The great State of Tennessee and DADT/WTF NEWS

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/judge-lesbians-military-turn-straight/

This assclown basically belives that gay men should not be allowed in the military, but Lesbians should. That way the good upstanding straight G.I.'s will not be forced to put up with their gay counterparts, but will be given the opportunity to "straighten out" the lesbians. Click the link to find out how he thinks they should go about achieving that momentous feat. 
I absolutely can not.

I guess I missed the memo. AKA: Today's what the fuck news...

 
 So not only am I drug addict, I'm a sh*t eater too.
Ya'll don't want me to comment on this... 

You do the math... AKA: Today's WTF news...

I found this beauty over at another lgbt blog site that I love. www.southern4life.blogspot.com  
This map was featured in the New York Times. It shows a map of states where its legal for gays to marry and a map where its legal for one to marry their first cousin. Notice anything? 

So, I can't marry the woman of my dreams, who i'm sure would NOT  be genetically related to me in any way. However, I CAN marry someone who is a close blood relative of mine, and run the risk of producing physically and/or mentally disabled, or even still born children? Umm, ok. 

But there's something wrong with me...?

I'm done

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Jeff tells it like it is...in under 10 minuites.

Jeff Johnson, political commentator, writer, and all around brother with some sense, spoke on the Tom Joyner Morning Show yesterday. It only took him 6 minutes to speak the flat out truth about homophobia in the black community  He explains how as African Americans we will make deals with those who have made it plain and clear thay they hate us. All for the sake of dehumanizing another group. Black folk will go along with anything just to be given the brief "blessing" of sitting at massa's table. Even if it's just for a moment.Click the link folks. Listen carefully. It only takes a second to tell the truth.


http://www.nbjc.org/jeff-johnson-tjms.html

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I Told You These Rednecks Waz Gonna Clown.../WTF News...

A few weeks ago I did a post about the vandalism of the inclusion billboards that the MGLCC (Memphis Gay and Lesbian Center) had put up for National Coming Out Day. Following that incident there was a scheduled rally in support of the center and what they where trying to do. I stated that if they thought these dumb mo-mo's around here where just going to let go and let God, then they had another thing coming. I have been proven correct. Follow this link and watch the video.


MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED ARSON AT MEMPHIS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER

http://www.wmctv.com/global/category.asp?c=151146&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=15040&topVideoCatNoB=105461&topVideoCatNoC=117912&topVideoCatNoD=169582&topVideoCatNoE=106890&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=4293707&flvUri=&thirdpartymrssurl=

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These ignant (yes, ignant) momo's make me ill...


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Stupidity has a favorite color.

Today, in reference to a good friend of mine, I was asked, "where that punk at?" I looked at that fool standing there with yellow (I think it was supposed to be blonde) and black micro braids and a booming pair of breast feeding tata's covered only by one of Rave's finest crochet halter top and thought: this is NOT happening right now.
When I told her I didn't know who she was talking about she says: "you know, the punk, the faggot, the sissy", as if what she said at first was perfectly normal, but maybe I just hadn't understood her clearly.
Now the way this bumbling idiot was speaking (plus the outfit and hair) told me a few things.
1. She didn't know what she said was wrong in the first place.
2. She thought the ish was funny.
3. She thought because we were both black women, I should be laughing with her.
She was wrong on all points.
I hate when people assume that just because they share a common denominator with you, be it big or small, then you are automatically on their team. I have curly hair. So do a lot of Jewish people. Does that mean we should agree on all things? Clearly not. The woman who said these things really deserved my pity more than my score. She was lost in a world that, thankfully, my family found their way out of decades before I was ever concieved. However, her determination to make me "understand" what she was saying pissed me off more than I can even express. I wonder how she would feel if my good [white]friend the "punk/sissy/faggot" that she was referring to describe her as the "ghetto/ nigger/jungle bunny?" I can just about imagine. I couldn't say what I really wanted to say to her in response for a couple of reasons so off course she walked away confused and I walked away pissed. I just don't get it. I do not have to agree with you because your pigment levels are similar to mine! I encounter this annoying phenomenon @ least once per week and, to be honest, after a while it starts to affect your spirit. Because these are " my people." Its sad and embarrassing. And it probably won't stop any time soon.
I repeat common sense aint common.
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In Today's WTF...PT.2

This was an the actual message on an actual church sign here in Memphis, Tn. Needless to say, this a controversial "church" (cult), with controversial "leadership" (cult leader). At the New Olivet Baptist Church, they believe in non traditional forms of alter call adn prayer. They blow kisses at the Lord for example. The pastors name is Rev. Dr.Kenneth Whalum. He is an interesting character with very interesting beliefs very devout followers (who have clearly drank the kool-aid). Read the following and let me know if its just me, or if this man and his "parishioners" are with the sh*t.

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News Lesbian Couple Expelled From Kenneth Whalum's Church

Posted by Bianca Phillips on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:44 PM

In an effort to learn more about mayoral candidate Kenneth Whalum, Yas Meen and Monique Stevens visited the reverend's New Olivet Baptist Church Sunday morning. But they claim the experience resulted verbal attacks and expulsion from the church.
"I had been having political debates with my partner about who to vote for for mayor. I said Whalum was the man to vote for, and she was going for Herenton," Meen says. "We decided to go to [Whalum's] church to see what he was all about."
Meen says many in the congregation were giving them dirty looks as soon as they sat down. But she says the real trouble started when the women — who are both agnostic — opted out of a "sanctified dance" that supposedly involved congregants dancing in the aisles, laying on the floor to pray, and blowing kisses to God.
"People were telling us we needed to blow kisses, and I said, I don't communicate with my higher power like that," says Meen, who admitted to feeling uncomfortable with New Olivet's unique style of worship. She said Whalum directly called them out for not participating.

Later, when Stevens placed her arm around Meen, the women claim a security guard asked the two to leave the church. He said he'd already called the police. The women allege that a group of about 25 young men pushed them out of the church while others taunted them with calls of "demon" and "devil worshipper." Stevens' glasses were broken and she suffered scratches and bruises.
"I was there to support him as mayor, but he won't be getting my vote now," Meen says. "If he's going to act like that in church, how will he act in front of [the citizens of Memphis]?"
Whalum was not immediately available for comment, but if he does return Flyer phone calls, we'll be certain to update the story at that time.
According to the New Olivet's website, the church offers "compassion and refuge, reaching out to a lost and hurting world that needs salvation and purpose."

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I'm from Memphis, Tn. Everyone here who is isnt a member of New Olivet knows that this is not the church you go to for questions, this is the chuch you go to for theatrics and a Pastor with illusions of granduer. Ok, fine. Dont put ya hands on me. Period. These folks were there because they thought he might be a good candidate for mayor. Umm, yeah, no beauno. A lot of us vote, ya kow. This is a local election. One that is not at all concerned with GLBT issues. Whalum just put himself in the line of fire. Not because he heads a unique church and not because he thinks (or wants to believe) that he's the Jay-Z of the pullpit, but because of what he, as a "Christian"man, sat back and allowed to happen. Its very simple.

"Jesus said bring me that ass", alright. He'll have yours on a plate one day...Pastor.

Good Day, Candidate.

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Found at memphisflyer.com

In Today's WTF News...PT. 1

Looks like the Tastee Diner messed with the wrong lesbians when they booted Aiyi’nah Ford and her partner Torian Brown from their restaurant at 2 a.m. on August 12th for embracing at the counter while waiting to give their waitress her tip. The Washington Blade reports, Ford and Brown were asked to “please take that outside,” by the diner’s manager. Ford then questioned whether the manager, identified as Paul, was serious in his request for them to leave. Paul said that he was serious, even as Ford pointed out a straight couple blatantly kissing in a nearby booth and wasn’t asked to leave the establishment. According to Ford, Paul “proceeded to say that this was a family establishment and that people are trying to eat, as though our embrace would make someone sick.”
Ford and Brown’s waitress then followed them outside to apologize and informed the couple incidents like this have happened before. Ford and Brown decided to take action and planned a “kiss-in” type protest to take place on Wednesday, August 19th. Ford, who is also a blog radio host, announced the protest details on her show. The protest consisted of the group eating, paying for their meals, and then engaging in an embrace by the counter. Twenty-five (25) supporters and local media showed up for the protest. Ford told the Blade, “when we arrived, they asked us to sit in the back. [The discrimination] is blatant, and they don’t even know what they’re doing. It’s tragic and sad.”
The protest went off without incident. Ford vows to continue to pursue her complaint with the Maryland Commission on Human Relations. As a result of this incident, Ford says, “we’ll be visible. That’s what’s gonna come from this at this point. That’s what we feel is best.”
Who else is pumping their fist for these ladies taking a stand? We know we are.
Tastee’s manager Laura Wilkes , spoke to media on camera and stated, “Tastee Diner is a family restaurant. And it doesn’t matter if you’re straight or if you’re gay. If you start going beyond the point of kissing and things start getting x-rated, we’re going to ask you to stop.”
X-rated? Hmmm. From the footage we saw, the encounter between Ford and Brown was hardly x-rated. But, we’ll allow you to be the judge.
In response to all this media attention, surveillance video from Tastee Diner was posted online to show the Ford and Brown embrace that took place on August 12th. ___________________________________________________

*This was found at BLACKGAYGOSSIP.COM I am still working on my feeds so I have to do this manually to make sure I'm crediting my peers correctly.*

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I'm so sick of this type of bullsh*t I don't know what to do...

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A moment of silence...

Just need to ask that anyone who reads this say a special prayer for my girl, Kattie (aka WhiteFace). She is very sick right now and in ICU. I hope she knows that a lot of people care about her and are praying for her healing.

This week in WTF news.

As reported in the Las Cruses Sun-News
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Two gay men kicked out of Chico's Tacos restaurant for kissing

By Andrew Kreighbaum and Darren Meritz / For the Sun-News

Posted: 07/09/2009 05:02:06 AM MDT

EL PASO -- Two gay men kissed at a Chico's Tacos restaurant, prompting guards to eject them and a police officer to endorse their ouster. Civil-rights lawyers say the security staff was out of line. Police, though, contend that a business such as a restaurant can refuse service to anybody, any time.
In all, five men were ordered to leave the restaurant. They say they were forced out by homophobic guards.
"It was a simple kiss on the lips," said Carlos Diaz de Leon, a gay man who was part of the group.
He called police at 12:30 a.m. June 29 because he said the guards and restaurant had discriminated against the group after two of his friends kissed in public.
The five men, all gay, were placing their order at the Chico's Tacos restaurant on Montwood when the men kissed. All five sat down, but the two guards at the restaurant told them to leave.
De Leon quoted one of the guards as saying he didn't allow "that faggot stuff" in the restaurant.
De Leon said they refused to leave and called police for help. He said an officer arrived about an hour later in response to calls from his group and the guards.
As they waited for police, the guards directed other anti-gay slurs at them, he said.
Already angry at the guards, de Leon and his group became angrier at the two police officers who arrived.
"I went up to the police officer to tell him what was going on, and he didn't want to hear my side," de Leon said. "He wanted to hear the security guard's side first."

Police declined to identify the officers who responded, but department spokesman Javier Sambrano described one officer as relatively inexperienced.
De Leon said the officer told the group it was illegal for two men or two women to kiss in public. The five men, he said, were told they could be cited for homosexual conduct -- a law the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 2003 in Lawrence v. Texas.
That same year, the El Paso City Council approved an ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation by businesses open to the public.
An assistant manager at Chico's Tacos declined to comment Wednesday, except to say the owners of the restaurant were out of town and could not be reached. An official with All American International Security, the firm contracted by Chico's Tacos to supply guards, said one member of the security crew was contacting a lawyer. He would say no more.
El Paso police Detective Carlos Carrillo said a more appropriate charge for what happened at Chico's Tacos would probably be criminal trespass.
"The security guard received a complaint from some of the customers there," Carrillo said. "Every business has the right to refuse service. They have the right to refuse service to whoever they don't want there. That's their prerogative."
Briana Stone, a lawyer with the Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project, disagreed.
She said the city anti-discrimination ordinance protects people on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation in public places. Perhaps more troubling, she said, was that the police officer chose not to enforce that ordinance and might have contributed to discrimination.
"This is such a blatant refusal to uphold the law on account of discrimination," she said. "The result is devastating. The Police Department is allowing that and even participating in it by refusing to enforce an anti-discrimination ordinance, which is what their job is."
Lisa Graybill, legal director for the ACLU of Texas, said that businesses can ask patrons to leave for lewd conduct, but that those standards would have to apply to all customers.
"If a straight couple wouldn't have gotten kicked out for it," she said, "a gay couple shouldn't."
The police officers involved did not file a report about the confrontation at Chico's Tacos. Carrillo said no report was made because officers thought the situation was under control and neither side requested a written account of the incident.
De Leon said he and his friends left the restaurant after an officer threatened to issue a citation for "homosexual conduct."
Andrew Kreighbaum may be reached at akreighbaum@elpasotimes.com; 546-6137.
Darren Meritz may be reached at dmeritz@elpasotimes.com; 546-6127.

I am so sad...

I just dropped my son off with his other grandmother for the summer. I missed him before I got out the driveway...

Don't know what to do with myself now.