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Vatican scapegoating gays in priest pedophile scandal

Homosexuality is natural, Livescience

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  • Advocate.com stop the slaughter of LGBT's in Iraq
  • CAW gay and lesbian rights wins, pension info
  • Egale, Canada, to advance equality for Canadian LGBT
  • Gay Blog news
  • Gaydata Gay media database, info 
  • Gaysource Lesbian, gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community
  • Gay World travel, media, news, health, shopping 
  • GLAD Gay Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
  • GLAAD  Media coverage of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender candidates and elected officials in the West does not seem to be focusing on the sexual orientation of those candidates.
  • Human Rights Campaign lgbt equal rights. laws, legislation watch.  
  • International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission\
  • Lambda Legal
  • Moving Ideas Gay  and Lesbian issues, links
  • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force help strengthen gay and lesbian movement.
  • Oil Empire Jeff Gannon ... "The notorious FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who viciously used bigotry to smear public (and private) figures, was secretly in a de facto gay marriage with Clyde Tolson, his deputy at the FBI. Roy Cohn, the vicious red baiting assistant to Senator Joe McCarthy, was exposed late in his life as another closeted gay fascist (he died of AIDS)."
  • Out in San Francisco gay lesbian organization
  • notes: Richard Quest, Kinky News Network, personality, Richard Quest, busted, Central Park, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, sex toy in his boot, spotted with another man, early morning, 64th Street,  search terms: methamphetamine, meth, drug arrests, cop, "I've got some meth in my pocket", loitering, criminal possession, but no lewdness charge, attorney Alan Abramson, Manhattan Criminal Court, drug counseling in return for adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, misdemeanor charges dropped, case sealed if he stays out of trouble.  Quest known for antics, stunts, on cable news networks, turned down Al Jazeerah (Al Jazeera)  job, 
  • Sparklepony How long have you known that you were a gay sweater? MGS: Honey, all sweaters are gay; it's just that some are gayer than others. I'm an understated, dark blue wool crewneck, so I'm what you'd call a Log Cabin gay sweater. V-neck sweaters are very gay, indeed, and there were several of them on McCain's staff with me. There were no cardigans, though, because there's just no way he would be that gay.

  • Pope, Benedict, John Paul, cover-up, 4500 priests, 10,000 children, tip of iceberg,  more
  • GOP hypocrisy?
  • Answers   Jeff "Gannon,
  • Crist, Foley, Haggard... who knew the GOP was having a coming out party? We could have been supportive of their decisions to give oral sex to male prostitutes but they went and outlawed it....
  • Canada, Netherlands, Belgium and Spain have all legalized gay marriage as of July, 2005
  • Daily Comet
  • DayLife "U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain speaks at a campaign stop in Fort Walton Beach, Florida January 22, 2008. On stage with McCain was Alabama Attorney General, Troy King (C) and Colonel Bud Day, one of McCain's roommates when they were prisoners of war together in Hanoi during the Vietnam war."
  • DOMA, Defense of Marriage Act, Congress of the U.S. ....LectLaw
  • Even, Uzi, a nuclear scientest who was the first openly gay member of Israel's parliament.
  • Gay Financial Network GFN.cm, info
  • Intelligent Design Jokes, new word: Teletubaphobic. Meaning: the fear of being a teletubby.  Possible victims: Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Philip Anschutz, Howard Ahmanson and Mel Gibson
  • Birds and Bees gay, museum exihibit, Oslo Natural History Musem and Yahoo 
  • Rocky Mountain News, Haggard, Jones, Bush, gay marriage bashing 
  • more search terms on Haggard, Bush, Jones, National, 
  • Harpers search Haggard, Bush, Mike Jones, Barbara Walters interview, Tom Brokaw interview, 
  • The Revealer Ted Haggard's Big Israeli Adventure, search terms: 
  • NewWithViews State Senator Jim West, Spokane, Washington, Catholic Morning Star Boys' Ranch, solicit male sexual encounters.
  • notes Set to open on February 7 as part of Sydney's annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival, "Corpus Christi" depicts Jesus and his followers as gay, and ends with Jesus being crucified. ... Despite critical acclaim, the play provoked protests and bomb threats when it was performed in the United States. ... Playwright Terrence McNally received a death edict, or fatwa, from a UK-based Islamic group, which declared it blasphemous when the play ran in London in 1999. ... McNally, who is gay, has said he wrote the piece to explore parallels between Christ's persecution and the rejection he faced as a young gay man growing up in Texas. ... Sydney Mardi Gras organizers describe it on the festival Web site as "a play that speaks out against inhumanity by providing a witty, contemporary interpretation of Jesus' life" . Director Leigh Romney, who is staging the work in Australia, rejected accusations the play mocks Christ.
  • GLAAD "Media coverage of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender candidates and elected officials in the West does not seem to be focusing on the sexual orientation of those candidates. In fact, in the key electoral state of Colorado, Congressman Mark Udall is seeking the US Senate seat for that state, and openly gay Jared Polis is seeking the nomination to replace Udall in the House. Media reports have determined that Polis being gay is having no noticeable affect on the race. ... In another key electoral state, Oregon, where Senator Gordon Smith has a tough re-election campaign facing him, there will be high-profile races with LGBT candidates, among them: Senator Kate Brown running for Secretary of State and Commissioner Sam Adams seeking the position of Mayor of Portland. So far the media coverage has not focused on the sexual orientation of either candidate. ... In other states, lesbian candidates are more frequently mentioned in the media as defacto spokespeople for LGBT issues – but the media has not explored whether there is an effect of their sexual orientation on the individual races. Examples include Representative Nicole LeFavour in Idaho (now seeking a Senate seat), Senator Christine Kauffman in Montana, Representatives Jackie Biskupski and Christine Johnson in Utah; and Representative Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona."
  • Rocky Mountain News  "A Colorado Springs-based giant of the conservative Christian movement, with direct access to President Bush, stepped down Thursday as leader of the National Association of Evangelicals in the wake of allegations by a former male escort that the two had a three-year sexual relationship. The Rev. Ted Haggard also took leave as senior pastor of the 14,000-member New Life Church he founded in his living room in 1985. ...  Jones, a bodybuilder and personal trainer, went public with a general claim of a sexual affair with a prominent pastor on Peter Boyles' morning talk show on KHOW radio Wednesday, but neither he nor Haggard was identified. KUSA's 9News first reported Haggard's and Jones' names Wednesday night.  Haggard, 50, initially denied the allegations, telling 9News Wednesday night that "I've never had a gay relationship with anybody, and I'm steady with my wife. I'm faithful to my wife."  But KKTV in Colorado Springs reported that New Life Associate Senior Pastor Ross Parsley told a meeting of church elders Thursday night that Haggard had met with the church's overseers earlier in the day and "had admitted to some indiscretions.  ...   Haggard was well-known to the Bush administration. Various news articles over the years have made reference to Haggard's close ties to the White House, which sees the evangelical community as a major source of political support."
  • NewWithViews "former state Senator Jim West, then mayor of Spokane, Washington, was recalled after allegations surfaced that he used his position to solicit male sexual encounters using office computers. After the allegations went public, West resigned from the board of the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch, a Catholic-run boys home in Spokane; a position he had held since 1993. Subsequently, West would be accused of sexual abuse by two boys not connected with Morning Star Boys’ Ranch but accusations would surface that West, a Spokane county sheriff deputy at the time of the claimed sexual abuse, and his partner, David Hahn, had access to boys at the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch and were allowed to take boys away from the home for outings and overnight trips; accusations West denied. David Hahn committed suicide in August 1981 after accusations surfaced that he had molested two boys.
      
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  • Rotten Falwell
  • notes: I believe the Church tried prayer to rid the world of the Black Death in the 14th Century too. But the curse of man at time wasn't the Devil or the sins of men - it was the unclean living habits of people that allowed the spread of a disease caused by microbes that caused the deaths of millions. When it was finally realized what caused the the problem, the on going threat of the Plague was defeated.  ...  When it finally realized that the problem of the sexual abuse of children and adults in Church is caused by a willingness to allow priests, bishops or other agents to continue to live a double lives among us; when it is understood that turning perps over to the law instead of to Church officials is needed, then the problem will be overcome.
  • Gay Financial Network Bush declares war on the gay community in State of the Union Address
  • SFGate
  • TimesOnline Pope calls for prayer, scapegoats gays, in paedophile scandal   ...   Church crisis"  $660m The amount paid out by the Los Angeles Roman Catholic archdiocese to 500 victims of sexual abuse.  ....  $2bn The amount estimated to have been paid out across the US  ....  4,392 The number of priests alleged to have abused children in the US in the past 50 years  ....   10,000 The number of Americans who say that they were abused   .... 100 The number of allegations of abuse made in Ireland between1962 and 2002   ....   21 The number of priests involved   ....  6 of the 21 Irish priests involved died before any allegations were made against them   ....   3,000 The number of allegations of abuse received by the Australian group Broke Rites by 2002   ....  John Jay Report (2004), Times archives
  • TimesOnline  comment: How despicable of the RC Church to attempt to scapegoat homosexuals for the behaviour of peadophile priests by insinuating a link between homosexuality and paedophilia. The RC Church has a nasty history of scapegoating, and bears to my mind a great responsibility for fostering opinions that have lead to grievous crimes in history against certain groups of people for e.g. those of the Jewish faith etc.  How can we trust these people to run public oriented services, when not only do they instinctively cover up their own abuses when they occur, but insist on laying blame based on their own predjudice and distorted thinking. Isn't it time that we stopped taking organisations like this that make such outlandish and wacky statements seriously and put an end to the disproportionate and anachronistic influence they have on the rest of us."

     
  • American White Knights KKK see American Family Association 
  • Legion of Christ, Maciel, child molester.  More concerned about their image than the children they abuse
  • American Family Association preservation of traditional family.  Boycott Ford for contributing to gay issues.
  • Conservatives.com Attack Queers Liberal Society, book for sale
  • Falwell.com
  • KKK.biz "Christian Books and Things-Your Source for Christian, Confederate, and KKK Souvenirs, Thomas Robb Ministries
  • Marcial Maciel Degollado, child molester, Founder of the Legion of Christ, Fr. Jonathan Morris, FoxNews, vice-rector of the Legion of Christ ... What did he know of the allegations ... What did he do about them ... nothing.  The Pope protected him from prosecution.
  • Bradley Foundation, funds the publication First Things, who defend Maciel, 
  • Catholic archdiocese of Omaha Paul Bonacci, filed a law suit against Larry King of the Franklin Credit Union in Omaha, also named the Catholic Arch diocese of Omaha as a co-defendant. 
  • Catholicity Mary Foundation
  • Catholic World Mission
  • CBC   Cornwall Sexual Abuse Cover-up
  • CDF authority of church doctrine,  has jurisdiction in clerical sexual misconduct, and see letter: details of investigations into accusations made against priests were subject to the 'pontifical secret', could not be revealed, on pain of excommunication, 
  • Center for Integral Formation 
  • Christian News Today 
  • Christian Coalition
  • Christian Monitor latest Christian headlines
  • Circle Press
  • Common Conservative 
  • Concerned Women of America
  • Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, examined Maciel, Larry Craig, Idaho, I da ho. Mr. Wide Stance.
Gay / Lesbian Marriage    top
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  • SFGate
  • notes:  Republican state Rep. Sally Kern was denounced by gay and lesbian groups after she was recorded telling a recent gathering of fellow Republicans that homosexuality poses a bigger threat to the nation than terrorism. ... Kern was cheered Wednesday when she told the crowd at the state Capitol that their support affirmed the rights of conservative Christians "who want to stand up for the truth of God's word."
Media    top
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  • Gay Financial Network search QBID.PK, QBID, forum, discussions, Q Television, 
  • SFGate
  • AP  Sony Music has teamed with the founder of a gay cable network to form a record label geared toward developing gay, lesbian and transgender recording artists.  The label, dubbed Music With a Twist.  Sony Music has also agreed to become a charter sponsor of a syndicated radio show, dubbed Twist, produced by Wilderness Media. The show is launching this weekend in several markets and online
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  • Washington Blade  FBI agents on Tuesday raided the offices of Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch, who oversees protection for federal whistleblowers.  Agents also searched Bloch’s home as part of an investigation into obstruction of justice allegations, which was first reported by NPR.  Bloch, who has also been under investigation for allegedly retaliating against career employees and obstructing an investigation, was questioned at his Washington, D.C. office on Tuesday morning.  The Blade has reported for several years on Bloch’s anti-gay record and his close association with anti-gay groups. A high-level gay employee at the U.S. Office of Special Council was among seven OSC employees that received termination notices in 2005 after refusing to be transferred to distant cities in a staff shakeup that critics called a purge of employees considered disloyal to Bloch.  A second gay employee resigned to take a job outside OSC rather than accept the transfer ordered by Bloch, according to sources familiar with OSC.  Sources familiar with the agency said Bloch targeted a total of 12 employees — including the only two known gay staffers — for involuntary transfers, in part, because they disagreed with his decision to curtail OSC’s role in investigating and adjudicating complaints of employment discrimination against gay federal workers.  Almost immediately after starting work at OSC, Bloch removed all references to OSC’s role in addressing sexual orientation discrimination cases from the OSC Web site and from OSC discrimination complaint forms. Bloch initially said he did not believe OSC had legal authority to adjudicate gay cases, despite assertions by legal experts to the contrary.  In response to complaints by members of Congress, the White House issued a statement saying President Bush stands behind the Clinton administration policy of prohibiting workplace discrimination against gay federal employees. Bloch responded by saying he would abide by this policy, but the gay federal workers group GLOBE has said Bloch has failed to take adequate steps to do so.  It’s unclear whether the FBI investigation is related to the cases of gay federal employees.
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  • American Psychiatric Association rescinded its definition of homosexuality as a form of mental illness in 1973
  • Ex Gay Watch
Troy King, Alabama Attorney General, gay, homophobe, hypocrite    top
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  • Advocate.com stop the slaughter of LGBT's in Iraq
  • Above the Law His gay lover is either a college "buddy," or a very young youngster and "Homecoming King" from Troy University. What are the odds of a dude named Troy King getting caught in bed with a Homecoming King from Troy University?
  • CAW gay and lesbian rights wins, pension info
  • DailyKOS Spring 08 ..."Whistleblower Dana Jill Simpson's home caught fire, and then a few days later, her car was run off the road by a former police officer! This is all in addition to Don Siegelman's home being broken into twice, as was his lawyer's office."
  • Gay Blog news, search Barney Frank, Craig Vitter, Larry Craig, Haggard, 
  • Gaydata Gay media database, info 
  • Gay Socialites Republican Alabama Attorney General Troy King goes from anti-gay to gay just like *that* Anti-gay Republican Alabama Attorney General Troy King is actually homo himself! He just looks like a big flamer doesn't he?!  The anti-gay activists has been called the front runner to become Governor of Alabama in 2010. King previously served as Assistant Attorney General and was appointed to Attorney General by Alabama Governor Bob Riley in 2004.
  • Gaysource Lesbian, gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community
  • Gay World travel, media, news, health, shopping 
  • GLAAD  Media coverage of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender candidates and elected officials in the West does not seem to be focusing on the sexual orientation of those candidates.
  • Left in Alabama   "Troy was like a caricature of the Republican party. Never met a death sentence he didn't like, against sexual gratification, publicity hound, etc. ... life as an Alabama blogger will be harder without Troy King."
  • OpEdNews allegedly caught by his wife in their bed with a male aide and banished from their home.
  • Pam's House Blend "Republican Sexual Hypocrisy looks to be another fruitful area for interesting reporting in 2008, so I guess McSame wants to take the proactive path and "convict" the highly anti-gay King, who is rumored to have been booted by his wife for engaging in homo-sex with a male staffer. There has been no confirmed admission by King; the Attorney General's office denied the rumors of the affair and said King had no plans to resign." and Homecoming King article
  • WMR    (1) "At the core of GOP corruption in Alabama surrounding Governor Bob Riley is Indian reservation casino deals. Mukasey, Riley, and other Republican bad actors in Alabama and outside the state are fronting for Mukasey's Russian-Israeli Mafia friends in seeking to open up the state to mob-controlled casinos. Riley is continuing the operation started by jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff."  ...   (2)  There is also a belief that the largely African-American Grand Jury, already hostile to the Bush administration, issued a True Bill (an indictment) against Rove on its own (in what is called a 'runaway Grand Jury') without prompting from Fitzgerald and that this indictment remains sealed pending the outcome of Rove's cooperativeness with the prosecutor.
  • Wonkette  What really pisses me off is that THIS guy is nailing prime college jock ass and I’m not   ...  When buttsecks is outlawed, only outlaws will be having buttsecks. And that makes it like
    • Summary: Troy King, hypocrisy, gay rumors, homophobia, McCain campaign
    • Left in Alabama   "Troy was like a caricature of the Republican party. Never met a death sentence he didn't like, against sexual gratification, publicity hound, etc. and more Left in Alabama.
    • Locust Fork Journal  original source of Troy King story
    • Despite denials and no evidence, hundreds of websites are reporting that Alabama's Attorney General Troy King was kicked out of his house by his wife. The rumor is that she caught him in their bed with another man.
    • WMR  July 2008 "Alabama's Republican Attorney General Troy King, a major persecutor and prosecutor of former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman, has been kicked out of his Montgomery home after his wife, Paige King, discovered Alabama's top law enforcement official was engaged in a homosexual tryst .."
    • EdgeBoston "There are some who believe the initial source of the rumors are those from Riley himself. 
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    • OpEdNews sex toy bans and homophobic hypocrisy.
    • CBS News, Siegelman
    • BuzzFlash Hartman / Siegelman interview: stolen Alabama election, Conyers investigation, links to fired US Attorneys, more below  and ThomHartman
    • Rove is worried about fallout from Siegelman political prosecution, as Fox News analyst and now Rezko links below.  
    • 1994-2007 Rove, Abramoff, Alabama politics and casinos deals linked to Siegelman political prosecution.  WMR, RawStory
  • DocStoc, Troy King
  • Austin Chronicle, The Real Sins of Gov. Rick Perry, gay   ""support rally" for Gov. Rick Perry, under the theme, "It's OK to Be Gay."
  • BlogActive
  • EdgeBoston, McCain, Alabama
  • Kalimao King called homosexuality the 'downfall of society,' to quote the article, just had his wife walk in on him while he was schtupping his male assistant in the marital bed.
  • Oil Empire Jeff Gannon ... "The notorious FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who viciously used bigotry to smear public (and private) figures, was secretly in a de facto gay marriage with Clyde Tolson, his deputy at the FBI. Roy Cohn, the vicious red baiting assistant to Senator Joe McCarthy, was exposed late in his life as another closeted gay fascist (he died of AIDS)."
  • Owens, Robert, District Attorney, 
  • notes: Trojan Her Pleasure Vibrating Touch fingertip massager in Alabama, .... we need a blue dress with a stain on it. ... where's Linda Trip?  
  • Radar Online  Has John McCain powered through a snag in his campaign and emerged with upticking poll numbers and a defiant return to "gay sweaters"?  ... Things looked grim when the from-the-hip former POW lost his top dogs John Weaver and Terry Nelson and his campaign was found to be bleeding cash. Privately, he even blamed his woes on homosexual-tinged outerwear, but on Saturday in New Hampshire, McCain sported a dark crew neck sweater with a blazer.
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  • Alabama Office of the Attorney General
  • Birmingham News endorsed Tyson over King, search Victim Services Organization
  • Birmingham News Mukasey, Siegelman political prosecution investigation, search: Wingate, Schumer,  Office of Professional Responsibility,
  • Bush White House  Abu Ghraib sexual abuse of detainees was about sexual entertainment for the Bush White House. Why would anyone stack naked men to get them to reveal enemy information?  Bush is a sexual deviant. 
  • CBS News, Siegelman, political prosecution, Alabama, search Gov. Bob Riley, Karl Rove.
  • Christian Coalition, 
  • CNN  was a wide stance involved? farm animals? Deny, deny, deny, does King wear pink lace panties?  will jingoist, loony-toon fit?
  • First Babtist Church, Montgomery, King a member.  Toy Boy, embarrassing misconduct, won't run for governor in 2010, but no under-aged boys chained up in his basement, a trusted source of snark, does he play naked twister with his socks on?  fascination with toy boys, blackmail?  inexperienced man-child, grandstander, never tried a case before being appointed AG. ... appointed by Gov. Rob Riley, 
  • GOP pressuring King to resign?
  • Log Cabin Republicans US largest gay/lesbian Republican organization, held secret meetings with McCain? ...  but has to keep the fundies in line, Where's Jerry Falwell? oh he's dead.  Are there any openly gay Republicans?  what about not-gay?
  • McCain: "As a representative in the United States Congress, Spencer has displayed his commitment to the people of Alabama," said Senator McCain. "Troy is an outstanding public servant and passionate advocate for the rule of law. Both of these men are dedicated to the principles of limited government and traditional values that we share. I'm proud to have Republican leaders and dedicated public servants like Spencer Bachus and Troy King leading my campaign to victory in Alabama." JohnMcCain.com
  • McCain Alabama Leadership Team
  • McClellan book: What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception.  
  • EdgeBoston "There are some who believe the initial source of the rumors are those from Riley himself. It has long been rumored that Riley’s reason for running for Congress, and later Governor, was to pave a path for his son Rob Riley, a former SGA president and leader of the Machine at the University of Alabama. Rob Riley was on the infamous conference call with GOP operative Bill Canary and Dana Jill Simpson, when it was inferred that Canary would use Karl Rove and the Justice Department to investigate Riley’s former opponent, Governor Don Siegelman.
  • WMR  July 2008 "Alabama's Republican Attorney General Troy King, a major persecutor and prosecutor of former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman, has been kicked out of his Montgomery home after his wife, Paige King, discovered Alabama's top law enforcement official was engaged in a homosexual tryst with an assistant in the couple's own bed. King was a top official in John McCain's presidential campaign in Alabama and was mentioned as a strong GOP gubernatorial candidate in 2010."  more search terms: virulent anti-homosexual, homophobe, anti-gay letters to the Crimson White, University of Alabama Gay and Lesbian Alliance, affront, ban on sex toys in Alabama, vibrator, jailed, see also gay affair,  Texas Governor Rick Perry, Secretary of State Geoffrey S. Connor, denials, all related to triple homicide in Florida, Ralph Gonzalez, David Abrami, Robert Drake, at Gonzalez' home in Hickory Cove subdivision, Orlando, and office of Strategum Group, offices in Atlanta, Nevada .... Gonzalez was a political consultant to Troy King.  Gonzalez head of the Georgia Republican Party, close to Christian Coalition, Ralph Reed, see also Jack Abramoff, see also Rep. Tom Feeney, vote rigging investigations, Chinese missile espionage, NASA, Exxon Mobil, Yang Enterprises.  Gonzalez was political consultant to Troy King's campaign, and ally to Gov. Bob Riley, and involved in Siegelman prosecution, all tied to casinos on Indian reservations, Poarch Creek, United Keetowah Band of Cherokees, run by Russian-Israeli mob, credit card verification systems, contactless 'touch and pay' electronic payment systems.  all signed off on by Riley, Fuller, Jeb Bush George W. ....   Gonzalez consulting in Nevada, Nevada GOP Assembly candidates Michael Smith, Steve Grierson, Valerie Weber, and Jon Ozark and state senate candidate Barbara Cegavske."  ...  see WMR for connecting details.
  • Just after the law went into effect in 1998, a group of plaintiffs sued then-Alabama Attorney General William H. Pryor Jr., who is now an 11th Circuit judge. They claimed the new law violated a host of civil rights, including ones guaranteeing free expression, due process and safety from unreasonable government searches of homes
  • Bradblog, Florida murders, "GOP Consultant and Tom Feeney Friend Ralph Gonzalez found dead in Orange County, Florida, ...  murder suicide, ... Gonzalez, former executive director of the Georgia Republican Party, clients, State Rep. Sheri McInvale, indicted for tax fraud, and search Abramoff, blackmail, gay escort service, gay porn sites, expose prominent gay GOP clients, same ol, suspicious suicides,  
  • A recent study at the University of Georgia tested 35 homophobic and 29 non-homophobic men. All the participants described themselves as exclusively heterosexual. The subjects were shown explicit videotapes of heterosexual, male homosexual and lesbian sex.  ...  Both groups reacted the same to the heterosexual and lesbian videos, but there was a marked difference in their reaction to the male homosexual scenes.  ...  "The homophobic men showed a significant increase in penile circumference to the male homosexual video, but the non-homophobic men did not," the report concluded. In fact, 80 percent of the homophobes showed "significant arousal" while watching the boys fool around. Only 33 percent of the non-homophobes were aroused.  ... The authors of the study concluded that homophobic men have repressed homosexual urges.  source unknown.
JOHN MCCAIN 2008 ANNOUNCES ALABAMA LEADERSHIP TEAM For Immediate Release Contact: Press OfficeTuesday, January 29, 2008 703-650-5550

ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today announced its Alabama Leadership Team. United States Congressman Spencer Bachus will serve as the Southeastern United States Congressional Chair of the McCain campaign. Alabama Attorney General Troy King will serve as Chair of the McCain 2008 Alabama campaign. Representative Bachus and Attorney General King will continue to lead the growing grassroots organization on behalf of John McCain's candidacy in Alabama.

"Lots of candidates talk about the issues important to conservatives. But, only one candidate has a record to back up his rhetoric, and that's John McCain," said Congressman Spencer Bachus. "For twenty-four years, John McCain has taken bold positions on the cornerstone conservative issues of life, marriage, and limited government. It is with pride and gratitude that I am supporting my friend, John McCain for president."

"John McCain is the best hope for conservatives to succeed in November," said Attorney General Troy King. "He is a principled conservative with a clear record of supporting a strong national defense, fighting for fiscal responsibility, and defending the sanctity of life. John McCain has served our country his entire life, and I am honored to lead his efforts here in Alabama."

John McCain thanked the leadership of his Alabama campaign. "As a representative in the United States Congress, Spencer has displayed his commitment to the people of Alabama," said Senator McCain. "Troy is an outstanding public servant and passionate advocate for the rule of law. Both of these men are dedicated to the principles of limited government and traditional values that we share. I'm proud to have Republican leaders and dedicated public servants like Spencer Bachus and Troy King leading my campaign to victory in Alabama."

 JOHN MCCAIN 2008 ALABAMA LEADERSHIP TEAM

Southeastern United States Congressional Chair Congressman Spencer Bachus, Birmingham

State Chair Attorney General Troy King, Montgomery

Honorary Chair Former Alabama GOP Chairman Winton Blount, Montgomery

Legislators for McCain Co-Chairs State Senator Ben Brooks, Mobile State Representative Cam Ward, Alabaster

Legislator for McCain State Representative Warren Beck, Geneva State Representative Randy Davis, Daphne State Representative Owen Drake, Leeds State Representative Joe Faust, Fairhope State Senator Steve French, Birmingham State Representative Todd Greeson, Ider State Representative Mike Hill, Columbiana State Representative Jim McClendon, Springville State Representative Allen Treadaway, Morris State Representative Jack Williams, Birmingham

Veteran Chair Don Fisher, Montgomery

Veteran Co-Chairs Roland Day, Birmingham Gen. Charles Ingram, Troy Capt. Hal Pierce, Daphne

Mayoral Chair Mayor Pat Thomas, Dothan

Mayoral Co-Chairs Mayor Sheldon Day, Thomasville Mayor Tim Kant, Fairhope

Lawyers for McCain Co-Chairs Judge Terry Butts, Luverne Matt Lembke, Birmingham

 

 

Court action on gay marriage, from SFGate

Here is a list of major court rulings on same-sex marriage:

May 5, 1993: Hawaii's Supreme Court rules that prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying is an apparent violation of the state's constitutional ban on sex discrimination and could be upheld only if justified by a compelling reason.

Dec. 9, 1999: Hawaii's Supreme Court closes the door to gay marriage by ruling that a 1998 amendment to the state constitution prohibiting same-sex marriage took precedence over the courts.

Dec. 20, 1999: Vermont's Supreme Court becomes the first court in the nation to rule that gay and lesbian couples have been denied their constitutional rights and must be granted the same benefits and protections as people in heterosexual marriages. The court stops short of legalizing gay marriage, but it instructs the state Legislature to come up with a way to extend equal protections to same-sex couples.

June 11, 2003: An Ontario court knocks down Canada's legal definition of marriage -- the union of a man and a woman -- declaring prohibitions against homosexual marriage unconstitutional.

June 26, 2003: Calling it an affirmation of gay equality, the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a Texas sodomy law, proclaiming for the first time that gay Americans have a constitutional right to their private sexual relationships without fear of being punished as criminals.

Nov. 18, 2003: Massachusetts' highest court rules that preventing gay couples from marrying is not permissible under the state's constitution. It gives the state legislature 180 days to find a way to make it possible for gay and lesbian couples to get married. The 4-3 decision marks the first time that a state high court has ruled that same-sex couples are legally entitled to marry.

-- By Charlie Malarkey

Library Researcher

E-mail Carolyn Lochhead at clochhead@sfchronicle.com <mailto:clochhead@sfchronicle.com>

As the author of this site, I find GW Bush's efforts to attack LGBT's appalling and I feel compelled to fight back as a straight, patriotic citizen of the U.S. SCF.