Focus on the Family is coming to Birmingham this weekend for what may very well be its last "Love Won Out" conference ever. Seems claiming gay and lesbian people can be "cured" isn't as lucrative as it once was, and their funding is drying up, so they figure they'll come to the south for one last hurrah.
We didn't sit quietly by the last time they were here, and we won't this time either. If you oppose the bigotry that tells LGBT people they must deny who they are, join us for these counter-events (press release here - PDF format):
Wayne Besen, author of “Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth” (Haworth, 2003), former spokesperson for HRC and founder of Truth Wins Out, will be speaking at Alumni Auditorium at Hill University Center 1400 University Blvd. Full story...Keori's diary tonight reminded me of one I originally posted back in May.
So with a bit of dusting off, here it is again.
"It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than for him to harm these little ones.
Gonna pop up some favorites of mine; feel free to include others in comments...
WKRP's "Turkeys Away"- way too many great lines!
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving- there was just something funny about Woodstock eating turkey and getting the bigger part of the wishbone at the end!
Addams Family Values (h/t Jeremy at G-A-Y)
Whatcha got?
From National Catholic Reporter's Chuck Colbert comes an utterly damning breakdown of Portland Roman Catholic Diocese Bishop Richard J.
The anti-gay Family Policy Institute of Washington has posted a video called "BY PROHIBITING GAY MARRIAGE, AREN'T WE VIOLATING THE SEPERATION (sic) OF CHURCH AND STATE?".
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters
This Adam Lambert controversy is ridiculous - that's my take on it.
Well. The Catholic Church spends oodles to defeat marriage equality in Maine, and yet there own record on child abuse.
The Advocate is asking the question "Would you support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act if gender identity protections were again taken out of the bill?"
As of 9:30 AM PST Thanksgiving morning, this is the response:
The initial response from the non-scientific poll responders seems to be a big "No.
I was waiting for evidence that the networks, particularly CBS with its blurring of Adam Lambert's on-screen kiss of his male bandmate during the post-Children's Hour performance on the American Music Awards.
A real laff-fest for you...Rep. Michele "deranged" Bachmann (R-MN) as a featured guest along with Sarah "Bible Spice" Palin at the first National Tea Party Convention can conjure up a lot of jokes, but it's all true, including restricted press access to save them from themselves on camera.
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