Saturday, February 21, 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Schools Can Expel Gay Students




After a Lutheran school expelled two 16-year-old girls for having "a bond of intimacy" that was "characteristic of a lesbian relationship," the girls sued, contending the school had violated a state anti-discrimination law.

In response to that suit, an appeals court decided this week that the private religious school was not a business and therefore did not have to comply with a state law that prohibits businesses from discriminating. A lawyer for the girls said Tuesday that he would ask the California Supreme Court to overturn the unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal.


The appeals court called its decision "narrow," but lawyers on both sides of the case said it would protect private religious schools across California from such discrimination suits.

Kirk D. Hanson, who represented the girls, said the "very troubling" ruling would permit private schools to discriminate against anyone, as long as the schools used their religious beliefs as justification.

"It is almost like it could roll back 20 to 30 years of progress we have made in this area," said the San Diego attorney. "Basically, this decision gives private schools the license to discriminate."


Via L.A. Times

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Vitas!!!...Gay? Or Just Russian?

Is that an Angelina Jolie drag queen playing the violin?



Thanks !!omg blog!!

Gays And Guns...Is It The Answer?




Here are a few stories about gay bashing. After reading them think to yourself what could I have done in that situation. Then leave a comment and let us know if you think gays should start carrying guns to protect them themselves.

Four say they were attacked by gay-bashing thugs in the South End:

The victims, four friends in their mid-20s, told South End News that they were walking home at around 2:45 a.m., along Columbus Avenue, somewhere between Dartmouth and West Canton streets, after a night clubbing at the Roxy in downtown. One of the victims, a Jamaica Plain woman named Jenna, said that she and her friends heard a group of men shouting at them from a parked white sedan. They kept walking, but before they could go far, the four men got out of their car and started coming towards them.

"I saw the men getting out of the car, and I approached them first and said, ’Just get back in your car... We’re just heading home,’" said Jenna, who asked that South End News withhold her last name. "They were like, ’Fuck you, your fucking friends are faggots,’ and one of them punched me in the face."

When her two friends, Scott Cain of the South End and John of Jamaica Plain, who also asked to withhold his last name, came to her aid, the attackers turned on them. Two of them began beating Cain and another kicked John in the face repeatedly as he lay on the ground, shouting "Fuck you, faggots" throughout the attack. Jeffrey, the fourth friend who also asked to withhold his last name, was furthest away from the incident and was not directly involved in the physical confrontation.

The attackers ran back to their car, Jenna said, when she pulled her phone out and threatened to call the police. She ran after them and dialed 911 on her cell phone; when an operator answered, she shouted the license plate number of the car into the phone.

"I was screaming it repeatedly into the phone over and over again," said Jenna. "That’s when the guys in the car yelled, ’Bitch, you better move or I’m going to hit you.’" She jumped out of the way, and the car sped off.
After the attackers fled, Jenna and Jeffrey found John lying unconscious on the sidewalk, but Cain was nowhere in sight. They were able to reach him moments later on his cell phone; he was in his Massachusetts Avenue apartment, but had no idea how he got there.

"I woke up in my apartment, completely covered in blood, like from the movies," said Cain, who said that he could not remember the assault itself or the immediate aftermath.

Via MySouthEnd.com
After reading that story do you think the beating could have been stopped by showing a gun or would it have made it worse?

Is a Burger at Corner Bistro Worth a Black Eye?:

It was nearing midnight last Friday when I stepped into Corner Bistro, the burgers-and-beer hangout for West Villagers who’ve emptied their last dark ’n stormy at Beatrice Inn. I was with my boyfriend and three other friends. Hungry and thirsty, we settled down at a table near the front door, waiting for service. We came for an order of fries, but left with a black eye, a few welts, and an employee screaming “faggots” as he threw me to the floor.
I’ve been contemplating writing about what happened for five days now. Did bringing up a recently buried “attack story” make me sound like a self-righteous victim or, worse, a whiny pussy? Had there been no homophobic rhetoric, would this be lumped in with the rest of the nonsense that transpires in New York after dark? Worse, was I ruining my chances of ever tasting another Bistro burger?
The recap: My boyfriend sat down at a four-top. A man—a busboy or a waiter, definitely not a host—told him that our group couldn’t sit down. “You have to order food,” he said. “We’ll start with fries,” said my boyfriend, not moving. The man then grabbed the back of his shirt, at which point I reached in, instinctively, to take his hand away. I was then thrown down, the side of my head the last thing to hit the ground. There was some confusion as my boyfriend tried to stop the whole thing, and was then punched in the face, while the Bistro worker screamed “faggots” a few times, for good measure.

Via BlackBook and gothamist

This story is a little different because it was in a bistro but the question is still the same do you think showing a gun would have stopped this "fag hater" or would it make the situation worse for the victim?

A Gay-Bashing in the East Sixth 'Dead Zone':

Just after 2am on May 29, Jack Culverhouse was standing outside Emo's on East Sixth Street talking with a group of friends, waiting for another friend who had just played a gig inside to load her equipment into her car. Three men walked by – athletic, clean-cut, in their mid-20s, Culverhouse and others say – one of them talking on a cell phone. As they passed the group, Cell Phone Man leaned over and reached under the skirt of one of Culverhouse's friends, grabbing her. "He was laughing and being cheeky," as he walked away, telling whoever was on the other end of the phone line that he'd "just got up this girl's skirt," Culverhouse said.
But the girl screamed and Cell Phone Man turned back toward her as if, Culverhouse said, he might hit her. Culverhouse stepped between the two to stop the advance. "He still had his phone in his right hand and with his left he just sucker punches me and runs off," Culverhouse said. "I went from shocked to immediately pissed off." Culverhouse followed the man, who'd caught up with his friends. "I just wanted him to look at me – I was trying to figure out why he hit me." The man's friend turned to face Culverhouse and stopped short, staring. "You fucking dyke," Culverhouse recalled him saying. "Are you a man? Are you a woman? I don't know if I should hit you or not."

Culverhouse sighed; it certainly wasn't the first time that had happened. Culverhouse is transgendered – born female but identifying as male and maintaining a male identity. "I didn't think he was going to hit me," he said. "I think, 'He's just going to have to say "dyke" 10 more times.'" Emo's bouncer Lane Anton saw what was happening and approached Culverhouse. "I was trying to pull [Culverhouse] back into the club," he said. But the man ran toward them and punched Anton, knocking him to the pavement, before turning to Culverhouse. "He grabbed me, punched me, and took me down on the pavement," Culverhouse recalled. His head cracked into the pavement, and the second man, "held me down by my hair, [his] other hand on my back, while [Cell Phone Man] kicked me in the head and on my side."

In short, the altercation triggered by the man's initial assault had turned into a melee, a chaotic brawl that raises new questions about how – and where – Austin police patrol downtown's entertainment district.

According to Anton, several Emo's employees joined the group of women and other onlookers, trying – without success – to break up the fight, which was growing in intensity and spilling into the roadway. Several long minutes into the brawl, one of Culverhouse's friends spotted an APD officer standing nearby, watching, Culverhouse said. The friend ran over to the cop, imploring him to help. "You need to get over there," the friend allegedly said, but the officer wouldn't intervene. "What do you want me to do, go get my ass kicked?" he says the cop asked.

"Well, you could at least call some fucking back-up," Culverhouse's friend said before returning to try to help break up the fight. The fight continued until someone yelled out that they'd called the cops, Anton recalled, and Cell Phone Man and his friend ran off.

But the cops never came.

Via The Austin Chronicle

Now what do you think? Do you think if someone would have had a gun that guy would have ran off. Do you think it would have made it worse?

Please leave a comment and lets have a discussion about this very important topic. If you have a story of your own please tell us and let us know if you think it would have helped if you would have had a gun in your hand.

Matthew Mitcham Back In The Flesh




We just can't get enough of Mitcham. He is truly a hero in the eyes of many, gay and stright. Never have I seen a better form. The Advocate has a great articale with even better pics(grrrrr!). I can not believe he does not have a sponsor yet. What the hell is wrong with the world? Not only is he gorgeous but he has accomplished what no other human has done. Just in case you can't remember. He received the highest olympic diving score in history....thats right in history. maybe he needs to smoke on a bong for people to notice him.

Here is just a clip from the articale:

“I don’t want to be just a one-minute wonder,” he says. “I do want to continue being the best, so that when [people] think back, there will be no doubt in their minds that Matthew Mitcham was the best diver of his time. I don’t want people to think that winning the gold medal in Beijing was just me being lucky, you know?”

Matthew we know and we love you. Keep the gold alive.

Shawnee Mission East Fights Back




Hundreds of people came out today with a counter message to Phelp's protest against an openly gay student being crowned homecoming king. The students of Shawnee Misssion East and the surrounding community held up signs of love, peace and tolerance.

The Phelp's cult were held to only one corner, while the anti-Phelps protester were able to feel up 3 corners around the school. As you can see the students of Shawnee were not happy at all that Westboro was there.


According to student Jake Davidson, there is a Gay and Straight Alliance at the school and students elected a homecoming king in 2007 who was openly gay.

“Everyone is equal whether you’re gay or straight,” said Davidson, a 16-year-old junior from Leawood and an organizer of the student protest.

“It’s really cool that everyone wants to be involved and take a stand against this. It doesn’t surprise me that everyone wants to help out.”

He said word of the counterprotest ran through the school like wildfire.

“It’s pretty much all anyone has been talking about this week,” he said.


Via KansasCity.com

I would personally like to thank everyone of Shawnee East and the surrounding community that took time out of their day to make of statment of love and peace. What you did today was no small matter. It will be remembered and talked about for many many years to come. Keep that fire you had today inside you at all times and you will change the world.

Thank you,
PETERPAN

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Shawnee Mission East High School....Can You Read?

matthew pope
Build your own Blingee




I was reading one of my fav blogs today(brickbat). They put up a story about Matthew Pope, openly gay student who won homecoming king. brickbat was trying to tell the rest of the world about the hate that is being spread by Fred Phelps and his sheep.

After reading the story I decided to read the comments. The comments I found were obviously written by extremely sensitive, over privileged, whitebread, descendents of a tightass stuck-up "I know a senator" one size too small cutting my balls off tighty whitey wearing parent, that's not even reading what brickbat actually wrote.

My advice for you is to read all of the story not just part of it.

brickbat has always fought for gay rights. The site has done more for the gay community in a year then most of you have done your entire life.

Here is a link to the story please read it. It is something that everyone should know about. It is sad to see that there is still so much hate in America.......and so much ignorance......

Thursday, January 15, 2009

OMG! This Is F*@#ing Great!

Little Gordon....

This is great....

The Littlest Food Critic

This is GREAT! It made me laugh and that says alot.



OH HOLY SHIT! Exodus Christian Ministry Doubles In Size




Its so sad to see an organization like Exodus Ministries doubling in size. Exodus makes people hate who they are. We all know that you need to love yourself for who you are. These people want to change everything about you.

They even have a chapter named "Exodus Youth". The teen years are some of the hardest years that a person has to go through. Even more so for a gay teen. There is not alot of support for many gay teens. Yet, there are alot of people out there that tell them they are going to die of Aids and are going to hell. Exodus Youth is one of the worst.


Gay teens have significantly higher rates of both attempts and thoughts of suicide. In his study on gay teen suicide, Patrick Healy concluded that gay teens are "five times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers"(2001). As reported in "Lesbian News", "these youth account for 35% of the American population and 15% of all suicide deaths"(Ocamb 2001). Of the 4,000 students who were surveyed in 1997, 40 percent out of the 10 percent of high school students who attempted suicide were gay. For many gay teens their everyday existence can cause severe psychological damage. When they are at school they are taunted and harassed, and at home if they are not "out" they have the constant fear of "what would my parents say if they new I was gay?" Both of these situations can cause considerable stress on a teen, especially since they have to go through the other stressful problems that all their peers go through. The school environment can be a very unsafe and scary place for an "out" gay teen. Many times they are beaten-up and called names like "fag" "queer" and "dyke". In a survey done last year by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) on 496 gay adolescents "69 percent of gay students reported having been targets of verbal, physical or sexual harassment in school, and that 42 percent said they had been physically assaulted."(Portner 2000) Via Kristin Johnson

Exodus Youth thrives on teens because they have feelings and thoughts that they can not yet understand. Exodus Youth swoops down ,like an angel from heaven, then destroys everything that makes these kids who they really are. They brain wash these poor teens into thinking that what they feel is wrong and a sin. They twist and turn the words of the bible and spit them in the eye of these teens blinding them from the truth. The turmoil that these kids have to go through is so painfull, that many of them end of taking their own lives. All because these gay hating, self-righteous fucks, think they know all, because they "know" God.

Now they are clamming that Exodus has doubled in numbers. Their websight says "In the last six years, the organization has grown from 117 member agencies in 2003 to 234 by 2009."

They claim that they reach over 300,000 people a year, "with a message of hope and freedom through conference events and personal communication with those who call the organization for help each year."

I would like to know how many of the 300,000 people they communicate with try to kill themselves. Organizations like this one should be brought down. We need to start the fight where they began it, With our youth. We need to teach the truth, not the twisted truth. Please if you know a teen that is struggling with being gay or any life problem sit down with them and talk to them. Most importantly listen to them.

The Trials Of Ted Haggard


Ted Haggard has teamed up with Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to make a documentary about the life and down fall of the former pastor. It is set to air Jan. 29 on HBO. Ted Haggard nor Alexandra Pelosi have commented on the film.

I can't wait to see the film. I only hope Pelosi does not back off and keeps it real.

Openly Gay Bishop Opens Inaugural Weekend



The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, who was elected the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop in 2003, will deliver the invocation for Sunday’s kickoff inaugural event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the Presidential Inaugural Committee said.

President-elect Obama is scheduled to attend the afternoon event, which is free and open to the public.

“The president-elect has respect for the Rt. Rev. Robinson, who offered his advice and counsel over the past couple of years,” an inaugural official said. “It also has the benefit of further reinforcing our commitment to an open and inclusive inaugural.”

Last summer, Robinson was united in a civil union with his longtime gay partner. The Concord (N.H.) Monitor reported at the time: “The day marked the five-year anniversary of the New Hampshire election that, once ratified, made Robinson the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican church.”

Robinson’s bio on the diocese website says: “Gene enjoys entertaining and cooking, gardening, music and theater. He is the father of two grown daughters and the proud grandfather of two granddaughters. He lives with his partner, Mark Andrew, who is employed by the State of New Hampshire's Department of Safety.”


Via POLITICO

Thursday, January 8, 2009

NBA's John Amaechi Comes Out



I am happy for Amaechi for being open and honest. what I do not understand is, why do all athletes wait until after their career to come out? I know they are afraid of losing their job or even worse, but we all are. We need an athlete to come out while they are still playing. Rats off to ya Amaechi! wish you would have done it 3 years earlier.

In a groundbreaking revelation that began to reverberate around the NBA on Wednesday, former player John Amaechi has become the first professional basketball player to openly identify himself as gay.

Amaechi, who played at Penn State and spent five seasons in the NBA with Orlando, Utah and Cleveland, comes out in an upcoming book entitled "Man in the Middle" to be released later this month by ESPN Books (owned by the Walt Disney Company, parent company of ESPN).


Martina Navratilova, perhaps the most famous openly gay athlete in the world, praised Amaechi's decision and said it's imperative for athletes to come out because of what she called an epidemic of suicides among young lesbians and gays.

"It's hugely important for the kids so they don't feel alone in the world. We're role models. We're adults, and we know we're not alone but kids don't know that," she said. "He will definitely help a lot of kids growing up to feel better about themselves."

Three years after his playing career ended, Amaechi become the sixth professional male athlete from one of the four major American sports (NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL) to publicly discuss his homosexuality.

"What John did is amazing," said Tuaolo, who came out in 2002. "He does not know how many lives he's saved by speaking the truth."

Tuaolo said coming out would be a relief to Amaechi.

"Living with all that stress and that depression, all you deal with as a closeted person, when you come out you really truly free yourself,'' Tuaolo said. "When I came out, it felt like I was getting out of prison."


I dont mean to make this less than what it is. I feel, though, if he would have came out when he was still with the NBA he could have saved many more lives. I am proud that he came out, but it is like a 35 year old man with 2 kids coming out, its to late.

Via ESPN

John Smoltz Turns His Back On Atlanta



This is not a Gay issue, but I love the Braves. I can not believe that Smoltz is turning his back on the Braves and going to the Red Sox.

Smoltz, 41, has reached a preliminary agreement with the Red Sox on a $5.5 million contract, according to major-league sources. The deal is pending a physical, which is slated for Monday.

The deal also will include $5 million in incentives, giving Smoltz the chance to earn a total of $10.5 million, sources said.

With Smoltz, who is coming off shoulder surgery, the Red Sox would have six veteran starters.

Smoltz has been with the Braves organization since August 12, 1987, when the team acquired him from the Tigers for pitcher Doyle Alexander. The team entered the offseason planning to reconstruct its rotation and then re-sign Smoltz and free-agent lefthander Tom Glavine if they were still available.

Glavine, unlike Smoltz, is unwilling to play for any team but the Braves.

With Smoltz coming off major surgery, the Braves were not inclined to guarantee him significant doll

"I was going to withhold comment until the announcement of my signing with a new team, but I now feel the need to clear up any misconceptions and inaccuracies about the contract negotiations between myself and the Atlanta Braves," Smoltz said in a statement released by his agency. "There were large discrepancies between the offer from the Braves and offers from other teams. I have always loved the city of Atlanta, and it will always be my home. I will cherish my 21 years with Bobby Cox and all my Braves' teammates. I continue to wish the Atlanta Braves nothing but success in the future."


I always believed that John played the game because he loved to play. Now, we all see his true color, green. It will be said to see the Braves start the season with out him, but maybe we will have a pitcher that will not be on the bench most of the season. Good luck, Red Sox, on Keeping him healthy.

Via Fox Sports

Friday, December 5, 2008

They Turned Our Gay Hero Straight


Alas, the Transporter is gay no more.

In the trailer for “Transporter 3,” Jason Statham (in character as the tactiturn commando-turned-courier Frank Martin) is very clearly seen making out with sexy costar Natalya Rudakova –- a stunning development for anyone intimately acquainted with the car-chase-crazy, karate-tastic French-financed action franchise.

In 2005, Louis Leterrier, the director of “Transporter 2” (and also credited as "artistic director" of the first “Transporter”) told me he created a gay subtext for the character so as to avoid making a “Steven Seagal kind of movie.”

"If you watch the movie and you know he's gay, it becomes so much more fun," Leterrier said then. "It's so great -- the first gay action movie hero!” He continued: “Action fans in general are pretty homophobic. You see these tough guys who say, ' "The Transporter," that's such a great movie!’ If they only knew they're really cheering for a new kind of action hero.”

And to drive his point home, he mentioned a scene in “Transporter 2” in which a drug czar's wife, played by Amber Valletta, makes romantic overtures toward the Transporter. Martin rebuffs her, explaining, "It's because of who I am."

Letterrier's take on that? “That's him coming out!”

At the time, Jason Statham, who plays the Transporter, dismissed the director's claims.

“It’s just Lou-Lou trying to be funny,” Statham said, using his private nickname for Leterrier. “Although he did say, ‘In Part 2, you will become the gay icon.’”


Well that would have been great for the gay community. We need something or someone like that to show the rest of the world that we are just like you. Lets take a moment and thank the asshole that made the 3rd Transporter.

Thank you ass-fuck for being such a homaphobic that you could not stick with the original plot. You suck dick more than Frank Martin does.

Via LA Times

Matthew Mitcham Wins 2008 Sports Performer Of The Year




Beijing Olympics diving gold medallist Matthew Mitcham has upstaged a star-studded field to win the 2008 Sports Performer of the Year award in Melbourne tonight.

Mitcham's heroics in scoring a record-breaking result on his final dive to claim individual gold in the men's 10m platform event was enough to win the award, organised by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald and announced at a gala function at Crown Casino.

Mitcham scored an incredible four perfect 10s, to steal the gold from favoured Chinese diver Luxin Zhou. It was a massive upset, snatching gold in front of a fiercely patriotic Chinese home crowd.

The young diver will snare $50,000 from the awards' sponsor, Colonial First State.

His story is a remarkable tale of overcoming difficulties. Matthew battled depression and retired in his teenage years after physical and emotional burn-out. But just nine months after resuming training he achieved the ultimate in his chosen sport.

He is also believed to be the first Australian to openly declare his homosexuality before competing at an Olympic Games.


Via theage

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

This is my fav christmas song. It makes me cry everytime I hear it.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The White Knot



The White Knot is a new way for supporters of gay rights to show their support everyday without having to carry a sign on the side of the street. Their saying (which I love) is "Because everyone should be able to tie the knot", simple yet moving, just like the color they use for the knot, white. White symbolizes everything that is beautiful and pure, like love and marriage. Visit their sight and get your own white knot. Until then make you own. Like they say everyone should be able to tie the knot. Whiteknot.org

Friday, November 14, 2008

Seven Weeks To Equality

I just found a new sight "Seven Weeks To Equality". They are fighting the fight for equality for all. Take the time to visit there sight for more info and sign the petition.

Here is some of what they are about in their own words:

We call on all supporters of equality to sustain and intensify the nationwide campaign of mass protests and non-violent civil disobedience, for seven weeks, starting on November 27, 2008, the thirtieth anniversary of the assassination of Harvey Milk, and to then gather together in mass, from all corners of our country, in Washington, DC on the morning of Tuesday, January 20, 2009, to honor the inauguration of our President, Barack Obama.

Elton John Is No Longer A Friend Of The Gays



Dear Mr. (Oops) Sir Elton John,

After your words about prop 8, with USA TODAY, I am going to suggest that the gay community bans you and your shitty out of date music. Why don't you do the gays here in America a big favor and hop on your big gay hatting piano and fuck off!


Here is what he had to say when asked about prop 8:

"I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership," John says. "The word 'marriage,' I think, puts a lot of people off.

"You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships."


Via USA TODAY

New Marriage Equality Poster


Street artist Shepard Fairley, who designed the famous Obama "Hope" posters, has put his support behind the protest of prop 8 by designing the marriage equality poster.

Via QUEERTY

School Corruption


The Dallas Independent School District has been making up fake Social Security Numbers for foreign hires for years, even after being told in 2004 by the state's education board to stop because it's illegal. The numbers were meant to "expedite" the hiring process and get the employees on payroll, but they found their way onto Department of Homeland Security and IRS forms (which are kept in-district but shared with feds upon request), were used for criminal background checks, and in at least 26 cases were numbers in use by real people.

Via BLACKLISTEDNEWS and The Dallas Morning News

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Day Of Protest For Gays This Saturday


As many of you know, after all was said and done with the election, the gays in America lost a big fight. We all knew that Amendment 2 here in Florida was going to pass, but when prop 8 in
California passed, it was very disheartening. California...out of all places, I thought, had the majority of open-minded people in America. I am tired of being made to feel even less than a second class citizen. We should all have the right to be happy. We all should all have the right to show our love for the ones we love. I'm tired of feeling like I can't walk down the street and hold hands with my boyfriend because people don't think its "right". I'm tired of people thinking they can decide for me what is "right". I am a grown man that is in love with another grown man and there is nothing wrong with that. I want what everyone in America wants...to be free. I am going to fight for that right and I want all of you to join us.


This Saturday is going to be a day of protest across America.
Here is the link to find your state: Day Of Protest
Me and my boyfriend of 8 yrs plan on being one of the people speaking out in Pensacola. The sad thing about the protest in pensacola is as of now there are only 4 people willing to stand up and do something. The population of Pensacola alone (this is not including the surrounding areas of pensacola) is around 60,000 people. We know that at least 1 in 10 people are gay. That means that there are at least 6,000 gay men and women in Pensacola and only 4 care enough to do something. Please don't be one of those people who just sit back hoping things will change. We need everyone's voice to be heard.


Here is the link you need to go to so you can find out when and where you NEED to be in Pensacola: Day Of Protest


It does not matter if you are gay, friends of the gays, or just someone that believes all people should be equal. We need you there. Please don't let the injustice continue.


STAND UP AND LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD AS ONE!

Friday, November 7, 2008

God Will Help You With Your Porn Addiction


Here is an email I got from Exodus Youth the other day. Yes I am on their mailing list. You know the old saying keep your friends close and your enemies close enough to kiss. Well Lets go through this email together. It will be fun.

Are you struggling with pornography? (Why yes I am my computer just can't keep up) Is this something you wish wasn’t in your life but you just can’t seem to conquer it? Well, you’re not alone. (Mmmm, If I was not alone I'm sure I would not have to use porn.)

Personally, I can relate with that feeling of being trapped. I’ve been there and I’ve found ways to get beyond that place of being trapped.(Is he talking about bondage?) With God’s help, there is hope for you, like there was hope for me. (What a fucking limp dick. Always falling on God for help. How about you help yourself and get laid.)

There are a few key things to realize and steps to take…allow me share a few of these things that helped me and countless others.

1.
Realize that this is not just a spiritual issue. The bible says in I Thessalonians 5:23 “be sanctified body, mind and spirit.” So, it would have been a mistake to just keep praying about this or just reading my bible more or talking to my pastor.(Well if his pastor was catholic I'm sure he could have helped a lot more.) All of these were good things for me but I had to take a broader approach.(What a size queen.) Now, whenever temptation comes around, I start by asking myself “What am I feeling?” I do a quick self-assessment(Which means he plays with himself. I'm sure God would not like that, or hell I don't know he just might like watching.) with the word HALTS. H.A.L.T.S., which stand for 9 things: hungry(For some man love), angry(That he is to ugly to get some man love, hence the God fetish), lonely(Look back at angry), tired(Tired of lying about his sexuality), sick(Because his body is short of protein), sad(Well this one is for me. It makes me real sad to see people being brainwashed into thinking being gay is a sin.), stressed(Hell sneaking around trying to get some will make one a little stressed out.), scared(Of someone finding out that cum stain on his bed is not his.) and shameful(I know I would be full of shame if I had a part in so many youths committing suicide.). These feelings and emotions are the undercurrents of lust and porn temptation.(No these feelings are true and natural!)
2.

Have a plan. Once we’ve memorized HALTS and can identify what we are feeling deep down inside(That's what he said), we can choose to meet the valid need that the feeling represents instead of placating or trying to numb that need with lust and pornography.(Instead we should numb our hearts and minds to what is real.) Try it-it works: pick out your most common trigger feelings from the list and create an action plan for yourself that goes something like this: “When I feel (blank)(Horny), I need to (blank)(Get off).” It could sound like this, for example: “When I feel lonely(Horny), I need to connect with a friend(Trick)” or When I feel stressed(Blue balls), I need to do some extra exercise(Whacking it) or deep breathing(I think he means deep throating)” or something like that.(Yeah I like mine better. This guy really needs to get out and meet some people.) You just fill in the blank with something healthy that you know in advance will help you when things get tough.(once again, that's what he said.) From there, it’s just a matter of practice.(I practice everyday.)
3. Cut Your Supply Line.(Ouch!) I had to take the Bible seriously when it says “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out.”(So does he want us to cut our you know whats off? What a fucking freak!) It’s not talking literally but about a “Radical amputation”(Oh thank goodness.) of sin in our lives. We can help this in two ways: if you use the internet, for example, make sure you have a good content filter that also provides accountability reporting, not one or the other.(Then how am I to look up porn? Oh wait that's right this weirdo doesn't want us to look up porn or be gay or have our own thoughts.We all should be robots of the lord.)
4. Keep Your Life In The Light.(Hell I don't have anything to hide. I love it when the light is on.) Also, regardless of the form of porn you use,(I like midget porn myself.) make sure your life is in the light with at least two other people who are committed enough to help you on a daily or at least weekly basis to fight the temptation.(finally this guy is making since. You should have one or two people daily helping you with your temptation. That way you will not have any temptation left. Have them come over EVERY day EVERY week.) It’s preferable to find a group of people(YES IT IS!) who struggle similarly rather than just depend on one “accountability partner.”(There is nothing wrong with having just one. Just make sure they can help you out like no other can. Hell I got one of those myself!)

Remember, that you have to take positive steps to beat your porn addiction.(Or beat yourself.) With God’s help you can succeed. We were created with a body, mind and spirit so we need to care for ourselves in all three areas, especially when it comes to fighting the temptation of lust and pornography.(If God did not want us to watch porn he would not have made such good looking porn actors.) And we can’t do it alone(well not all the time): no man is an island. So be smart and be brave and don’t forget: If thousands of people in recovery(RECOVERY?!? What the fuck? being gay is not a goddamn disease. Its not like falling down and breaking a hip when your 80. You don't have to fucking go to physical therapy. All you have to do is believe in yourself and know that you are normal. Don't listen to these brainwashed, ignorant, weak, people with no self worth. Listen to yourself and you will never go wrong, because being yourself is not wrong.) like me can live in victory with God’s help and the help of other warriors, so can you, my friend!(Please don't buy into this shit. God Loves you know matter who you are gay, straight, white, black, even, Jayson Graves , the guy that wrote this shit. It does not matter who you are, because you are who you are supposed to be.)

Prop 8 For dummies

I know the election is over but there are many out there that were not able to see some of the shit that was on TV. Here is a video that makes me want to vomit and then eat it. I'm sure that would not leave such a bad taste in my mouth as this video did.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!



ALL I CAN SAY IS......YES CAN AND YES WE DID!!!!!!!!!!

YES WE DID!!!! YES WE DID!!!!!!!!!!YES WE DID!!!!!!!YES WE DID!!!!!!

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