Showing posts with label ChristiaNazis. Show all posts
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May 31, 2009

BEYOND HOMOPHOBIA: 'licensed' by preachers they've heard to do "God's work" by murdering gays


Arthur Dong's PrizeWinning Documentary of Convicted Anti-Gay Killers*

Award winner of 2 prestigious Sundance Film Festival awards, the Directors & the Filmmakers Trophies, Arthur Dong has become more renowned since producing "Licensed to Kill." His documentary goes beyond the pale of simple-minded media headlines (that miss hundreds of brutal anti-gay hate crimes in the US each year) of anti-gay murders by scrutinizing the killers themselves. To no one's surprise, many claim they feel 'licensed' by preachers they've heard to do "God's work": murder gays.


While others claim they's been violently &/or sexually abused as children (usually by their own straight, white fathers-97% of the time).


In 1977, gaybashers attacked filmmaker Arthur Dong. Perhaps this event led to his personal reason for filming face-to-face cell block interviews with murderers convicted & sentenced to death for killing gay men. Cutting to the chase, Dong asks on-point, "Why did you do it?" These death row inmates use the typical variety of lame excuses:


1) The number 1 reason is the 'God told me to' anti-gay hate-crime defense party line. Considering what key televangelists the late Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, J.D. Kennedy, Pat Robertson et al, publicly instigate through their anti-gay sexually obsessed 'sermons', it's no wonder blaming God for murdering gays is hate-criminals' top ranked sense of being 'licensed to kill' by US anti-gay sexual supremacists.

2) Claims they are justified to kill gays as protection from his murder victim's sexual advances is the number 2 gay murderers' defense party line. This popular excuse among lawyers is known as the "gay panic" defense. Apparently, anti-gay murderers don't know how to say the easy word, "No," & walk away, if a same-gender person flirts with them! Instead they go ballistic & kill. Note: this is specific to anti-gay men who murder gay men & has nothing to do with women.

3) The claim that 'I am a victim of child abuse who fears losing my manhood', is the number 3 most likely excuse these murderers & their defense lawyers use. Sometimes law enforcers collaborate with this defense.

4) The 'homeboys' depraved mentality that stalks for "easy prey' excuse; straight men who go out of their way to guess & stalk men they perceive are gay; pretend to be gay themselves & pick up gay men; then, kill them for sport.

5) The 'I don't want gays in the military with me' excuse. These unfortunate soldiers have no clue they're already serving with thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender people in the US & other nations' militaries! Many of the anti-gay murderers are delusional enough to believe they're righteously doing a murderous God's & a sexually-supremacist US government's authorized work by ridding the world of non-heterosexual people.


It's scary & intriguing that believing in this propaganda has already led to murders of many heterosexuals who were perceived to be gay!


*Director & writer of a startling documentary, Arthur Dong, does great research of anti-gay hate crime murderers; some of whom are currently on US death rows: Donald Aldrich (Killer); Corey Burley (Killer); Raymond Childs (Killer); William Cross (Killer); Kenneth French (Killer); Jay Johnson (Killer); Jeffrey Swinford (Killer).

(See Dr. Gregory Herek's research on anti-gay hate crimes for more stats & do view this starling true (1997) film. It reveals how anti-gay murderers are victims of untruth: especially US neo-Christian-fundamentalist-supremacist politicized propaganda).¨ read it all, click HERE

Archbishop Henri Orombi of Uganda, pontificates about the IMPORTED Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender evil takeover threat that is wildly spreading it´s way through all levels of society in Uganda. Meanwhile, Orombi, arrogantly and dishonorably crosses Provincial borders at The Anglican Communion and leads puritan/fundamentalist extremist Men´s ¨Christian¨ retreats in Southern California. Apparently being in Uganda during the entire ¨witch hunt¨ (he helped initiate) isn´t pastoral/profitable enough for +Henri and it may appear ¨unseemly¨ for him to get blood on his ¨fast moving¨ hands.

UPDATE, ¨BEYOND HOMOPHOBIA¨ MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2009

Eliminating homosexuality: Modern Uganda and Nazi Germany

By W.Throckmorton

¨Scott Lively has made a career of drawing parallels from Nazi Germany to modern homosexuality. He has gone around the world with the message that homosexuals were responsible for Nazi totalitarianism. Throughout the next month or so, I will provide counter arguments to Lively’s thesis.


Scott Lively, delivers his around the world message that homosexuals were responsible for ¨Nazi totalitarianism¨

In this post, however, I raise the thesis that anti-gay groups in places like Uganda (encouraged by the American led conference in March, 2009 where Lively was one of the speakers) use rhetoric that is disturbingly akin to rhetoric used by Nazis regarding homosexuality. First, examine these developments in Uganda. From an Ugandan news report today¨:

‘Investigate homosexuality’
Sunday, 31st May, 2009

KAMPALA - ¨The Peoples Development Party (PDP) wants the Government to establish an independent commission of inquiry on homosexual activities to eliminate the practice. Addressing journalists on Thursday, party president Abed Bwanika said the evil is spreading to every section of the public and that the Government needed to make critical intervention.

He called upon church leaders to guide the country on the matter and said some NGOs were supporting people involved in the act.¨ read it all, click HERE


Exclusive Video: Stephen Langa Whips Up Anti-Gay Sentiment, Violence Ahead

¨On March 15, 2009, Stephen Landga of the Family Life Network in Kampala, Uganda, held a meeting to follow up on the conference from a couple of weeks prior. Approximately 60 people attended the talk in which Langa attempts to blur the line between pedophilia and homosexuality. While nothing especially new in the history of homophobia, the tactic is still both disgusting and dangerous, particularly in that region of the world.¨ read it all, view the video, click HERE


Archbishop Henri Luke Orombi´s Priorities

BISHOP Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira (not pictured) was consecrated yesterday by moderate Archbishop Henry Orombi of Uganda. Evangelical Orombi has his priorities right. First, he wants to rid the world of gays who are a scourge upon God's earth. Next, he has a few local difficulties which are less abhorrent to God than perverts. Orombi castigated the practice of human sacrifice, abduction and killing of women and children which is common in his Province.

He noted there were many challenges to be grappled with in the country, such as poverty, wrangles, laziness, mob justice, human sacrifice and accidents. The Anglican Communion hasn't torn itself apart over human sacrifice and accidents. These minor matters are hardly worth causing a schism. Accidents happen all over the place. And human sacrifice has long been part of Ugandan culture. But nothing causes Orombi more distress than a man who loves a man.¨ read it all at Anglican Priest Father David Heron, click HERE


·Thanks to IMDbPro
·Thanks to Arthur Dong, "Licensed to Kill"
·Thanks to Sundance Film Festival, Winner (two catagories)
·Thanks to Ex-Gay Watch, at the right sidebar
·Thanks to Anglican Priest Father David Heron, at the right side bar
·Thanks to Flickr Photosharing

May 15, 2009

UNHINGED,PART THREE: Conservative(?) Rev Ian Watson, Gays are a ‘Nazi battle’

The Reverend Scott Rennie

BREAKING GOOD NEWS FROM SCOTLAND

UPDATED May 27, 2009

Ordinary churchgoers support Scott Rennie

¨Backers of an online petition against the gay Church of Scotland minister, Scott Rennie, represent a minority of conservatives out of touch with their flock,¨ read it all, by Colin Coward for The Guardian newspaper, click HERE

UPDATED May 25, 2009

Kirk seeks consultation rather than confrontation on sexuality argument

After more than three hours of debate, the Church of Scotland's General Assembly, meeting in Edinburgh, has this evening avoided a confrontation on sexuality and ministry, after a motion from anti-gay hardliners was withdrawn before it could be voted on.¨ read it all, click HERE

UPDATED EARLIER:

Kirk stands by gay minister

¨The unity of the Church of Scotland could be at stake tonight as the General Assembly has upheld the appointment of the openly-gay Scott Rennie election to Queen's Cross Church in Aberdeen. Pink News reports that Rennie has the backing of ten 'evangelical' groups. Stewart Cutler has precise details. Looks like Thurible was among the first with the news.¨ read it all, click HERE




UNHINGED, equating lgbt ¨inclusion at Church¨ with Nazism,¨the haters,¨ Part Three


The Reverend Ian Watson, Church of Scotland, Gay Christians will NOTinherit the kingdom of God¨

The Reverend Scott Rennie, Church of Scotland, ¨has been warmly welcomed by his congregation and supported by the Aberdeen Presbytery¨

¨While some have tried to talk up a Church of Scotland ‘split’ over sexuality, the great majority of the Presbyterian denomination’s members are horrified by a hard-line minister’s attempt to equate the campaign for inclusion with Nazism, say those involved in preparing for the Church’s forthcoming General Assembly.

In a sermon which religious leaders and politicians have condemned as “deeply disturbing”, the Rev Ian Watson invoked the failure to stand up to the Nazi annexation of the Rhineland in 1938 as a parallel for the refusal of many in the Church of Scotland to join an anti-gay crusade.

The sermon was delivered last Sunday at Kirkmuirhill Church in Lanark and then posted on Mr Watson’s blog. He heads the group Forward Together, which opposes the recognition of gay people in the life, work and ministry of the church.

The Church of Scotland’s governing body meets from 21 to 27 May and is being invited to rule on the appointment of openly gay minister the Rev Scott Rennie, who is being supported by the Aberdeen Presbytery and has been warmly welcomed by his congregation.¨ read it all, click HERE



Anti-gay minister the Rev Ian Watson in ‘Nazi battle’ outrage

By Mike Wade

¨The Church of Scotland is moving towards a schism after one of its ministers compared an increasingly determined campaign against gay clergymen to the war against the Nazis.

The Rev Ian Watson railed against homosexual lifestyles, declaring that such people would not “inherit the kingdom of God” in a sermon that religious leaders and politicians condemned as deeply disturbing.

Mr Watson is a prominent opponent of Scott Rennie, an openly gay minister whose appointment to a parish church last year has caused divisions. Mr Rennie, a divorced father of one, lives with his partner, David, and has the support of his Aberdeen Presbytery. The Church of Scotland is due to debate his appointment at its General Assembly next week after a petition was signed by almost a third of ministers pushing for all gays to be banned from the pulpit.¨ read it all, click HERE



·Thanks to Colin Coward, Changing Attitudes at the right side bar
·Thanks to The Guardian, United Kingdom
·Thanks to The Times, Scotland News
·Thanks to Mike Wade
·Thanks to Ekklesia News, at the right side bar
·Thanks to Flickr Photosharing
·Thanks to Times Online, U.K., Ruth Gledhill

May 14, 2009

UNHINGED, PART TWO: The New Conservative(?) spokespeople/haters are self-defeating toothless tigers!


UNHINGED, ¨the haters,¨ Part Two


ANTI GAY CHURCH TURNS ITS SIGHTS ON JEWS

BY ERIC FINGERHUT
WASHINGTON (JTA)

¨After years of focusing on gays and lesbians with its protests, the Westboro Baptist Church has a new target — the Jewish community.

The Topeka, Kan.-based church, which features the slogan “God Hates Fags,” protested at three Jewish sites here last Friday afternoon. The protests are part of a series of upcoming rallies that will bring members of the church to Jewish community institutions in Omaha, St. Louis, South Florida and Providence in the next few weeks, according to the church’s Web site and fliers the group is distributing that list scheduled protests and proclaim “Jews Killed the Lord Jesus.”

Led by Pastor Fred Phelps, the 71-member church, according to Anti-Defamation League research, first gained notoriety about a decade ago when it began picketing the funerals of gays or those they thought were gay — including Matthew Shepard, who was the victim of an anti-gay attack.

In recent years, church members frequently have protested outside the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, or at other events that are likely to bring news coverage and, in turn, publicity to the church. One such event was the funeral of three young girls killed in a traffic accident.

While picketing outside the Washington office of the Anti-Defamation League last Friday, Phelps’ daughter Margie told JTA that the group is now focusing on the Jewish community because church members have been “testifying” to gentiles for 19 years that “America is doomed” and they haven’t gotten the message.

“Now it’s too late,” she said. “We’re done with them.”

Margie Phelps added, “one of the loudest voices” in favor of homosexuality and abortion is “the Jews, especially the rabbis.”“They claim to be God’s chosen people,” she said. “Do you think that God is going to wink at that forever?” read it all, click HERE



HATE AND DISCRIMINATION ARE NOT USUALLY RESTRICTED TO ONE MINORITY GROUP

By The Reverend Doctor JERRY MANEKER
California

¨Fred Phelps and his group of haters are toothless tigers who aren't worth mentioning, so I'm not even going to mention them, save to use them as but one example of the well known Social Psychological finding that when anyone discriminates against a given minority group, he/she usually discriminates against one or more other minority groups as well.¨

¨So, most people who discriminate against Gay people are also likely to discriminate against one or more other minority groups, such as Jews, African Americans, immigrants, etc.

Therefore, it is not only hypocritical but self-defeating for any person in a minority group to discriminate against any other minority group, for to do so aligns him/herself with those who at the drop of a hat can, and likely will, turn around and discriminate against him/her! So, it's pathetic when an African American minister, Gregory Daniels, states: "If the KKK opposes gay marriage, I would ride with them." read it all, click HERE


¨Make no mistake: those at the forefront of homophobia are no different than were and are the White Supremacists in the U.S.! They are also likely to have contempt for one or more other minority groups, and one plays the fool if he/she is a member of any minority group who discriminates against, or advocates discrimination against, Gay people, or any other minority group for that matter!

Anyone who discriminates against LGBT people just has to wait a little while before his/her advocacy of such discrimination comes back to bite him/her in the rear end in the form of former "allies" becoming his/her arch enemies in order to express the hatred that lies in their hearts!¨


¨Never let other people define your reality or put you into bondage to their ways of thinking."*

*The Reverend Doctor Jerry S. Maneker, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at California State University, Chico

·Thanks to The Reverend Doctor Jerry Maneker
·Thanks to A Christian Voice, at the right side bar
·Thanks to Eric Fingerhut
·Thanks to San Francisco Sentinel
·Thanks to Flickr Photosharing

Mar 7, 2009

CHRISTIAN EXTREMIST ALERT: ¨Christianazis¨ threaten ¨Queers¨ with a NEW ¨Anti-LGBT Task Force¨ and "Pogrom" in Uganda and Nigeria! UPDATED Daily!



Ugandan ¨Ethics¨ Minister Says God Against Gays, Calls For Witch Hunt

James Nsaba Buturo simply can't help himself! The Ugandan "Ethics" Minister, who has long pledged to fight the homosexual scourge besieging his homeland, recently insisted that anti-gay activists shouldn't fear violent repercussions because God's on their side:


¨Dr Buturo told Africa's Sunday Monitor that there is no need to beef up security for anti-gay activists in Uganda because God is protecting them.¨

"It's true gays are rough people but men of God should not fear their intimidation. Ugandans should strengthen their mobilisation against the gay movement because the government is also committed to support them," he said.


Buturo also spoke about how the gays have infiltrated local schools and are "luring" students to the lavender side.

The government and loyalists, said Buturo, should begin compiling a list of suspected queer interlopers and, you know, have a good, old fashioned witch hunt: "I appeal to the investigative arms of the government to quickly compile reports of such students and their schools so that tough action is taken against them."

Read it all, click here for more on ¨Queer Interlopers and Witch Hunters¨ in Uganda:

Ultimate Media TODAY !

¨The Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Dr. James Nsaba Buturo has today told a conference organized to discuss the ways to fight Homosexuality that he will soon submit a bill on pornography and homosexuality for discussion in Parliament.

The conference that took place at Parliament was organized by Defend the Family International, an organization in the United States of America that was formed to fight homosexuality

A bizarre trio of American anti-gay leaders arrived in the Ugandan capital of Kampala Thursday to stage a three-day seminar, “Exposing the Truth Behind Homosexuality and the Homosexual Agenda,” in a country where homosexuality is a crime punishable by death. They are, click here:

¨Buturo says the he will present the bill against pornography first before presenting that against homosexuality though he declines to mention exactly when these bills will be presented to Parliament.

He says pornography is partly a cause of homosexuality since it negatively affects the morals of the victims of pornography and makes them easily susceptible to the vice of homosexuality.¨

¨Ethics¨ Minister Buturo to present larger ANTI-LGBT legislation that he hopes will assist in sensitizing schools and churches in the fight against homosexuality.

¨He says the provision in the penal code on homosexuality is too small to cover all concerns in homosexuality.

Buturo says the government will not only end at making laws against homosexuality but will also engage in sensitizing schools and churches in the fight against this vice.¨
The Ugandan fight against ¨this homosexuality vice,¨ click here:



¨The President of Defend the Family International, Scott Lively says it is good for the government of Uganda to criminalize homosexuality but the government should subject the criminals of homosexuality to a therapy rather than imprisoning them.¨

¨I am not sick Mr. Lively¨ read it all, click here:

¨Lively says this is aimed at the criminals recovering from homosexuality which is the main objective of those fighting homosexuality and not to punish homosexuals through imprisonment. He says even schools should borrow this idea of therapy in dealing with gay students.¨

¨He, Mr. Lively, is a Conspiration Theorist. A person who forms a theory on causation, and then goes ahead to wrap all perception of his world around that theory. His theory explains all perceptions. Whether it is the gay agenda wrapped in the Nazi supremacy, or the macho gay men who caused the Rwanda Genocide. Anything that seems to question his theory is attacked, dismissed, irrelevant. And, if you dont believe him, you are of a reprobate mind, or you are a closet homosexual following the Homosexual agenda. No. I am not joking. (I wish I was)¨ read it all, click here:

IMPORTANT WARNING from author/historian Michelle Goldberg regarding Scott Lively´s anti-gay Holocaust revisionism:

¨To me, one of the more sinister aspects of AFA's ideology is its association with anti-gay Holocaust revisionism -- the belief, promoted throughout the hard right, that not only were gay people not targeted by the Nazis, but that they were the primary mover behind Nazism. One of the most important proponents of this view is Scott Lively, AFA's California state director and co-author of a book called "The Pink Swastika." I quote Lively's work in my forthcoming book, "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism" (which, in the name of self-promotion, I'm going to note is available for pre-order at Amazon.com):

Mr. Lively states in his book: "Like their Nazi predecessors, today's homosexualists lack any scruples. Homosexuality is primarily a predatory addiction striving to take the weak and unsuspecting down with it. The 'gay' agenda is a colossal fraud; a gigantic robbery of the mind. Homosexuals of the type described in this book have no true idea of how to act in the best interests of their country and fellow man. Their intention is to serve none but themselves." read the entire critique by author/historian Michelle Goldberg of Mr. Lively´s revisionist ideas (quoted in this paragraph) accusing Gays of being the ¨movers behind Nazism¨ click here:



DEADLY WARNING: Anglican Fundamentalist/Extremists Bishops Pete Akinola of Nigeria and Henri Orombi of Uganda threaten the right for LGBT Christians and other to EXIST and exclude LGBT ANGLICANS at all levels of Churchlife!

PRAYER REQUEST

A Call to Prayer for Nigeria On the Same Gender Bill Debate, read it all, click here:

¨Has anyone ever heard of blaming the murderers?¨

¨I thought I was being a bit hard on the fundamentalists yesterday, because for the life of me I try to be fair and I dislike attacking anyone's sincere religious beliefs.

However, sodomy law advocacy goes too far. So does Holocaust denial.

So does threatening my right to peacefully exist.¨ Eric

¨They are despicable, they are The Enemy, and I'm proud to be intolerant of their kind. Legal toleration (i.e., First Amendment), yes. Any other kind, no, none whatsoever, no quarter, no moral sanction whatsoever, none, period. I'll stop calling what they are, ChristiaNazis, the minute they finally stop acting like Nazis or Communists and not one minute sooner.

And, by the way, the first person to bring up "Goodwin's law" has lost the argument. "Goodwin's law" is a crock, and this Prof. Goodwin is either a crypto-Nazi himself or else at best a useful idiot paving the way for another Auschwitz.¨

¨They are despicable, they are The Enemy,¨ read it all from ¨Eric¨ and Steven Malcolm Anderson, click here:

UPDATED SUNDAY!

¨Kampala Anti-gay activists in Uganda Saturday formed a pressure group to discourage homosexuality, following a two-day conference of religious leaders, teachers and social workers in the capital Kampala.

The group, to be called the Anti-Gay Task Force, is intended to "fight against the spread of homosexuality and lesbianism in the country," spokesman for the group Stephen Langa told reporters. Same sex-relationships and marriages are illegal in Uganda, and human rights groups have criticized the government for harassing homosexuals.


The task-force said that it would one day "wipe out" gay practices in the African state.¨

Anti-Gay Task Force Uganda to ¨wipe out¨ gay practices, read it all, click here:

FINAL CONFERENCE NOTE

¨There is much to criticize about the freakish conference taking place in Kampala, Uganda the past few days. Several blogs, including this one, have done their best to sift through the mess.

Chief among those who are providing information on the scene is Victor Mukasa, blogging for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC).

Healing by Harming, read it all, click here:

Exodus’ Don Schmierer

Despite the odious rhetoric and violent imagery brought to the table by Scott Lively, the fallacy of “preventing homosexuality” and "blaming a parent" contributed by Exodus’ Don Schmierer, and the predictable babble coming from International Healing Foundation’s Caleb Brundidge, the following stood out to us as perhaps the most disheartening bit of all.¨

International Healing Foundation’s Caleb Lee Brundidge

The Great Tragedy of the Ex-Gay Conference in Uganda by David Roberts, click here

Ex-Gay Pundit Criticizes Exodus Over Uganda Antigay Conference, click here

MONDAY MORNING FOLLOW UP FROM UGANDA

¨To Scott Lively;
so much bigotry spewed, cesspool opened, stink in the air you leave me feeling defiled, raped in need of a bath...¨ read it all directly from Kampala, Uganda, click here


MONDAY MORNING FOLLOW UP FROM THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

European Parliament’s Intergroup condemns Ugandan parliamentarians for meeting anti-human rights militants. European Parliament’s Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights strongly condemns the meeting of 5 March between several Ugandan parliamentarians and Scott Lively, Don Schmierer, Caleb Lee Brundidge and Stephen Langa of the USA and Uganda-based groups working to diminish human rights of LGBT persons.¨read it all, click here

MORE ANTI-LGBT FEAR AND HATE-MONGERING REPORTED ON TUESDAY (added from Florida by LR)

Scott Lively: The Gay Agenda Is “To Turn The Whole World Gay”, read all about Gay's "turning the world Gay" click here

CLEARING UP THE LIES and AFTERMATH IN UGANDA REPORTED ON WEDNESDAY (added from Florida by LR)

The "Anti-Gay in Uganda" Part One, THE ONGOING CAMPAIGN OF SLANDER, read it all, click here

The "Anti-Gay in Uganda" Part Two, THE LIES YOU TEACH, read it all, click here

URGENT! BREAKING NEWS! THURSDAY! "Homosexuality is a 'moral and social holocaust" Anglican Church of Nigeria:


Bishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria, demonizer of fellow Christians and others, also leads a insidious campaign to nationalize/institutionalize fear and hate at every level of Nigerian society by abominating/demoralizing LGBT Christians, Muslims and others.

The Nigerian government tried to criminalize the freedom of association and assembly for Gay people and their Straight friends three years ago, but couldn’t get the bill through Parliament after an international outcry, including by the U.S. State Department under President Bush and Secretary Condoleeza Rice. Now we have a new administration that’s up to its eyeballs in economic worries, so the Nigerian government, in collaboration with the Anglican and Catholic churches, is trying again. They’ve cut the jail time from 14 years to 5, but even a month is enough to kill ya in a Nigerian jail." read it all, click here

OPPRESSIVE, SEVERE and ANTI-GAY Human Rights Legislation is being considered at THE NIGERIAN House of Representatives TODAY! Read it all at Gay Uganda and Changing Attitudes (both at the right side bar).

"Meanwhile, in Nigeria
The House of Representatives, Nigeria
Homosexuality is a 'moral and social holocaust' which threatens the 'continued existence of this nation' and brings 'disastrous consequences to mankind' - according to the Anglican Church (Nigeria)." read it all, click here


NIGERIAN GAY ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT

*any of our friends who knows that we live together would be subject to punishment. For knowing that my lover and I have lived together all this long, in love and harmony. They have ‘aided and abetted’ our love.

*Our friends would actually have tougher jail terms than me. For aiding and abetting me and my lover.

*The definition for gay marriage is “as gay people living together”. So, there you are. A new definition. Just living together. Not having sex. Not caught kissing. Gay people are plain not supposed to ‘live together’

*Any gay organisation is criminal." *Read it all, click here


NIGERIAN CHURCH SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION

The BBC reports under the headline Nigeria gay activists speak out

Church groups spoke in favour of the bill, saying that gay marriage risked “tearing the fabric of society”.

“In the Bible it says homosexuals are criminals,” Pius Akubo of the Daughters of Sarah church told lawmakers.

Rev Patrick Alumake told the National Assembly the top leadership of the Catholic church in Nigeria supported the bill wholeheartedly.

“There are wild, weird, ways of life that are affecting our own culture very negatively, we have people who either by way of the media or travelling around the world have allowed new ideas which are harmful to our nation and our belief,” he said.

According to reports in Nigerian media The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) was outspoken in its support for the legislation. See below the fold for detailed reports. Read it all from THINKING ANGLICANS, click here


Peter Akinola, anti-gay religious/political campaigner and instigator of oppression in Nigeria

NIGERIAN ANGLICANS RAMP UP THE ANTI-GAY RHETORIC

"Having just posted my last entry "Nigerian Anglicans ramp up the anti-gay rhetoric," I wandered over to The Pluralist, who had also just posted on the Church of Nigeria anti-gay campaign. Pluralist's Expel the Nigerian Church - Time to Move On says it better, digs deeper and tells it like it is. Read it." Read it all at PRELUDIUM, click here

"EXPEL THE NIGERIAN CHURCH" (Anglican Communion), The Pluralist:

Thursday, 12 March 2009
Expel the Nigerian Church - Time to Move On
Nigeria is clearly a place obsessed by homosexuality, no matter what else is going on that troubles that land. On top of laws already existing to outlaw homosexuality, it would outlaw "homosexual marriage", so it seems much of this would be to allow police to harass people who are suspected of simply living together in a relationship and to imprison both them and anyone who helps them.

It is law making that is clearly discriminatory in the sense known in the early days of Nazi power - wide scale, easy to pursue, easy to enforce, scare-based law making that really turns law into a harassment and police as an agent of thuggery. It even uses the word holocaust in its attack on gay people, twisting this historical tragedy against groups and individuals into something against the Nigerian State.

If there is no prospect of gay partnerships in law the alternative is leaving people alone, of live and let live. This is precisely the opposite and reflects a society that doesn't have its priorities right, is obsessed, sacred of its fears, and looking for scapegoats and victims." read it all, there is more, click here


THURSDAY AFTERNOON CHALLENGES FROM CHANGING ATTITUDES on NIGERIAN ANTI-LGBT LEGISLATION

"Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Act and the Church of Nigeria’s position paper." By Colin Coward

"...My knowledge of Nigeria suggests there might be other more pressing things to introduce that would benefit the nation. These include policies to deal with the rampant corruption and devastation caused by the oil industry in the Delta region; the violence and killings being perpetrated by cult gangs; and the corruption which is widespread at all levels in Nigerian society. These have a far more corrosive effect than same gender relationships and love...." read it all, click here


THURSDAY AFTERNOON UPDATES ON UGANDAN ANTI-GAY CONFERENCE AFTERMATH

Ugandan Conference Leaders Call For Another Meeting While Pushing Pedophilia Theme; Exodus Continues Silence. read it all, click here

THE SILENCE IS BROKEN

Ex-Exodus Minister Condemns Anti-Gay Ugandan Conference, read it all, click here

SOUTH AFRICAN LGBT ADVOCATES CONDEMN EXODUS

The South African Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (SA GLAAD) have added their voices over the Exodus International board member Don Schmierer’s participation at the anti-gay conference alongside Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively in Kampala Uganda.

SA GLAAD hereby expresses its solidarity and support for American GLBT advocacy groups who yesterday berated the anti-gay group Exodus International for its public involvement and support of those who are responsible for vigilante violence and state-sanctioned persecution of gays, lesbians and trans people in Uganda." read it all, click here

RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CATERED TO THE CRAZIES FOR FAR TOO LONG

Similar to the Republican Party, religious organizations have catered to the crazies for far too long. The “ex-gay” organization, Exodus International, is a perfect example. It travels the world to proclaim its “love” for homosexuals. Yet, a Board member, Don Schmierer, spoke at a Ugandan conference that pledged to “wipe out” gay practices. Schmierer joined Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively to urge Uganda to continue its persecution of gay people, including life prison sentences for the “crime” of homosexuality." read it all, click here

A DUMB, DEPRESSING DOCUMENT FROM PETER AKINOLA AND HIS CHURCH IN NIGERIA

"Simon Sarmiento of Thinking Anglicans has received a five-page document (PDF here),
signed by Peter Akinola and submitted by the Church of Nigeria in support of legislation that would outlaw same sex marriage, which is already illegal."

"It is a chilling document, especially the part where Akinola weighs in on just how long the prison sentences for the witnesses of gay marriages should be." read it all, click here:

FRIDAY FROM UGANDA "RUMOUR MONGERING AND SENSATIONALISM"

One of the ways of selling the Anti-Gay Agenda." read it all, click here:

LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FROM THE U.K. "THE LATEST HATE SPEECH FROM THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA"

"If ever you think the Anglican church of Nigeria cannot get more incoherently bigoted about gay people, you're wrong. The latest proof comes in a position paper (pdf) submitted by the church to a parliamentary committee which is planning a law against gay marriage. Homosexuality is already illegal in Nigeria, of course, as is gay marriage. But the proposed law would provide three years in jail for gay couples who got married, and five years for any witnesses. Earlier drafts have proposed long jail sentences, also, for anyone who argues in favour of gay marriage."

If ever a law were a simple incitement to hate, this is it, and here is Archbishop Akinola of the Church of Nigeria cheering them on:

Same sex marriage, apart from being ungodly, is unscriptural, unnatural, unprofitable, unhealthy, un-cultural, un-African and un-Nigerian. It is a perversion, a deviation and an aberration that is capable of engendering moral and social holocaust in this country. It is also capable of existincting [sic] mankind and as such should never be allowed to take root in Nigeria. Outlawing it is to ensure the continued existence of this nation. The need for doing this is urgent, compelling, and imperative." read it all, click here:


EXISTING LGBT LAWS/PENDING LEGAL POSITIONS:Orange=Strongly AGAINST LGBT CITIZENS, Wine=DEATH PENALTY for LBGT CITIZENS, Royal Blue=CIVIL UNIONS LEGAL, Dark Blue=LEGAL MARRIAGES/FULL EQUALITY, Grey=UNRESOLVED, NEUTRAL, UNKNOWN or CHALLENGED, Red=LIFE IN PRISON.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) related laws vary greatly by country or territory – everything from full legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty as punishment for homosexual conduct. read it all, click here:

A WEEK LATER AND A TUESDAY AFTERNOON FINAL FOLLOWUP ON THE UGANDAN ANTI-LGBT CONFERENCE AT KAMPALA:

MORE INSENSITIVE SPEWING of BOLD IGNORANCE and FASCIST MEANSPIRITED ARROGANCE as DEADLY SCOTT LIVELY DEFENDS HIS DEMENTED and OBSESSIVE CONVICTION TO "FIX LGBT PEOPLE" WITH HIS SPECIAL "THERAPY." IMAGINE, MR LIVELY IS ATTEMPTING TO BLAME EMOTIONAL ILLNESS on LGBT CITIZENS IN A COUNTRY WHERE DISCRIMINATION,HATE,THEFT, RAPE ARE RUNNING RAMPANT and in a country with CIVIL WAR and EVERYDAY TRIBAL and RELIGIOUS CORRUPTION AT ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY. DEADLY NATIONAL PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH GAY PEOPLE. BTW, HOW MUCH MONEY DOES MR DEADLY LIVELY CHARGE FOR HIS MIRACLE CURE from HOMOSEXUALITY?

*NOTE TO MR LIVELY; RECOVERY FROM ALCOHOLISM ONLY REQUIRES "WILLINESS" and a "DESIRE TO STOP DRINKING" and it is FREE...it is "suggested" that you "do" start paying attention to your own "character defects"...your own, Mr. Lively, and stay out of mine and other peoples personal affairs...you may have missed the part about "God Grant Me the Serenity, to accept the things I can NOT change, the courage to change the things I CAN and the WISDOM to know the difference." Emphasis on wisdom, it's a responsible "first person" kind of thing to do to keep a eye on ones own personal character and will help you exclude fear and hate-mongering tangents/obsessions or "fund raising" activities that exploit others from your recovery from active alcoholism...only a suggestion, I've been sober for 30+ years, thanks be to God, and it's worked well for me to keep my eye on my "less than attractive/unwholesome" character defects. I strongly encourage you to do the same and STOP pontificating about other peoples ill-character (that is, the bad character that YOU perceive it to be).*

Are you on a dry, egodriven, fear/hatedriven drunk?


Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively offered a defense of his proposal to compel Ugandan gays and lesbians into forced therapy:

"And remember that homosexuality is literally illegal in this country. Imagine how bad things would be if the criminal law were abandoned. By the way, the false accusation against me, now circulating in the US, is that I called on the Ugandan government to force homosexuals into therapy. What I actually said is that the law against homosexuality should be liberalized to give arrestees the choice of therapy instead of imprisonment, similar to the therapy option I chose after being arrested for drunk driving in 1985 (during which time I accepted the Lord and was healed and transformed into a Christian activist)." [Emphasis in the original]

Lively’s analogy is appalling. A conviction for drunk driving in any U.S. state is nothing like being convicted for homosexuality in Uganda, which carries a penalty of spending the remainder of one’s life in a dank Ugandan prison. And a “choice” between spending the rest of your life in that cold, dark cell and undergoing an unproven, unregulated therapy is not a choice. Lively can dress it up all he wants, but forced therapy is forced therapy.

Exodus International waited nearly a week before announcing that they no longer support the criminalization of homosexuality or forcing people into therapy. We are still waiting for Exodus to explicitly denounce Scott Lively after Exodus board member lent his credibility to Lively’s proposal at the Ugandan conference while remaining silent in Uganda over this proposal. read it all, click here :


IMPORTANT UPDATE A WEEK LATER

WHAT HAS AFRICA DONE TO ORGANISED RELIGION TO DESERVE THIS?

Al-quaeda is not the only threat to our future freedom

The recent declaration made by the Roman Catholic Pope on the use of condoms while on his way to Africa has caused widespread hue and cry against a church that faithfully supports outmoded principles, no matter how harsh the consequences may be. But the Catholic Church is not the only culprit. At a time when Africa is plagued by social injustices, health disasters and governance issues, do we really need religious leaders crusading for ideological prescriptions that could spell enormous setbacks to health and human rights achievements? The Nigerian Anglican Archbishop has also prayed for the brutalisation of other humans to promote his ideology in a backdrop of Islamist extremism.¨ read it all, click here:


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