I know it's only been a few weeks since Australian synth whack-jobs Empire of the Sun have shown up in our Daily Aural menu, but their just released video for "We Are the People" is too good to pass up. It's a Peter Gabriel pomo multi-culti cult wet dream filtered through the mind of a [...]
Dave Valk is a 21-year-old senior at UCLA. The L.A. Weekly has dubbed him one of the "new generation of gay leaders" and we wholeheartedly agree, which is why we sent him to Washington to give you his own unique take on everything from inaugural balls to Rev. Warren's invocation. Here, his take [...]
Hailed as part of a new generation of NY-based gay zines, Pinups is the project of photographer Christopher Schulz, who's cut all the boring bits out of dead-tree publications and created a magazine that's nothing but centerfold. Both subversive and sexy, Pinups is the antithesis of the polished, plucked and bronzed images that dominate [...]
I’ll admit I was kind of switching between the San Francisco American Idol auditions and the coverage of the inauguration but I still managed to catch quite a bit. Warning…inanity ensues. 1. The DJ for the evening, Nick Cannon…really?! They should have just gone with a host  instead of having him stand there in front of vinyl [...]
There are things in this life that we don’t understand and never will. Some of those instances are elusive for good reason. How does a person expect to have an enjoyable life if you know what experience waits for you around the next corner? Sometimes these situations come and pass so fast that there is [...]
Our 44th President of the United States, our first black president has officially been sworn in. I can tell you that I’m actually feeling better already about the state of our country now that Bush has officially been sent packing. I can’t wait to see what the next 4 years will bring us!  [...]
Bring out the tiny violin...
A San Francisco assessor has called for the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco to hand over $15 million in taxes because of an internal restructuring of the archdiocese, a move that some are describing as "retaliation" for the Church's opposition to Proposition 8. ...Many are decrying the move as retaliation for the church's support of California's same-sex "marriage" ban, as pro-homosexual "marriage" San Francisco residents and politicians have made no secret of their ire at the Catholic Church and other religious groups for supporting Proposition 8.
"This is fishy at the least and evil at the most," Randy Thomasson of California's Campaign for Children and Families told LifeSiteNews.com. "Phil Ting is doing to the Catholic Church what has not been done in other venues, taking away the Church's tax-exempt status in regards to property."
Thomasson said that Ting, "who went head to head with the Catholic church over marriage between a man and a woman ... is aiming his rifles ... right at the Catholic Church, and this is something that a higher court should be more just in its analysis."
The call to tax the Catholic and Mormon churches, which helped propel Prop 8 fundraising and campaigning, became a mantra of same-sex "marriage" supporters ever since the amendment passed in November.
CitizenLink/Focus On The Family's posted an article reviewing a Lifetime Channel movie, entitled:
Lifetime Movie Casts Christians in Ugly Role; Family advocates are concerned the film on homosexuality tells only half of the story, leaving out the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. From the article:
The Lifetime Channel is airing a controversial new movie this weekend in which conservative Christian parents shoulder the blame after their gay-identified son commits suicide. "Prayers for Bobby," based on a true story from the 1970s, stars Sigourney Weaver. Family advocates are concerned the film tells only half of the story, leaving out the redemptive power of Jesus Christ.
The article quotes Terri Brown, a mother that's been praying for 17 years that her son would find freedom from the homosexual identity:
I can understand a mother's despair, especially a Christian mother's despair. Because we know what the Bible says about homosexuality. My heart goes out to people that struggle with homosexuality. They did not ask for that struggle. What do we do with our sin nature? We take it to the Lord and let Him renew our minds and hearts.
Again, from the article:
Jeff Johnston, gender analyst at Focus on the Family, said the movie's message runs contrary to God's. ...No matter where the movie lands, Johnston said, people can and do change their sexual orientation -- he's living proof.
I'm always a little skeptical of folk who have a personal set of experiences, and then try to globalize the experience to everyone else -- such as Focus On The Family putting Jeff Johnston putting himself up as the "living proof" that one can, by effort and God's help, change one's sexual orientation. Even allowing that it's true for Johnston, it doesn't mean it's true for every other lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person.
This all sounds like "you homosexuals can change your sexual orientation with God's help." But, you have to look at the rest of the FOTF message, and look at how they spent millions for the Yes On Prop 8 campaign, and then laying off employees for lack of cash in December of last year.
Basic Rights Oregon, along with the rest of the public, learned this week that Portland Mayor Sam Adams had misrepresented his relationship with Beau Breedlove. Mayor Adams exercised poor judgment. It was wrong for him to lie about a relationship. This is a very disappointing situation. Sam Adams has a long history of leadership and service. He [...]
The Roseland Theatre, Basic Rights Oregon staffers Juan Martinez and Andrew Hogan, and a cadre of exciting musicians are celebrating the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama tonight at the Roseland Theatre! The door’s open at 6:00pm, the show starts at 7:00pm, and there’s a $5 suggested donation to BRO at the door. What better [...]
When: January 20th, 2009 @ 7AM - Noon Where: Q Center 69 SE Taylor Ave at SE Water Ave, Portland FREE
Over the past week, I’ve posted a few headlines on the gay mayor of Oregon who got caught out lying. Here’s a video update: A contrite Mayor Sam Adams has apologized to Portland for lying about a sexual relationship with a teenage male (the age in question: the teen was 18 at the time — legal [...]
Much of the news today will no doubt be about the historic moment that’s happening in Washington today but there is a few other things happening or that have been breaking since yesterday that aren’t about the new President — here’s a few: In Politics / Cour / Court Cases / Gay Marriage: - Human Rights Watch has filed [...]
Here’s a few of the headline news and gossip that’s caught my eye for the beginning of the week: In Entertainment / Celebs: Sigourney Weaver brings star power to filmed-in-Detroit ‘Prayers for Bobby’ (on a related note: The book of the same name is really popular at Gay News Bits.) - Lynn Shelton Slays ‘ ‘Em at [...]
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