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Lutheran Church Denies Services To Transgendered Person

April 12, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 485 Views MN, St Francis, Trinity Lutheran Church, christian, Anoka County, God-s Will, John Maxfield, Lutheran Church, Minnesota, Missouri Synod

A report from Associated Press says Anoka County officials are refusing to send any more clients to a church that denied day care to a trans-sexual client. The county’s social services department has been sending disabled senior citizens and other vulnerable adults who need care during the day to Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Francis. But the conservative Missouri Synod church turned away a client who had undergone surgery to be changed from a man into a woman. Associate pastor John Maxfield says the man’s decision is “contrary to God’s revealed will”.

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KY University Kicks Gay Student to the Curb

April 11, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 475 Views bigotry, Christian Principles, hate, Kentucky, KY, Myspace.com, Ruth Malhotra, University of The Cumberlands, Williamsburg

The University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky., has kicked out a sophomore because he revealed he was gay on his MySpace.com page, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. The university has a policy that says, “Any student who engages in or promotes sexual behavior not consistent with Christian principles (including sex outside marriage and homosexuality) may be suspended or asked to withdraw from the University of the Cumberlands.”

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Fighting for The Right To Be Intolerant

April 11, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 419 Views Litigation, free speech, Georgia Institute of Technology, Intolerance, Lawsuits

A young “Christian” fights for right to be a dick:

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The Brokeback Mountain Battle in the War on Christians

April 10, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 479 Views Brokeback Mountain, AFA, American Family Association, Christians, Randy Sharp, Wal-mart, stupid

The past year, a “War on Christianity” has been suggested by those imbedded in the rear guard. Just two weeks ago, a conference titled, “War on Christians” was held in Washington, D.C., of course only 300 participants showed up. (Just like Washington…to hold a war without enough troops.) Obviously, there’s a possible difference of opinion on whether or not such a war really exists. But a little focus is never a bad thing when it comes to understanding.

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Sunday School

April 3, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 552 Views methodism, methodist, Food, restaurants, Social Principles, Sunday School

This is the summary of my weekend, the first weekend of April, 2006. Not much to report, but I did try a couple of new restaurants.

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"Christian Group" Now wants Desperate Housewives Off The Air

March 1, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 479 Views tv, right wing, wingnut, AFA, American Family Association, gay bashing, hatred, homophobia, Religious Zealots

The radical religious right group, the American Family Association, has become the book burners of the new century. They don’t simply have a gripe with a few things in our culture, a few companies, a few TV shows. They want America to be forced to live under their warped, minority view of an extremist Biblical lifestyle that doesn’t even comport with the majority of mainstream American Christianity.

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Transamerica

January 29, 2006 B. John 440 Views Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Duncan Tucker, Felicity Huffman, Transamerica

A pre-operative male-to-female transsexual takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.

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Another Day, Another Family Values Bigot

January 18, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 304 Views

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Radical right angry that colleges are promoting "respect [for] the dignity of all persons"

January 18, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 291 Views

Holy cow! Next thing you know those darn colleges are going to tell us women have the right to vote and black people can swim in our pools.

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Local Democrats with Spine

January 17, 2006 B. John 327 Views

I came across speeches made by two Democratic State legislators concerning Gay Marriage Amendments. One was made recently by Freshman Virginia Delegate David Englin (D-45). Mr. Englin an example of the new kind of Democrat we need to clone. He could have sat quietly as he watched his seasoned collegues pontificated and voted to “protect marriage” from gays and lesbians, but he did not. Following Mr. Englin’s remarks are remarks from a while back by Representative Senfronia Thompson of the Texas State Legislature.

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Brokeback Mountain

January 9, 2006 B. John 542 Views Jake Gyllenhaal, Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain, Drama Romance, E Annie Proulx, Heath Ledger

Based on the E. Annie Proulx story about a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys and their lives over the years. A raw, powerful story of two young men, a Wyoming ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the harsh, high grasslands of contemporary Wyoming and form an unorthodox yet life-long bond–by turns ecstatic, bitter and conflicted.