Christian Bigots Abound and Harm Humanity again and again and again

It’s kind of like punishing a child. When sent to their room, the child’s screams are loudest just before entering their room.

We all know Christianity and the bible was used to kill millions of people worldwide that would not convert to Christianity.

We all know Christianity and the bible was used to justify slavery. The bible even tells you what countries you may obtain slaves from and describes a slave owners’ relationship with *his slave plus more (*there weren’t any female slave owners since females were subservient to man).

We’ve all seen Christianity and the bible used to justify a woman’s second-class status.

We’ve all seen Christianity and the bible used to justify racial discrimination.

Now we are seeing Christianity and the bible used to justify LGBTQI second-class status.

Most activity of this type stems from what many of us would call the religious right (who, by the way, are always wrong).

It was the religious right that supported slavery (while the religious left, like the Quakers, fought to end it). It was the Bible belt that enforced Jim Crow laws, and it was the religious right that opposed integration and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Jerry Falwell used exactly the same language against integration that he later used against the LGBTQI community.

It was the religious right that opposed the Equal Rights Amendment, and as a result, women still earn less than men in many places.

As we can see, history clearly shows it is the religious right that has always been on the wrong side of every issue. From the religious leaders who opposed Jesus, to the Salem witch trials, to slavery, to integration, to interracial marriage, and now to Gay rights and marriage.

In every case, they claimed to have scripture on their side.

Now we see the worldwide head count of Christians diminishing. Of course this is to be expected. After all, time and time again the christian right has proven itself closed minded, biased, bigoted and unable to progress.

We live in a day where politicians think they can win by outing another candidate. Of course we have seen that backfire in most cases. In fact, the opposite effect is achieved. The bigot is simply exposing his bigotry.

We’ve all seen this type of logic before. Liars think everyone is a liar, in order to justify their own lying. These bigots are in the same boat. They feel everyone else is a bigot. This provides them 'justification' for their bigotry.

Human beings evolve and learn. The Christian right (always wrong) insults our intelligence by attempting to control us with their lies and attacks.

Unfortunately, for them, history along with current actions show us Christianity and the bible continue to be misued and abused by the bigots and small minded.

The sad truth is they are doing so much harm to Christianity. You’d think the 'good Christians' would stand up and speak loudly. Some do, but most don’t. I hope 'good Christians' can step up to the plate as the Quakers did so many years ago.

I say to those 'good Christians' who are remaining silent in the background that your religion is in need of your assistance. As the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated "silence is betrayal".

Now we see the vocal right side of Christianity is the wrong side. If the good side of Christianity doesn’t stand up, Christianity will continue it’s journey into insignificance.

Silence = Death

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out.



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Homosexuals and the Holocaust on GayTalkRadio.org

The documentary movie Paragraph 175 (made in 2000) speaks with homosexual holocaust survivors. In the movie historian Klaus Müller seeks out the 10 remaining homosexual holocaust survivors in the world and provides us a glimpse at their stories.

On Dec 22, 2008 GayTalkRadio.org aired Homosexuals and the Holocaust.

On Dec 13, 2009 at 4 PM PT, 7 PM ET GayTalkRadio.org will again air Homosexuals and the Holocaust.

Homosexuals and the Holocaust includes the entire audio track of the documentary movie Paragraph 175 with voice-over translations. If you haven't or can't see the movie, this show is the "next best thing" and not to be missed!

We highly recommend everyone view the movie Paragraph 175. Click here to purchase it.

Since GayTalkRadio.org has a chat room open 24/7, the
chat room will be available for discussion during the show.

If you can’t attend you may listen to the show now by clicking here (mp3 file) or here (popup player).



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Homosexuals, Uganda, Rick Warren, Rowan Williams and finger pointing

Years ago we’d often hear “a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty”.

Most of us know that is no longer the case for the general citizenry of our world. In fact, it would seem the opposite is true “guilty until proven innocent”.

Of course, this is unless you’re a politician, rich or know the right people; in other words, if you are influential.

I exhibit, for an example, the current issue in Uganda. You know the issue about them passing a law making homosexuality a capital crime punishable by death. It even extends to the bizarre point of jailing citizens for knowing a homosexual without reporting them to officials.

All of a sudden we have media outlets pointing fingers at the influential for remaining silent on the Uganda issue.

Of course this is a religious based issue and much of the finger pointing is aimed that direction. The finger pointing is valid.

When the Rick Warren’s, Rowan William’s and countless other religious figures remain silent on humanity it speaks volumes about religion. Indeed it shows a side of religion which is not compassionate or loving!

For some reason, despite historical record, people seem to think religion is guiltless.

By their silence, the religious are clearly chanting Death to Homosexuals.

Stop and think for a moment about the holocaust. Don’t think for a minute there weren’t people killed for being homosexual, who were not homosexual.

In other words, once you approve of mob rule you open the door. Then a pointing of the finger becomes something much more!


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VIDEO: "Boys Beware" and "Girls Beware" - Food For Thought

Below are two short videos from the 1950s. Both produced around the same time by the same interest.






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Australia: Teacher calls student a "Faggot Kid"

Recently we heard about a Chicago teacher using the term "Black Fag" in his daily lesson plan.

Now we hear about a Australian "volunteer teacher" telling a 11th grade student “Faggot Kid! You don’t know what real marriage is!”

The student, Jimmy Y from Glen Waverly Secondary College had been putting up posters all week for the upcoming Equal Love Rally, a gay protest for equal rights in Victoria on November 28. According to Jimmy the posters kept getting ripped down. The culprit was finally caught in the school library, and found to be a teacher. When confronted about posters, the teacher (whose real name is ironically Mr Right) turned around and shouted at the student, “Faggot Kid! You don’t know what real marriage is!”

The hard working folks at Same Same spoke with the school principal. Mr Schiller, in part, said “Mr Right is an older gentleman with values coloured by a very different time and perhaps religious beliefs too. Not that it makes his actions excusable in any way… it’s just a context. What happened clearly shouldn’t have happened. It’s unacceptable and inappropriate."

Mr Right has since resigned from his volunteer role, saying that he was not going to return to the school.

Click here for the full story from Same Same.


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It's Free - Get It Now - Share It Often - The Blue Book

In my recent discussion with Paul and Hjordy Wagner (authors of "Ready or not, they're gay") they told me about "The Blue Book".

So I went to check it out and was surprised to find the website was the Presbyterian Church of Mount Kisco, New York (PCMK.ORG). It always gives me a warm feeling to find a accepting church outside the realms of MCC, UUC and Dignity.

They even have a spanish version of "The Blue Book" available. Both the Spanish and English versions are free and available online in PDF format.

Simply click here to visit www.pcmk.org and once there, click on the picture of the blue book.

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VIDEO: And Then Came Summer (clip)

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VIDEO: The Laramie Project (Matthew Shepard)

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Absurdity: Catholic church blames gay community

Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican's permanent observer to the UN, read out a statement after a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva.

He said: "Of all priests involved in the abuses, 80 to 90 per cent belong to this sexual orientation minority which is sexually engaged with adolescent boys between the ages of 11 and 17."

Tomasi added that it would be "more correct" to refer to ephebophilia, a homosexual attraction to adolescent males, than paedophilia.

The statement also attacked other religions, with Tomasi saying that most US churches embroiled in abuse scandals were Protestant, adding that the problem was also common in Jewish communities.

Mr. Tomasi, the men were catholic priests and that is the issue. Trying to point the finger in other directions does not change this fact.

Let us also remember the catholic church doesn’t allow female priests, it’s an “all male club”.

Since the catholic church seems to be confused let clarify some words:

Ephebophilia, is an attraction to post-pubescents, usually around the age of 18-20, which is what the term 'ephebe' meant in the original Athenian Greek (ephebic service was the obligatory two-year military training as citizen soldiers, undergone by all free-born Athenian men when they had reached the age of 18). Note, in most cases, this is not illegal since we are talking about individuals above the legal age of consent!

Hebephilia is an attraction to those undergoing puberty.

Pedophilia is an attraction to pre-pubescent children.

Mr. Tomasi please note these terms are not reserved for homosexuals. They apply regardless of sexuality or gender.

Mr. Tomasi’s statement also completely ignores the fact that many of the victims of catholic child abuse crimes were female – especially in Ireland.

Once again the church tries to downplay its responsibility.

Of course they will claim they are acting responsibly by their decision to disallow gay clergy. How does that protect the women who were abused?

How many members of the LGBTQIA community will now suffer harm at the hands of “devout catholics” (or others simply looking for an excuse to justify their bigotry/homophobia)?

Of course we are not surprised at these words from the catholic church, after all the pope was a Nazi.

It would appear the catholic church is trying to reinvigorate the witch hunts, only this time it’s gays!

Finally let’s look at the fact the catholic church has paid out tons of money because of this issue. In other words, the catholic church is guilty. To try and minimize that guilt by placing blame on others is nothing more then a insulting “slight-of-hand magicians trick”.

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Video: National Kiss In - the time is NOW

Have you ever heard of a heterosexual couple being arrested for kissing?

Me either!

Last christmas a lesbian couple was arrested in a San Antonio Mall for kissing. A mall spokeswoman stated kissing is inappropriate and anyone caught doing so would be asked to leave. Of course we are supposed to beleive not one single heterosexual couple kissed in that mall during the christmas holidays! rrrrrrriiiiiggghhhhhtttttt

Recently in El Paso a group of men were asked to leave a mexican food restaurant because of a peck on the cheek. The were told to 'stop that faggot stuff'. A police officer told them they could be arrested for it.

Recently in Salt Lake City a couple was detained and harassed for a kiss on the cheek.

It's time for a NATIONAL KISS IN.




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VIDEO: Open Secrets (Gay Canadian Military in WWII)

This documentary uncovers a lost chapter in Canadian military history: how the Armed Forces dealt with homosexual behavior among soldiers, during and after World War II. A group of veterans break their silence after more than 60 years.



More related films at the Canadian National Film Bureau

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Salt Lake City Kissing Protest

As we heard recently two gay men were assaulted by Mormon security, detained and issued citations by the Salt Lake city police simply because of a peck on the cheek.

Of course we all know about Mormon bigotry and hypocrisy all to well.

But there is an interesting story behind the property in question.

The property is the Salt Lake City Main Street Plaza. It is not fenced since the city retains public easement right of way.

But the fact the property even belongs to the church is appauling.

Back when the property was sold to the church the majority of Salt Lake city council members were mormons. In fact, the only two city council members who were not mormons voted against it.

Speaking of voting, it's a bit ironic that the mormons obtained this property without the vote of the citizens in Salt Lake city.

The mormons who feel so strongly that the people should vote on marriage rights obviously don't feel it's important for people to vote on property rights.

Interesting how their opinion changes when it is in there benefit huh?

Due to this whole fiasco citizens have been holding "kiss-ins" in the area.

(photo: Jeremy Harmon/The Salt Lake Tribune)

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Helen Doody, our Hero and Mother of the Year

When Declan Doody wrote to Irish justice minister Dermot Ahern about the inequality of civil partnerships, he was dismayed to receive no response.

However, when he posted a copy of the letter on his Facebook account, his mother Helen was spurred into action to write her own.

Recalling his fear of bullies at school and her temporary shock when he came out, she wrote:
"Your Civil Partnership Bill is not good enough for my family, and hundreds, thousands of other families in this country."

Writing on queerid.com, Declan revealed he burst into tears when he read the letter she sent, which asked Ahern to "revise this bill so everyone can be equal". The letter is fast becoming a hit on the internet.

Below is the letter in full.

Dear Mr Ahern,

My name is Helen Doody, you have already received and failed to reply to a letter that my own son Declan sent to you a week or so ago. So like any good and decent parent I am now trying to get you to listen to and protect my child – it is the very least that any mother would do for her own children.

I read Declan’s email and everything he said to you in the e-mail was true. He had a very tough time growing up in Abbeyfeale, I can still picture him crying in the mornings before he went to school because he was afraid of the people who were going to be waiting for him – bullies who would beat the living daylight out of him, people who crushed the very spirit within him. I tried numerous times to help him,
I spoke to teachers, to the parents but the problem got a quick-fix but a weeks later it just continued on.

Declan was always a very shy and quiet boy but as the bullying continued he became more and more invisible. His Dad and I spent nights talking about him, wondering would he go to school in the morning, would he come home that evening with a ripped jumper or would his school copies be destroyed, we tried so hard to get him the help he needed but as the bullying continued, he started to shut his family out.

All of this began to change however the day Declan came out to me. I am not going to
pretend that I handled it like a saint, it is a shock to the system, you don’t think
about your child being gay, you just assume they are straight and when Declan told me I didn’t know what to do. I thought I had done something wrong, I thought it was my fault, I really thought that this was it for my son, when people started to find out that he was gay his entire world would turn into a living hell but it didn’t.

Over the coming weeks he began to change, I finally started to see him smile again and there was something different about his heart too. I saw my son reach a very dark and lonely place at the age of 16 but even at his lowest my son, had the courage and strength to come out and say he was gay.

He went to college with a new look on life, he finally seemed to be enjoying himself and it was only then I realised that there was nothing wrong with Declan. If my son was happy, if he was no longer worried about what other people thought about him then I knew that there was nothing wrong with being gay.

For many years he had kept a secret from meand his family because he thought we would reject him, like so many people had done to him before and now at the age of 23he has graduated with a degree, a higher diploma and a masters. He has become the fine young man that his father and I are so very proud to be able to call our son.

When I heard on the news that gay people would now finally be able to register the relationships like any married couple I finally thought things had changed and I suppose many other people around the country like me thought the same. However I have now realised that what you plan on doing is nothing short of telling
the gay community that they are still not equal.

You will not tell my sons that they are not equal to their brothers, friends and the rest of society. Your Civil Partnership Bill is not good enough for my family, and hundreds, thousands of other families in this country.

I might not be the smartest person in this country but even I can tell you that this bill is all but worthless and will only further the opinion that gay people are not the same as everyone else.

I have been there for all my sons when they have had their hearts broken by girlfriends and boyfriends. I helped them pick out gifts on Valentines day and shopped around for a Tux for the Debs. I have met boyfriends and girlfriends, I have liked some and been frosty to others. I have thought about each and every single of them getting married to someone that they love and who will love them back as much as
I do.

I have six sons Mr Ahern, six very beautiful boys who became six very beautiful and
upstanding young men!

Two of my boys are gay. Four are straight. Two are firemen. Two love playing video games. One loves to cook. Three of them love cars. Five of them have had their tonsils out.

All of them are my sons.

You have the power to change this country so do the right thing and change this country for the better, wake up and realise that there is still time to clean up this mess and give gay couples the same rights as straight couples.

I am asking on behalf of my gay children, their gay friends, my gay friends, my family, I am asking you as a member of this country, as a taxpayer but most of all I am asking you as a mother, to help my children and revise this Bill so everyone in this country can be equal.

Yours truly,

Helen Doody

LGBT Civil Rights Fight Longer Than All Others

In a world where almost anything is possible it’s easy to expect the unexpected.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
Oscar Wilde

Of course we all favor what is important in our lives. So we hope our desires will be met. But, some would say, it’s selfish to think solely of our own desires.

So we hope we aren’t a minority because it’s not possible to be equally considered if we aren’t part of the majority. After all our society is federalist by design and it’s all about the numbers, right?

I guess that part about “All Men are created equal” was a slip of the tounge.

We’ve seen women obtain civil rights during women’s suffrage. They were a minority. It took 21 years before states started to pass laws in support of women and another 50 years before the federal government would act. Totaling 71 years for federal recognition.

We’ve seen the African American community fight for their civil rights. They were a minority. It took them 80 years to receive federal recognition.

I’m part of the gay civil rights movement. We are a minority. Our fight started in 1924 when The Society for Human Rights, in Chicago, became the country's earliest known gay rights organization. It’s been 85 years so far!

So many seem to feel Stonewall was the start of the LGBT Civil Rights Movement.

I hope this information clears up the confusion.

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BlogTalkRadio LGBTQIA discrimination, double standards and technical issues

In November of 2008 I discovered BlogTalkRadio. There was a man on there saying he had snorted cocaine and performed fellatio on Obama. Naturally I had to go listen!

At the time I thought BlogTalkRadio would be a good platform for getting the word out regarding LGBTQIA news, events and discrimination. Little did I realize, discrimination against our community was and still is rampant on BlogTalkRadio. Primarily from the management of BlogTalkRadio, not the listeners.

I also didn’t realize the BlogTalkRadio has constant technical problems and issues.

Over a period of time I have learned that BlogTalkRadio operates under a double standard. One set of rules for the “good ole boys” and another for everyone else.

I remember the time a show titled “Gay Life Coach” was featured on BlogTalkRadio. I was shocked but when I listened to the featured show I was more shocked to find out they dropped the word Gay and referred to the show as “Life Coach”. The Gay part was never mentioned on the feature show.

The person who had that show eventually changed the name of their show. They sold out and in my mind, sold out our community. Since he is a member of our community, he should be very ashamed of himself!

I refuse to insult my LGBTQIA brothers and sisters by changing the name of the show in order to obtain fair treatment. I’ll shut down the show before I end up changing the name to appease others.

There was another issue on the BlogTalkRadio platform where a transwoman was literally embarrassed and insulted by a well known/long time host (Dr. Blogstien) on BlogTalkRadio. Dr. Blogstien’s friendship with the CEO of BlogTalkRadio was also brought up at that time. Needless to say, the transwoman was fighting a losing battle.

Also of interest in that story. The transwoman and her friends had a show on BlogTalkRadio for several months prior to the incident. However, she and her friends never felt a need to come say hello to the other LGBTQIA related shows. However, when she got into the hassle with Dr. Blogstien, all of a sudden, she wanted to be friends with us all. Of course, she also wanted us all to rally in her support! Most of us did rally in her support. But in the end, we didn’t care much for her tactics.

I then heard a story about a show who requested to be featured but was denied because they had the words GAY and SEX as keywords in their show. They were informed to remove those two words in order to be featured.

I left BlogTalkRadio in hopes of finding “greener pastures”.

I found NowLive and started shows over there. Their service was different and seemed to have lots of “unfinished features”. However they shortly went “pay only” without even so much as an email notice. Due to their rudeness I didn’t even consider becoming a pay member.

I then moved the show to TalkShoe. TalkShoe had constant chat room problems and more than it’s fair share of bashers. But suddenly I started to experience problems with no audio. Some of my listeners suspect the TalkShoe management/personnel were sabotaging the show.

In the meantime BlogTalkRadio started to offer premium memberships. I might add, the memberhip was cheaper than NowLive.

Some of my listeners had been asking me to return to BlogTalkRadio and I thought, in my ignorance, that since they were going pay they would offer paying members equal treatment.

So I returned to BlogTalkRadio and the first thing I did was email them asking a couple questions about their new pay service.

One of the features they offered with the pay service was “widget impressions” of your show on the BlogTalkRadio site.

According to the documentation on the BlogTalkRadio site when you signed up for the $40 a month membership you received 2500 “widget impressions” on their site. No restrictions or limitations are mentioned. But I knew better.

I asked them in my message, since my show is called GayTalkRadio (and I know your company has had issues with that word), would I receive the 2500 “widget impressions”.

As expected I received a response stating I would not receive the 2500 “widget impressions” because BlogTalkRadio wants to stay “kid safe” and “work safe”.

Of course I immediately went to Dr. Blogstein’s show which has widget impressions on BlogTalkRadio and the first thing I heard him talking about was David Carradine’s erotic asphyxiation!

Once again, the double standard rears its head on BlogTalkRadio.

The “good ole boy” Dr. Blogstein can talk about erotic asphyxiation and that’s considered “kid safe” and “work safe” but if I talk about DADT, Gay Pride, PROP 8 and a multitude of other LGBTQIA related issues that isn’t “kid safe”.

It’s obvious the folks that run BlogTalkRadio are bigots!

And that’s the bottom line!
Once again I am in search of a platform that treats all hosts fairly, without bias, has few technical issues and doesn’t cost me much.

For now, the show is in limbo.

All the best to you and yours.

-tom

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GayTalk presents Peterson Toscano April 18, 2009, 9 AM PST

GayTalk presents Peterson Toscano April 18, 2009, 9 AM PST.

Join us as we learn more about Peterson, his talents, his productions, his leadership, ex-gay therapy and his current endeavors.

April 18, 2009 from 9 AM PST until 11 AM PST on GayTalk.

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GayTalk - Weekly Review (News and current events)

1/24/2009 - 2 hrs

GayTalk at 9 AM (PST). Call in during the live show (347) 237-5246 otherwise call voicemail at (360) 283-5052 or send me email tom@2015Place.com .

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GayTalk-Milk, Dybul, Polygamy, AIDS, Catholic, Iran, Academy Awards

1/23/2009 - 1 hr

GayTalk at 9 AM (PST). Call in during the live show (347) 237-5246 otherwise call voicemail at (360) 283-5052 or send me email tom@2015Place.com . Today I'll talk about the Academy Awards, Obama axing Dybul, polygamy in Canada, Catholic taxes in San Francisco, gays in Iran
and more.

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GayTalk - Whitehouse.gov, LGBT hate crime, APA, Mesa,

1/22/2009 - 1 hr

GayTalk at 9 AM (PST). Call in during the live show (347) 237-5246 otherwise call voicemail at (360) 283-5052 or send me email tom@2015Place.com . Today I'll speak on the recent Whitehouse.gov website changes and why that affects your personal safety, the APA, Mesa Arizona and more.

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GayTalk Weekly Review, Oprah Show (Gay is a gift from God) and more

1/17/2009 - 2 hrs

GayTalk at 9 AM (PST). Call in during the live show (347) 237-5246 otherwise call voicemail at (360) 283-5052 or send me email tom@2015Place.com .

Today we talk about the news presented in the previous 5 days. A summary/review of the weeks news. Oprah (homosexuality a gift from God), Bishop Gene Robinson to speak where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a Dream Speech" in 1963.

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