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What Do You Think I Fought For at Omaha Beach?

June 2, 2010August 10, 2015 B. John 1412 Views 1 Comment Melissa Dunphy, Maine, Iowa All State Orchestra and Chorus, marriage equality, Phillip Spooner

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Last Fall, during the unfortunately successful campaign to repeal Marriage Equality in Maine, 86 year old WWII Veteran Phillip Spooner stood before a packed hall and delivered a stirring call for equality to a Senate Committee. When asked by a woman at his polling place if he supported equal rights for gay and lesbian people. He tells how surprised he was to even be asked, and said his response was, “What do you think I fought for at Omaha Beach?” His statement was subsequently set to music by Melissa Dunphy, and was selected as the winning work for the 2010 Simon Carrington Chamber Singers Composition Competition.

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DADT Letter to Rep. Todd Akin (R-MI)

May 27, 2010September 29, 2018 523 Views 0 Comments George Washington, DADT, Todd Akin, House, DADT Repeal, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

This is a letter written to Republican House Member Todd Akin in response to remarks he made today in a floor speech concern the possible repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Funny thing, we owe our victory over the British to a Gay General, and Akin wants to invoke Washington and what he would think.

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The Gay Agenda-Finally Revealed

April 13, 2010 B. John 400 Views 0 Comments Conservapedia, Gay Agenda, Betty Bowers, Wikipedia

I’ve been trying to get a copy for some years now. Sean Chapin has finally put it in a video, and now the secret is out. While Betty Bowers disclosed a version of the Gay Agenda a while back, I think this video version is a more accurate portrayal of what those nasty boys are up to.

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Another Cause of the Gay – Masons

February 2, 2010May 7, 2016 B. John 1243 Views 0 Comments The Independent, Gay Conversion, Ex-gay therapy, Ex-gay, Patrick Stettner, Joseph Nicolosi, NARTH, National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, Patrick Strudwick

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Patrick Strudwick is a journalist for the British paper, The Independent. Strudwick spent some time undercover going to therapist sessions with a therapist who would attempt to convert him from gay to straight, apparently by discerning the cause of his homosexuality.

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New York Gay Marriage: Diane Savino's excellent testimony

December 4, 2009 B. John 422 Views 0 Comments New York, Gay Marriage, NY, Diane Savino, marriage equality

Although defeated because of eight regressive Democrats in the New York State Senate, straight Senator Diane Savino gives one of the finest floor speeches I’ve ever heard, and does an outstanding job of making the case for the importance of equality for all. This is a must watch.

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New York Gay Marriage: Diane Savino’s excellent testimony

December 4, 2009August 10, 2015 1340 Views 0 Comments marriage equality, New York, Gay Marriage, NY, Diane Savino

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Because You Can't Have Spousal Abuse Without a Spouse

November 30, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 488 Views 0 Comments AFA, American Family Association, Divorce, Proposition 8, Rescue Marriage

The fine folks at Rescue Marriage, who faked out the American Family Association with their tongue-in-cheek campaign to ban divorce in California, have really stepped up their game with this ad. And the California Attorney General has titled the measure and certified it for signature gathering. It has been called the 2010 CALIFORNIA MARRIAGE PROTECTION ACT.

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Stephen Fry on the Catholic Church

November 30, 2009August 10, 2015 451 Views 0 Comments catholic church

Stephen Fry explains why the Catholic Church is not a force for good in the world. Fry is a well known British actor, but is probably best known to American audiences for his role in V for Vendetta.

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An Explosion of Crazy

November 12, 2009September 29, 2018 641 Views 0 Comments Jasen Bruce, Greek Orthodox, Tire Iron, Terrorism, Terrorist, Priest, Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, Joshua Basso, Marine Reservist

We’ve got crazies coming out of the woodwork. In Tampa we have a guy calling 911 for phone sex, and another guy taking a tire iron to a Greek Orthodox Priest (because we all know how easy it is to mistake them for Arab Terrorists), and a “Christian” group wanting to try to incite people to gay bash so they can become martyrs charged under the revised hate crimes law. WWJW

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Paul And Jeanette – A couple more Mainers who get it

October 28, 2009 B. John 508 Views 0 Comments Gay Marriage, Maine

Paul explains he’s a bear protecting his cubs as he talks about his two daughers, one of which is gay. He talks about being a Catholic family, and how they love both their daughters equally. Paul talks about his service in Vietnam, and how if people don’t think equal rights are important, they should have some of their’s taken away sometime.

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Raised to Believe That All Men Are Created Equal And Never Forgot That

October 23, 2009August 10, 2015 1351 Views 0 Comments Same Sex Marriage, Philip Spooner, World War II Veteran, Equality Maine

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In the Maine same-sex-marriage campaign 87-year-old Philip Spooner, a World War II veteran spoke in favor of same sex marriage at public hearing at the Augusta Civic Center last spring. Spooner says he is a life-long Republican who believes gay and lesbians should have equal rights. He says it’s what he fought for in WWII, and says he didn’t raise four sons for three of them to have equal rights, and the gay son to be treated differently.