Right Wing Extremist Threat to America

In a paper entitled “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” the Department of Homeland Security deliniates the threat of right wing hate groups to the stability of the nation. But we knew that!
“Paralleling the current national climate, rightwing extremists during the 1990s exploited a variety of social issues [...]

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On Judging Others

I have among my toys an item called the Chelsea Filter, from the time when I was a jeweler. It is a round object resembling a small magnifying glass and it contains a flat disc of dark green glass. Of course if one views something green with it, a green sapphire, for instance, it looks [...]

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Americans share H8 in Uganda

The Family Life Network in Uganda held a three day conference on March 5-8 inviting noted American homophobes to share their hate. In Uganda being gay is a crime and those convicted of the crime of homosexuality are jailed. Dr. James Nsaba Buturo, the Minister of Ethics and Integrity, seeks to broaden the scope of [...]

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Holocaust Denial Bishop Reinstated (updated)

Defrocked Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson, infamous for denying the Holocaust on Swedish television, has been welcomed back to the fold of the Catholic Church. Church officials and their minions are quick to point out that he was excommunicated for being consecrated as Bishop in a manner that lacked approval of the Church, not for his [...]

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Change for Good

For the first time in history the official website of the White House has included our rights as part of the agenda. It states that he will work to extend hate crimes legislation to include queer and genderqueer people. The President supports a trans inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the repeal of the Defense of Marriage [...]

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Queer Christianity

As you might guess most of the blogs that I read on a regular basis are about the GLBT community. There has been an undercurrent of bitterness towards the christian community in many of them for some time. The recent passage of the H8 amendment in California and Mr. Obama’s unfortunate choice of Rick Warren [...]

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Henry the Eighth he was, he was.

England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves on this day in 1540. Prior to Henry’s reign heterosexual promiscuity was consummated with one wife and several mistresses. Henry’s break from the Catholic Church was the beginning of the current heterosexual practice of multiple sexual partners, each under the umbrella of “Holy Matrimony.”
The [...]

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Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene

Scientists at Pink Tiger Research Institute believe they have isolated the Christian Gene. The gene is believed to be the root cause of some of the most dangerous thought processes. Recently, for instance, straight Christianist Rick Warren admitted to the desire to have sex with every beautiful woman that he sees. Though it is not [...]

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Papal Bull?

Much of the queer world is outraged by what is perceived as another attack on gay folk and the transgendered by the Pope.
Surely he has attacked gays in the past. In fact he made a career of it prior to his promotion from Cardinal to Pope. As Cardinal and former head of the Congregation for [...]

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Did Obama assault you too?

“Obama stuck a finger into the eye of every LGBT person in America,” writes Steve Charing. Hillary Rosen claims that every gay person felt like they were kicked in the stomach. And Ari Solomon says it’s a slap in the face to the gay community. Joe Solmonese says only that it is a genuine blow.
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