Speak at a KKK Breakfast?

Would President Obama speak at a prayer breakfast organized by the KKK? Would Jim Wallis and other progressive Christians attend?  Then what will they be doing on Thursday Feb 3 at the National Prayer Breakfast founded and sponsored by the notorious gay-bashing “The Family” fringe far right group? (I ask this as a practicing progressive Christian and repentant former religious right leader).

Yes, that’s the same folks who’s key members here and in Africa are mired in the Uganda kill the gays legislation!

Yes, that’s the same folks who long ago used their US government/hard right contacts to try and get the US Government to cozy up to fascist dictator-for-life Franco of Spain.

Yes, that’s the “C-Street” adulterers club in Wash DC that coddles far right philandering Republicans and protects them when they cheat on their wives, not to mention on their country by using their senator and congressmen members to export the worst of American fundamentalism abroad using quasi-governmental auspices.

These are the folks that the evangelicals and others have been in bed with for years at the National Prayer Breakfast.

Why?

It’s about access to power, stupid!

• More from Frank Schaeffer at the Huffinton Post!

The Sick & Twisted Minds Behind the 9/12 Project

OK, I hate to even bring attention to this groups of right wing hacks, but this, for lack of any better word, is purely and simply…CRAZY!

The right has come up with some form of protest called the 9/12 project, and one of it’s biggest endorsers is one of the “right’s” biggest losers, Glenn Beck.

The 9/12 project is an organized cluster f*ck of right wing racist, bigots, and cry babies who will be holding “tea parties” across the county…and the day after 9/11…ooooh, someone really put a lot of thought into that one.

I suppose it’s another attempt at blaming the Obama administration for their own downfalls as well as an attempt to somehow blame the Obama administration for the events of 9/11.

Sick, twisted, and out of control.  I just hope none of them get struck by lightning…we don’t need our President accused of brainwashing God.

Find out more about the complete and utter non-sense by clicking here…but keep a bucket next to you…it just may make you sick.

Possible Arson Destroys Chattanooga GLBT-Serving Church

On Sunday, August 23, the St. Elmo United Methodist church on St. Elmo Avenue in Chattanooga went up in flames.

Church members suspect that hate had something to do with what the 70 federal, state, and local officials are investigating.

The ATF is investigating the fire because any case of arson in a church may be considered a hate crime, which is a federal offense, and because the church building, which was built in 1921, is worth $1.5 million.

St. Elmo resident Charles King told Chattanooga News Channel 12 that “KKK” was spray painted on the church’s sign just months ago.

St. Elmo Church is known for its liberal congregation and is known for serving the GLBT community.

Read the rest at: Out & About

On a side note to this…for all the ‘righties’ who cried when “Bash Back” threw flyers around during a service at Mt. Hope Church, and talked about how “radical” the gays are for doing such a “horrible” thing…remember…there were no arrest in that event, nor was there any damage!

N.C. Gay Marriage Ban Rally Scheduled

Opponents of equality and same-sex marriage in North Carolina, a state where the KKK is still very active, will lobby the Legislature for the second time in one week.

Return America, a conservative “Christian” group has scheduled a “Stand Up for Traditional Marriage” rally on today in downtown Raleigh.

North Carolina law defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman, but anti-gay conservatives are seeking to have the state constitution changed to prevent same-sex marriage from ever occurring in the state.

Equality supporters oppose this move as they don’t want to see the state in which they pay taxes and live in, write discrimination into the constitution.

Religious leaders and anti-gay lawmakers held a news conference last week promoting the amendment.

I’m still a little confused about the name “Return America”….who took it and what makes it the property of those who are anti-gay?

Gliebe – a White Supremacist in KKK Drag

Pictured: Janis Ian

Erich Gliebe, a White Supremacist in KKK Drag vs. Our Need for Activism

Shame on Esquire magazine, who offers a spotlight on “humanities worst possible person,” an interview on the mission of Erich Gliebe, a dangerous man from Ohio who is now the acting chair of the National Alliance, a Neo Nazi organization imitating the mission of the Klu Klux Klan. Eric Gliebe has found a highly visible soapbox now amplified by Esquire Magazine, and it has given him access to a public forum that is threatening to all of America on political and social fronts alike.

Eric has made two basic statements in this recent Esquire interview. One is an announcement of support for Barack Obama as President, under the assumption that his candidacy and election might awaken the racist tendencies of white Americans. In so doing, according to Gliebe, will further the racial divide which seems to be closing through the graces gained from the African American that are witnessing the passionate Caucasian support for their African American candidate. It’s an interesting perspective that it could possibly deepen the racial divide, although I doubt that it would have that affect. I choose to believe from all that I have seen and experienced from Obama’s candidacy, that it will have much the opposite affect, but time alone will tell if I am correct in this assumption. I can only pray that I am right.

The second aspect of Gliebe’s recent press in Esquire magazine is of grave concern to the all of us in the LGBT community. In that article, he singles out Janis Ian of long standing music fame, who happens to be an out and proud Lesbian with one Grammy Award and five additional Grammy nominations to her credit. Janis has now been named by this KKK related organization as public enemy number one. Janis first became famous from the hit single that she wrote and performed, entitled “Society’s Child, a song that brought her fame and went right to the top of the charts. Just a few years later she performed live, despite the pain of Strep Throat and high fever, for the first ever Saturday Night Live airing.

Janis has had some very difficult moments in her life, spotted with criticism for being a Lesbian, loving a black woman, as well as from our government, who sent the IRS, the harassment tool of conservatives in power. Despite all the hardships she has endured from a very young and tender age, Janis molded herself into a strong woman, both socially conscious and a responsible recording artist. Janis now focuses time and effort in support of the Pearl Foundation, an educational grant foundation that she gave life to with the help of fans, and named after her mom. The Pearl Foundation exists to provide educational opportunities for women, to educate them and to foster a sense of self-sufficiency and independence. The Pearl Foundation might not yet be as visible to the world as her performances were and are, but she is now active for the common good in nothing less than wondrous ways, different than by her infamous folk music. Janis isn’t just a feminist, she is an activist too, putting her fame, her talent, her money and her good efforts forward to do something positive for others, and that effort benefits all of society. Janis uses her resources to bring about a worthy social change. Kudos to you Janis; we in the gay community are very proud of you for all you do.

This outspoken charge of “public enemy #1” is of huge concern to me, as I do believe it should be to all LGBT men and women and to all African Americans as well. The question is this; when one of our own is singled out in such a threatening manner, what should we do about it? How should we surround and protect our threatened brothers and sisters?

Well, for starters we can always lend our support to the Human Rights Commission, GLAAD, Equality and even the NAACP. Perhaps it is time for us to take our collective experiences of suppression and discrimination, and coupled with stories like this, and our compassion for others such as Matthew Shepard, and employ that momentum to further the cause of liberty for all LGBT as well as all People Of Color. To do so could also aid the breaking down of more of the issues that all African American Gay men and women face. They must endure terrible discrimination from within their own community. It’s unfair, it’s cultural, but it can be turned around and improved with diligent and proper attention.

In other writings here on Gay Agenda, I have referred to “pushing back” against the tides of suppression. You might agree that it is not a natural thought to use membership in the NAACP, coupled with our probable membership in Equality, GLAAD or HRC as a tool to fight our own issues, but we didn’t make the link between African American prejudice and LGBT prejudice; we didn’t make the case, Erich Gliebe did it for us. Considering the singling out of Janis Ian, it is time for all LGBT to hold the hands of our African American brothers and sisters and push back, fight back, and try to win more ground for our combined and overlapping cultures. While these LBGT organizations may have an inherently different charge from the NAACP, they do share a common mission to some degree. They all exist to further rights and fight suppression and prejudice. It is up to us to make the case for them to begin to work together, to make them more aware, and to bring national attention to such a threat, which I believe was made to foster antagonism against both parties, Barack Obama on behalf of all African Americans and Janis Ian.

I believe that I know Barack Obama well. I have studied this phenomenal man for nearly 21 months now. I tend to think I know him almost as well as his wife, but joking aside, Barack has the Secret Service and at least 50% of America to fight back for him. Janis Ian is a much smaller part of society, albeit very important one. We, her brothers and sisters, must rise and shield her too. She is the blood of our blood. I tell you, Janis is one very admirable individual. She and her partner Pat live in Nashville Tennessee on the corner of a street lined with McCain/Palin lawn signs. There in their sweet community, with a desire to foster political balance, Janis and Pat have covered their lawn with Obama/Biden posters. To balance things out a bit, I’ve turned the tide, and from our perspective, we’ll name Erich Gliebe as the Public Enemy.

LBGT Public Enemy Number One:

Erich Gliebe AKA Erich Josef Gliebe
Born: c. 1964
Birthplace: Cleveland, OH
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Neo Nazi, former boxer under the moniker of “Aryan Barbarian”
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Chairman, National Alliance, aligned with KKK

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