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Barbershops

October 13, 2011September 29, 2018 B. John 394 Views 0 Comments Steve Otto, Gandy Barbershop, Central Barbershop

I went to get a haircut Wednesday morning at the Gandy Barbershop. It’s owned by Steve, but Tony, a British guy, is the barber I use. When I was paying and getting ready to leave he showed me a framed article by a local Tampa Tribune columnist, Steve Otto, which talked about Tony and the barbershop. I got me thinking about my earliest memories of going to the barbershop. Of course I know I went before we moved to Kings Mountain, but the first memory I have of going was to Central Barbershop right downtown on Mountain Street, beside Griffin’s Drug Store.

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The MOST Persecuted Frank Turek

October 13, 2011September 29, 2018 1309 Views 0 Comments Cisco, Freedom, Same Sex Marriage, Charlotte, Bank of America, Bigot, Frank Turek

This entry is part 33 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

So now we come to the end of our little journey through the latest creation of Maggie Gallagher. Maggie is the former Board Chair and President of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), but she recently left those posts to create an off-shoot group called the Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance, because you know, the good Christians like Maggie are being persecuted because they slowing losing their right to discriminate against whole classes of people under the civil laws of this country. Maggie started this group up with a guy named Frank Turek. Frank’s story was one of the first NOM started trotting out to try to show that people who believe in unequal treatment were being treated unequally.

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The Poor Persecuted Ruth Sheldon

October 12, 2011September 29, 2018 1216 Views 0 Comments New York, Same Sex Marriage, Nom, Bigot, Ruth Sheldon, Granby

This entry is part 30 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

Today’s featured guest is Ruth Sheldon, but before we get to Ruth’s story, don’t you just love the intense music NOM uses at the beginning of their videos? Ruth was the Town Clerk for Granby for nearly 16 years. She wants us to be sure we know that she loved the job, but was forced to give it up because of those icky gay people expecting to be treated fairly. She wrote in her resignation letter that “New York State passed the same-sex marriage law, a law which violates my conscience and my faith.”

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Guns, Booze, and Tennessee Legislators

October 12, 2011March 10, 2018 B. John 424 Views 0 Comments TN, Firearms, Bars, Intoxicated, Driving, Guns, DWI, DUI, Tennessee, Curry Todd

This entry is part 2 of 13 in the series Guns

Not toolong ago the Teabagger crazy in the Tennessee Legislature decided it would be a good idea to roll back restrictions on where a person shouldn’t carry guns. So Rep. Curry Todd decided it would be a good idea to introduce a law allowing handgun carry permit holders to bring guns into bars. Because, you know, guns and drunks are always a successful combination…if you desire is to clean up the gene pool. Unfortunately, Rep. Todd forgot about another law in Tennessee making it illegal to be in possession of a fireman when intoxicated.

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The Poor Persecuted Laura Fotusky

October 11, 2011September 29, 2018 435 Views 0 Comments New York, Same Sex Marriage, Nom, Bigot, Laura Fotusky, Barker, Town Clerk

Laura Fotusky is another of the town clerks being trotted out by NOM with the claim that she was somehow being persecuted because, God forbid, she might have been expected to carry out her ministerial duties as prescribed by New York State law, and actually treat everyone equally under those laws. Well, we can’t go around having government employees doing that now, can we? Back in July, Laura resigned her position as the Town Clerk of Barker, NY rather than sign marriage licenses for everyone qualified to be married under civil law.

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The Poor Persecuted Rose Marie Belforti

October 10, 2011September 29, 2018 1319 Views 2 Comments New York, bigotry, Gay Marriage, Nom, Rose Marie Belforti, City Clerk, Leyard

This entry is part 32 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

It appears that folks at the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), Maggie Gallagher’s personal hate group, is collecting stories of town/county clerks from around New York State who feel put-upon for having to follow the state’s law that all couples are equal under the State’s Marriage laws. As they collect their videos of the horrible (horrible I say) persecution caused these people being expected to do their civil duties under state law as Agents of The State, we’ll look at them under the light of a Constitutional Republic which is ruled by law, not religion.