June 2012
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Sheila Jeffreys: "Let us be free to debate... →
Because what could possibly be hateful about the idea that other people’s bodies and identities are subject to your “debate”?
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Brainstorm with me, if you will
Via Queerty:
In a shot, the video of a toddler singing there “ain’t no homos going to make it to Heaven” went around the blogosphere. Now the Apostolic Truth Tabernacle Church in Greensburg, Indiana has issued a statement on their website.
The Pastor and members of Apostolic Truth Tabernacle do not condone, teach, or practice hate of any person for any reason. We believe and hope that every...
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My latest HuffPo story: "What Peter LaBarbera Will... →
May 2012
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Florida Family Association compares gay people at... →
Dozens of gang members visiting Disneyland in California have been evicted after entering the park wearing gang colors according to Kenneth Green, Director of Corporate Communications. He said the company was concerned the groups might intimidate or invoke fear in the hearts of regular patrons. So, Disney can see where a dozen people wearing gang colors might be offensive to regular families but...
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MS Gov. Phil Bryant apparently does not understand... →
In a speech to students on Tuesday, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said he fondly remembers organized prayers during his school years and thinks the practice ought to be restored.
According to the Hattiesburg American, Bryant said, “I don’t think it hurt us at all. I think it built our character, and I think it is what we should continue to do.”
Talking to reporters after the...
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What Peter LaBarbera Will Never Understand
In a recent post on his website Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera criticizes so-called “pro-family leaders” for focusing on issues such as gay marriage while neglecting to oppose homosexuality itself. Citing the need to emphasize “WHY homosexual and transgender behaviors are always wrong”, “how homosexual sex is fraught with...
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Family Research Council on gay marriage: "The... →
What kind of death, exactly? Inflicted in what manner? By whom? Don’t leave us hanging like that.
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Repost for those who need a refresher: "Trans... →
In one of my recent videos, I proposed something that is perhaps the most controversial thing I have ever said. Briefly, I suggested that post-op trans women are not always obligated to disclose the fact that they’re trans to a prospective partner, including prior to sex. Judging from the responses to this idea, it’s clear that this is quite a divisive issue, and I think it’s...
Anonymous asked: Your opposition to transdisclosure, even in sexual situations, made me wonder: if someone rejects a transperson sexually upon finding that they are not cis, is the transperson justified in forcing themselves upon their would-be partner? This may sound absurd, but I've heard others who consider ideas of transdisclosure discriminatory come to it nonironically and it seems to logically follow...
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Skepchick's Elyse: Sex and the Keynote →
I’d quote selections, but I would just end up quoting the whole thing, so go read the whole thing now.
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Music of the day
Anonymous asked: I like you. You usually have a well thought out opinion with many facts to support your argument. Your post this memorial day was the opposite of your normal post. If I found that you were suddenly sporting a goatee I would not be surprised.
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This year is my first time experiencing an...
What our area is expected to see from Beryl: “gusty winds and scattered rain.” Exciting.
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We've recently begun reading Fifty Shades of Grey
Its bland characters, repetitive writing and general unbelievability make even Twilight seem lively and engaging by comparison. It strikes me as more of a tool than a work of literature to be read for its own sake: after forcing yourself to endure a chapter’s worth of these people who act nothing like people, the most unbearably dense and dry tome will become an absolute joy.
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Heather and I have a new thing
Watching EpicMealTime videos while listening to Songs of Ascension by Meredith Monk.
This is how we lament the state of the world.
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My reply to a Christian who "cannot accept the...
If I can’t accept you, can you not accept me?
The post title isn’t entirely true. I accept you just not your choice. I love you even though I have never met you. I am a christian. I believe that Jesus Christ being fully man and fully God, gave himself for our sins. I have been practicing my faith for 6 years. I am not a biblical scholar by any means, but I know a little bit. I know...
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Honors student is jailed for tardiness to 'make an... →
HOUSTON—A judge threw a 17-year-old 11th grade honor student from Willis High School in jail after she missed school again.
Judge Lanny Moriarty said last month Diane Tran was in his Justice of the Peace court for truancy and he warned her then to stop missing school. But she recently missed classes again so Wednesday he issued a summons and had her arrested in open court when she appeared.
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Comment of the day
itshard2findusernam has made a comment on The meaningless death of Jesus:
Yeah, this is a sad video, but I suggest you READ the Bible before you go and tell everyone everything in it is wrong. Why would you make this video anyway? I mean this is the best thing that’s ever happened to the world and you sit here and make un-informed accusations. Okay, well God bless anyway, and I’ll...
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Music of the day: Perfume linkdump
Love the World
Perfect Star Perfect Style
Polyrhythm
Game
Chocolate Disco
Glitter
Spring of Life
Nee
One Room Disco
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Professional homophobe Peter LaBarbera just... →
Simply put, we as a movement must conquer whatever timidity, fear and political correctness we have in NOT wanting to debate the morality of homosexuality–because our fanatically driven LGBT opponents will never relent in their audacious campaign ”sell” homosexuality to the public. Notice that while many conservatives shrink from the homosexuality debate, self-described “queer” activists never...
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More casual racism from NOM →
A Washington Post-ABC News poll released Wednesday put support for gay marriage at 53 per cent, its highest level yet. Opposition fell to a new low of 39 per cent. The increase in support was driven by an 18-per-cent jump (to 59 per cent) among African-Americans, but the small sample size of black voters may have skewed the results.
“There is not a chance in God’s green earth that...
Yesterday was my sister's graduation
As someone who never finished high school, I’m incredibly proud of her.
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Selections from "I Shot an Abortionist" by Paul... →
Paul Jennings Hill, executed in 2003 for the murder of Dr. John Britton and James Barrett, explained his rationale at length:
Two days after Michael Griffin killed Dr. Gunn, I called the Phil Donahue Show and told them I supported the shooting. Three days later, I appeared on the show with the abortionist’s son, and compared killing Dr. Gunn to killing a Nazi concentration camp...
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My latest HuffPo story: "Bristol Palin, You're Not... →
The faux-pundit feud continues!
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Anatomy of a lazy attempt at propaganda
The headline:
Mother Confesses: I Killed Two of My Children
At this point, we think, “Oh no, someone killed their own children! How horrible!”
The facts:
Here is the truth I spent so many years denying and keeping from the public – I killed two of my children, robbed my parents of grand-children, and murdered my son’s siblings. These abortions directly caused a medical condition...
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Comment of the day
Listen to me carefully. You are so corrupt in the head it is unreal. Even by atheist logic, homsexuality is 100% unnatural and wrong. Why do you think anal sex causes fatal diseases, and according to many people, it hurts. Because it’s not the way it’s supposed to be. God created you. But the devil is taking over your sexuality. Overcome it. Stop dressing like a woman and go find a...
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Former Navy chaplain says demons cause homosexual... →
“Let’s step back for a second, Gordon, and say okay, let’s assume you’re right that homosexuality among humans is only because of marketing,” Pakman countered. “What about in the 4,000 other species that have homosexuality? Because, as far as I know, they don’t have TV. They don’t have advertising. They don’t have the iTunes store to recruit people. How is it that humans are gay sometimes...
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This is silly →
FALSE. I distinctly recall Permutation City doing this, too.
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Via NOM: "On gay marriage, is Obama 'imposing his... →
Matthew J. Franck:
So what is the damage that I think has been done to the arguments for same-sex marriage? Well, one of the endlessly repeated arguments of the advocates for this revolution in the meaning of marriage is that the defenders of the only meaning of marriage ever known in human history (that it unites men and women to form families) are “imposing their religion” on people who...
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Bristol Palin: Not a Victim, Just Acting Like One
I hate to keep revisiting Bristol Palin’s remarks about gay marriage and same-sex parents, but she actually did take notice of my last article about this, and I feel she deserves a response. In her latest post, she claims that she was not “playing ‘the victim card’”, and was really only saying two things:
1. Those who claim to be loving and tolerant certainly are...
alexisthegray asked: Oh my gosh, you like Perfume?! Could you be any more awesome?
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Stop making excuses, you twit →
After Mississippi state rep Andy Gipson cited Leviticus 20:13 on Facebook in response to Obama’s support for marriage equality, he’s now trying to backtrack:
Since that time, a well-known radical liberal blog (The Huffington Post) ran an article falsely claiming that this Facebook post was a call “to kill gay people.” Nothing could be further from the truth. I have never...
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Christian love: Contain all LGBT people in an... →
“I figured a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers,” he says in his sermon, delivered on May 13. “Build a great, big, large fence — 150 or 100 mile long — put all the lesbians in there… Do the same thing for the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified so they can’t get out… And you know what, in a few years, they’ll die.”
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My girlfriend and I tried playing Minecraft
It was confusing and unrewarding. We don’t really understand the appeal, or why it seems to be addictive to many people.
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Zinnia Jones: diddlebot said: If Ashford House... →
diddlebot:
I don’t understand why you’d make a post defending a hate group who got attacked, and a restaurant that housed them. Why not focus on the damage the hate group does to the community?
I’m not especially broken up over something like this happening to white supremacists. I just don’t think it’s very justifiable, and people who are willing to suggest that this is...
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Creamed corn doesn't come out of Coke cans
Therefore, God exists.
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diddlebot said: If Ashford House chooses to be a...
I’d first like to know if the restaurant was aware that they would be there, who they specifically were, and what their purpose was. And even if they were, I’m hesitant to propose some ethical principle that if such people are allowed in your establishment, you should therefore accept the risk that it may possibly be destroyed as a result of action against these people. I lean towards...
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Ashford House restaurant erupts in violence as... →
It now appears that a vicious brawl at a south suburban restaurant on Saturday involved hammer-wielding “anti-fascists” attacking a group of self-professed “white nationalists.”
The attack occurred at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, according to Tinley Park police. Ten were injured, with three taken to local hospitals. Among innocent bystanders terrified by the bizarre explosion of...
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subtles asked: Oh my God you're even a Fever Ray fan; it's official, you're perfect.
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Prometheus looks like it'll be pretty good
…so I’m looking for any reasons why it might actually suck. Looking for contrary evidence is important! I’m kind of tired of getting my hopes up over shitty movies, so I’d rather be pleasantly surprised than disappointed. I’ll start:
1. Trailers are designed to make a movie look good, so this doesn’t tell us anything about it. Remember how Tron Legacy looked...