That was sarcasm, folks. And based on how the anti-gay industry jumps on almost every word that lgbts say to smear us, I feel that it was necessary to say that.
Otherwise the headline to tomorrow's edition of World Net Daily would read:
HOMOSEXUALS PUT REPRESSED SUGGESTIONS IN THE MIND OF THEIR YOUTH
Of course Barber does not provide proof that lgbt organizations, activists, and bloggers are pushing the demands of the 1972 platform. What he does is distort actual events (i.e. schools teaching correct information regarding sex education) to claim that this platform is being pushed.
2. In their manuscript, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90’s (1989, Doubleday/Bantam), Harvard educated marketing experts Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen meticulously laid out the homosexual lobby’s blueprint for success in what is widely regarded as the handbook for the “gay” agenda.
Here we go again with that book. In 1989, Kirk and Madsen published a book giving their opinions on how lgbts can achieve equality. Since that time, anti-gay industry groups have inferred that almost lgbt activist carry a copy of this book in our hip pockets.
This is a blatant lie. While the book does present excellent ideas, there have never been any meetings or planning sessions around making the ideas of the book a reality.
This is in total contrast as to what happens when the anti-gay industry develops talking points on lgbt issues. The following nonsense do have roots in planning sessions:
Children have a right to a mother and father,
We must protect the union of marriage from unelected judges,
People with "deeply held religious beliefs" will be forced to compromise these beliefs if ENDA is passed.
In mentioning the so-called 1972 Gay Platform and the book by Kirk and Madsen, Barber is employing a very effective anti-gay industry tactic - Conspiracy Theory,
The Conspiracy Theory tactic is taking unrelated events and weaving them together as proof of a conspiracy. The idea of a conspiracy is not based upon any actual proof but by the fears and the prejudices of the audience one is addressing.
If Barber is looking for insidious plotting, he is best served in taking good notes in a future planning session of his group, Concerned Women for America.
3. The push for federal “hate crimes” legislation is another activist tool intended to silence traditional views on human sexuality and sexual morality. Similar laws have already been used around the world, and even right here at home, to persecute Christians and other traditionalists. For example, in 2004, 11 Christians were arrested in Philadelphia and charged with a “hate crime” for merely preaching the Bible at a public homosexual street festival. They could have served up to 47 years in prison.
Talk about your blatant lies. As my post from yesterday clearly said, these 11 "Christians" were not just "merely preaching the Bible at a public homosexual street festival." And the sad thing is that I'm sure that Barber was fully aware of the truth when he sat down to write his column.
Yesterday, I called Matt Barber the William Hung of the anti-gay industry.
Today, I only have two words:
She-bang! She-bang!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Important - Look what happened today -- we win again!!!!
Please check out today's first post about Repent America. This new post just came in a few minutes ago:
Breaking - Judge OKs limits on student speech in Poway case
By: North County Times
SAN DIEGO ---- A federal judge ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit against the Poway Unified School District that school officials can restrict student speech that expresses "damaging statements about sexual orientation" and can limit students to stating their views "in a positive manner."
U.S. District Judge John Houston reached that conclusion in a 12-page decision that affirmed a similar ruling he made a year ago. In January 2007, Houston granted the school district's request for a judgment in its favor on the legal claims Kelsie Harper, 16 at the time, raised in the lawsuit, and dismissed Tyler Chase Harper, 18 at the time, from the case.
The elder Harper, who goes by his middle name, alleged in the federal lawsuit that the district and school officials violated his constitutional rights in their response to him wearing a T-shirt to school in 2004 that said "Homosexuality is shameful. Romans 1:27."
Kelsie Harper was added to the lawsuit later, alleging that she wanted to express an identical message through her speech or clothing, but was prevented from doing so because of school policies.
Court documents stated Chase Harper was sent to the principal's office after he refused to comply with a teacher's directions to remove the shirt. He had to remain in a conference room at the school office, where he did his homework until the end of the day because he would not remove the shirt, court documents stated.
The district argued in court documents that school officials reasonably believed the T-shirt could cause a disruption among students and violated the rights of students and employees to be free from harassment because of sexual orientation.
Chase Harper was dismissed from the lawsuit because he already has graduated from Poway High School.
Attorneys for the Harpers asked Houston to reconsider his ruling from last year because the U.S. Supreme Court set aside an appeals court decision upon which Houston relied in making the earlier ruling.
The school district's attorneys urged Houston to apply a U.S. Supreme Court decision in an unrelated student speech case to the Harper case. The nation's highest court ruled last year that school officials can restrict student speech that can be interpreted as advocating the use of illegal drugs.
Houston wrote that the legal reasoning from that case supported a conclusion that the Harpers' speech "may properly be restricted by school officials if it is considered harmful."
The district properly restricted the "negative speech" on Harper's T-shirt for the legitimate educational concern of "promoting tolerance and respect for differences among students," Houston wrote.
Please check out today's first post about Repent America. This new post just came in a few minutes ago:
Breaking - Judge OKs limits on student speech in Poway case
By: North County Times
SAN DIEGO ---- A federal judge ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit against the Poway Unified School District that school officials can restrict student speech that expresses "damaging statements about sexual orientation" and can limit students to stating their views "in a positive manner."
U.S. District Judge John Houston reached that conclusion in a 12-page decision that affirmed a similar ruling he made a year ago. In January 2007, Houston granted the school district's request for a judgment in its favor on the legal claims Kelsie Harper, 16 at the time, raised in the lawsuit, and dismissed Tyler Chase Harper, 18 at the time, from the case.
The elder Harper, who goes by his middle name, alleged in the federal lawsuit that the district and school officials violated his constitutional rights in their response to him wearing a T-shirt to school in 2004 that said "Homosexuality is shameful. Romans 1:27."
Kelsie Harper was added to the lawsuit later, alleging that she wanted to express an identical message through her speech or clothing, but was prevented from doing so because of school policies.
Court documents stated Chase Harper was sent to the principal's office after he refused to comply with a teacher's directions to remove the shirt. He had to remain in a conference room at the school office, where he did his homework until the end of the day because he would not remove the shirt, court documents stated.
The district argued in court documents that school officials reasonably believed the T-shirt could cause a disruption among students and violated the rights of students and employees to be free from harassment because of sexual orientation.
Chase Harper was dismissed from the lawsuit because he already has graduated from Poway High School.
Attorneys for the Harpers asked Houston to reconsider his ruling from last year because the U.S. Supreme Court set aside an appeals court decision upon which Houston relied in making the earlier ruling.
The school district's attorneys urged Houston to apply a U.S. Supreme Court decision in an unrelated student speech case to the Harper case. The nation's highest court ruled last year that school officials can restrict student speech that can be interpreted as advocating the use of illegal drugs.
Houston wrote that the legal reasoning from that case supported a conclusion that the Harpers' speech "may properly be restricted by school officials if it is considered harmful."
The district properly restricted the "negative speech" on Harper's T-shirt for the legitimate educational concern of "promoting tolerance and respect for differences among students," Houston wrote.
What ugly day - Repent America needs to disappear
This Tuesday has been a drag.
My mother got her stitches from her broken ankle removed and I woke up to a possibly ear infection.
And damn, one of the most annoying bits of anti-gay industry propaganda makes yet another appearance via that bastion of fairness (eyes rolling) One News Now:
Eleven Christians arrested for expressing their beliefs publicly during a so-called "gay pride" festival in Philadelphia several years ago were in court Monday, seeking to have their lawsuit against the city reinstated.
The 11 individuals were arrested in 2004 at Philadelphia's "OutFest," a pro-homosexual event held on public property. The Christian activists were charged with various crimes for quoting scriptures while walking on a public street set aside for the event. Charges were dropped almost immediately against all but five of the Christians, and those five were later found not guilty of all charges.
According to attorney Joseph Infranco, those actions paved the way for a civil suit against the City of Philadelphia and the OutFest participants, claiming that his clients suffered constitutional harm as a result and arguing no one else should be subjected to such actions. "So this is a civil suit now, to make them accountable for their actions -- and filing those criminal charges was part of that," he adds.
The article goes on to make it seem (yet again) that the Repent America controversy was a case of Christians unfairly arrested for preaching the gospel.
For probably the one millionth time (okay it's an exaggeration), let's show the truth of the controversy via People for the American Way:
The story as told by Repent America and other Religious Right groups – most recently in two videotaped ads by grandmothers who participated in the Repent America protest against the festival – is that people were arrested merely for “sharing the gospel” on public property. The arrest of the protestors and subsequent charges against them on several counts – some under Pennsylvania’s hate crimes law – is, in the mythology of Repent America, proof that the goal of gay rights activists in general, and hate crimes laws in particular, is to outlaw the gospel.
The kernel of truth at the bottom of the propaganda pile is that the two grandmothers and others were in fact arrested while protesting Philadelphia’s OutFest, and a local prosecutor did charge them with violations of several laws, including the state’s hate crimes law.
But none of those charges were for “sharing the gospel.” Repent America doesn’t mention that a federal court later found that the women “insulted individual attendees, blocked access to vendors, and disobeyed direct orders from the police, who were trying to preserve order and keep the peace.” The police arrested the protesters only after “their presence disrupted public order.” Unlike the organizers of OutFest, Repent America leaders failed to obtain a permit from the city. The city and the police gave the women great leeway, but they still overstepped the bounds of peaceful protest.
It gets tiring at times to ask this but why do some people think that it is okay to lie in the name of God?
But it wasn't all a bad day. According to Jeremy via goodasyou.org, Matt Barber may be suffering because of the MRSA situation.
It has not been verified as truth as of yet, but it would be nice to see Barber reprimanded, even if it means a short "vacation" from the public eye.
Let's face facts: the MRSA situation proved that Matt Barber was out of his league. He was and is a religious right version of William Hung.
And his notoriety should have been up about 14 minutes and 30 seconds ago.
This Tuesday has been a drag.
My mother got her stitches from her broken ankle removed and I woke up to a possibly ear infection.
And damn, one of the most annoying bits of anti-gay industry propaganda makes yet another appearance via that bastion of fairness (eyes rolling) One News Now:
Eleven Christians arrested for expressing their beliefs publicly during a so-called "gay pride" festival in Philadelphia several years ago were in court Monday, seeking to have their lawsuit against the city reinstated.
The 11 individuals were arrested in 2004 at Philadelphia's "OutFest," a pro-homosexual event held on public property. The Christian activists were charged with various crimes for quoting scriptures while walking on a public street set aside for the event. Charges were dropped almost immediately against all but five of the Christians, and those five were later found not guilty of all charges.
According to attorney Joseph Infranco, those actions paved the way for a civil suit against the City of Philadelphia and the OutFest participants, claiming that his clients suffered constitutional harm as a result and arguing no one else should be subjected to such actions. "So this is a civil suit now, to make them accountable for their actions -- and filing those criminal charges was part of that," he adds.
The article goes on to make it seem (yet again) that the Repent America controversy was a case of Christians unfairly arrested for preaching the gospel.
For probably the one millionth time (okay it's an exaggeration), let's show the truth of the controversy via People for the American Way:
The story as told by Repent America and other Religious Right groups – most recently in two videotaped ads by grandmothers who participated in the Repent America protest against the festival – is that people were arrested merely for “sharing the gospel” on public property. The arrest of the protestors and subsequent charges against them on several counts – some under Pennsylvania’s hate crimes law – is, in the mythology of Repent America, proof that the goal of gay rights activists in general, and hate crimes laws in particular, is to outlaw the gospel.
The kernel of truth at the bottom of the propaganda pile is that the two grandmothers and others were in fact arrested while protesting Philadelphia’s OutFest, and a local prosecutor did charge them with violations of several laws, including the state’s hate crimes law.
But none of those charges were for “sharing the gospel.” Repent America doesn’t mention that a federal court later found that the women “insulted individual attendees, blocked access to vendors, and disobeyed direct orders from the police, who were trying to preserve order and keep the peace.” The police arrested the protesters only after “their presence disrupted public order.” Unlike the organizers of OutFest, Repent America leaders failed to obtain a permit from the city. The city and the police gave the women great leeway, but they still overstepped the bounds of peaceful protest.
It gets tiring at times to ask this but why do some people think that it is okay to lie in the name of God?
But it wasn't all a bad day. According to Jeremy via goodasyou.org, Matt Barber may be suffering because of the MRSA situation.
It has not been verified as truth as of yet, but it would be nice to see Barber reprimanded, even if it means a short "vacation" from the public eye.
Let's face facts: the MRSA situation proved that Matt Barber was out of his league. He was and is a religious right version of William Hung.
And his notoriety should have been up about 14 minutes and 30 seconds ago.
Monday, February 11, 2008
It's not all about you know who - - Let's not forget our children
So that I don't get Peter LaBarbera'ed out and you all don't get tired me talking about him, I want to direct attention to another subject: our children.
It's no secret that lgbts are coming out at a younger age. Personally, I applaud their boldness. I also applaud the fact that they are not settling for being pushed in the background of their age groups and being seen as loner oddballs.
These children are starting GSAs all over the country and they should be supported. There are a lot of intentional misconceptions regarding GSAs. I know I am preaching to the choir when I say that these are not sex clubs, but places where our lgbt children can get support so that they make intelligent decisions regarding sex and all.
I said all of this to spotlight the following:
DeLand High club 'singularly important' for gay students
By EILEEN ZAFFIRO
Staff Writer
DELAND -- One boy whose hair reaches halfway down his back wore a camouflage tank top, light blue nail polish, blue eye shadow and a thick silver chain around his neck.
Another boy with a hint of a Marilyn Manson look donned bracelets, a ring and jet black nail polish that matched his ebony hair.
A girl sported blue and purple hair, striped leggings, a red plaid skirt and a T-shirt with pastel-colored hearts.
It was the weekly gathering of DeLand High School's Gay Straight Alliance, and a girl that probably would have blended in better playing flute in the band or running laps at track practice was so overcome with emotion she burst into tears.
"This is like the first time I ever felt welcome at anything," she sobbed as she blotted her eyes with a tissue. "I know I look like the redneck or preppie girl. That's just classification. My whole life I've been dealing with this. I always feel like the black sheep, even in my family. You guys just accepted me. You make me feel so welcome."
Another girl in the room sighed, "Oh, group hug," and within seconds teenage arms hugged away the tears and the kids offered a compassionate ear and advice only they knew how to give.
The article goes on and is really good. BUT to me, a crucial part of the story are the comments made about the article.
There are many ignorant people in the world as some of the comments demonstrate. But at the same time, there are many who support our children.
Feel free to read and add your support to the GSA.
So that I don't get Peter LaBarbera'ed out and you all don't get tired me talking about him, I want to direct attention to another subject: our children.
It's no secret that lgbts are coming out at a younger age. Personally, I applaud their boldness. I also applaud the fact that they are not settling for being pushed in the background of their age groups and being seen as loner oddballs.
These children are starting GSAs all over the country and they should be supported. There are a lot of intentional misconceptions regarding GSAs. I know I am preaching to the choir when I say that these are not sex clubs, but places where our lgbt children can get support so that they make intelligent decisions regarding sex and all.
I said all of this to spotlight the following:
DeLand High club 'singularly important' for gay students
By EILEEN ZAFFIRO
Staff Writer
DELAND -- One boy whose hair reaches halfway down his back wore a camouflage tank top, light blue nail polish, blue eye shadow and a thick silver chain around his neck.
Another boy with a hint of a Marilyn Manson look donned bracelets, a ring and jet black nail polish that matched his ebony hair.
A girl sported blue and purple hair, striped leggings, a red plaid skirt and a T-shirt with pastel-colored hearts.
It was the weekly gathering of DeLand High School's Gay Straight Alliance, and a girl that probably would have blended in better playing flute in the band or running laps at track practice was so overcome with emotion she burst into tears.
"This is like the first time I ever felt welcome at anything," she sobbed as she blotted her eyes with a tissue. "I know I look like the redneck or preppie girl. That's just classification. My whole life I've been dealing with this. I always feel like the black sheep, even in my family. You guys just accepted me. You make me feel so welcome."
Another girl in the room sighed, "Oh, group hug," and within seconds teenage arms hugged away the tears and the kids offered a compassionate ear and advice only they knew how to give.
The article goes on and is really good. BUT to me, a crucial part of the story are the comments made about the article.
There are many ignorant people in the world as some of the comments demonstrate. But at the same time, there are many who support our children.
Feel free to read and add your support to the GSA.
Peggy Lee said it best: Is that all there is?
Our friend Peter LaBarbera just won't let it go.
In my last post, I talked (on this site also) about how he (with help from Rush Limbaugh) took an award to be given at the Creating Change conference and exaggerated it to the point of lunacy.
At first, the two tried to link the conference (and the Democratic National Convention) to sadomaschism due to the ties of one of the honorees.
Today it seems, his aspirations have gone down.
Peter is no longer linking sadomaschism to the DNC. He just has a clip of Guy Baldwin accepting his award.
Of course I also noticed that while Peter bragged earlier on the fact that Limbaugh talked about his "discovery," he did not link to Limbaugh's article.
Could it be because Limbaugh straight out lied and said the Creating Change conference was an S&M event sponsored by the DNC?
Who knows. Either, I am unimpressed.
Damn Peter, you must be slipping.
Our friend Peter LaBarbera just won't let it go.
In my last post, I talked (on this site also) about how he (with help from Rush Limbaugh) took an award to be given at the Creating Change conference and exaggerated it to the point of lunacy.
At first, the two tried to link the conference (and the Democratic National Convention) to sadomaschism due to the ties of one of the honorees.
Today it seems, his aspirations have gone down.
Peter is no longer linking sadomaschism to the DNC. He just has a clip of Guy Baldwin accepting his award.
Of course I also noticed that while Peter bragged earlier on the fact that Limbaugh talked about his "discovery," he did not link to Limbaugh's article.
Could it be because Limbaugh straight out lied and said the Creating Change conference was an S&M event sponsored by the DNC?
Who knows. Either, I am unimpressed.
Damn Peter, you must be slipping.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Well that didn't last long - Distorting the Creating Change conference
Truer words were never spoken.
Leave it to the anti-gay industry to wake me up.
Our friend Peter LaBarbera, in attempting to make everyone forget his huge faux pas about the MRSA infection, is on another kick.
This time, he is railing against the Creating Change event put on the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
And knowing Peter, he is taking the "sadomachistic angle:"
Well, folks, the Party of Perversion is at it again. This time the DNC (Democratic National Committee) — as a member of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s(NGLFT) “Leadership Council” (Advocate’s Circle) — gave at least $2,500 to the Task Force, whose “Creating Change” conference in Detroit is presenting its “Leather Leadership Award” to Guy Baldwin, an advocate of “erotic” and “consensual slavery.” How sick is that?
Please note the fact that while Peter whines about being called "Porno Pete," he has no problems throwing out ugly names.
And apparently, he is proud that Rush Limbaugh is talking about "his discovery." Here is what Rush Limbaugh is saying:
DNC Sponsors S&M Event
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is holding its annual 'Creating Change' conference in Detroit this week. Its sponsors claim to have trained more than 30,000 activists since 1988. Peter LaBarbera with Americans for Truth About Homosexuality has reported on the event in the past. The event's handbook even addresses 'transgender restroom etiquette.'" The Democrat Party is endorsing this event where they will be presenting an award, this is in Detroit, the Creating Change Conference, they will be presenting an award for sadomasochism. "A sponsorship acknowledgement notes that the Democratic National Committee gave at least $2,500 to help pay for the event. The recipient of the 'Leather Leadership Award' is Guy Baldwin."
Of course this is going to elicit an interesting dialogue about certain facets of the lgbt community and such. Already some is happening here.
But here is the thing I am concerned about:
Rush Limbaugh and Peter is distorting the story. The Democratic National Convention is not hosting an S&M event. The Creating Change conference is NOT a sadomaschistic event.
Creating Change is the one and only time each year that more than 2,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates from every corner of the country converge to strategize, socialize and mobilize for LGBT equality.It features top-level trainings, workshops, networking sessions and action-planning with our movement’s best thinkers and brightest innovators — oh yeah, there’s also tons of opportunities for socializing, meeting up with old friends and making lots of new ones.
In the grand scheme of things, the Creating Change conference is no different than that ridiculous gathering where they booed John McCain yesterday. Nor is it different from "Justice Sunday" or any other event where people gather and strategize.
Peter, Rush Limbaugh, and maybe others are taking one possibly objectionable action (i.e. giving an award to Guy Baldwin) and trying create an ugly controversy
Now whether or not it is advisable to give an award to Guy Baldwin would be an interesting discussion and frankly I would like to hear both sides rather than insane caterwauling by Peter and Rush and hasty reactions to this caterwauling.
After all, other folks are being honored:
Barbara Satin will receive the Allan Morrow Community Service Award, for outstanding leadership and advocacy in aging and elder concerns.
Mandy Carter will receive the Susan J. Hyde Activism Award for longevity in the movement. (And I have a personal happiness over this. I know Mandy Carter and she is one of my mentors. She deserves every honor she receives.)
Mia Mingus, a reproductive rights activist, will also be honored with the Creating Change
Jon Stryker, founder and president of the Arcus Foundation, will receive the Creating Change Award...Arcus is a private foundation that supports groups advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights and groups working globally to promote great ape conservation.
I repeat, whether or not Baldwin deserves an award is a good discussion. But please let's not get so caught up in the discussion that we don't recognize Peter's tactics. They are same ones he used to brand all lgbts via the MRSA infection. Remember in that case, he took a portion of a study and used it try and link the infection to lgbts and HIV:
Is this not an eerie reminder of the initial stories 25 years ago about AIDS -- then called GRID (Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Disease)? It is unfathomable that after that plague, disease specialists and the media are now surprised at the correlation of new infections with homosexual behavior;
In this case, he is taking a debatable award and trying to use it to negatively brand a very good conference and all lgbts in general:
And if he has to backtrack, he will probably create a straw man argument in this case just as he did in the case of the MRSA infection.
I can see it now:
I did not try to say that people would be having sadomachistic sex during the awards banquet, I was merely pointing out that they were giving an award to Guy Baldwin.
Peter's exploits just reinforces my belief that he is a generous person.
The more he opens his mouth, the more he gives away his ignorance.
Truer words were never spoken.
Leave it to the anti-gay industry to wake me up.
Our friend Peter LaBarbera, in attempting to make everyone forget his huge faux pas about the MRSA infection, is on another kick.
This time, he is railing against the Creating Change event put on the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
And knowing Peter, he is taking the "sadomachistic angle:"
Well, folks, the Party of Perversion is at it again. This time the DNC (Democratic National Committee) — as a member of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s(NGLFT) “Leadership Council” (Advocate’s Circle) — gave at least $2,500 to the Task Force, whose “Creating Change” conference in Detroit is presenting its “Leather Leadership Award” to Guy Baldwin, an advocate of “erotic” and “consensual slavery.” How sick is that?
Please note the fact that while Peter whines about being called "Porno Pete," he has no problems throwing out ugly names.
And apparently, he is proud that Rush Limbaugh is talking about "his discovery." Here is what Rush Limbaugh is saying:
DNC Sponsors S&M Event
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is holding its annual 'Creating Change' conference in Detroit this week. Its sponsors claim to have trained more than 30,000 activists since 1988. Peter LaBarbera with Americans for Truth About Homosexuality has reported on the event in the past. The event's handbook even addresses 'transgender restroom etiquette.'" The Democrat Party is endorsing this event where they will be presenting an award, this is in Detroit, the Creating Change Conference, they will be presenting an award for sadomasochism. "A sponsorship acknowledgement notes that the Democratic National Committee gave at least $2,500 to help pay for the event. The recipient of the 'Leather Leadership Award' is Guy Baldwin."
Of course this is going to elicit an interesting dialogue about certain facets of the lgbt community and such. Already some is happening here.
But here is the thing I am concerned about:
Rush Limbaugh and Peter is distorting the story. The Democratic National Convention is not hosting an S&M event. The Creating Change conference is NOT a sadomaschistic event.
Creating Change is the one and only time each year that more than 2,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates from every corner of the country converge to strategize, socialize and mobilize for LGBT equality.It features top-level trainings, workshops, networking sessions and action-planning with our movement’s best thinkers and brightest innovators — oh yeah, there’s also tons of opportunities for socializing, meeting up with old friends and making lots of new ones.
In the grand scheme of things, the Creating Change conference is no different than that ridiculous gathering where they booed John McCain yesterday. Nor is it different from "Justice Sunday" or any other event where people gather and strategize.
Peter, Rush Limbaugh, and maybe others are taking one possibly objectionable action (i.e. giving an award to Guy Baldwin) and trying create an ugly controversy
Now whether or not it is advisable to give an award to Guy Baldwin would be an interesting discussion and frankly I would like to hear both sides rather than insane caterwauling by Peter and Rush and hasty reactions to this caterwauling.
After all, other folks are being honored:
Barbara Satin will receive the Allan Morrow Community Service Award, for outstanding leadership and advocacy in aging and elder concerns.
Mandy Carter will receive the Susan J. Hyde Activism Award for longevity in the movement. (And I have a personal happiness over this. I know Mandy Carter and she is one of my mentors. She deserves every honor she receives.)
Mia Mingus, a reproductive rights activist, will also be honored with the Creating Change
Jon Stryker, founder and president of the Arcus Foundation, will receive the Creating Change Award...Arcus is a private foundation that supports groups advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights and groups working globally to promote great ape conservation.
I repeat, whether or not Baldwin deserves an award is a good discussion. But please let's not get so caught up in the discussion that we don't recognize Peter's tactics. They are same ones he used to brand all lgbts via the MRSA infection. Remember in that case, he took a portion of a study and used it try and link the infection to lgbts and HIV:
Is this not an eerie reminder of the initial stories 25 years ago about AIDS -- then called GRID (Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Disease)? It is unfathomable that after that plague, disease specialists and the media are now surprised at the correlation of new infections with homosexual behavior;
In this case, he is taking a debatable award and trying to use it to negatively brand a very good conference and all lgbts in general:
And if he has to backtrack, he will probably create a straw man argument in this case just as he did in the case of the MRSA infection.
I can see it now:
I did not try to say that people would be having sadomachistic sex during the awards banquet, I was merely pointing out that they were giving an award to Guy Baldwin.
Peter's exploits just reinforces my belief that he is a generous person.
The more he opens his mouth, the more he gives away his ignorance.
Bad timing for writer's block
Unbelievable. Or maybe I am just tired.
I was supposed to be posting my black history month column yesterday but I haven't even put it to paper yet.
I am basically tired and it's the worst time for it. This election is promising to be very interesting (i.e. Dobson endorsing Huckabee, "suicide voters?," McCain catching hell) and I am too pooped to do anything.
Bear with my y'all and don't stop reading. I will be over it by this weekend.
Knowing our friends in the anti-gay industry, they will do something extraordinarily stupid that will shake the weariness off of me.
Unbelievable. Or maybe I am just tired.
I was supposed to be posting my black history month column yesterday but I haven't even put it to paper yet.
I am basically tired and it's the worst time for it. This election is promising to be very interesting (i.e. Dobson endorsing Huckabee, "suicide voters?," McCain catching hell) and I am too pooped to do anything.
Bear with my y'all and don't stop reading. I will be over it by this weekend.
Knowing our friends in the anti-gay industry, they will do something extraordinarily stupid that will shake the weariness off of me.
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