Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
If slashed characters could see their yaoi...
-Making out with Draco Malfoy? I'd rather fuck a troll! (Harry Potter)
-Hello? We're supposed to be brothers! Incest isn't our line! Besides, we like girls!(Winchester Bros)
-Robin is far too young for me, I'm not a fucking paedophile! I'm in love with Iron Man, if you want to know!(Batman)
-Yes, we're an item, but we DEFINITELY aren't into painful,humiliating BDSM and watersports! (some characters)
-Gay or not, I wouldn't touch HIM with a three meter's pole! (many characters)
-Hello? We're supposed to be brothers! Incest isn't our line! Besides, we like girls!(Winchester Bros)
-Robin is far too young for me, I'm not a fucking paedophile! I'm in love with Iron Man, if you want to know!(Batman)
-Yes, we're an item, but we DEFINITELY aren't into painful,humiliating BDSM and watersports! (some characters)
-Gay or not, I wouldn't touch HIM with a three meter's pole! (many characters)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Another Gay Teen Suicide and Still the Christianists Oppose Anti-Bullying Laws
From Michael in Norfolk's blog
In some ways with each passing day I find myself wanting less and less to have anything to do with being Christian - at least the type of Christians who spew nothing but ignorant, self-congratulatory Bible based hatred. And few things generate fury in me more than seeing these modern day Pharisee bastards oppose laws that would bar bullying in our schools, particularly anti-gay bullying. Minnesota has been a hotbed of Christianist opposition to such laws and now it appears that their handiwork has claimed the life of another gay teen who felt that death was preferable to the Hell he experienced at the hands of anti-gay bigots. Eighteen year old Lance Lundsten(pictured in this post) took his own life this past Saturday and news reports indicate that bullying is what drove him to take such action. Maggie Gallagher, Tony Perkins, Benedict XVI, and the other haters who pretend to be followers of Christ have yet more blood on their hands. Indeed, if anyone deserves to die (not that I'm advocating murder) it's these merchants of hate and intolerance rather than the victims of the bigotry that they promote. KSAX-TV has updated coverage and here are highlights:
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According to his Facebook page, Lundsten was openly gay. On a Facebook memorial page in Lundsten's honor, friends said that Lundsten had been bullied at school for his sexual orientation. Some students who knew Lundsten believed the bullying may have led to his death.
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“Bullying is a huge issue, particularly with the youth in our country now,” Facilitator of the Diversity Resource Action Alliance Shari Maloney said. “I think because we’re in central Minnesota, and we aren’t as diverse as some of the larger Metropolitan areas are, someone who is different maybe draws more attention and it’s not always positive.”
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Another Jefferson High School student started a Facebook group following Lundsten's death called the Jefferson Anti-Bully Coalition. Senator Al Franken discusses legislation to protect students from being bullied in the classroom because of their sexual orientation.
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Whether or not bullying played a role in Lundsten's death, the license given to Christianists to spew hatred and the place religious based bigotry has been afforded in this nation's laws - e.g., DOMA - needs to cease.
In some ways with each passing day I find myself wanting less and less to have anything to do with being Christian - at least the type of Christians who spew nothing but ignorant, self-congratulatory Bible based hatred. And few things generate fury in me more than seeing these modern day Pharisee bastards oppose laws that would bar bullying in our schools, particularly anti-gay bullying. Minnesota has been a hotbed of Christianist opposition to such laws and now it appears that their handiwork has claimed the life of another gay teen who felt that death was preferable to the Hell he experienced at the hands of anti-gay bigots. Eighteen year old Lance Lundsten(pictured in this post) took his own life this past Saturday and news reports indicate that bullying is what drove him to take such action. Maggie Gallagher, Tony Perkins, Benedict XVI, and the other haters who pretend to be followers of Christ have yet more blood on their hands. Indeed, if anyone deserves to die (not that I'm advocating murder) it's these merchants of hate and intolerance rather than the victims of the bigotry that they promote. KSAX-TV has updated coverage and here are highlights:
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According to his Facebook page, Lundsten was openly gay. On a Facebook memorial page in Lundsten's honor, friends said that Lundsten had been bullied at school for his sexual orientation. Some students who knew Lundsten believed the bullying may have led to his death.
*
“Bullying is a huge issue, particularly with the youth in our country now,” Facilitator of the Diversity Resource Action Alliance Shari Maloney said. “I think because we’re in central Minnesota, and we aren’t as diverse as some of the larger Metropolitan areas are, someone who is different maybe draws more attention and it’s not always positive.”
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Another Jefferson High School student started a Facebook group following Lundsten's death called the Jefferson Anti-Bully Coalition. Senator Al Franken discusses legislation to protect students from being bullied in the classroom because of their sexual orientation.
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Whether or not bullying played a role in Lundsten's death, the license given to Christianists to spew hatred and the place religious based bigotry has been afforded in this nation's laws - e.g., DOMA - needs to cease.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Illinois Family Institute On MLK Day: the unashaned hypocrisy of an hate group
"Homosexualist organizations have one goal that reigns supreme over all others: the eradication of the true moral belief that homosexual acts are profoundly immoral. And they are willing to exploit the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in order to achieve their morally dubious and intellectually vacuous goal. [snip]
"Philosophical conservatives and all people who are committed to rational argument need to openly, courageously, and persistently challenge the flawed analogy that suggests that homosexuality is equivalent to race, for this is the assumption upon which the entire homosexual-normalization house of cards is built." - Laurie Higgins of the SPLC-certified hate group, the Illinois Family Institute. The IFI is the former home of Peter LaBarbera.
Discriminating a person on the basis of an harmless difference, be irt race, teligion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, sex, language, skin color is WRONG. Immorality is willingly harm another person. Same- sex and same-sex unions between consentng adult don't harm anyone. I have indeed a dream, that the lies of Laurie Higgins will be one day ridiculed and denounced by all honest people, gay and straight, black and white
"Philosophical conservatives and all people who are committed to rational argument need to openly, courageously, and persistently challenge the flawed analogy that suggests that homosexuality is equivalent to race, for this is the assumption upon which the entire homosexual-normalization house of cards is built." - Laurie Higgins of the SPLC-certified hate group, the Illinois Family Institute. The IFI is the former home of Peter LaBarbera.
Discriminating a person on the basis of an harmless difference, be irt race, teligion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, sex, language, skin color is WRONG. Immorality is willingly harm another person. Same- sex and same-sex unions between consentng adult don't harm anyone. I have indeed a dream, that the lies of Laurie Higgins will be one day ridiculed and denounced by all honest people, gay and straight, black and white
Video: A point-by-point takedown of NOM's lies
Source: Stop8.org, Tuesday, 08/31/10
The National Organization for Marriage put out a new video last week, and of course, it's full of lies about Prop 8. So let's go point-by-point through their claims, and explain why they're utterly wrong.
Hey, it's Matt from Stop8.org. So, this week there was a new radio ad put out by the National Organization for Marriage, an anti-gay group with strong ties to the Mormon Church. And of course, it's full of lies about Prop 8. Let's break it down.
"San Francisco is unique, but should their values be imposed on the rest of America?"
Okay. Now, that's not a lie, but it's catty. And misleading. Gay couples aren't the ones "imposing their values" -- it's not like they're going to force everyone get gay-married. Gays just want the freedom to live their lives as they choose. If anyone's "imposing their values," it's the church-backed National Organization for Marriage, which is trying to make the entire country live by someone else's religious doctrine.
"A gay San Francisco federal judge"
Okay. Maybe Judge Walker is gay. A lot of people think he is. He's never confirmed or denied it. But so what if he is? NOM is making it sound like his ruling was biased because he's gay. But can they point to anything that shows evidence of gay-judge bias? No. They can't. Because it's a ruling that could have been written by any judge, gay or straight.
And besides, the Prop 8 Proponents had an opportunity to ask the judge to recuse himself. And they didn't. They only want to complain about the judge now that he didn't rule their way.
"A gay San Francisco federal judge has ruled that marriage between one man and one woman is discriminatory and unconstitutional."
Nope! Not even a little bit true. Did they even read the ruling? There's nothing in there about heterosexual marriages being discriminatory. All he ruled was that banning gays from marrying is discriminatory.
Straight marriage? Fine. Banning gays? Discrimination. There is a difference.
"His ruling could eventually impose gay marriage on every state in America."
Nope. It's not Judge Walker who would do that. It's the 14th Amendment, which was written after the Civil War and guarantees all citizens equal protection under the law. So if they want to blame anyone, they should blame Abraham Lincoln -- or as they might call him, a gay Illinois laywer.
"This ruling is crazy and scary."
Nope. You know what's crazy and scary? If your wife is dying in a hospital, they'll try to stop you from seeing her. If your husband is from another country, they'll have him deported. If you have foster kids, they'll try to take them away from you.
These things all happen to gay couples all the time, and it's not just "crazy and scary." It's inhumane and terrifying.
"The judge claim as so called facts that children do not need a mom and a dad, and that parental gender is irrelevant to child development."
That's misleading. Judge Walker didn't claim it -- we've known for years that gay parents are just as good as straight parents, and that love and affection is far more important than your parents' gender.
That's backed up by tons of expert testimony, depositions, and even a statement by the American Psychological Association. NOM's just trying to vilify Judge Walker for acknowledging reality.
"He says that men and women have exactly the same roles in a marriage."
Misleading again. Judge Walker actually ruled that we no longer use what was once called "coverture," a doctrine under which women lost their legal identity upon marrying. Does NOM seriously want to go back to that system, under which the state treated women as legally inferior to men?
"He actually ruled that marriage as the union of a man and a woman is just an artifact of a time that's passed."
No. Let's look at the ruling. On page 113, he says that gender discrimination -- not marriage -- is an artifact. Specifically, he says that society no longer forces women and men into different roles. He's not saying marriage is an artifact-- he's saying discrimination is an artifact.
"And he slams people of faith by saying religious beliefs harm gays and lesbians."
Wrong again.
He's not talking about all religious beliefs. He's only talking about the belief that gay couples are inferior to straight couples. And this is one of his most thoroughly-backed up findings. Look at the exhibits. He cites specific cases of religious leaders harming gay couples by calling them sinful, by working to restrict their legal protections, and by creating "religious hostility." Case after case after case of people using religion as justification for harming gays and lesbians. The proof's right there. What are you going to argue?
"America doesn't have to accept San Francisco's values."
Nope. And America shouldn't have to submit to NOM's values, either.
"Time is short to save traditional marriage."
That's the biggest lie of all. The phrase "traditional marriage" can mean a lot of things -- marriage in which a woman loses her rights, marriages that prohibit Blacks, forced marriages, marriages in which adultery is punished by death. These are all traditions that have gone away, and we're better off without them. Just like the "tradition" of discriminating against happy, healthy, successful gay couples.
And that's what makes that such a big lie. NOM's time isn't short. It's already run out.
Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change.
- Obama
I say the worst lie is when one lies not to achieve something for himself, but to deny rights to others. The first instance may sometimes be understandable, the second is simply evil
Source: Stop8.org, Tuesday, 08/31/10
The National Organization for Marriage put out a new video last week, and of course, it's full of lies about Prop 8. So let's go point-by-point through their claims, and explain why they're utterly wrong.
Hey, it's Matt from Stop8.org. So, this week there was a new radio ad put out by the National Organization for Marriage, an anti-gay group with strong ties to the Mormon Church. And of course, it's full of lies about Prop 8. Let's break it down.
"San Francisco is unique, but should their values be imposed on the rest of America?"
Okay. Now, that's not a lie, but it's catty. And misleading. Gay couples aren't the ones "imposing their values" -- it's not like they're going to force everyone get gay-married. Gays just want the freedom to live their lives as they choose. If anyone's "imposing their values," it's the church-backed National Organization for Marriage, which is trying to make the entire country live by someone else's religious doctrine.
"A gay San Francisco federal judge"
Okay. Maybe Judge Walker is gay. A lot of people think he is. He's never confirmed or denied it. But so what if he is? NOM is making it sound like his ruling was biased because he's gay. But can they point to anything that shows evidence of gay-judge bias? No. They can't. Because it's a ruling that could have been written by any judge, gay or straight.
And besides, the Prop 8 Proponents had an opportunity to ask the judge to recuse himself. And they didn't. They only want to complain about the judge now that he didn't rule their way.
"A gay San Francisco federal judge has ruled that marriage between one man and one woman is discriminatory and unconstitutional."
Nope! Not even a little bit true. Did they even read the ruling? There's nothing in there about heterosexual marriages being discriminatory. All he ruled was that banning gays from marrying is discriminatory.
Straight marriage? Fine. Banning gays? Discrimination. There is a difference.
"His ruling could eventually impose gay marriage on every state in America."
Nope. It's not Judge Walker who would do that. It's the 14th Amendment, which was written after the Civil War and guarantees all citizens equal protection under the law. So if they want to blame anyone, they should blame Abraham Lincoln -- or as they might call him, a gay Illinois laywer.
"This ruling is crazy and scary."
Nope. You know what's crazy and scary? If your wife is dying in a hospital, they'll try to stop you from seeing her. If your husband is from another country, they'll have him deported. If you have foster kids, they'll try to take them away from you.
These things all happen to gay couples all the time, and it's not just "crazy and scary." It's inhumane and terrifying.
"The judge claim as so called facts that children do not need a mom and a dad, and that parental gender is irrelevant to child development."
That's misleading. Judge Walker didn't claim it -- we've known for years that gay parents are just as good as straight parents, and that love and affection is far more important than your parents' gender.
That's backed up by tons of expert testimony, depositions, and even a statement by the American Psychological Association. NOM's just trying to vilify Judge Walker for acknowledging reality.
"He says that men and women have exactly the same roles in a marriage."
Misleading again. Judge Walker actually ruled that we no longer use what was once called "coverture," a doctrine under which women lost their legal identity upon marrying. Does NOM seriously want to go back to that system, under which the state treated women as legally inferior to men?
"He actually ruled that marriage as the union of a man and a woman is just an artifact of a time that's passed."
No. Let's look at the ruling. On page 113, he says that gender discrimination -- not marriage -- is an artifact. Specifically, he says that society no longer forces women and men into different roles. He's not saying marriage is an artifact-- he's saying discrimination is an artifact.
"And he slams people of faith by saying religious beliefs harm gays and lesbians."
Wrong again.
He's not talking about all religious beliefs. He's only talking about the belief that gay couples are inferior to straight couples. And this is one of his most thoroughly-backed up findings. Look at the exhibits. He cites specific cases of religious leaders harming gay couples by calling them sinful, by working to restrict their legal protections, and by creating "religious hostility." Case after case after case of people using religion as justification for harming gays and lesbians. The proof's right there. What are you going to argue?
"America doesn't have to accept San Francisco's values."
Nope. And America shouldn't have to submit to NOM's values, either.
"Time is short to save traditional marriage."
That's the biggest lie of all. The phrase "traditional marriage" can mean a lot of things -- marriage in which a woman loses her rights, marriages that prohibit Blacks, forced marriages, marriages in which adultery is punished by death. These are all traditions that have gone away, and we're better off without them. Just like the "tradition" of discriminating against happy, healthy, successful gay couples.
And that's what makes that such a big lie. NOM's time isn't short. It's already run out.
Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change.
- Obama
I say the worst lie is when one lies not to achieve something for himself, but to deny rights to others. The first instance may sometimes be understandable, the second is simply evil
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