Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category


Mass. moves to open marriage, Radical Right flips

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Minutes after the Massachusetts Senate voted to repeal a 1913 law that would open same-sex marriage to out-of-state couples, the American Family Association's OneNewsNow posted an Associated Press article detailing the legislation's passage. They changed the headline (and all the words "gay" to "homosexual") to read: "BREAKING NEWS: Out-of-state homosexual 'marriages' ...

Not the usual Mormon view

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Needless to say, the LDS church isn't too happy with the calendar. That isn't to say that I'm not, though. Beautiful. Absolutely stunning. More at Bilerico.com and Queerty.com. (h/t DailyQueerNews)

Anti-gay bi man gives it up

Monday, July 14th, 2008

David Benkof/David Bianco, who recently made waves with a string of anti-gay op-eds in gay and mainstream news publications, has decided to give up his alliance with anti-gay, radical right activists. “I no longer feel comfortable being allied with the people running the Prop. 8 campaign, and the same-sex marriage movement ...

What about the kids? N.C. Christian Action League more concerned with the sex

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

On Monday I posted again about the N.C. Christian Action League's misleading words and tactics regarding the School Violence Prevention Act (HB 1366). That was after first exposing their inaccurate op-ed written by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay, anti-marriage amendment supporter state Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Gaston). Late last evening, the ...

N.C. Christian Action League misleads again

Monday, July 7th, 2008

InterstateQ.com was the first to tell you about the Christian Action League of North Carolina and the misleading, inaccurate op-ed written by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay state Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Gaston County). Now, the Christian Action League is misleading the public and their members again. From a recent Christian Action ...

My friends speak out and Pastor Baity rears his ugly, hateful head

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

WFMY News 2 (Greensboro) did a wonderful story (video here) on my two good friends and mentors Gary Trowbridge and Frank Benedetti, a couple whose been together for decades. They are looking forward to a legal wedding in California. The state started legal marriages for same-sex couples yesterday at 5 ...

N.C. pastor candidate for Southern Baptist Convention prez

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- A pastor at a Southern Baptist Church in Lewisville, N.C., a suburb of Winston-Salem, is one of six candidates for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention. Les Puryear, who worked as a telecom executive for 25 years, has been a pastor since 1996; this is his third ...

Anti-gay fundie connections to hate group?

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

The American Family Association's OneNewsNow.com recently ran an article titled "Schools out forever... for NC illegals." The article profiles Americans for Legal Immigration PAC or ALIPAC. The group is "commending" N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper for his ruling that illegal immigrants cannot enroll in state community colleges. It is already known that ...

Christian Action League responds to ‘Agenda’ criticism

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

The president of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, the Rev. Mark Creech, has responded to my various criticisms of an earlier op-ed published on their website ("The Real Homosexual Agenda" Feb. 29, 2008) by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay marriage amendment sponsor N.C. State Sen. Jim Forrester. In ...

Standing Above Reproach, II

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Two days ago, I addressed the incidents surrounding Ken Hutcherson's appearance at a Mt. Si High School assembly for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. While respecting, and even supporting, the need for teachers and students to address the anti-gay rhetoric put forth but Pastor Hutcherson, I wondered if there ...