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Republican Tom Cox of KS – Douche Bag Award Winner

May 7, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 835 Views 1 Comment @TomCox4KS, Adoption, Bigots, Idiots, Kansas, LGBT, Steve Fitzgerald, Tom Cox, White Supremacists

This one is just kind of outside our usual realm of notice, but we decided his action was just deplorable enough to warrant recognition with our Douche Bag of the Day award. Republican Tom Cox is a member of the Kansas house of Representatives representing the Shawnee-Lake Quivira district of good old KS, and he underhandedly changed his vote to make it possible for adoption agencies in KS to receive state funds AND discriminate against LGBT people.

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Brian Brown – Douche Bag of The Day

April 2, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 471 Views 0 Comments Brian Brown, Grift, LGBT, marriage equality, money, Nom, SPLC

I didn’t go back and look, but it is likely Brian has received our award before. He is, after all, head of the infamous “National Organization for Marriage (NOM) (an SPLC designated hate group). We decided to recognize Brian this time for his heretical efforts to make himself relevant again (and get some money flowing), by using Christ and Easter. Brian claims he’s as persecuted and Jesus was.

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Three Way Tie for Douche-bag of the Day

June 27, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 906 Views 2 Comments Bigot, County Commission, Coward, David Garcia, Hillsbobourgh County, Hostile Work Environment, LGBT, Orlando Massacre, Pride Flag, Stacy White

This one is interesting I know, but they are all three of the same situation…if it really is three. Let me explain. Last week, Hillsborough, FL, County Commissioner and conservative firebrand, Stacy White (who I will note claims to be a Methodist), supposedly got a report of an anonymous employee who found flying the Rainbow Flag in memory and honor of the victims in Orlando created a hostile work environment for her. White was quick to call the flag a, “divisive, politically-charged symbol.”

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Thoughts on Orlando

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016 B. John 512 Views 2 Comments bigotry, Guns, homophobia, LGBT, Orlando, Pulse, Religion, Terrorism

This is something of a stream of thought on my impressions after the Orlando Shooting this weekend. It may not make much sense, and likely isn’t my last word on the subject. But to be clear, this is not some part of international Jihad or terrorism. This is homophobia at it worst, nothing more nor less, and we need to call it that.

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In A Mirror Dimly-Response to a Series by Bishop Michael Lowry-Part 3

May 5, 2016May 7, 2016 B. John 469 Views 0 Comments bishop, Homosexuality, J. Michael Lowry, LGBT, Orthodoxy, Same Sex Marriage, UMC, United Methodist Church

United Methodist Bishop, J. Michael Lowry of the Central Texas Conference, recently addressed a gathering of the United Methodist Scholars for Christian Orthodoxy Conference at Armstrong Chapel United Methodist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has put his address, “In a Mirror Dimly”: The Future of the United Methodist Church”© on his website (http://www.bishopmikelowry.com/) as a four part posting. This is part 3.

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Another Cause of Homosexuality Unveiled

June 14, 2015June 15, 2015 B. John 511 Views 3 Comments evangelicals, Immunizations, LGBT

Based on a comment in response to a Facebook post, ” There are those who think it is a side effect of some childhood immunizations or combinations thereof.” This has to be one of the most unique I can think of. Let’s start with a number of problems with this, from the most recent working back into time.

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Tony Perkins-Lying Even More

October 14, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 483 Views 0 Comments Fox News, LGBT, marriage equality, Ted Olson, Tony Perkins

We’re going to give Tony Perkins our Daily Douche award two days in a row. On Sunday, he appeared on the usually friendly Faux News Sunday to discuss the evils of marriage equality. Unfortunately, Ms. Perkins brought her pen knife intellect to a gun fight with a constitutional law heavy weight Ted Olson, a Republican lawyer and gay marriage advocate,, and hilarity ensues.

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TV Review-Transparent

October 13, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 355 Views 0 Comments Amazon, Amy Landecker, Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, LGBT, Transgender, Transparent

An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone’s secrets to spill out. Transparent is an Amazon production made available as part of the Amazon Prime streaming media collection.

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Finding a Right in the Constitution

July 2, 2014July 9, 2014 B. John 615 Views 0 Comments Equality, LGBT, Marriage, supreme court

You’re likely aware that a number of state laws and constitutional amendments limiting the right so LGBT people to marry, have recently been found to be unconstitutional. The anti-equality pundits then issue their (now pretty standard) press releases denouncing the ruling, and explaining how the judge “found” a non-existent “right to gay marriage” in the U.S. Constitution. I’m here to theorize that one does NOT go to the Constitution to find a right.

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When A Methodist Pastor Withdraws the Welcome to Gays and Lesbians

August 5, 2013September 29, 2018 B. John 1968 Views 4 Comments Administrative Council, Bill Josey, bishop, Bruce Toms, District Superintendent, Ken Carter, LGBT, Marty Peate, non-discrimination statement, Palma Ceia United Methodist, PCUMC, Rev. Dr. Walter E. Monroe, Statement of Welcome, The Discipline, The United Methodist Church

For over 10 years I’ve been a member of Palma Ceia United Methodist Church here in Tampa. In 2011, at the urging of a large group of members, the Administrative Council of the Church adopted a statement of welcome to all, which was to be placed on our website. Unfortunately, we were recently appointed a new pastor who’s animus towards gay people has caused to him to withdraw that welcome and remove the statement from all public display. In fact, he’s gone so far as to have our listing removed from a website that does nothing more than provide a geographic directory of gay-welcoming churches. He did it without any consultation with the Council, and has acted in some questionable ways.

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The Kids are All Right – A Movie Review

August 1, 2010 B. John 253 Views 0 Comments Annette Bening, Drama, Josh Hutchersonkn, Julianne Moore, LGBT, Lisa Cholodenko, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska

Two teenaged children conceived by artificial insemination get the notion to seek out their birth father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers have built for them. Once the donor is found, the household will never be the same, as family ties are defined, re-defined, and then re-re-defined. This was an excellent movie which I highly recommend with some caveats.

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