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Buju Banton Coming to St. Petersburg Venue

October 16, 2009September 29, 2018 673 Views 1 Comment Murder, Hate Speech, Buju Banton, Janus Landing, John Bodziak, Jack Bodziak

Buju Banton is a Jamacian Reggae star who riled up the gay community with songs like “Boom Bye Bye” which calls for gay people to be shot in the head with automatic weapons, have acid poured on them, and be burned “like an old tire wheel.” He currently has an American tour being roundly opposed by the gay community, and a number of events have been cancelled. Unfortunately, the owner of a concert venue in downtown St. Petersburg, Janus Landing, feels no responsibility to help build an inclusive community.

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Why Free Speech Isn't Private Speech

July 31, 2009 B. John 1446 Views 1 Comment TRO, Restraining Order, Public Expressions, Larry Stickney, Benjamin Settle, petitions, Domestic Partnerships, free speech, Washington State, R-71

Washington State recently enacted a domestic partnership registry and granted most of the same rights held by married people to domestic partners. Needless to say, the wingnut fringe of the Republican party came unglued, and launched a petition effort to repeal the law. The organization sponsoring the drive has sought and received a temporary restraining order to keep the names of the petition signers secret.

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NOMs Hip 2M4M Campaign

July 28, 2009 B. John 485 Views 0 Comments 2M4M, Tea Bagging, Tea Baggers, Andy Cobb, Video, Rick Santorum, Nom, National Organization for Marriage

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), one of the extreme right-wing fringe groups, has what they think is a hip new campaign they called 2M4M. Kind of like the tea-baggers, I’m guessing they didn’t think through the title completely before going public. But that’s just fine, since it gives us all plenty to laugh about. And Joe Sudbay at Americablog has tipped me off to hilarious video by Andy Cobb about the 2M4M initiative by NOM.

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DOMA, Obama and the DOJ

June 15, 2009 B. John 1343 Views 1 Comment Smelt v U.S., Constitution, Loving v. Virginia, Gay Marriage, Hate Crimes, DOJ, Obama, DOMA, DADT, ENDA, Scott Simpson, Department of Justice

Mr. President, I was finally prompted to write you after reviewing the Motion and Brief submitted by W. Scott Simpson, Chief Trial Counsel of your Department of Justice in the case of Smelt and Hammer v. United States. I’m no attorney, but even a layman can determine bigoted and hateful reasoning when it rears its head. I voted for you with high expectations that your administration would return this country to the principles of fairness, respect, and government of, by and for the people as set forth so eloquently by our founding fathers. Thus far, I am gravely disappointed in the actions of your administration.

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Miss California Boob Job

May 4, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 544 Views 0 Comments bigotry, Gay Marriage, Miss USA, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, Perez Hilton, professional christians, homophobia

I have held off posting on this whole Miss USA conflagration. I thought it mostly much ado about nothing, but now everyone seems to be jumping into the act. Not suprisingly, the krazy kristian kooks are trying to martyr Miss Jugs for Jesus.

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Open Letter to App. State Chancellor

April 29, 2009 B. John 705 Views 2 Comments Fifth Congressional District, Virginia Foxx, Matthew Shepard, Hate Crimes Act, Congress, a.s.u., appalachian state university, homophobia, hate, Boone

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx represents the congressional district that includes my alma mater, and she has attended ASU events and activities to advance her political career and give her an undeserved credibility. Over the past several days, Rep. Foxx has made a number of inflammatory statements during the House’s consideration of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act. Today, Rep. Foxx crossed a line when she took to the floor of the House, claimed that Shepard was killed as part of a robbery, and called the hate aspect of the crime “a hoax.”

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The Gathering Storm of Gay Marriage

April 10, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 502 Views 1 Comment Gay Marriage, Vermont, Iowa, Eric Schumacher, Northbook Baptist Church

The krazy kristian kooks have their knickers all in a wad over the gay marriage situation in Iowa and Vermont, and their responses are predictably idiotic. Basically we can’t allow equal protection under the law because it violates their religious sensibilities.

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Rick Warren Screws Himself All Around

April 8, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 469 Views 0 Comments evangelicals, Proposition 8, Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, Larry King Live

Mark Twain said, “Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” Rick Warren, darling of the “intellectual evangelicals,” is learning that lesson the hard way this week after an appearance on Larry King Live. Obviously I don’t agree with the evangelical view on homosexuality, and believe they are misreading the Bible based on many years of misinterpretation by their clerics, but I understand their right to believe as they wish. One thing, though, I’m fairly clear about is that lying is pretty much frowned upon throughout the Bible, yet Warren decides to play fast and loose with the truth. Now, even the evangelicals are mad at him.

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Christian Anti-Defamation League Appropriates the Word Bashing

February 27, 2009 B. John 392 Views 0 Comments Bashing, Christian Anti-Defamation Commission

From the, “it would be funny if it weren’t so sad” category, we have the Christian Anti-Defamation League listing their top 10 examples of Christians being “bashed” in 2008. It includes things like Obama defaming Christianity by claiming to be Christian. Give the video below a watch.

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Supreme Court Won't Hear Anti-Gay Student's Case

February 24, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 498 Views 0 Comments Boyd County School District, Anti-Harassment Training, Kentucky

The Supreme Court has declined to take up the case of a Kentucky High School student who wants to sue the school district for barring him from expressing opposition to homosexuality. Morrison, a senior at Boyd County High School, sued the Boyd County school district over a policy that required students to undergo anti-harassment training. He claimed the policy threatened him with punishment for expressing religious beliefs in opposition to homosexuality.

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LDS Prophets Experience Sudden Revelations

January 31, 2009 B. John 477 Views 0 Comments California, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, LDS, Proposition 8

Jim Burroway at Box Turtle Bulletin seems to have found out why the Proposition 8 people were so hell bent in trying to prohibit the release of the names of donors to their campaign to take away the rights of Gay people in California. It seems the LDS had way more to do with this than they were claiming. (And by the Church, I mean the church corporate…not just “members.”) Burroway reports they had 190,000 reasons to prevent the disclosure. Seems the LDS provided lots of official corporate support and in-kind services.