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May 15, 2008 - Thursday

Victory in California
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Category: News and Politics

"Accordingly, in light of the conclusions we reach concerning the constitutional questions brought to us for resolution, we determine that the language of section 300 limiting the designation of marriage to a union 'between a man and a woman' is unconstitutional and must be stricken from the statute, and that the remaining statutory language must be understood as making the designation of marriage available both to opposite-sex and same-sex couples." - From the California Supreme Court ruling handed down today.

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March 28, 2008 - Friday

Export the Gays?
Category: News and Politics

Wow... Just Wow... These people have no shame and no respect for the ideals of liberty and justice this nation was based on. Mr. Sprigg, homosexuality isn’t destructive to society - rabid fundamentalism is.

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March 18, 2008 - Tuesday

Sally Kern - Exposing the Homosexual Agenda
Category: News and Politics

This is my first video blog ever, so I hope you all enjoy it. For those interested, it was built using Adobe Flash CS3.

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February 27, 2008 - Wednesday

Does Osama play World of Warcraft?
Category: News and Politics

In an unclassified report released by the U.S. Government detailing data mining activities of U.S. intelligence services, an interesting program appeared. This program, called Reynard, is designed to investigate and try to weed out "suspicious behavior" in online gaming worlds.

Personally, I am all in favor of this. I, for one, am sick of the constant spamming of the chat channels of people looking for groups to commit terrorism. Hell, just the other day some night elf rogue was spamming Shattrath for 30 minutes with "LF2M for heroic Mana Tombs followed by a suicide bombing of Orgrimmar" To top it off, we also have the problem of the gnomish intifada in Ironforge. Honestly, why cant those hyperactive little midgets just clean out the lepers from their own hometown and move back?

This new program is going to have it's greatest effect on PvP (player vs. player) worlds, however, where I expect a sudden outbreak of civility and an end to noob ganking. Because of this, most people will take a moment of pause to decide if ganking that lowbe in Stranglethorn Vale is really worth it. After all, he could be CIA and your ass could wind up in Gitmo.

In all seriousness, I can't figure out whether this is the brain child of some would be big brother bent on watching every move every one of us makes, or a cleaver scheme by government employees to play computer games on the taxpayer's dime...

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Release date: 23 November, 2004

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February 25, 2008 - Monday

Is this what Fundamentalists mean when they preach about family values?
Category: Religion and Philosophy

One of the states where the fascists... er.. fundamentalist Christians have managed to do the most evil is Florida. The article below demonstrates why anything less than full marriage rights for gays and lesbians is unacceptable, harmful and discriminatory.

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Dying Lesbian's Partner Denied Access To Her

(Miami, Florida) Janice Langbehn and Lisa Pond had planned to take their three children on a family cruise. The Olympia, Washington couple had been together 18 years and with their children were looking forward to the holiday.

But just as they were about to depart on the cruise from Miami, Florida. Pond, a healthy 39-year-old, suddenly collapsed. She was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami with Langbehn and the children following close behind.

But once Langbehn and the children arrived at the hospital the hospital refused to accept information from her about Ponds's medical history.

Langbehn says she was informed that she was in an antigay city and state, and she could expect to receive no information or acknowledgment as family.

A doctor finally spoke with Janice telling her that there was no chance of recovery.

Other than one five minute visit, which was orchestrated by a Catholic priest at Langbehn's request to perform last rites, and despite the doctor's acknowledgement that no medical reason existed to prevent visitation, neither she nor her children were allowed to see Pond until nearly eight hours after their arrival.

Soon after Pond''s death, Langbehn tried to get her death certificate in order to get life insurance and Social Security benefits for their children. She was denied both by the State of Florida and the Dade County Medical Examiner.

With the help of Lambda Legal Langbehn has notified Jackson Memorial Hospital that she intends to file a lawsuit.

"There is nothing that can make up for what my children and I endured that day," Langbehn says of the day Pond died. "We only want the hospital to take responsibility for how they treated us and ensure that it doesn't happen to another family."

In accordance with Florida law, Lambda Legal is waiting for the hospital to respond to the notice of intent to sue before formally filing a complaint with the court.

"The treatment that Janice and her children received was unethical and discriminatory," said Beth Littrell, Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal.

"This letter puts them on notice that we are advocating for justice for Janice and her children."

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January 13, 2008 - Sunday

"Don’t Ask Don’t Tell" harms families as well.
Category: News and Politics

The following piece was written by Dana Rudolph who is the publisher of mombian.com, a blog and resource site for LGBT parents. I was also published in Bay Windows, an LGBT newspaper. This story is very powerful and I hope it will leave as much of an impression on you as it did on me. Serving in the military is a major sacrifice. For this family it is an even greater one. It is shameful that we allow petty political squabbles to so drastically impact eh family of someone who puts their life on the line to defend us.

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Family under fire
by Dana Rudolph
contributing writer
Wednesday Jan 9, 2008

Five-year-old William and three-year-old Ryan are the children of decorated U.S. Army officer Cheryl Parker. Like other children of service members, they have dealt with cross-country moves and months without their mother while she was deployed in Iraq. Unlike the others, however, they must forgo many benefits, conveniences and support services offered to military families, or risk revealing that they have another mother, Donna Lewis. This could lead to Parker's dismissal under the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, even in LGBT-friendly Massachusetts. (Note: Names and identifying details have been changed to protect the family.)

In the close-knit community of an army base, there is a strong chance the young children will inadvertently out their mothers. "When I tried to put William in on-base daycare," explains Parker, "he would talk about having two moms. A lot of the daycare workers are spouses of military personnel. I don't need somebody's wife saying 'What's the deal with William Parker?'" The same applies to the other activities provided by the Army family centers, such as kiddie gym classes. "The questions start and then the lying begins, and it's just too complicated."

The couple is adamant, however, that however much they must lie to protect their family, they will never have their children do so. Lewis explains "We can't take them to the commissary together anymore. One of the boys will say 'Mom? Not you, my other mom.' We can't tell him, 'Don't say that,' because he's going to say, 'Why?' The best way to deal with it is just not to put them in that situation."

The "situations" are often ones children would relish. "They had this humongous playground on one base that William absolutely loved," says Lewis. "But if there were a lot of kids around, we couldn't go, because he might say 'That's my mom, my other mom's at home.' That's what kids do. They introduce themselves. If he was going to play by himself, which really sounds sad, then it was okay for him to go to the playground." She adds, "He's dying to play soccer, and they have on-base teams for younger kids. We have to find a team off base, away from the area. William can't go to the swimming pool, he can't go to movie day, the things other kids are allowed to do."

Parker says holidays are especially hard. "We had a Thanksgiving function where all the other officers brought their spouses and children. The children were running amok in this big banquet area. I can't bring my kids to these wonderful things because I'm afraid of what they could say. It would cost me my job."

They also stayed away from the kids' holiday party on base, complete with Santa and gifts for each child. "We thought 'It's just not worth it.' We'll take them to the mall again to see Santa if we have to," Parker says. They found another alternative, in an off-base organization that has Santa "deliver" a gift that you drop off with them in advance. "We still had to sanitize our house and take down pictures," recalls Parker, "because God forbid, Santa would be Colonel So-and-So's retired brother or whatever." Lewis reflects, "It's very hard to explain to the children that you hid a picture. That is the saddest part, that even in our own home, we have to hide."

They cannot ever live on base, where they could get free housing, but where neighbors would be more likely to question Donna's constant presence and note the boys call her "Mom." Parker says there are more than financial benefits here. "Living on base, you're safer, you don't have the same kind of traffic, you have the medical clinic, the commissary, the PX. Everything's right there and convenient."

Instead of spending time on base, the family often finds itself at a local mall that has a play area; momentary fun, but not a place to build lasting friendships. The worries don't stop at the base gate, however. Parker reflects "You can be at the carnival and say something, and the person behind you could be somebody from your office."

When the family socializes, it is most often with non-military, same-sex families. "We show them the other moms so they grow up thinking this is normal and this is great." Lewis worries, however, that this means less exposure to straight families, a view of the world as limiting as the other way around.

As their children grow older, they will miss out on even more. "Some installations have secondary schools," says Parker, "that often don't have the issues with drugs and gangs that you have on the outside. If someone is misbehaving, you're going to know about it a lot quicker. It's almost like sending your child to a private school for free." In order to attend school there, the boys would have to lie about their family. The same is true for a base's teen center, an after-school hangout that also offers field trips and dance nights. "There are not a lot of opportunities like that off base that I know would be as safe," Parker observes.

Parker would pay for such opportunities, but she observes a big advantage to being with other children of military personnel: "Their dads and moms are at war, too. If nothing else, the boys would have a bond because those kids know what it is to be scared. I'll be gone a lot before I retire. My kids aren't going to have that support. In a non-military setting, the kids don't understand. This war is something they read about in the news. It doesn't affect them."

Discrimination impacted their family right from the start. When Parker was trying to get pregnant with William, the Army refused to pay for her artificial insemination because she was not married. It cost them thousands of dollars. When Lewis was pregnant (with insemination again paid for out of pocket), she had to go on welfare to get the insurance coverage for Ryan's birth.

The couple then had to pretend Parker was a single mom of two. She couldn't do a second-parent adoption of Ryan because adoption papers, showing Lewis as the other mom, would be a matter of public record. (The same is true for marriages.) Instead, they filed paperwork to give Parker guardianship. She explains, "The Army only recognizes Ryan as a dependent, a 'custodial child,' not as my son. He's my son," she says with conviction. "I don't fight it because he still has all the rights and privileges as William. If I fight that battle, then I'll lose the war. My job is what provides for my family."

If the boys get sick, Parker must leave work to take them to the free on-base hospital, because the Army does not see Lewis as having any standing to dictate their medical care. "Not that I can't stop what I'm doing," Parker says, "but it's so unfair if Donna wants to do those things, and other stay-at-home moms get to waltz right in and get their kids seen."

Each time Parker is transferred, they have to pay Lewis's relocation expenses, whereas the Army pays for legal spouses. "If I have to pay $1500 for Donna's move," Parker says, "that's $1500 I could have spent on my kids' education or some other way that would benefit them."

The financial and practical hardships are tough, but the couple struggles most with the emotional ones. When Parker's unit returned from Iraq, Lewis and the boys did not attend their homecoming parade. Parker will soon have a promotion ceremony, which for married officers involves their spouse and children. The boys will stay home with Lewis that day, unable to see their mother rewarded for her work and commitment. When Parker retires, her children will not see Lewis presented with a bouquet and a retirement certificate signed by the President of the United States like other spouses, a gesture of appreciation for her role in caring for the family during Parker's years of service.

Parker and Lewis know a few other military same-sex couples with children, but not enough to form a support network in the shifting world of deployments and postings. In an email, Victor Maldonado of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network says it is impossible to tell how many such families there are, for the law prevents them from identifying themselves.

Parker expresses the feelings of many LGBT service members when she asks "How do I fight for the rights of others when mine are so restricted? They're taking convicted felons into the military, but I'm beneath a convicted felon." The worst part is, she says, "Because of that, my kids have to suffer."

Parker knows people will ask "Why doesn't she just quit?" She gives a soldier's answer: "I've known I was gay since I was probably five years old. I've known I wanted to be in the military since I was ten, when I saw the marching band go by. This is something that's been in my blood. It's easy for people when things get tough just to quit and move on to something else, but I refuse to let them take away my dream. I'll go out kicking and screaming. It should be your right to defend your country, with no strings attached."

She wants her children to have a positive view of the military, too. "All I want them to know right now is that the military gives me a good job, it benefits them. They won't know that I have to live in such fear and secrecy until they absolutely have to. I'm hoping by the time they get old enough, things will be different. I'm being optimistic, but it could happen."

Lewis adds "We want them to be honest, and we want them to be themselves. We've already talked about it - if that means they out us and we lose everything, then to us, that's God's will. I am not going to try and teach my babies to be good, upstanding citizens and in the same breath say 'Lie.' I can't. It doesn't work."

That's a sense of values the military should be proud to embrace.

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January 11, 2008 - Friday

Things That Make You Go "Hmmmmmmm..."
Category: Life

As anyone who notices what time most of my blogs go up can tell you, I am a night owl. Frequently, as I am working, the normal TV programming ends and the get right scheme infomercials pop up hoping to find some sucker or Ron Paul supporter to send them money.

All of these schemes make claims that you can quit your job and make millions in about 5 minutes of work today. And, to help you do so, they all promise you that, as part of the purchase price of their program, you can call their "advisors" at any time for six months or a year or whatnot. Now, logically, it would seem that these advisors would definitely be experts in how to make yourself a millionaire in 5 minutes a day, after all, they would need to be knowledgeable in the system to be able to help out the unwashed, and probably undereducated masses who call.

Of course, that begs the question, if, by using this program, you can quit your job and become a millionaire in 5 minutes a day, then why are the experts working some lame ass late night telemarketing job?

The world may never know... I would write more, but I have to watch this program on how to lose hundreds of pounds by drinking chocolate milkshakes!

Currently reading:
Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
By Steve Krug
Release date: 28 August, 2005

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January 10, 2008 - Thursday

Words Of "Wisdom" from Ron Paul - Race Relations
Category: News and Politics

The following are excerpts from newsletters sent out by Ron Paul from 1978 that have been dug up by The New Republic and show the man's true colors. If any Ron Paul supporters want to try to defend this, by all means, leave a comment.

Ron Paul on the LA Riots: "Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks three days after rioting began. ... What if the checks had never arrived? No doubt the blacks would have fully privatized the welfare state through continued looting. But they were paid off and the violence subsided."

Ron Paul on MLK Jr.:

From a Dec 1990 newsletter: MLK was "a world-class adulterer," he "seduced underage girls and boys" and he "replaced the evil of forced segregation with the evil of forced integration."

From a Jan 1991 newsletter: MLK was a "a "flagrant plagiarist with a phony doctorate" and he was a "world-class philanderer."

In October 1990 Ron Paul suggested the following as potential new names for New York City: "Welfaria," "Zooville," "Rapetown," "Dirtburg," and "Lazyopolis" and suggested that, rather than protesting at the Statue of Liberty, black activists like Rev. Al Sharpton should, instead, "hold that demonstration at a food stamp bureau or a crack house."

The lunacy doesn't end there - there is more to come.

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January 9, 2008 - Wednesday

MySpace Religion and Philosophy - Seriously, what the hell is wrong with some of you people?
Category: Religion and Philosophy

For the last week or so, I have been perusing and participating in the "Religion and Philosophy" blog category on MySpace. While most of my blogs are political in nature, some of them touch on religion and I have placed them in that category. Having done so, I wanted to explore this new "world" I was joining. What would one expect with Religion and Philosophy? Maybe some blogs that were republished sermons. Perhaps you could expect some blogs and discussion on doctrinal issues. I was definitely looking forward to finding some blogs and discussion exploring deep philosophical issues. Did I find any of that? No, I'm sad to say. What I did find was the MySpace version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Seriously, if this group of drama queens represents a cross section of our population, then mankind is doomed. I used to think the Politics side was messed up, with the inability of the left and right to get along. Compared to what I see in religion, Politics is one big, happy family.

The Christian side is just shocking. In this group you find some people (not all) without the first clue of how to form a logical thought, have zero understanding of science or the scientific method, and, generally, they embarrass God with each post they make. Hell, I even had one naïve teenager start exposing what seemed to me to be a nearly bin Laden like philosophy when he indicated his willingness to plant bombs if he ever felt God wanted him to. Apparently this same lad thought slavery was ok as long as you treated the slave nice, though the quote I saw was second hand.

The atheist side is almost as bad. I never figured atheism to be an evangelic religion, but the MySpace atheists are practically offering free toasters if you join them in the next 15 minutes. Their latest stunt was to have something like 20 people repost the same blog, and then they mass commented on each other reposts to spam the top 20 list. To me, it is quite ironic to find such a strong heard mentality in a group of people who run about gleefully accusing others of being sheep.

While I am on the subject of atheism, news flash guys – believing that humans, as well as all life on earth, are the product of a bunch of random mutations over a few billion years that started when lightning hit a puddle of goo requires no less faith, and perhaps even more faith, than a Christian believing in intelligent design and divine creation. You cannot reproduce the origin of the universe in a lab, nor can you test it, nor can you find anyone who was there to witness the event. As such, it's a question that science cannot ever conclusively answer. The side that a person picks in the debate will be dictated by their world view more than anything else. Atheists have no choice but to be in the evolution side and most people who believe in a deity will tend to fall on the intelligent design side.

Anyway, enough ranting, I blew off enough steam. I deliberately avoided naming names in this blog, but, fear not my friends, I am sure after a few comments you will be able to tell who is who in the fucked up little world of MySpace religion.