The Gaytheist Agenda

The notoriously anti-gay California State Senator who was recently arrested on DUI charges after allegedly leaving a gay nightclub has admitted he is gay.

State Sen. Roy Ashburn, the Bakersfield Republican who was arrested in Sacramento last week on suspicion of drunk driving, came out as gay in a radio interview this morning.

“I am gay. And so, those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long,” Ashburn told radio host Inga Barks on her show on the KERN station in Bakersfield.

I positively detest self-loathing homosexual (for the term gay simply doesn’t apply to anybody of his ilk) politicians who work to harm LGBT people. They are vermin.

He defended his voting record, saying he cast votes that his constituents wanted. Ashburn represents the 18th Senate District, which covers a huge swath of the central and southern part of the state.

“I felt my duty, and I still feel this way, is to represent my constituents,” Ashburn said, adding later that “I don’t think it’s something that has affected or will affect how I do my job.”

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“I was only doing my duty”. Gee where have I heard that one before? At any rate, Ashburn didn’t just vote for anti-gay measures, he actively campaigned against LGBT rights. He was not an innocent party merely doing his job. He was personally and willingly involved in harming LGBT people. He deserves nothing but contempt.

 

They’re dead on with this one.

 

And if anybody would know about prostitution scandals, it would be David Vitter…

 

Do I have high hopes for this? No, I don’t. Nonetheless I’m pleased it’s being proposed.

When Mark McNealy was laid off from his job in April, he lost his employer-provided health insurance. He could still pay a reduced rate for insurance through COBRA for 18 months, but his partner, Robert Meredith, a cancer survivor, could not. Because the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act” (”DOMA”) discriminates against same-sex couples by denying them federal respect for their lawful marriages, federal programs such as COBRA don’t cover same-sex spouses. Meredith’s own job doesn’t provide coverage, so right now he has no health insurance. If his cancer returns, Meredith and McNealy could face a catastrophe.

Yesterday, with impressive support from more than 90 initial co-sponsors, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would end such government acts of discrimination by repealing “DOMA.” Congress’s passage of the new bill, appropriately named the Respect for Marriage Act, and a signature by a president who has repeatedly pledged support for full repeal of “DOMA,” will get the federal government back to treating marriages with respect, rather than destabilizing them. We can give our country the chance to remove the unfair and immoral “gay exception” from federal law.

The Respect for Marriage Act repeals “DOMA” in its entirety. It doesn’t tell states what marriages they must celebrate or how to treat marriages, but provides that the federal responsibilities and protections accorded marriages will remain stable and predictable no matter where a couple lives, works, or travels, and no matter whether that couple is gay or non-gay. The Respect for Marriage Act doesn’t require any person, religious organization, locality, or state to celebrate or license the marriage of a same-sex couple. The First Amendment protects the right of churches and religious bodies to determine the qualifications for religious marriage, and the Respect for Marriage Act cannot and will not upset that longstanding protection.

The Respect for Marriage Act would fix a grievous wrong that plays out every day in concrete injuries. Because of “DOMA,” a person married to someone of the same sex can’t receive the same spousal health benefits that employers routinely provide to heterosexual spouses without paying additional taxes that different-sex spouses don’t have to pay. Nor can a same-sex spouse take unpaid leave to care for a sick or injured husband or wife; receive spousal benefits under Social Security even after a lifetime of paying into the program; or use the safe harbor provisions in bankruptcy law, Medicaid rules and other federal statutes that protect families from financial ruin. These are just a few of the more than 1,000 responsibilities and rights the federal government denies to same-sex couples and their children. Government has no business putting obstacles in the path of people seeking to care for their loved ones, especially in times of economic uncertainty and challenge. The Respect for Marriage Act will get the federal government back on the right track.
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Pennsylvania is famous for its pretzels, and State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R, Idiot) has a pretzel for a brain. What else could explain such convoluted thinking?

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So it took many people by surprise when a resolution designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month was derailed Wednesday by Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R., Butler), who claimed it “had a homosexual agenda.”

The Western Pennsylvania legislator said he detected that agenda in this phrase: “one in six women and one in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.”
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Metcalfe, in an interview yesterday, said he opposed the resolution because it went beyond what he considered traditional domestic-violence programs that help battered women and children.

“It had language woven through it that brought men into the situation,” said Metcalfe, who voted for similar resolutions in the last two years. “I don’t support the resolution or funding for groups that go beyond helping women.”

So admitting the fact that men experience domestic abuse, including rape, is part of The Homosexual Agenda? Riiiiight.

Metcalfe said that although the resolution was symbolic and did not authorize any funding, it could be seen as promoting groups that serve homosexuals.

Only to the utterly unhinged, like Metcalfe.

 

In case you were unaware, today was the day the Teabaggers descended on Washington DC for their big protest march. About 60-70K attended according to ABC News*. Other events were held around the country for those middle-aged white folk who couldn’t make it to DC. Here are some photos of these “mainstream Americans” putting their “family values” on display.

 
Yeah, Obama’s the Antichrist. Nostradamus told me so.


 
“Trade” Obama back how? Like a slave?


 
Notice the open threat on this one.


 
He’s stupid, and he drives.


 
Any surprise the Confederate Flag is flying?


 
For many more outrageous photos go to Hall of Shame and Meet The Crazies.

Of course video footage is always fun:

 


 
Sometimes there’s only one response for such absurdity;

 
*(Yawn. At least twice as many of us were there in 2005 to protest the Iraq war. And my sign, while decidedly cheesy, wasn’t racist or hateful, nor did it advocate violence. )

For all of the frothing they do over The Sanctity of Marriage, and all the efforts they put into keeping same-sex couples from enjoying the rights they take for granted (a little too much for granted, really), RRRW Conservatives have proven themselves far too irresponsible with the institution of marriage. They commit adultery, they divorce, they commit more adultery, they divorce again, they hike the Appalachian Trail… All the while they proclaim themselves the arbiters of our morality! Truly, the only way to protect marriage would be to ban their participation in it.

Case in point; Assemblyman Mike Duvall of California. Mike is a rabidly anti-gay Republican who got a perfect score from the Capitol Resource Institute for his support of Proposition 8. He was so adamant that Traditional Marriage be defended against those nasty homos. Well Mikey reportedly cheated on his wife. It seems he cheated on his mistress too. Worse yet he described in lurid detail his affairs with the two women on the floor of the Assembly Appropriations Committee meeting. His confession was caught on tape. My lovely wife has full details and follow ups. It’s definitely NSFW, and I myself had to take a long, hot shower after hearing the specifics.

Divorce rates among Conservative Christians in the US are significantly higher than among other religious groups, and far higher than those of agnostics and atheists. About 90% of those seeking to commit adultery list their religious affiliation as “Christian” on an Internet site expressly for cheaters. Once caught in the act the typical response of the RRRW Christian is to deny as long as they can, then claim s/he “prayed and got forgiveness” and expect everything to return to normal (a few crocodile tears help if they can be mustered). It doesn’t matter how many people you harm or how much damage you do here, you see, so long as you say your imaginary friend gave you absolution (who can prove otherwise) and told you to keep on keepin’ on.

Marriage is intended to be a lifelong bond between mature, committed adults. Conservatives have, with their persistent adultery, divorce and utter disrespect for their vows, turned marriage into a mockery. If anybody has cheapened and essentially “destroyed” marriage it is they. Why are they allowed to project their shortcomings onto same-sex families, and deny us our rights as a result? If anybody should be denied the right to marriage in order to “protect” it, let it the people who have actually “destroyed” it; RRRW Conservatives.

 
Read more about RRRW Conservatives’ destruction of marriage and the family.

 

“Heat” (by the Courage Campaign)

Audon Felix Garcia died in a field near Bakersfield in 2008. This heartbreaking story reminds us what is at stake with the CA Employee Free Choice Act, which Governor Schwarzeneger just vetoed.

With one year left in his term, we can’t count on Gov. Schwarzenegger to change his heart or his mind. But the five declared or likely candidates for Governor — Jerry Brown, Tom Campbell, Gavin Newsom, Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman — can be pressured to pledge to sign this bill when the Legislature passes it again.

 
When Catholics are offended, LDS (Mormons) are quick to apologize


 
New Study Links Religion to Immoral Behavior (And in other news; water is wet. )


 
Penn and Teller - Family values (part 1)


 
Penn and Teller - Family values (part 2)


 
Sirius XM: Michelangelo Signorile interviews NOM’s exec director Brian Brown (And no, Signorile doesn’t drool all over Brown as Monica Hesse did.)


 

They were right! President Obama is going to indoctrinate school children and turn them into Socialist Atheist Communist Homosexual Muslim Hitler Youth! His planned speech transcript is now up at Whitehouse.gov . Excerpts below:

The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad you all could join us today.
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So I know some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I’m here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I’m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school year.

Now I’ve given a lot of speeches about education. And I’ve talked a lot about responsibility.
I’ve talked about your teachers’ responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing you to learn.
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I’ve talked a lot about your government’s responsibility for setting high standards, supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren’t working where students aren’t getting the opportunities they deserve.

But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world – and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.

And that’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.

Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide.
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And no matter what you want to do with your life – I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You can’t drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You’ve got to work for it and train for it and learn for it.

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Now I know it’s not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.
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But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life – what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home – that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That’s no excuse for not trying.

Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.
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Whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.

I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work — that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.

But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. You won’t click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you won’t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.
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So today, I want to ask you, what’s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred years say about what all of you did for this country?

Your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I’m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books, equipment and computers you need to learn. But you’ve got to do your part too. So I expect you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don’t let us down – don’t let your family or your country or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it.

Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.

 
How evil can you get? Extolling the virtues of personal responsibility and getting a good education. I can see why the RRRW is so up in arms.

 

On Tuesday President Obama will spend 15-20 minutes speaking to the nation’s school children about the importance of staying in school and getting a good education. Pretty routine, innocuous stuff, right? Not if you’re a RRRW wingnut. Apparently in those 15-20 minutes Obama is going to undo countless years of parenting and churching, and indoctrinate their children into Atheist Muslim Homo Hitler Youth Nazi Socialist Commies. He’s apparently got far more power than I ever gave him credit for.

Now one would think from the furor over this that Obama was the first president to ever speak directly to students, or that at the very least no Republican president had ever done it. But as usual those who are rending their garments and making outrageous claims are forgetting history. This has been done before, more than once.

On November 14, 1988, Ronald Regan pushed tax cuts to school children from four middle schools. Unlike “stay in school and get a good education” that is a distinctly partisan political agenda.

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Today, to a degree never before seen in human history, one nation, the United States, has become the model to be followed and imitated by the rest of the world. But America’s world leadership goes well beyond the tide toward democracy. We also find that more countries than ever before are following America’s revolutionary economic message of free enterprise, low taxes, and open world trade. These days, whenever I see foreign leaders, they tell me about their plans for reducing taxes, and other economic reforms that they are using, copying what we have done here in our country.
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During the question-and-answer portion of the event, Reagan returned to the topic, this time telling the students that lowering taxes increases revenue:

Q My name is Cam Fitzie and I’m from St. Agnes School in Alexandria, Virginia. I was wondering if you think that it is possible to decrease the national debt without raising the taxes of the public?

PRESIDENT REAGAN: I do. That’s a big argument that’s going on in government and I definitely believe it is because one of the principle reasons that we were able to get the economy back on track and create those new jobs and all was we cut the taxes, we reduced them. Because you see, the taxes can be such a penalty on people that there’s no incentive for them to prosper and to earn more and so forth because they have to give so much to the government. And what we have found is that at the lower rates the government gets more revenue, there are more people paying taxes because there are more people with jobs and there are more people willing to earn more money because they get to keep a bigger share of it, so today, we’re getting more revenue at the lower rates than we were at the higher. And do you know something? I studied economics in college when I was young and I learned there about a man named Ibn Khaldun, who lived 1200 years ago in Egypt. And 1200 years ago he said, in the beginning of the empire, the rates were low, the tax rates were low, but the revenue was great. He said in the end of empire, when the empire was collapsing, the rates were great and the revenue was low.

The students probably didn’t know any better, but this is an idea that has been rejected by virtually every economist not named Larry Kudlow.
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Then in 1992 George HW Bush promoted his personal education plan to students:

Lesson to the RRRW: Presidents speaking to school children is nothing new, and while Obama is (IMO) a crappy president he’s not going to turn your children into Gay Atheist Socialist Hitler Youth in the space of 15-20 minutes. A black man is going to speak to students about getting a good education, nothing more. You can deal with it like adults or continue to act like paranoid lunatics. The choice is yours.