tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214073782011-11-27T17:22:56.806-06:00<B>Ancient old man, age 65, resident of rural s.e. Kansas. I was born in this area, then lived in Chicago for about 40 years, now back home in Kansas. After a brain aneurysm (like a stroke) I had to retire. I am an Episcopalian and gay, proud of both!</B>Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-83530382046365135002007-06-19T22:25:00.000-05:002007-06-19T22:32:49.443-05:00

Read the LA Times StoryFrom the Los Angeles TimesNew ground in debate on 'curing' gaysChristian ministries who see homosexuality as a treatable disorder are starting to think that choice may not be a factor.By Stephanie SimonTimes Staff WriterJune 18, 2007Alan Chambers directs Exodus International, widely described as the nation's largest ex-gay ministry. But when he addresses the group's Freedom

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Despite requests by our Presiding Bishop and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Peter Akinola plods along, disrupting our churches ... Anglican church turmoil over gay issues deepensBy Michael ConlonAn African archbishop's defiant intervention in the U.S. Episcopal Church has sent new shock waves through a global Anglican church already badly divided and facing possible schism over gay

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Now, don't you know if you or I, or any two just regular faggots had been 'abusing' these boys, _WE_ would have been hauled away, arrested, held up to scorn by police, and certainly not just allowed to 'resign quietly' as these guys were. And the real kicker: some of the kids there in this pornographic made for Hollywood 'reform school' were there because of sexual offenses. And in case you

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Let's be honest: This is about sexBy Lauren R. StanleyMcClatchy-Tribune News Service(MCT)So what did you do in your bedroom last night?For all the wrong reasons, that question seems to be at the heart of the disputes that are threatening to tear apart not just the Episcopal Church of the United States, but also the worldwide Anglican Communion, of which the Episcopal Church is a part.Anglican

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A note from Ms. Betty Bowers, America's Most Fabulous ChristianIs Rehab Replacing Jesus as America's Favorite Vehicle for Instantaneous Forgiveness?This hasn't been a particularly good week for crazy people and their malodorous fluids, has it? First, Astronaut Lisa Nowak is found diapered in her own filth trying to end a life. Next, Space Cadet Anna Nicole Smith is found covered in her own

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-34705318775822747982007-01-24T01:53:00.000-06:002007-01-24T02:03:42.777-06:00

[Note: It is always good to see a police officer go to prison ... and I do not have a bit of sympathy for this man ... consider how often police officers have framed innocent homosexuals in the past, and threatened them by announcing that 'when you get to prison we will make sure all the other inmates know about you and how you are and what you are ... well, now turn about is fair play, in my

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-49366862084614299772007-01-16T23:43:00.000-06:002007-01-16T23:49:06.686-06:00

Today I have a video for you which is, frankly, one of the most horrible I have ever seen. It shows in graphic detail how today's Factory Farm in the USA operates. See if you can watch it all without being dismayed and frightened by the situation the animals are in. When you spend your money at McDonalds for example, you are supporting this kind of activity. Now, let's get on withMeet Your Meat

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It is if you read the news, and 2000 years, a certain way.By Shannon RuppIn all the excitement over the Democrat triumph in the U.S. midterm elections, no one seems to have noticed the change in scandal standards. Suddenly, the Republicans, who used to prefer financial corruption, have replaced their liberal brethren as the guys who can't keep their flies zipped.Blame the Republicans' unholy

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Mrs. Betty Bowers' Dispatch from the Front Lines of America's War on ChristmasDear Soldiers for the Baby Jesus:Once again, pagan combatants, wielding verbal grenades made of non-specific cheer, are on a militant rampage to retake the Winter Solstice, a holiday invaded and occupied by Christians over 1,700 years ago. Friends, we stole December fair and square -- and are going to stay the coarse

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Chicago Ponders War Protester's Suicide By ASHLEY M. HEHER Associated Press Writer Malachi Ritscher envisioned his death as one full of purpose. He carefully planned the details, mailed a copy of his apartment key to a friend, created to-do lists for his family. On his Web site, the 52-year-old experimental musician who'd fought with depression even penned his obituary.At 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 3 -

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2 unrepentant about sale of Katrina home By WOODY BAIRD, Associated Press WriterA church that wanted to do something special for Hurricane Katrina victims gave a $75,000 house, free and clear, to a couple who said they were left homeless by the storm. But the couple turned around and sold the place without ever moving in, and went back to New Orleans."Take it up with God," an unrepentant Joshua

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Its funny how alliances switch back and forth ... Walmart has long been targeted by the more 'liberal' members of society for various reasons, but now, many conservative people are taking Walmart to task because of that company's (thought to be) 'friendly attitude' toward gay vendors, and we are seeing some of the 'traditional enemies' starting to become friends and some of the long time friends

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"He said I wasn't a Christian": teaching confirmation class at a liberal Episcopal parishYesterday afternoon (after the long run, before going off to Borat), I spent a few hours with our 2006-2007 Seekers Confirmation Class at All Saints Pasadena. We've got about 19 kids this year, and it looks like another wonderful group. The dear Susan Russell came to talk to us, and she was, as always, a

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1163474945747996472006-11-13T21:28:00.000-06:002006-11-13T21:29:05.750-06:00

Fairy-Winged Pledges Raped by Frat 'Big Brothers'? 11.13.06 By Walter Armstrong Florida frat boys say they were just being "Big Brothers," but local cops call it a possible case of male-on-male rape. Responding last week to "loud aggressive screaming and moaning" from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity on the campus of the University of Central Florida, Orlando police reported finding seven

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1162840059993287722006-11-06T13:05:00.000-06:002006-11-06T13:07:40.020-06:00

Double Standards for HomosexualsWhen it comes to the legal system, everyone is treated fairly and equally. That is unless you are gay, then you find yourself in a witch hunt of the worst kind.By Kathie GouralyPosted Monday, October 2, 2006They reneged on their promise to let Ken turn himself in and instead brought tv cameras and reporters to his house to publicly arrest him.Readers of this web

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Mrs. Betty Bowers' Words of Christian Concern for Ted Haggard's Delicious DisgraceDear Brothers and Sisters in Delighted Snickers:I suspect that this will be a rather uncomfortable weekend at the Ted Haggard tax-free mansion. You see, Reverend Haggard is a vociferous spokesperson against gay marriage and, until yesterday, his wife probably had no idea she was actually in one.Oh, I can hear some

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1162416620918537072006-11-01T15:28:00.000-06:002006-11-01T15:30:20.933-06:00

Mrs. Betty Bowers' Halloween / Election Newsletter 2006Dear Spooked-Out Voter:I'm doing a joint Halloween Night and Election Day newsletter this year because, frankly, the two holidays are virtually indistinguishable. After all, political campaigning is all about pretending you're something you're not -- and then scaring people. Mr. Bush pretends he's competent; Mr. Cheney pretends he's sane --

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LAW OF THE LANDWoman's death at hands of 'gay' her fault, says lawyerTrial begins over death of Christian who questioned homosexual lifestyle choice© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com The Death of Mary Stachowicz Mary Stachowicz was attacked with such ferocity the assailant's hunting knife blade was bent, but a defense attorney for her alleged attacker is painting her with the blame, saying it wasn't a "

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By GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press WriterNew Jersey's highest court opened the door Wednesday to making the state the second in the nation to allow gay marriage, ruling that lawmakers must offer same-sex couples either marriage or something like it, such as civil unions.In a ruling that fell short of what either side wanted or most feared, the state Supreme Court declared 4-3 that gay couples

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By John BrummettTalk about an underplayed story. I'm afraid you may have missed it. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice legalized gay marriage a couple of weeks ago.What happened was that Rice formally announced the appointment of Mark Dybul as the nation's global AIDS ambassador. Dybul is a homosexual man. He was accompanied to the announcement by his homosexual male partner, Jason Claire, who

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1161149405164973332006-10-18T00:28:00.000-05:002006-10-18T00:30:05.186-05:00

ANDREW O. SELSKY Associated Press Writer A military officer probing new charges of prisoner abuse here will encounter a pervasive atmosphere of hostility and suspicion between the detainees and U.S. troops who consider themselves at war.Even on a recent, controlled visit, an Associated Press reporter and photographer found that the prison brims with hatred. Former prisoners say the guards kick

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FOLEYGATE AND THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT By Robert Klein Engler (10/09/2006) CHICAGO (9 October '06)--The Eighth Commandment, for those who may have forgotten, tells us "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." This commandment warns about misinterpreting the truth in relation to others. The commandment also cautions us not to rush to judgment and warns us not to destroy a man's

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1160360881877952542006-10-08T21:26:00.000-05:002006-10-08T21:28:01.896-05:00

Foley Case Upsets Balance of Gay Republicans By MARK LEIBOVICHWASHINGTON, Oct. 7 — Every month or so, 10 top staff members from Capitol Hill meet over dinner to commiserate about their uneasy experience as gay Republicans. In a wry reference to the K Street Project, the party’s campaign to build influence along the city’s lobbying corridor, they privately call themselves the P Street Project, a

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1160290954977603712006-10-08T01:59:00.000-05:002006-10-08T02:07:36.573-05:00

A collossal waste of taxpayer's money ... Would-Be Ped-O-phile bilks USA taxpayers out of ten thousand dollars, King Crab dinner, free air flight back to USA, etc, etc, ad-naseum. And now it appears, State of California not in a position to try him either. PAT Case dismissed against ex-JonBenet suspect Updated 10/6/2006 4:50 AM ETBy John Ritter, USA TODAYSAN FRANCISCO — Nearly two months

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1160160011817799862006-10-06T13:38:00.000-05:002006-10-06T13:40:11.846-05:00

E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post Writers GroupFriday, October 6, 2006 (10-06) 04:00 PDT Washington -- WE NEED to have a long talk about the meaning of "family values." The "we" here is our country, and the discussion should be encouraged by the shameful behavior of former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley and the reaction, or nonreaction, of the House Republican leadership. Over the next few weeks, the

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This posting, by Todd Hill in the Campus Progress Blog tells how many of us feel today, thinking about Congressman Foley. PAT Post from Campus Progress Blog: Foley Sets Equal Rights for LGBT Americans Back YearsBy ToddHill - Oct 4th, 2006 at 11:41 am EDT As disgusting as former Congressman Mark Foley's actions were, and no matter how many people voice outrage at his actions, one fact is quite

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1159563677912712512006-09-29T16:00:00.000-05:002006-09-29T21:00:49.530-05:00

This story is pretty unbelievable ... and I hope the mother/father of this child decide to sue the Grove school board for some _HUGE_ amount of money. I hope they decide to punish the school and its principal in some severe way. PAT]Teenage boy allegedly removed from school over AIDS rumorsMother files suit against school district, denies he is HIV-positiveGROVE, Okla. (AP) | Sep 29, 7:39 AM The

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1159562546806432412006-09-29T15:39:00.000-05:002006-09-29T15:52:55.723-05:00

A man of his wordsGay author and pastor Mel White turns the tables on the religious right By KATHERINE VOLIN Friday, September 29, 2006For years, Mel White worked alongside fundamentalist Christian leaders like Jerry Falwell, Billy Graham, James Dobson and Pat Robertson. White even helped some of them write books. Now White, who is gay, has written a book of his own warning against their anti-gay

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Today, a blog report from Bob Geiger on his blogspot about the War the GOP hopes you have forgotten when you go to vote in a few weeks. He is hoping you do not forget it, and so do I. PAT With just six weeks until the 2006 midterm elections, one would never know to look at the media -- or by where the White House or Republican Congress direct their focus -- that the United States is still

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1158946449321233562006-09-22T12:33:00.000-05:002006-09-22T12:34:09.343-05:00

Soon after our President was born with a silver spoon under his nose, there was a program on television called "What's My Line?" (a question now most often heard around Kate Moss's mirrored coffee table). Contrary to what you might imagine from the title, the program, unlike the President, had nothing to do with taking lusty snorts of cocaine. Instead, a panel of otherwise discarded entertainers

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Group asks: What did Jesus say? Posted by Frank James at 12:17 PM CDTI went to a press conference yesterday and a church service broke out. The press conference at the National Press Club was held by the new Red Letter Christians network, Christian communicators who say they want to change how Christians influence the national public policy debate. The Religious Right, with its focus on a narrow

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Vacation Bible School Has Changed A Lot My mother sent us to Vacation Bible School. It was a week long, in the middle of summer and, while she is a Christian, I am sure she sent us to have a short break. There were maybe twenty kids in each grade level and the activities were simple. My mom, who is deaf, taught everybody to sign the song, “Jesus Loves Me” and we made Christian themed art out of

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From the Advocate newspaper, a young reader speaks out about the gay lifestyle ...I hate being gay This Washington State teen faces a daily battle between the sexual attraction he feels for other men and his religious convictions that tell him being gay is against God’s word. By Kyle RiceIn late July the Washington State supreme court upheld a law that limits marriage to heterosexual couples. As

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DALLAS -- The anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks should include the memory of statements that blamed gays and lesbians for bringing God's wrath on the nation, a council of gay-friendly Christians said Monday.Those targeted by such comments are "equally victims, 365 days a year of the kinds of teachings the Christian extremists espouse," said the Rev. Mel White, who spoke at a Dallas news

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Testament of the Death SquadsGood Christ, Bad Christ By GREG GRANDIN Just a few years ago, with the release of The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson seemed to have done what centuries of religious wars and inquisitions couldn’t: unite Christians, at least conservative Christians. More than two hours of remorseless sadism, of thorns, whips and nails, washed away not just sin but theological

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Major Gay Terror Threat AvertedBy Katie HalperThe U.S. army recently averted a national security threat when they dismissed nine linguists discovered to be gay. Six of the linguists specialized in Arabic translation, a programmatic gap that the army has been desperately seeking to fill. But General Peter Schoomaker, the Army's chief of staff agreed with the decision, saying "Having a gay Arabic

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Presiding Bishop's message for the fifth anniversary of 9/11.As the fifth anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11 approaches, Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold calls on all people to commit to "a future in which the events of that day will not be repeated." He also upholds the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals as giving the governments of the world a clear and workable plan for

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The article Is Straight the New Square? in the September 2006 issue of the men's style mag Details begs the question: Has the straight man become the victim? Has he? I was already on guard before I read the article, especially after hearing of a tragic story about a man shot in the head on the way to the club by a straight teen. Has the straight man really become the victim? I continue to wonder

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1157250065440239282006-09-02T21:20:00.000-05:002006-09-02T21:21:05.443-05:00

Board survey probes students' sexualityGrades 9 to 12 asked preferenceHelps `normalize various options'Sep. 2, 2006. 01:00 AMLOUISE BROWNEDUCATION REPORTERNever mind race.The Toronto District School Board will ask students as young as 14 whether they are straight or gay — or "lesbian, transgendered, bisexual, queer or two-spirited (an aboriginal term)" — as part of a sweeping new census it hopes

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1157249508252769332006-09-02T21:10:00.000-05:002006-09-02T21:11:48.276-05:00

by Mark Pinsky American evangelicals are far more diverse than we think. And their politics are equally unpredictable Mark PinskySaturday September 2, 2006The Guardian When not amused, Europeans are mostly baffled by the political ascendancy of American evangelical Christians. It must appear a misplaced, spasmodic peasant rebellion from a distant century: mobs with pitchforks and torches storming

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Prosecutors drop case in Ramsey slaying By JON SARCHE, Associated Press WriterProsecutors abruptly dropped their case Monday against John Mark Karr in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, saying DNA tests failed to put him at the crime scene despite his insistence he sexually assaulted and strangled the 6-year-old beauty queen.Just a week and a half after Karr's arrest in Thailand was seen as a

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1156451668296028312006-08-24T15:20:00.000-05:002006-08-26T13:59:37.570-05:00

This is a followup report to the story from Planet Out of August 9 on officer Rossi of the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police. Nothing new or unusual here, and I am told police officers are sometimes affronted and alarmed several times each day by exposed penises and related activities in the park. I know that was also the case for many, many years in the Lincoln Park Zoo public men's room in

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Betty Bowers, the Fabulous Christian from Landover Baptist Church has issued another of her newsletters, this time regards John Mark Karr, the man with the fantasy ideas about JonBenet Ramsey ... Betty Bowers Newsletter August 2006America, the kid at the UN with ADD, has something new to take its mercurial attention away from the craziness in Iraq: the even crazier John Mark Karr. Talk about

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Are you SURE you want to remove that? Aug 19, 10:10 AM (ET)NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian businessman born with two penises wants one of them removed surgically as he wants to marry and lead a normal sexual life, a newspaper report said Saturday.The 24-year-old man from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh admitted himself to a New Delhi hospital this week with an extremely rare medical

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John Karr on board airplane back to USA on Sunday.I had thought we were finished with the JonBenet Ramsey case several years ago, although various web sites have continued to keep it alive, sometimes viciously attacking her mother and/or her father, her brother, etc. Now, after hiatus of several years, this John Karr fellow shows up, but any reasonable person who reads about it cannot fail to see

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Chicago Gay Paper Nixes Ad From Controversial Sex Researcher By Mark Fitzgerald Published: August 15, 2006 3:35 PM ET CHICAGO The Chicago Free Press will no longer publish an ad soliciting gay males for a sex study because of the involvement of a controversial Northwestern University professor, the gay-oriented weekly declared in its current issue.The action has stirred strong emotions among

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My thanks to Chris Perillo who brought this to the attention of the Internet community in his blog."I almost cried when I heard this tonight. Seriously. 60 puppies die in Mass. trailer fire:“The puppies were all beautiful, healthy purebreds that were on their way to quality retailers in the northeast and eventually to loving New England families,” the company said in a statement. The company said

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Meade boys confess to stealing couple's controversial flag By Tim VandenackThe Hutchinson Newstvandenack@hutchnews.comMEADE, KS - Two Meade boys have confessed to cutting down a rainbow flag outside a hotel here, the proprietors said Monday. The Lakeway Hotel became a focus of controversy last month after owners J.R. and Robin Knight hung the colorful banner, a gift from their 12-year-old son, in

Patrick Townsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21407378.post-1155265009512574742006-08-10T21:55:00.000-05:002006-08-11T20:43:19.776-05:00

Gay state rep candidate opposes same-sex marriageLaura Kiritsylkiritsy@baywindows.com Is he genuine or just trying to stand out in a crowded race? As stage-managed political events go, the one at the Massachusetts Republican Party nominating convention back on April 29 was a classic. A hundred down-ticket Republican candidates paraded down the side aisles of Lowell’s Tsongas Arena, two streams

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Kansas: not over the rainbow After rainbow flag is cut down, B&B owner vows to get another and keep flying it. (See original report here on Friday, July 28)by Ethan Jaccobs ejacobs@baywindows.com J.R. and Robin Knight may not be gay, but the Meade, Kansas couple got a small taste of the homophobia directed at LGBT people living in the rural Midwest when they hung up a rainbow banner last month

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Conviction overturned in N.J. cruising case Also see follow up report August 24, Officer Affronted, Alarmed by Exposed Penises.SUMMARY: A gay man's lewdness conviction in a cruisey public park is overturned, and activists follow up with calls for an investigation of police procedure.A Manhattan gay man's conviction on lewd behavior was overturned by a New Jersey appeals court Monday, prompting a

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By Cindy RodríguezDenver Post Staff Columnist Even an exorcism couldn't scare the gay out of Peterson Toscano. But that is the lengths he went to because his evangelical Christian church brainwashed him into thinking he was abnormal. Toscano, 41, said he spent $30,000 over 17 years, traveling to three continents, chasing one treatment program after the next. In the end, he came to a healthy

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Clash of convictionsSlavic immigrants' crusade against homosexuality collides with gays' battle for acceptance, equal rightsBy Dorothy Korber and Deepa Ranganathan -- Bee Staff WritersPublished 12:01 am PDT Sunday, August 6, 2006Story appeared on Page A1 of The BeeThe Rev. Paul Khakimov's image is projected onto a big screen as he preaches at the Russian Baptist Church in West Sacramento.

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Republican candidate for the office of Attorney General in Georgia isn't just strongly biased against gay kids, he's also ignorant of Georgia law...Posted by spatula on Aug. 03, 2006.Georgia Republican candidate for the office of Attorney General Perry McGuire figures the recent ruling that White County schools cannot forbid a gay/straight alliance from meeting is incorrect and in some way

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July, 2006 saw the highest temperatures on record throughout much of the United States. Temperatures here in southeast Kansas reached 115 degrees one day, and as a common occurrance have been in excess of 100 degrees on several days last month. Exactly what is the cause of all this? Is President Bush and some of his administration still in denial about global warming? Its not just Kansas ...

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Traffic slows outside of Arlington National Cemetery on July 7, as members of Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church protest the funeral of Army 1st Lieutenant Forrest P. Ewens. The church believes that because of America's acceptance of homosexuality, God is punishing the country by killing U.S. servicemen in the Middle East. (CBS)Funeral Picketers Sued By Marine's Dad WASHINGTON, D.C., July 28,

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You may recall on June 22, we reported here that someone, at that time unknown, had set fire to the gay book collection in the Chicago Public Library. The woman who did it has now been apprehended by Chicago Police. PAT]July 26, 2006FROM STNGWIRE REPORTS A homeless woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges alleging she set fire to books in the gay/lesbian and African-American sections of a

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This man is our hero! A straight businessman who respects his gay clientele no matter what. (See followup report on Thursday, August 10.) Barbara Wilcox, PlanetOut Networkpublished Wednesday, July 26, 2006 A bed-and-breakfast owner in Meade, Kansas, has created a tempest with the rainbow Pride flag, a gift from his son, that he hoisted three weeks ago next to the Stars and Stripes over his

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The Church of England newspaper made this comment in its issue of Friday, July 28:Episcopal Church on verge of split Number: 5830 Date: July 28 By George CongerThe Episcopal Church retreated further into ecclesiastical anarchy this week with fears mounting that the institution as it now stands will not survive the year. The latest development concerns four California bishops who have filed

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The Episcopal bishop of Arkansas has given the green light to congregations that want to explore offering blessing ceremonies for gay couples and has notified clergymen in the diocese that some congregations are ready to do that. One of them is St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in west Little Rock, which is to have a blessing ceremony for a couple in September. In addition, St. Paul’s Episcopal

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Evidence Chicago police tortured suspects By DON BABWIN, Associated Press WriterSpecial prosecutors investigating allegations that police tortured nearly 150 black suspects in the 1970s and '80s said Wednesday they found evidence of abuse, but any crimes are now too old to prosecute.In three of the cases, the prosecutors said the evidence was strong enough to have warranted indictments and

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Here are some guys we can be very proud of! THE GAY GAMESWhy a Gay Games?To the tens of thousands of participants and visitors to Chicago, it's more than just politics and athletics, it's a celebration By Josh NoelTribune staff reporterWith every stop the Gay Games have made across the globe for the last 24 years, a simple question has followed.Why do gay people need their own Olympic-style

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Richard Speck, police mugshot in 1965. A mass murderer, Richard Speck, in July of 1966, killed eight student nurses in a single night in their south Chicago townhouse. He was eventually caught and died in 1991 in prison.Born in Monmouth, Illinois on December 6, 1941, Richard Speck was the youngest child in a large family. His father died while he was very young, and Speck's mother remarried.

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UCNews: June - July 06Amplifying the mainline Rich Bogart photo illustration This article kindly supplied to the blog by Reverend Howard Bredesen, my cousin-in-law in Coffeyville. Over the past nine years, prominent Religious Right leaders have appeared more than 40 times on the major Sunday morning new talk programs. But the principal leaders of the UCC, United Methodist Church, Presbyterian

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U.S. asks to exhume remains of Iraqi girl By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press WriterU.S. investigators have asked Iraqi authorities to help them navigate cultural sensitivities to exhume the body of a teenager allegedly raped and murdered with her family by American soldiers, a military official said Saturday.U.S. Maj. Mark Wright said U.S. authorities are aware that Islamic tradition has strict rules

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Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury,"First Among Equals" in Anglican Communion U.S. church in battle with Anglican CommunionThere's a new spin on an old joke making the rounds. It's about a beachcomber who finds a bottle in the sand and opens it, freeing a genie who gratefully grants one wish. The beachcomber asks for peace in the Middle East.The genie calls that an impossible task and

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From the TV Barn Blog by Aaron: If you don't have the Logo network, here's a segment you've got to see.One year ago at the end of June, ABC preemptively cancelled a summer reality series entitled, "Welcome to the Neighborhood," in which an eclectic mix of families competed for a house on a cul-de-sac in a conservative part of Austin, Texas. You remember it because I wrote about it. Though there

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Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby co-convenor David Scamell wants equal adoption rights RELIGIOUS GROUP USES DUBIOUS RESEARCH IN SUBMISSION TO NSW GAY ADOPTION INQUIRY. The Australian Christian Lobby has quoted research by a discredited psychologist and anti-gay campaigner in its submission to the NSW Adoption Act Review, currently looking at the issue of gay adoption.The submission references a US

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This story was printed from The OU Daily.Site URL: http://www.oudaily.com. Gay in OK by Amanda TurnerJuly 05, 2006 Oklahoma City's 19th annual gay pride festival was held Saturday and Sunday under the slogan "We ARE The People." And though many danced, cheered and celebrated their pride at Sunday's parade, several gay students say it is an ongoing struggle to gain acceptance from family and

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It seems our good friends in North Korea send us a nuclear warhead on Tuesday. The 'fireworks' were intended to reach us about the same time as the NASA launch took place. Trouble is, the warhead was defective, a total dud. It never got here, and apparently did not explode either. Had the 'fireworks' arrived safely and gone off as intended, then spam/scam -- indeed the entire telephone network --

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Church of the Liberals-Godless?By Tom ProebstingThere's been a lot of recent talk about the church of the Liberals as being Godless. These are strong, if not, presumptuous words, and they are being thrown about recklessly. This slanders concerns millions of hard-working and sincere liberal Americans. It is likely that the label was originally meant for the leaders and policy makers of progressive

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Watch for this article in the July 2, 2006 (weekend) edition of the New York Times.Episcopalians Shaken by Division in Church By LAURIE GOODSTEINTheir parish, which celebrated its 150th anniversary last year, is solid and strong. It has 3,000 members, a historic stone building in good repair and a well-loved minister. But to the Episcopalians at St. Luke's Parish in Darien, Conn., who gathered

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PLANO, Texas ---- Christ Church Episcopal states it will leave the denomination because it opposes the national direction of the church.The conservative Plano parish announced its plan Monday, a week after the Episcopal General Convention rejected demands from fellow Anglicans overseas and conservatives at home that they stop consecrating gay bishops for now. Delegates instead voted to call for

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori June 21, 2006 RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY correspondent and program managing editor Kim Lawton spoke to Presiding Bishop-Elect Katharine Jefferts Schori on June 20in one of the first in-depth interviews the bishop has given since her landmark election. Excerpts from this conversation will be included in this week's edition of the

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America celebrates PrideAdam Goldman, Associated PressSUMMARY: A mending Kevin Aviance joins N.Y.'s lesbian council speaker and hundreds of thousands of others to mark Pride and the ongoing fight for rights.NEW YORK -- Drag queens in knee-high boots, kids with two dads and New York City's first openly gay city council speaker were among hundreds of thousands attending Gay Pride parades across the

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Rain can't dim N.Y. gay pride parade ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press WriterTens of thousands of raucous parade-goers braved a steady downpour and lined Fifth Avenue on Sunday for the annual gay pride parade, an event that comes just weeks after an attack on a popular gay singer and the 25th anniversary of the start of the AIDS epidemic.Outrageous costumes were abundant all along the parade route,

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By: BRIAN MURPHY - Associated Press The obituary-in-waiting for the Anglican Communion goes something like this: A nearly 500-year-old worldwide fellowship of Christian churches splits apart over disputes about gay clergy -- and American liberals get most of the blame.It's a crisp, tidy farewell. But one that may not prove true, even as gloomy predictions were rampant after the U.S. Episcopal

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Morning Edition, June 23, 2006 · President Bush and the Republican Party find strong support among evangelical voters. But in his new book, Thy Kingdom Come, author Randall Balmer says that allegiance is misplaced."I don't find much that I recognize as Christian" in the religious right, says Balmer, a professor of religion at Barnard College, Columbia University and contributing editor to

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Fire started in Chicago library's gay books section June 15, 2006BY ANNIE SWEENEY Crime Reporter Chicago Police are investigating a suspicious fire that burned about 100 books from the gay and lesbian selection at a North Side Chicago Public Library branch.The small fire at the John Merlo branch, 644 W. Belmont, ignited about noon Tuesday and the cause remained under investigation, officials

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Bishop Robert Duncan at a press conference following the compromise solution reached Wednesday afternoon. ‘Restraint’ urged in allowing gay bishops Rita Price and Felix Hoover THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH In a last-gasp effort to preserve its place in the worldwide Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church called on leaders yesterday to show "restraint" when considering gay bishop candidates.

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Going to Heaven: The Life and Election of Bishop Gene Robinsonby Elizabeth Adams1-933368-22-5 Trade Paper 6 x 9 Biography 308 pp. $14.95To be Published on July 28th 2006 An exploration of the man—Gene Robinson, the world's first openly gay Episcopal bishop—who many believe will be the catalyst for the breaking apart of the Episcopal Church.It may be a uniquely American

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School Acknowledges that Attack by Group of Kids was "Planned and Premeditated"Parental Rights Activist David Parker's Son Surrounded and Beaten-up at School on Anniversary of Same-Sex "Marriage" in Massachusetts; Caps year-long public campaign of anti-Parker hate by activists in townBy Brian CamenkerLEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS: MassResistance has learned that on May 17 - the two-year anniversary of

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The new Presiding Bishop of Episcopal ChurchBishop election upsets Episcopal diocese By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion WriterOne of three Episcopal dioceses that rejects ordaining women appealed for help Monday from the head of the Anglican Communion after the U.S. church elected a female bishop as its national leader, the first woman ever to lead an Anglican province.Bishop Jack Iker of the Diocese of

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EDITOR'S Note: In the three articles presented today, this one is the most disturbing, in my opinion. Someone, in another blog I read from time to time has stated his belief that "the Baptists are the most rotten of all". And while that may be true, at least the Baptists do not mince words: they tell you right from the start that you are going to go to hell if you are homosexual. In that respect

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By RACHEL ZOLL,AP Religion WriterCOLUMBUS, Ohio - The Episcopal Church on Sunday elected Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as the first female chief pastor of the denomination and the first female leader in the history of the world Anglican Communion. The choice of Schori as presiding bishop complicates the already difficult relations between the American denomination and its fellow

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Bishop Robert Duncan argues that the consecration of an openly gay bishop may bring an end to a unified Anglican church.By Elise SoukupBishop Robert Duncan is the leader of the Anglican Communion Network, a coalition of conservative Episcopal bishops that formed after the controversial consecration of gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson. Bishop Duncan spoke with Elise Soukup:Ms. Soukup: What's the

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Bishop V. Gene Robinson, first openly gay Episcopal Bishop in New Hampshire By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion WriterThe first openly gay Episcopal bishop said at a packed church hearing Wednesday that he is "not an abomination," as he pleaded with the denomination not to bar gays from the office of bishop, even temporarily, for the sake of Anglican unity.If Episcopalians "see Christ in the faithful

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V. Gene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire and first openly gay bishop. By Michael ConlonThe U.S. Episcopal Church, trying to quell the storm it created by consecrating the first openly gay bishop in Anglican church history, was showered with calls on Wednesday to repudiate the action and pleas not to abandon gays and lesbians."Are we courageous enough to recognize Christ in the lives of

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The first openly gay Episcopal bishop planned Wednesday to publicly urge the convention to reject the moratorium on gay bishops and any discrimination based on sexual orientation.COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The first openly gay Episcopal bishop says it is unlikely the church's top policymaking body will create new barriers for homosexual clergy despite turmoil over his 2003 consecration.The Episcopal

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RACHEL ZOLLAssociated PressThree years after confirming its first openly gay bishop, the U.S. Episcopal Church must decide whether to appease irate Anglicans by promising not to do it again - at least for now.The choice puts a heavy burden on the Episcopal General Convention, which started Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio: If Anglican leaders don't like the outcome of the American meeting, the world

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BY GARY STERN GANNETT NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK -- Bishop Mark Sisk, leader of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, believes the debate about homosexuality that could ostracize Episcopalians from the Anglican world is a good thing. Productive.Meaningful. Necessary.He says the Episcopal Church will survive whatever happens at its General Convention, which opens Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio, and closes June

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In this month of June, and weddings, here is a happy story for you of a man and his wife, who have been married for _75 years_ ; sort of a rarity in the world as we know it today. June 13 marks their 75th wedding anniversary. You might like to send them a card. Marriages like this used to be more common; for example, my Aunt Myrtle and her husband Clarence Lowrance were together over 70 years. He

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The Rev. Sandi Rice, left, and the Rev. Carlene Wood offer the Eucharist at New Creation International Christian Community Church on Grace Way in Fletcher. Co-pastors Rice and Wood have been partners for 11 years.By Andre A. RodriguezMail: ARODRIGUEZ@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM ---— At a time when some religious denominations are tightening their policies toward homosexuals, others are looking at

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A parable by Betty Bowers, America's Most Fabulous ChristianAMES, IOWA (AP) An Iowa State University student was treated for second-degree burns across her face and neck after a chance encounter at a local Starbucks with a man claiming to be Jesus. Amanda Thomas reported that the unpleasant experience began when she stopped at her favorite coffee shop for a low-fat latte with caramel Tuesday

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This week, sweet Ann Coulter released her latest in a series of pre-rehab books, entitled Godless. Naturally, the title led me to believe that it was an unexpectedly candid autobiography. Alas, she may be saving that book until after she's been strapped to a bed at Hazelden for a month. Instead of using this book to dabble in the bracing novelty of introspection, Miss Coulter turns her

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Planet Out ran an interesting obituary on Tuesday, June 6 regards the passing of Ralph Paul Gernhardt of Chicago:They noted:The modern LGBT rights movement was in its infancy in 1972 when Gernhardt started a telephone hotline offering a recorded message about gay-friendly parties and clubs.Its not a major thing, I suppose, but Ralph Paul started _his_ entertainment telephone information service

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The administration censors internal probe of lawbreaking by the Oval Office and the NSA Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice The president has already made clear that his definition of what is legal applies to virtually anything he chooses to authorize in the name of national security. . . . Mr. Bush's doctrine, which some call the "new imperial presidency," strikes at the heart of America's

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Thanks to Knoxville News-Sentinel for this item from several months ago.One of the most important domestic stories the national media suppressed.Police accidentally overlooked a tape recording machine which was turned on but not noticed while police tortured and nearly killed this man from whom they were seeking information. http://wms.scripps.com/knoxville/siler/siler.mp3 Listen to this tape to

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By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press WriterThe soldier's flag-draped casket is set on the gymnasium floor, below the unlit scoreboard, before bleachers crowded with mourners.They are there for Sgt. Daniel Sesker, the young man known for an infectious laugh and a wide smile, his life taken abruptly by an improvised explosive device outside Tikrit. Inside his high school, those who loved him are just

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Catholic Charities of Boston made the announcement on March 10: It was getting out of the adoption business. "We have encountered a dilemma we cannot resolve... The issue is adoption to same-sex couples."It was shocking news. Catholic Charities of Boston, one of the nation's oldest adoption agencies, had long specialized in finding good homes for hard to place kids. "Catholic Charities was always

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