Archive for November, 2007

King David was an enraged bigot?

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 ...

Faith in America in Greenville, S.C.

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 - ...

Go Neil, Go!

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 ...

Audio: Myers Park Baptist forum on Convention expulsion

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 ...

Georgia Trans elected official slammed with lawsuit

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 ...

Attack at Greenville ‘gay’ bar?

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 ...

Editorial: Oral Sodomy & Tennis

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 ...

Headlines: Barack, Equality Conference, Trans Remembrance, Jim Neal challengers

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 ...

Update: Myers Park Baptist ousted from N.C. Convention

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 ...

Update: North Carolina Baptists

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 ...