Monthly Archives: July 2009

HomoQuotable – Alan Chambers

“The key thought here is the opposite of homosexuality isn’t heterosexuality. It’s holiness. There are people who are conflicted with their sexuality, involved with homosexuality, and there is a way out for those who want it. But it doesn’t say that they’re going into heterosexuality, because that’s not the point. The point is that people can leave whatever it is …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days….Indiana: Pastor Bernard Squires indicted for distributing child pornography.New York: Pastor Samuel Solanky charged with defrauding investors of over $2M. Some of those Solanky ripped off knew him from his TV ministry.California: Father Denis Lyons charged with four felony counts of lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 14. Lyons was charged with similar …

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Caught On Tape: Lying About Washington’s Referendum 71

Anti-gay organizers of Washington state’s Referendum 71, which would repeal the brand-new domestics partners law, have submitted 135,000 petition signatures, a modest buffer over the required 120,000 that may not stand up during the required scrutiny for duplicate or fraudulent names. Nothing can be done, however, about the names that were scored when the Liars For Christ™ told people that …

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Author E. Lynn Harris Dead At 54

Author E. Lynn Harris, whose books about African-American men on the down-low were wildly popular with black women, died unexpectedly in Los Angeles yesterday at age 54. Harris wrote a series of novels that exposed readers to characters rarely depicted in literature: black, affluent gay men who were masculine, complex and, sometimes, tormented. Keith Boykin, an author and friend, said …

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80’s Flashback

The Earons, Land Of Hunger, 1984. Delicious “astro-funk” from a band that only named its members with decimals. Members .28, .22 and .18 were also in Machine, which gave us the disco classic There But For The Grace Of God Go I.

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Evening View – Tranquility Base

Chris and I drove through a downpour much of the way through the mountains this afternoon and about ten minutes after taking this photo, we got clobbered by another thunderstorm. Most of our stuff got soaked by sideways rain, despite the tarps, so at the moment I’m tent-blogging and hoping things let up in time for tonight’s bonfire party down …

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Opinion Of U.S. Improves Under Obama

According to the Pew Global Attitudes Project, global opinion of the United States has improved dramatically in almost all surveyed countries since Barack Obama took office. The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world, reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama. In many countries opinions of the United States are now about as positive …

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Gordon Liddy: Obama Is An Illegal Alien

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Arrested: All Of New Jersey

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SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera Wants In On Federal Marriage Suit

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed a request to join the Olson/Boies federal suit to overturn Prop 8. Recently the ACLU, Lambda Legal, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights also requested standing in the suit, despite a fierce rebuffing by the Olson/Boies team. The city would add “a unique local government perspective” to the case, along with …

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Haters Challenge Wisconsin’s DP Law

Anti-gay group Wisconsin Family Action has filed a challenge to the state’s new domestic partners law, claiming it is in violation of the ban on same-sex marriage. “Elected officials should never pass laws that violate the will of Wisconsin voters who legitimately amended the state constitution in a fair election,” Julaine Appling, president of Wisconsin Family Action and lead petitioner …

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Today In Frivolous Lawsuits

A man has filed suit against Denny’s because he shocked, SHOCKED, that the Meat Lover’s Scramble (which features two eggs with chopped bacon, diced ham, crumbled sausage, Cheddar cheese, plus two bacon strips, two sausage links, hash browns, and two pancakes) has 5,690 milligrams of sodium. Nick Benedetto, 48, says he has eaten at Denny’s for years and now has …

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Senate Approves Final Hate Crimes Bill

Last night the Senate approved their final version of defense appropriations bill to which the Matthew Shepard Act is attached. During the August recess, staffers from the House and Senate will meet in a conference committee to hammer out the differences between their two versions. In September we should see a vote by both chambers on the compromise bill. Fingers …

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Sen. John “Defender Of Marriage” Ensign Losing Staff, Still Running For Re-Election

And the mysterious C Street House story gets better and better.

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80’s Flashback

Bush Tetras, Too Many Creeps, 1980. The song that made me want to move to NYC so I could be a Lower East Side punk rock lesbian.

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HomoQuotable – Rupert Everett

“I think it was fortuitous that he died… He was supposed to be doing 50 concerts in London. It wouldn’t have mattered how good or bad he was. He wouldn’t have managed to do all of them and the press would have destroyed him. He was a freak. He looked like a character from Shrek. He was a black to …

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Sunday: Rally To Protest Gay Bashings

This Sunday in Queens, the NYC Anti-Violence Project and others will rally to protest a recent spate of gay bashings around the city. Leslie Mora, 30, was attacked June 19 in Jackson Heights by two men who shouted anti-gay slurs and hurled a belt at her, cops said. Less than three weeks later, on July 8, Carmella Etienne, 22, was …

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Limbaugh: Obama Angry At America

Limbaugh: With “purposeful intent,” President Obama is “out to destroy America’s private sector.”

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Friendly Voices – Daniel Radcliffe

“I just loathe homophobia. It’s just disgusting and animal and stupid and it’s just thick people who can’t get their heads around it and are just scared. I grew up around gay people entirely. I was the only child in my class who had any experience of homosexuality or anything like that.” – Daniel Radcliffe, speaking to Attitude Magazine.

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San Diego: Fellow Sailor Charged In Murder Of August Provost

The Navy has charged a fellow sailor in the killing of August Provost, the gay soldier found murdered last month in a guard shack at the entrance of USMC base Camp Pendleton near San Diego. Navy Petty Officer Jonathan Campos, a 32-year-old gas system technician, has been charged with murder, arson, unlawful entry, unlawful possession of a firearm and a …

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