FRC's 25 Point Memo in Advance of the GOP Convention

by: davidhart

Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 17:09:01 PM EDT

(Nine of 25? Wow. Who would have thought that The Homosexualist Agenda rated this much attention with the country's economy in the crapper? - promoted by Pam Spaulding)

This is their "platform" and it is supposed to serve as a blueprint for politicians. Nine of the 25 directly relate to us:

* The definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman should be enshrined in state constitutions. Ideally, such amendments should reserve the benefits granted to marriage for married couples only.

* Congress should oppose, and the president should veto, any effort to dilute, weaken, or repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

* Congress should pass, and the states should ratify, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman nationwide.

* Until the Marriage Protection Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted, Congress should consider measures which would withhold certain related federal funding from any state that fails to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. For example, federal "family planning" funds could be withheld from any state that fails to recognize authentic marriage as the foundation of the healthy "family."

* Improve understanding and enforcement of the 1993 statute affirming that homosexuals are ineligible to serve in the military, and oppose congressional efforts to repeal the law.

* Congress should reject (or the president should veto) the "Employment Non-Discrimination Act."

* Congress should reject (or the president should veto) any federal "hate crimes" legislation including sexual orientation.

* State legislatures and governors should reject similar bills.

* Congress should pass legislation that affirms and strengthens the religious freedom of Americans as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and rooted in the nation's history. A "Freedom of Conscience Protection" law should protect the right of individuals, businesses, and religious institutions to express and carry out their moral views regarding homosexuality in the schools, in the workplace, or in the public square without fear of legal retribution.  

How Does Regent U. Define "Sexual Minorities?"

by: davidhart

Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 14:15:22 PM EDT

This from their "Institue For the Study of Sexual Identity." I am sure that they will never receive any Nobel prizes. I am equally certain that their study of "sexual identity" is anything but.

http://www.sexualidentityinsti...

Someone please enlighten me!

I assumed that they found 104 gay students at Christian colleges. If that's what they mean, how and where would they find these very brave (yet spectacularly stupid) people? Furthermore, how could they identify these students and then have them say that they did not accept "homosexual behaviors?"

The Right is Going Batshit Over The Recent California Ruling

by: davidhart

Tue Aug 19, 2008 at 14:29:56 PM EDT

McCarthy: Tyranny In the Name of Progress

The Chair: California Doctors Required to Help Same-Sex Couples Get Children

Mike S. Adams: Fat Lesbians on Crack

Calif. court: Homosexual rights trump Christian convictions

http://www.tips-q.com/content/court-lesbians-desires-trump-doctors-religious-rights

Docs Can't Claim Religious Right Not to Artificially Inseminate Lesbians, Says Calif. Court

Who backed the perverts in their lawsuit against the Christian doctors?

See, Christians...I told ya

A Tedious yet Civil, Civil Forum

by: davidhart

Sun Aug 17, 2008 at 14:24:04 PM EDT

Presumably, Obama had modest goals. In contrast to the portrayals by the far right, Senator Obama demonstrated that he was not an alien creature. He was out of his element but never a fish out of water. Moreover he showed that he is reflective, honest, intellectually curious and open to opposing points of view. He was the antitheses of George Bush. At times he was too professorial and seemed to lack the enthusiasm that is one of his greatest strengths. Senator Obama probably did no harm.[...]

http://www.tips-q.com/content/...

Mercury News Editorial: Initiative against gay marriage must be defeated

by: davidhart

Sun Aug 17, 2008 at 12:22:42 PM EDT

Little Peter LaBarbera is All Pissed Off Again

by: davidhart

Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 20:02:36 PM EDT

Now these nitwits are all sorts of upset that MCD has a diversity consultant.

Here is a partial list of Out & Equal's clients (it looks like they have a lot of boycotts to do):

Family Policy Network

by: davidhart

Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 19:35:38 PM EDT

Shepard was murdered for only one reason - he was gay. There are no responsible competing theories. This is disgraceful on the part of Family Policy Network. Once again, truth does not seem to be a coveted "value" of so-called Christians.

Another Legal Victory - Lemons v. Bradbury

by: davidhart

Thu Aug 14, 2008 at 17:05:22 PM EDT

Here's the rest directly from ADF:

http://www.alliancedefensefund...

You can get a complete background on Lemons here:

http://www.basicrights.org/?p=126

Those Seven Things That Bob Davies Wants us to Admit

by: davidhart

Wed Aug 13, 2008 at 19:12:08 PM EDT

I'm not sure that I know what "Pro-Gay People" means. Presumably, that includes people who are not gay themselves. Are they compelled to make these admissions?

The seven - point-by-point are here:
http://tips-q.com/content/thos...

Musings on Homophobia

by: davidhart

Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 15:43:16 PM EDT

Perhaps, according to an article published in Psychiatric News by the American Psychiatric Association in September of 1996. Two groups of men were selected using a carefully constructed scale to measure homophobia. One group exhibited homophobic tendencies; The other did not. Both group's members identified themselves as exclusively heterosexual.

The men were shown sexually explicit videos of a heterosexual couples, lesbian couples and gay male couples. The levels of arousal by the men in both groups were virtually the same in response to the heterosexual and lesbian videos.

Full blog at:
http://www.tips-q.com/content/...

A Communique From the Religious Right

by: davidhart

Sat Aug 09, 2008 at 14:40:46 PM EDT

At the end of a rather lengthy, polite and even respectful email exchange, the author writes:

Full opinion and my reaction is here:
http://www.tips-q.com/content/...

McDonald's July same-store sales rise 8 percent on demand for breakfast items, Big Mac

by: davidhart

Fri Aug 08, 2008 at 11:59:39 AM EDT

Ivins, Anthrax and the Friggin AFA

by: davidhart

Thu Aug 07, 2008 at 18:06:15 PM EDT

Indeed, the nation learned today that Ivins and his wife - who served as president of a local anti-abortion group - were strongly committed to the AFA:

Full story:
http://www.tips-q.com/content/...

The Latest Aniti-Obama BS

by: davidhart

Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 11:25:05 AM EDT

Yes, these contributions exist and, yes, they are over the limit:
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/by...

The fact is that the campaign is not responsible for the information submitted to the FEC - which is generated by the on-line form. The donor selected "GA" from the dropdown list and input the inaccurate zip code. The campaign has no control over who can make contributions on-line.

Moreover, the donor would have to lie about US citizenship or they would be unable to subit the form.

There is absolutely no effort by the Obama campaign to obfuscate the transactions. Disclosure is the primary obligation of the campaign - one they met.

The law is clear (emphasis added):

The campaign will have to return these funds but it's a non-issue.

OK, Who Crashed Little Peter's Hate Site?

by: davidhart

Tue Aug 05, 2008 at 12:25:48 PM EDT

Actually, it looks like MySQL crashed but we will probably get blamed.

Debunking Phil Magnan's '15 Reasons Why Homosexuality Is Wrong and Hurts Society'

by: davidhart

Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 15:23:44 PM EDT

There are millions of children in this country who are malnourished, poorly educated and lack adequate medical care. Presumably Magnan's pastoral energies could be better utilized to actually help people in contrast to gay bashing.  Ultimately, Magnan is desperately trying to justify what he believes is a biblical prohibition. Doing so requires fanciful leaps of logic and considerable selective observation..

The folks who have used the bible to justify any number of misdeeds, from the prosecution of Galileo to slavery and racial discrimination were just as certain as Magnan is that they were acting in accordance with God's will. If there is a God, surely the Golden Rule will be our measure.

Full opinion is here:
http://www.tips-q.com/content/...

Boot Camp: Lessons in Ignorance [VIDEO]

by: davidhart

Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 13:31:49 PM EDT

More and video:
http://www.tips-q.com/content/...

ACLU: Okeechobee high school Gay-Straight Alliance wins groundbreaking federal lawsuit

by: davidhart

Wed Jul 30, 2008 at 19:04:47 PM EDT

aclu OKEECHOBEE, Fla. - The American Civil Liberties Union today announced that Federal Judge K. Michael Moore ruled that school officials in Okeechobee, Florida, must allow a gay-straight alliance (GSA) club to meet on campus.  In a precedent-setting order, the judge upheld his earlier ruling that GSAs do not interfere with abstinence-only education and in a legal first, holds that schools must provide for the well-being of gay students.

Moore also broke the legal mold by asserting that schools must provide for the well-being of gay students to the same extent as straight students and therefore, the school may not discriminate against the GSA. In the order, the court grants students in the GSA "all the rights and privileges granted to other noncurricular groups." The victory is the second federal student rights case won by the ACLU of Florida's LGBT Advocacy Project and the national ACLU LGBT Project this summer.

"Judge Moore's ruling that GSAs are beneficial to gay students and that they don't harm straight students is unparalleled. This is a clear victory for the students, for the Okeechobee GSA and indeed for all high school students in Florida," said Robert Rosenwald, Director, ACLU of Florida LGBT Advocacy Project.  "These are brave students who would not be silenced and did not tolerate discrimination.  So many children cannot stand up for themselves, but hopefully this ruling will serve as warning to other Florida schools that equal access truly means equal access, and schools that choose not to follow the law will be inviting similar litigation."

The ACLU prevailed in Okeechobee on both Equal Access Act and First Amendment grounds. The federal Equal Access Act (20 U.S.C. § 4071(a)) requires schools that allow any extracurricular activities to meet on campus to allow all extra-curricular student groups to do so, and to treat every club equally.

Regarding the First Amendment, Judge Moore quoted the famed 1969 Tinker case stating that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate."  Moore went on to state that "the desire of the GSA to meet as a group to discuss matters pertinent to the challenges presented by their non-heterosexual identity and to build understanding and trust with other heterosexual students sounds in the political speech addressed in Tinker."

In referencing Tinker, Moore refers to Gillman v. School Bd. For Holmes County, Fla., a First Amendment case won by the ACLU in May after a two-day trial in which the high school principal testified that he believed clothing or stickers featuring rainbows would make students automatically picture gay people having sex.  In June, federal judge Richard Smoak ordered Ponce de Leon High School to pay $325,000 in legal fees to the American Civil Liberties Union after ruling that the school violated student Heather Gilman's Constitutional right to free speech. Gillman and her friends were suspended from school after wearing clothes and stickers supporting their openly gay friends.

Moore noted "that the GSA's tolerance based message would not materially or substantially interfere with discipline in the operation of the school. In order for [the school board] to justify its refusals to recognize the GSA as a student organization, 'it must be able to show that its action was caused by something more than a mere desire to avoid the discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompany an unpopular viewpoint.' This is precisely what [the school board] has failed to do."

This order will allow the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight students to meet on campus, just as other non-curricular clubs do, to discuss issues about bullying, tolerance and discrimination. GSAs across the state and country have been shown to help gay and straight students feel safer at school, and provide an open forum for students to discuss their fears, hopes and challenges.

"I can't tell you how happy I am that the judge agreed we have a right to create a safe space for gay students at my school," said Brittany Martin, a 17-year-old upcoming senior at OHS who is the GSA's president.  She added, "All we've ever wanted was to have a club to talk about tolerance and harassment so we can try to make our school a better place for all students."

"It has been a long road and we are very pleased with the outcome.  Now the students at Okeechobee High School can start the new school year with a clean slate and openly discuss the problems they face with fellow classmates," added Rosenwald.

The ACLU filed the federal lawsuit in November 2006 after students at Okeechobee High School were denied access to meet on campus by their principal, Toni Wiersma. Then-senior Yasmin Gonzalez approached the ACLU and after several failed attempts by the ACLU to convince the school to comply with the Federal Equal Access Act, the lawsuit was filed. The ACLU won a preliminary injunction in 2007 allowing students to meet on campus after repeated failed attempts by the defendants to characterize the club as "sex-based".

The Federal Equal Access Act requires schools to treat gay-straight alliances as they would any other school group.  Federal courts have repeatedly ruled in favor of GSA's where schools tried to block their formation, upholding students' right to form the groups across the U.S., including in Salt Lake City, Utah; White County, Georgia; Orange County, California; Franklin Township, Indiana; and Boyd County, Kentucky.

Lead attorney in Yasmin Gonzalez vs. School Board of Okeechobee County was Robert Rosenwald, Director of the ACLU of Florida's LGBT Advocacy Project, with assistance from Ken Choe of the ACLU's national LGBT Project and Zeina Salam of the ACLU of Florida.  A copy of the opinion in can be viewed in PDF at: http://www.aclufl.org/pdfs/GSA...

PG & E gives $250,000 to defeat gay marriage ban Proposition 8

by: davidhart

Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 22:15:32 PM EDT

Giving a financial and public relations boost to gay marriage proponents, PG&E announced today that it is giving $250,000 to the No on Proposition 8 campaign.

"Neither Lifestyle nor Agenda"
http://www.tips-q.com

Have any of the Whack Jobs Blamed us for the Earthquake?

by: davidhart

Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 17:01:54 PM EDT

Who will be the first to exploit the near disaster? Hagee? Robertson? Falwell from the grave?