Archive for November, 2007
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Famed Warrior. Promiscuous. Called by God. Adulterer. Shepherd Boy. Greedy. Righteous Ruler. Lustful. Gay Lover of Prince Jonathan.
Add "raging bigot" to the list of characteristics enshrined in the personality of the Hebrew scripture's King David.
Quoting the Rev. Ken Hutcherson, former Dallas Cowboys linebacker and pastor of Antioch Bible Church in ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Last week, Faith in America - the organization founded by openly gay North Carolina businessman Mitchell Gold - wrapped up its Greenville, S.C. media and community education campaign.
In a town hall forum, the organization presented their view of how religious bigotry - specifically that which comes from Christian tradition - ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
On Nov. 19, NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams was reporting on the 60th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip.
In his intro to the piece, Williams referred to marriage as being "under attack."
Perhaps rightly so, gay journalists, bloggers and activists immediately took notice:
WHAAAA THE HUH??? "In an era ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Myers Park Baptist Church has published audio of its Sunday morning forum on their expulsion from the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
On Sunday, Nov. 18 at 9:45 a.m., before 11 a.m. worship, Myers Park Senior Pastor, the Rev. Shoemaker led a forum allowing members of the convention to discuss ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Michelle Bruce, a transgender member of the Riverdale, Georgia City Council is being sued by those who lost the election to her.
In the lawsuit, the sore losers say that Bruce is guilty of fraud because she ran as woman. The suit names Michelle Bruce as Michael Bruce, even though Bruce's ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, Politics, United States | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
365gay.com News has reported that four men are recovering from stabbing wounds they received during an attack/fight at Croc's, a bar in Greenville, S.C. (h/t Gay Charleston).
This is the same bar where Sean Kennedy was attacked by Stephen Moller in May.
365gay.com News says Croc's is a gay bar, although there ...
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
From the Nov. 17 issue of Q-Notes, your premier source of Carolinas' LGBT news & views.
Oral Sodomy & Tennis
Editor's Note: Matt Comer
Athletes. Alcohol. Oral sodomy. Yeah, I don’t think that mixes too well, either. It certainly hasn’t for one student at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
Dejon Bivens, a 19-year-old ...
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
Headlines & snippets from the Nov. 17 issue of Q-Notes, your premier source of Carolinas’ LGBT news & views:
Barack Obama
Q-Notes examines the candidates — Part two of a multi-part series
by David Stout . Q-Notes staff
In the Nov. 3 issue, Q-Notes began its major election coverage. In a multi-part series, the ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Meeting in Greensboro, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina has voted overwhelmingly to oust Charlotte's Myers Park Baptist Church over that church's public stand for the dignity and respect of LGBT Baptists.
Myers Park is the first church to be booted under a policy attacking gay-friendly Baptists passed by the ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
On Monday, I posted about the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Writing about an article in the Greensboro News & Record I said it seemed as though the convention was finally moving on to something else other than us ho-mo-sek-shuls.
I was wrong.
Reader Big Daddy Weave pointed out that, once ...
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