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  • CARTOON CONSERVATIVES
    2 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Wayne Besen
    Earlier today, a spokestoon for SpongeBob SquarePants announced he is breaking up with gay puppet icon Tinky Winky. Irreconcilable differences were cited, such as they were physically incompatible as neither one had private parts. The spokestoon also charged that Tinky had been chronically depressed after not getting cast for a part in the Broadway musical Avenue Q.
    Hey, if Focus on the Family leader James Dobson can create a surreal gay plot with SpongeBob SquarePants, (…)

  • ANTI-GAY P-FOX PRESIDENT RICHARD COHEN EXPELLED FOR LIFE FROM THE AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION
    26 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Wayne Besen
    Revealing, Never-Before Seen Document Is a Devastating Blow For Outdated Pseudo-Science That Tries To Turn Gay People Straight, Says Besen
    NEW YORK - Author Wayne Besen today released an explosive, never-before seen letter he uncovered from the American Counseling Association that "permanently expelled" reparative therapist Richard Cohen in 2003 for serious ethics violations. The ACA document can be viewed at www.rawprint.com/besen/012504_aca_letter.php
    As the outspoken (…)

  • Communist success in Italy backfires on Prodi
    25 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Tony Barber in Rome
    An experiment in holding US-style primary elections has backfired for Italy’s centre-left opposition by denting the image of moderate reformism that party leaders deem vital to defeat Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, in 2006.
    To the surprise of opinion pollsters, and to the dismay of many centre-left leaders, a self-declared gay Catholic hardline communist, emerged as the winner this week in a primary contest to choose the opposition’s candidate to run for (…)

  • Virginia on the Move
    19 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Wayne Besen
    In their gratuitous zeal to undermine same-sex families, Virginia lawmakers are showing about as much wisdom as Prince Harry in a costume shop. In the opening week of Virginia’s general assembly, four separate constitutional bans on the freedom to marry were introduced. This continuous drive to marginalize and stigmatize gay families may gravely damage the reputation of Virginia and cause a gradual brain drain that will hurt business interests.
    Virginia is not alone in its (…)

  • America’s Political Red Light District
    12 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Wayne Besen
    Conservative commentator Armstrong Williams is embroiled in a scandal where the Bush administration paid him $240,000 to promote No Child Left Behind. Democrat Rep. George Miller, who is on the House Education Committee, said the arrangement using taxpayer’s money was “probably illegal.” When Williams said he represented values, we never knew he meant the value of his bank account.
    As someone who has met the slippery Williams, I’m not the slightest bit surprised that he (…)

  • Everywhere But Nowhere
    5 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Wayne Besen
    It seems a little discordant that the issue of gay people marrying is ubiquitous when gay couples are virtually invisible in society. In today’s America, you have a better chance of seeing a couple of polar bears sunbathing on Main Street than you do a same-sex couple holding hands.
    If you take a look around, the only place you are likely to see affectionate gay spouses are on the gayest streets in the gayest of gay ghettos. There are really only three possible (…)

  • Racism as Prelude to War Crimes
    4 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    As a result of the Anglo-American invasion and occupation of Iraq, more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed - half of them women and children. Eighty-four per cent of the deaths were caused by the actions of the Americans and the British, and 95 per cent of these were killed by air attacks and artillery fire; thousands more are imprisoned and tortured; the lives of millions more have been wrecked.
    In addition, the conditions of child health in US-occupied Iraq today are even (…)

  • George Bush and the return of Little Black Sambo
    4 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Jane Stillwater
    Remember Goodman, Schwerner and Cheney — and the Civil Rights Summer of 1964? How brave we all were back then as we worked hand in hand for a new world of hope and justice and harmony where "colored people" would be allowed to vote.
    It’s 40 years later and "colored people" are still being systematically deprived of their right to vote — only this time on such a grand scale that it would cause even Martin Luther King’s jaw to drop.
    I marched in Montgomery.
    I was at (…)

  • Reggie White’s Mixed Legacy
    29 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Wayne Besen
    Reggie White, a former football star and preacher who took part in a 1998 ad campaign that said gay people have short life spans, died this week. He was 43 years old.
    According to most news reports, White was the equivalent of Mother Teresa in football pads. His beatification includes gushing testimonials about how he was a wonderful “Man of God” who was a great role model to children.
    “As great a player as Reggie was, he was a better person. Every life that he touched (…)

  • France Passes Wide Reaching Anti-Homophobic and Sexist Law
    26 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    Paris, December 25 (RHC)-France has outlawed the use of sexist and homophobic insults in legislation that places such insults in the same category as racist or anti-Semitic hatred.
    On Friday, the French Parliament effectively made any public insult that attacks a person’s gender or sexual orientation a punishable offense with a maximum fine of €45,000 or one year in jail.
    The legislation is an attempt to curb what authorities see as increasing homophobia and verbal violence against (…)