No Offense…But LGBT’s Aren’t Red White & Blue

OK, So…I’ll leave this one up for debate…I ran across this facebook page that accuses the LGBT community of defacing the American flag.  Apparently someone’s upset that the American and Pride flags have been combined.

I wonder is the fact the American public has defaced the LGBT community (sometimes in a literal sense) over the past couple hundred of years counts for anything.

Check out the site here:  http://www.hs.facebook.com/pages/1-Million-Strong-For-Banning-The-New-LBGTAmerican-Flag-In-The-US/488177175532

Then let me know your thoughts!

Religion Dispatches: Reproductive Rights & Black Genocide

For several years now, the religious right has been trying to appropriate the moral authority of the Civil Rights Movement. It’s an audacious strategy, given that Christian conservative politics were forged in the white Southern backlash to school integration. But it’s had some successes, particularly in rousing black churches against the gay rights movement. Now, the anti-abortion movement is making a push to enlist African Americans in their cause by framing abortion as a tool of eugenics and genocide.

The campaign is already having an impact. As the New York Times reported late last month, the overwhelmingly white Georgia Right to Life has spent more than $20,000 erecting 80 billboards around Atlanta that proclaim, “Black children are an endangered species.” The group has created a Web site, Too Many Aborted, with excellent production values, designed to portray legal abortion as a plot against the black community. Meanwhile, according to the Times, the new documentary Maafa 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America, which purports to “trace connections among slavery, Nazi-style eugenics, birth control and abortion,” is finding an audience among black organizations nationwide. The Times quoted Markita Eddy, a sophomore at the historically black Morris Brown College, who had turned against abortion rights after seeing the film.

More of this great read at: Religion Dispatches!

WWJD?

I believe Jesus would have befriended members of the GLBT community and only after getting to know them would He have ever told them He didn’t accept their lifestyle. At this time, I want to further that thought and delve a bit deeper into the actions of Christ during His time on earth and explore how He treated other, shall we say, diverse parts of society in His time.

In the story of the Samaritan woman, John, Chapter 4, Jesus was traveling with His disciples from Judea to Galilee. His disciples were not pleased when they ended up in Samaria and told him, “surely you made a wrong turn” for Samaria was a part of the House of Israel that most Jews wanted to avoid due to “less than honorable” citizens there (Higgs, 2004). What must be understood here is that the Samaritan woman, named Sychar, was what we now call a slut or a tramp. It must also be understood that there was a very well known well in Samaria, Jacob’s Well, and it still stands today in the Middle East. The journey from Judea to Galilee was long and the weather was hot. In Bible times, they didn’t have canteens they could put water in to carry along with them. Travelers depended on wells such as Jacob’s well for survival during long journey which could only be made on donkey, camel, or by foot.

More at: Freeonesoft.com!

Texas BOE Jumps Over the Edge

Actually, I believe the headline would read better if that were true. But it looks as though the Texas Board of Education has been busy re-writing American History to promote their religious and right wing agenda…but hey, it’s only history…”right”?

According to PRwatch.org:

In a straight party-line vote, ten people on the Texas “Board of Education” voted Friday to change history textbooks to advance right-wing ideological positions on historical matters (the five members of the other party voted against the measures as a whole). Because Texas is one of the most populous states in the union, the contents of history books that it requires will affect the quality of history education students in other states receive. (Hawai’i, for example, lacks the population leverage to push for a laid-back island view of history….) In all, the Board has passed over 100 amendments to curriculum since the beginning of the year. According to the New York Times, “no historians, sociologists or economists” were consulted during the Board’s meetings on these right-wing changes, which were spearheaded by board member and dentist, Don McLeroy, who claimed expertise in a host of serious educational matters not involving tooth decay. Here are the “highlights” of this Texas-sized historical spin, the Board:

* Required that students learn about positive things like “Phyllis Schlafly, the Contract With America, the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority and the National Rifle Association.”

More here!

The Religous Right MUST Be Stopped!

The above video makes me ill to my stomach! This is the only true abomination in the world. These people MUST be stopped. Scott Lively is guilty of inciting violence. He is guilty of a hate crime for which his pure ignorance is absolutely no excuse. I call for the life imprisonment of Scott Lively. He and Martin Ssempa ARE terrorist!

In response, I sent the following email to Martin Ssempa:

Mr. Ssempa,

I am the managing editor of gayagenda.com.

As you should know, the only real “gay agenda” is equality. What you stand for is murder. The blood is on your hands. I suppose if that creates the celebrity status you obviously long for, so be it.

What if I said I hate you because you are black? Would that offend you? What if I said you should be put to death because you wear glasses? Would that concern you? What if your child was gay? Would you kill them?

You are not a man of God, you know nothing about God. You obviously have a God complex, and use it daily to influence other’s lives, but you are not God.

It would appear from your blog you’re seeking dialogue. Unfortunately, you are not open to dialogue. You’re only open to hate, hate of others, because of who and how they love, which is different from you.

So you show gay porn in your church. Were you aware that straight people engage in the same sexual practices? Why not show straight porn too?

Let me ask you…how do you have sex with your wife? Does she like doggie style? Has she ever put your penis in her mouth to please you? Do you do it with the lights on or off? How often do you have sex? Have you ever had sex without the purpose of procreation? Have you ever thought of how it would be to have two women at one time? Have you ever had two women at one time?

Of course I really don’t care. That is my point. Your sex life is really not of my concern. I don’t think about you having sex. Mostly because you’re not having sex with me, and sex outside of my life isn’t my concern. So why, may I ask, do you care about my sex life?

Can the Bible can be used against homosexuality? Sure, but it can also be used against Black men…and it most certainly has been. It can be used against women, children, people who wear poly-cotton blends and those who eat shrimp. But who wrote the Bible? Was it God? What exactly does Jesus say about homosexuality?

You want dialogue, stop hiding and come out. I invite you to be a guest on my weekly Blog Talk Radio program. Let me know if you’re up for some dialogue.

James H. Hipps

Of course, I haven’t received a reply.

If you’d like, you can email Martin Ssempa at ssempa@aol.com

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