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The Poor Persecuted Rose Marie Belforti

October 10, 2011September 29, 2018 1327 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.

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The Crazy from N.C…Please Make it Stop

September 28, 2011September 29, 2018 1262 Views 0 Comments James Forrester, Bigot, N.C., Repbulican, Traditional Marriage, homophobia, bigotry, hate, GOP, North Carolina

This entry is part 31 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

So this GOP State Senator James Forrester who is supposedly a medical doctor (fortunately the sick in his town he’s retired). The batshittery is beyond belief and goes on and on as this blow hard is caught in lie after lie as he tries to conceal the animous on which the anti-gay hate bill was based. He was the primary sponsor. I warn you, the blatant idocy could make you want to puncture your ear drums.

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Prayer to Dismiss Sunday School Class on 9-11

September 11, 2011August 10, 2015 582 Views 1 Comment Beatitudes, Psalms, War, Church, Sunday School, Terrorism, Peace, 9/11, Palma Ceia United Methodist, Peacemakers

I seem to be called on often to give the prayer at the end of our Sunday School class. We just started a study of the Beatitudes, and of course the 9/11 commemoration services were all over the TV and radio this morning. Just before going into Church I heard President Obama at the Memorial in New York read Psalm 46. I try to make the prayer topical with current events and the lesson, so this is most of what I recall saying:

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Letter to City Council – What does love look like? It has the hands to help others

September 6, 2011August 10, 2015 455 Views 1 Comment Richard Cizik, Charles Darwin, Poverty, Pan Handling, Mayor, Bob Buckhorn, Colin Powell, Saint Augustine, poor, City Council

The unfortunate reality is that we simply don’t want to have see this kind of poverty in our own neighborhood. We don’t want to be reminded of how many people are hurting, and how badly they hurt. We are simply afraid to look in the eyes of these people. It makes us uncomfortable, and we want to banish them so we no longer have to see what we have wrought.

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Decisions Decisions – Sometimes Life Gives us Tough Ones

August 25, 2011September 29, 2018 370 Views 0 Comments ice cream, nap, tired

So, should I eat ice cream, or take a nap. I can appreciate the young man’s dilemma, they are both a pretty good way to spend an afternoon. They’re usually mutually exclusive, but he’s doing a pretty good job of multi-tasking. Call is the lazy, hazy days of summer I guess.

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God Not Happy With the Prada Pope’s Hate Speech

August 24, 2011August 10, 2015 407 Views 0 Comments Pope, Marriage, Equality, Windstorm, Earthquake, Wrath of God

the Pope was busy Sunday in Spain speaking out to deny gay people equal treatment under the law. Unfortunately for Pope Prada, God wasn’t too happy with what he had to say. In a gesture that surely could only have been intended to say, “STFU,” God whipped up a surprise wind storm and knocked the hat right off of the pope’s smarmy head.

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The Jokes WriteThemselves for Senator Franken

July 20, 2011September 29, 2018 B. John 1255 Views 0 Comments Marriage, focus on the family, DOMA, Al Franken, Hate Groups, HHS

This entry is part 27 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

The Senate today held hearings on the Defense of Marriage Act. There were a lot of poignant moments, but Senator Al Franken may have pulled off one of the best exchanges of the day. Franken is a smart guy, and these idiots from the hate organizations need to not sell him short. They may get away with making shit up with other Senators, but not much gets by Sen. Franken.

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Tony Perkins’ Head Explodes After New York Marriage Vote

July 6, 2011August 10, 2015 1282 Views 0 Comments hate, Divorce, Tony Perkins, Equality, New York State, Conjucal Visits, Prison Sex, Marriage, bigotry

This entry is part 29 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

I admit to being a little late on this one, but head of SPLC designated hate group Family Research Council, Tony Perkins, is just all atwitter about marriage equality passing in New York State. Get this, he’s deeply concerned the law doesn’t “protect” deeply religious “divorce lawyers.” If, as Perkins and the other haters claim, they are just in this to “protect marriage,” why would there be any such thing as a “deeply religious divorce lawyer.” Wouldn’t their deeply held beliefs prohibit them enabling any divorce?

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Stand and Be Counted

July 5, 2011August 10, 2015 312 Views 0 Comments Founding Fathers, Independence, Petition

There is a great tradition in the Northeast United States of annual town meetings. Important issues for the town are voted on by everyone attending (who is a legal voter in that town), and this is where the famous line, “stand and be counted” comes from. After everyone has spoken on the issue, they call on those in favor to “stand and be counted.” We’ve just celebrated the day the Declaration of Independence was ratified. Those founding fathers did more than just vote, they pledged their lives and fortunes in defiance of the Crown. Note they not only said it, they affixed their signatures to the document…an act of treason.

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What Would You Do

May 25, 2011August 10, 2015 1295 Views 0 Comments texas, bigotry, hate, compassion, ABC News, Nom, Maggie Gallagher

This entry is part 28 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

ABC News did one of their “What Would You Do” segments in a Texas diner. They had a lesbian couple with children (actors), and a gay couple with children go in, and a person playing a waitress who began to criticize the couples openly. I must admit, I was heartened by what transpired, and reminded of how important it is to speak out in face of bigotry and inequality. The Texan’s fared better than New Yorker’s. But leave it to NOM to go hating on the people who stand up to bigotry.

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And The Hits Just Keep Coming

April 4, 2011September 5, 2012 B. John 378 Views 0 Comments Music, Ohio, It Gets Better, The Trevor Project, Gay Mens Chorus

I had occasion to hear the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus several times when I lived in Dayton. In fact, it seemed their Christmas Concert and that of the Cincinnati Gay Men’s Chorus were often the same weekend, so I’d do Cincinnati Saturday evening, and then go to Columbus for their Sunday afternoon concert. Both were excellent choruses, and they both had very different styles, so it was a great fun. Here the Columbus Chorus provides a youtube for the “It Gets Better Project” with the Columbus Youth Choir. I’ll just let the music speak for itself.