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The Poor Persecuted Ruth Sheldon

October 12, 2011September 29, 2018 1242 Views 0 Comments Bigot, Ruth Sheldon, Granby, New York, Same Sex Marriage, Nom

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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The Poor Persecuted Laura Fotusky

October 11, 2011September 29, 2018 449 Views 0 Comments Laura Fotusky, Barker, Town Clerk, New York, Same Sex Marriage, Nom, Bigot

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 1336 Views 2 Comments City Clerk, Leyard, New York, bigotry, Gay Marriage, Nom, Rose Marie Belforti

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 1272 Views 0 Comments hate, GOP, North Carolina, James Forrester, Bigot, N.C., Repbulican, Traditional Marriage, homophobia, bigotry

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 585 Views 1 Comment 9/11, Palma Ceia United Methodist, Peacemakers, Beatitudes, Psalms, War, Church, Sunday School, Terrorism, Peace

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 457 Views 1 Comment Saint Augustine, poor, City Council, Richard Cizik, Charles Darwin, Poverty, Pan Handling, Mayor, Bob Buckhorn, Colin Powell

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 374 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 411 Views 0 Comments Earthquake, Wrath of God, Pope, Marriage, Equality, Windstorm

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 1260 Views 0 Comments HHS, Marriage, focus on the family, DOMA, Al Franken, Hate Groups

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 1292 Views 0 Comments Prison Sex, Marriage, bigotry, hate, Divorce, Tony Perkins, Equality, New York State, Conjucal Visits

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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Admin Council Member Says Stating We Treat Everyone Equally Might Be Divisive

February 18, 2011September 29, 2018 548 Views 0 Comments justice, Non-discrimination, Palma Ceia United Methodist Church, Kevin James, Bill Josey

I returned once again to the Administrative Council at my church to ask them to pass a resolution adopting a non-discrimination statement. The last time I went in 2008, one of the members, Bill Josey, an attorney, objected because I had included a statement that we would, when reasonable, try to do business only with other organizations that had a similar statement. That was his only objection. I took it out, completely, but guess what, at January’s meeting he had a different objection.