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So the Pope has been and gone, leaving behind him the opportunity for The Prime Minister to overuse the word "Faith", and attempt to paint himself in a golden light, using the darkness of the previous ruling party as a contrast. Utter twaddle, in my opinion.
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday the United States must be prepared to use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon – and said that the last resort should be overthrowing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Graham, a military lawyer and a senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, became the first senator to support direct U.S. military intervention in Iran, saying it shouldn't involve ground troops but be launched by U.S. warplanes and ships.
“If you use military force against Iran, you’ve opened up Pandora’s Box,” Graham, of South Carolina, told the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. “If you allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, you’ve emptied Pandora’s box. I’d rather open up Pandora’s box than empty it.”
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/09/20/100853/graham-us-must-consider-military.html?story_link=email_msg#ixzz107LSUH14WASHINGTON – Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday the United States must be prepared... more
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(AP) At a time when gays have been gaining victories across the country, the Republican Party in Montana still wants to make homosexuality illegal.
The party adopted an official platform in June that keeps a long-held position in support of making homosexual acts illegal, a policy adopted after the Montana Supreme Court struck down such laws in 1997.
The fact that it's still the official party policy more than 12 years later, despite a tidal shift in public attitudes since then and the party's own pledge of support for individual freedoms, has exasperated some GOP members.
"I looked at that and said, 'You've got to be kidding me,'" state Sen. John Brueggeman, R-Polson, said last week. "Should it get taken out? Absolutely. Does anybody think we should be arresting homosexual people? If you take that stand, you really probably shouldn't be in the Republican Party."
Gay rights have been rapidly advancing nationwide since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas' sodomy law in 2003's Lawrence v. Texas decision. Gay marriage is now allowed in five states and Washington, D.C., a federal court recently ruled the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy unconstitutional, and even a conservative tea party group in Montana ousted its president over an anti-gay exchange in Facebook.
But going against the grain is the Montana GOP statement, which falls under the "Crime" section of the GOP platform. It states: "We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal."
Montana GOP executive director Bowen Greenwood said that has been the position of the party since the state Supreme Court struck down state laws criminalizing homosexuality in 1997 in the case of Gryczan v. Montana.
Nobody has ever taken the initiative to change it and so it's remained in the party platform, Greenwood said. The matter has never even come up for discussion, he said.
"There had been at the time, and still is, a substantial portion of Republican legislators that believe it is more important for the Legislature to make the law instead of the Supreme Court," Greenwood said.
Critics say the policy is a toothless statement, the effect of which is simply to make gays feel excluded. A University of Montana law professor says Montana's 1997 case and the U.S. Supreme Court's Lawrence decision means there's no real chance for the state GOP to act on its position.
"To me, that statement legally is hollow," said constitutional specialist Jack Tuholske. "The principle under Gryczan and under Lawrence, that's the fundamental law of the land and the Legislature can't override the Constitution. It might express their view, but as far as a legal reality, it's a hollow view and can't come to pass."
Montana Human Rights Network organizer Kim Abbott said the GOP platform statement does not represent the attitudes of most Montanans, and it shows that the party is out of touch with the prevalent view of the people they are supposed to represent.
"It speaks volumes to the lesbian and gay community how they are perceived by the Republican Party," Abbott said. "It would be nice if Republicans that understand that gay people are human beings would stand up and say they don't agree with that. But I don't know how likely that is."
Brueggeman suspects that the vast majority of the party believes, as he does, that the Republican party should remove statement. It's against every conservative principle for limited government and issues like this exemplify how a political party can interfere with the relationship between lawmakers and their constituents.
"I just hope it's something that's so sensitive that people don't want to touch it," he said. "Even if there wasn't a Supreme Court decision, does anyone really believe that it should be illegal?"(AP) At a time when gays have been gaining victories across the country, the... more
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HELENA, Mont. — At a time when gays have been gaining victories across the country, the Republican Party in Montana still wants to make homosexuality illegal.
The party adopted an official platform in June that keeps a long-held position in support of making homosexual acts illegal, a policy adopted after the Montana Supreme Court struck down such laws in 1997.HELENA, Mont. — At a time when gays have been gaining victories across the... more
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A proposed law in Uganda is -- on the surface -- intended to curb pornography, by meting out heavy fines and/or prison sentences ranging from five to 10 years for those found guilty of dealing in pornographic materials.
The bill proposes that pornography have a broad definition as any form of communication that depicts unclothed or under-clothed parts of the human body. And by communication, any form of speech, entertainment, or even fashion would be included.
But rather than just addressing pornography, could the proposed bill also be another attack on gay Ugandans?
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Interview with Dove World Outreach Center pastor who plans to burn copies of the Holy Koran on September 11, 2010Interview with Dove World Outreach Center pastor who plans to burn copies of the Holy... more
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Racism vs. Homophobia
Watching all this media coverage and talk over Laura Schlessinger N-word rant some questions came to mind.
1. Do you view racism and homophobia as the same? why or why not?
2. Do you consider the word nigger and fag (or dyke) to be the same? why or why not?
3. Do you ever seen in your life time anti gay speech being so unwelcome in our society that someone would "step down" , be fired or have a storm on media surrounding their job?
4. Do you think we as Americans perceive the word nigger differently now then we did 10 years ago? why or why not?
5. Are words like dyke, fag, nigger, spic hurtful themselves or is it the context in which they are used that causes hate and harm? Why or why not?
6. Is making racist and/or homophobic comments acceptable as long as select words are not used? why or why not?
Answer as many questions as you like with as much detail as you want! I would love to see everyone's views and if possible add a little of your own background information so we understand who this view is coming from!Racism vs. Homophobia
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"A ROW has blown up over a claim a prominent Manchester Muslim has defended the execution of sexually-active gay people as "justified".
Arshad Misbahi, a junior Imam at the city's Central Mosque is alleged to have confirmed that it is an acceptable punishment in Iraq and Iran.
His comments are said to have been made to psychotherapist Dr John Casson who is researching the persecution of gays in Islamic states. But they have been condemned as "encouraging conflict between the area's large gay and Muslim communities.
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Dr Casson said: "He told me that in a true Islamic state, such punishments were part of Islam if the person had had a trial, at which four witnesses testified that they had seen the actual homosexual acts."
He went on: "I asked him what would be the British Muslim view and he repeated that in an Islamic state these punishments were justified.
"They might result in the deaths of thousands, but if this deterred millions from having sex and spreading disease, then it was worthwhile to protect the wider community."
It is understood Imam Misbahi believes his comments were taken out of context and misrepresented. He says will be issuing a statement to clarify his view"A ROW has blown up over a claim a prominent Manchester Muslim has defended the... more
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A prenatal pill for congenital adrenal hyperplasia to prevent ambiguous genitalia may reduce the chance that a female with the disorder will be gay. Critics call it engineering for sexual orientation.
Each year in the United States, perhaps a few dozen pregnant women learn they are carrying a fetus at risk for a rare disorder known as congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The condition causes an accumulation of male hormones and can, in females, lead to genitals so masculinized that it can be difficult at birth to determine the baby's gender.
A hormonal treatment to prevent ambiguous genitalia can now be offered to women who may be carrying such infants. It's not without health risks but, to its critics, they are of small consequence compared with this notable side effect: The treatment might reduce the likelihood that a female with the condition will be homosexual. Further, it seems to increase the chances that she will have what are considered more feminine behavioral traits.
That such a treatment would ever be considered, even to prevent genital abnormalities, has outraged gay and lesbian groups, troubled some doctors and fueled bioethicists' debate about the nature of human sexuality..........A prenatal pill for congenital adrenal hyperplasia to prevent ambiguous genitalia may... more
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Well if it says it in books it much be true.
In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant
Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus
18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance.
The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura, written by a US man,
and posted on the Internet. Funny stuff.
Dear Dr. Laura:
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I
have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that
knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend
the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that
Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination ... End of
debate.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other
elements of God's Laws and how to follow them.
1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and
female, provided they are from neighboring nations. A friend of mine
claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you
clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in
Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair
price for her?
3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her
period of Menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how
do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a
pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors.
They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus
35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated
to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?
6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an
abomination, Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than
homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there
'degrees' of abomination?
7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I
have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading
glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle-room
here?
8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair
around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.
19:27. How should they die?
9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes
me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two
different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments
made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also
tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go
to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them?
Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family
affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy
considerable expertise in such matters, so I'm confident you can help.
Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
Your adoring fan.
James M. Kauffman, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus,
Dept. Of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education
University of Virginia PS (It would be a damn shame if we couldn't own a
Canadian)Well if it says it in books it much be true.
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This is a wonderful day and and steps toward the right for everyone that truly loves one another can marry and devote one's love to another forever. now while that idea scares the hell out of me :) ahahahaha- i think its great that anyone that feels that strongly for another can devote it for life in front of the world. this is indeed a special day - a day that many have passed and not been here to see but always knew that with the unity of the people and the community anything is possible - even the right for true love legally. so go on and celebrate people - its long over due.This is a wonderful day and and steps toward the right for everyone that truly loves... more
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1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control are not natural.
2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people cannot get legally married because the world needs more children.
3. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children because straight parents only raise straight children.
4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful, since Britney Spears’s 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.
5. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and it hasn’t changed at all: women are property, Blacks can’t marry Whites, and divorce is illegal.
6. Gay marriage should be decided by the people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of minorities.
7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are always imposed on the entire country. That’s why we only have one religion in America.
8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people makes you tall.
9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage license.
10. Children can never succeed without both male and female role models at home. That’s why single parents are forbidden to raise children.
11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven’t adapted to cars or longer lifespans.
12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a “separate but equal” institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages will for gays & lesbians.
12 reasons via GGSA @ UF
http://www.tabloidprodigy.com/?p=177801. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control... more
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The number of U.S. faith leaders with controversial connections to politicians and religious figures in Uganda working to pass a harsh anti-gay bill seems to get bigger and bigger by the month. By now, the world is familiar with the legislation. It's known as the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill," and if passed it would institute severe criminal penalties for LGBT people.
Those penalties include: the death penalty for LGBT people who are HIV-positive and who engage in sexual relations; lifetime jail sentences for anyone who is LGBT; and jail terms for straight people who don't disclose their LGBT friends, relatives and neighbors.
The bill is championed by several Ugandan religious leaders with deep U.S. ties, including Martin Ssempa and Julius Peter Oyet. Ssempa was once a celebrated partner to Pastor Rick Warren's ministries, and has close ties to a number of U.S. legislators and faith leaders. Though he's been discredited by many people in the U.S., at least one megachurch -- Canyon Ridge Christian Church in Las Vegas -- continues to call Ssempa a "prophet" and financially support his work to pass this anti-gay legislation.
Julius Peter Oyet may be less well known than Ssempa, but he's also done his fair share to help move the anti-gay Ugandan legislation forward. Oyet is a leader with the Born Again Federation of Churches in Uganda, and he's a self-admitted part of the network of Ugandan leaders that helped draft the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill." Oyet has attended rallies and meetings in Uganda where gay porn was showed to people in order to whip up homophobic sentiments, and also appears in a BBC segment promising that if the bill gets passed, homosexuals will be arrested.
Oyet is also part of an international faith network known as the College of Prayer, which has a host of locations throughout the world, and trains people to be outspoken Christian leaders "who will reach a lost world through a revived church." The College of Prayer has numerous offices and ministries in the United States, stretching from Florida to Wisconsin. But it's their Atlanta, Georgia locale that is perhaps most interesting, since Julius Oyet says that the College of Prayer provides him an office at that location.
Adding yet another layer of intrigue to this onion of religiosity, the Atlanta College of Prayer office seems to share space with a fairly influential evangelical church, Lilburn Alliance Church (Web site - lilburn4jesus.com - no joke), whose pastor, Fred Hartley, is a colleague of David Bahati, the Ugandan MP that is the chief sponsor of the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill." In fact, Pastor Hartley has called David Bahati "honorable," despite the fact that Bahati would like to criminalize homosexuality with either the death penalty or life imprisonment.
For those keeping score, it looks like this: Ugandan leaders (Oyet and Bahati) who want to criminalize homosexuality + the College of Prayer + Lilburn Alliance Church = a web of political and religious mischief that would see to it that gay people are either thrown in jail or murdered, and that straight people are criminally punished for not turning in their LGBT friends, relatives and neighbors.
Warren Throckmorton is all over this story, weaving the tight web between Ugandan religious leaders like Julius Oyet, the College of Prayer and Lilburn Alliance Church. He notes that the College of Prayer has financially supported Oyet, to the tune of over $10,000, and that both the College of Prayer at Lilburn Alliance Church have hosted Oyet in Atlanta.
Throckmorton also notes that Oyet has made it crystal clear where he stands on homosexuality, and how Uganda should deal with LGBT people. Take a look at some of these nuggets:
"We do not condemn homosexuality just because we are Africans, we condemn homosexuality because it is written in this holy book."
"The sodomy people, the homosexuals, are even more foolish than dogs ... even animals are wiser than homosexuals."
"I want to invite you to declare, no to sodomy! Everyone of you! I want us to say today, Uganda says no to sodomy!" (Oyet then led a crowd of Ugandans in a chant of "No to sodomy" at decibels that would make even Lady Gaga jealous.)
"Come on! Can we kick sodomy out of Uganda? Sodomy, out of Uganda, go!"
"My real problem with homosexuality is, number one, it is destroying human nature. Number two, it is angering God. Number three, it is a sin against the community. Number four, it is a sin against their bodies."
Oyet then goes on to tell LGBT people that they should repent from their wicked ways or face the wrath of God and Uganda, and suggests that gay people don't have human rights but instead are "a human vice."
And the College of Prayer and Lilburn Alliance Church are comfortable with that kind of rhetoric? They support Oyet, they haven't condemned the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill," and as of this year, Oyet still believes he has an office space with the College of Prayer. That sure sounds like support to me. And it also sounds like both the College of Prayer and Lilburn Alliance Church will have blood on their hands if this "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" passes Uganda's legislature, and (as Oyet promises) the arrests of LGBT people start occurring.
Send a simple message to both the College of Prayer and Lilburn Alliance Church, letting them know that religious leaders around the world have condemned Uganda's "Kill the Gays" bill, and that they should join suit. They should also stop supporting politicians and religious leaders who want to commit violence toward LGBT people. That's hardly Christian, let alone humane.
Outrageous. Send both the College of Prayer and Lilburn Alliance Church a message that they should be condemning the work to criminalize homosexuality in Uganda, not celebrating the leaders behind efforts to kill or imprison LGBT folks.The number of U.S. faith leaders with controversial connections to politicians and... more
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"By Gudrun Schultz
LOS ANGELES, California, October 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center has abandoned a long-held homosexual activist contention by declaring on billboards posted throughout Southern California that HIV/AIDS is a “gay disease.”
According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, the Center is trying to address rapidly increasing HIV infection rates among the homosexual population by rallying the gay community to increasing vigilance against exposure to the disease. Activists for the homosexual lifestyle have, until this current development, strongly, and sometimes vehemently refused to admit that the disease is predominantly generated among homosexual men.
The ad campaign, which is also running in magazines, is in part a response to the findings of public health officials, who have noted that three out of four cases of HIV infections are found in men who engage in homosexual activity, the United Press International reported.
In 2005 US health officials reported an alarming eight percent increase in HIV infection rates in one year alone among homosexual and bisexual men. The Center for Disease Control also warned that a survey of 15-29 year old men who engaged in homosexual activity “reported that the proportion of unrecognized HIV infection was as high as 77 %.”
A report by the Public Health Agency of Canada, released in August 2006, revealed a sharp increase in HIV/AIDS infections, with 51 percent of infections found in men engaging in homosexual activity.""By Gudrun Schultz
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Dan is quite right that there is a greater obligation to serve not simply the letter but also the spirit of our Constitution and the individual rights as partially outlined there. It is not popular, it is not legal to support the open service of homosexuals in the military - but it is the right thing to do which should always be our superior goal as Americans who purport to value "civilization", the right of the individual and "liberty and justice for all" over privileged justice for some who would sacrifice those who make them uncomfortable in their immaturity.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/23/national/main6706443.shtmlDan is quite right that there is a greater obligation to serve not simply the letter... more
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I don't know, I guess it was just something I was thinking about randomly.
What convinces someone in their mind to like the same sex as them?
Is it that the want to be with someone that goes through the same things as them?
Is it because it's just, well, easier?
Why is it?
Just curious to see how different people think on this certain thing.I don't know, I guess it was just something I was thinking about randomly.... more
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Because they are a 'bunch of gays.
These were the comments from injured Captain MIchael Ballack's agent, Michael Becker. He went on to say that this was the reason for their new found adroit, lighter and elegant style of play that has become a trademark of trainer Joachim Löw's team in contrast to the more traditional aggressive style of the past and also claimed that the elegance of the teams style was the reason they didn't make it to the final.Because they are a 'bunch of gays.
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