Lloyd Blankfein is the Face of Class Warfare

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Lloyd Blankfein is the Face of Class Warfare - YouTube

AIDS activists arrested in nude protest at House Speaker John Boehner's office

AIDS activists arrested in nude protest at House Speaker John Boehner's office - NY Daily News

Good Night for LGBT Equality

An Look at LGBT Election Results

Tammy Baldwin becomes first Lesiban/Gay U.S. Senator

Marriage Equality wins by popular vote in Maryland & Maine...

And President Obama breaks a historic barrier by winning election after supporting same-sex marriage and being the most pro-gay President in U.S. history.

The Beginning of the End for the Anti-Gay Marriage Movement

PRESIDENT OBAMA REELECTED WHILE SUPPORTING MARRIAGE EQUALITY

PRESIDENT OBAMA REELECTED WHILE SUPPORTING MARRIAGE EQUALITY | Advocate.com

Despite some mistakes along the way, Obama has been re-elected, and has broken a historic barrier by winning after supporting Marriage Equality and LGBT civil rights... the barrier is torn down.

Updates on LGBT Races to Watch

Check Here for Updates on LGBT Races to Watch | Advocate.com

The Presidential election is not the only thing to watch tonight.. lots of LGBT candidates and ballot initiatives on Marriage...

Republican Defeats Antigay Democrat in Tennessee US Senate Race

Republican Defeats Antigay Democrat in Tennessee US Senate Race | Advocate.com

Thanks to everyone who wrote my name in! Waiting on vote totals..

Jim Maynard for U.S. Senate

Tammy Baldwin-the First Gay/Lesbian Senator

This Is How a Supposedly Radical Lesbian Wins in Congress | Advocate.com

Looks like a good election night for gay and lesbian candidates..

Obama vs. Romney on Gay Rights

The choice for LGBT Americans SHOULD be pretty clear in this Presidential election

Obama vs. Romney on LGBT issues | Gay News | Washington Blade - America's Leading Gay News Source

Obama vs. Romney: 4 Ways they differ on Gay Issues

Obama vs. Romney on Gay Rights:


From Romney’s official campaign website:

As president, Romney will appoint an attorney general who will defend the Defense of Marriage Act – a law that defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman.

Romney will also champion a federal marriage amendment to the Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

Romney Pledges Opposition to Gay Marriage

From Obama’s official campaign website:

First sitting president to publicly announce his support for marriage for same-sex couples.

Believes LGBT Americans should be treated fairly and equally.

Obama repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” so that gay and lesbian service members no longer have to lie about who they are to serve the country their country.

Endorsed the Respect for Marriage Act, a proposed bill that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and require the federal government to recognize gay marriages.

Signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, expanding the U.S. hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.

Extended hospital visitation and medical decision-making rights to LGBT couples.

Obama: Progress for LGBT Americans

The "Churches of Christ" Attack Gays

Here is a FULL PAGE ad, ran multiple days, in the Commercial Appeal by Memphis area "Churches of Christ," attacking gays and lesbians:

Here is my response in a Letter to the Editor:

So the self-proclaimed "Churches of Christ," thought attacking "homosexuals" was so important they had to spend thousands of dollars to put several full page ads in the Commercial Appeal promoting their ant-gay bigotry.  I was once a Church of Christ "preacher."  I realized I was gay while I was a freshman Bible major at Harding Unviversity.  In time I realzied that the "Churches of Christ," were much like the Scribes and Pharisees Jesus spent most of his ministry attacking.

Like the Pharisees, the Churches of Christ think following a literal interpretation of scriptures, written by men, is the path to heaven.  Like the Pharisees, the Churches of Christ use the Old Testament Levitical code to condemn others (homosexuals, etc.) while they do not follow the Levitical code themselves.  They also misuse the storty of Sodom and Gomorrah to condemn gays, when the sin of Sodom was not homosexuality, it was mass rape, inhospitality and violence towards strangers.

When they turn to the New Testament, the Churches of Christ do much the same thing the Pharisees did with the Levitical Code, they take scriptures out of context to support their prejudices.  Jesus never mentioned homosexuality, and neither he nor any of the early discriples, including Paul, had any concept of a "gay" person.  Paul condemned specific acts of pederasty (that is what the original Greek words refer to) and temple prostitution practiced among some of the "heathen" religions, not to attack gays and lesbians, which he had no knowledge about.

Of course, the Churches of Christ also think the Apostle Paul was speaking the literal words of God when he said women should be silent in the church and not have any authority over men, thus they don't allow women to be ministers or even lead prayer. They even think it is a sin to use musical instruments in worship, and condemn other churches who do not follow their narrow literal interpretation of the Bible.  The "Churches of Christ" represent Christianity as well as the Taliban represents Islam.

I suggest any gay or lesbian person in the Church of Christ should leave immediately.  There are some real Christian churches who follow the real Gospel of Christ, and not the legalistic Pharisees in the Church of Christ.  Or better yet, look beyond Bible-based religions, which nearly all oppose equality for gays and women, and embrace secular humanism and reason like I did.

And if the Churches of Christ really want to be disciples of Christ, they should have spent all that money on feeding the poor and hungry in Memphis.

Jim Maynard

Log Cabin Republicans Endorses Mitt Romney

The Uncle Tom Republicans throw the gay community under the GOP bus again..
Log Cabin Republicans Endorses Mitt Romney | Advocate.com

They believed this lie:  Romney Secretly Supports ENDA

Yea right...

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down DOMA

Federal Appeals Court Rules DOMA Unconstitutional - The Advocate

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down DOMA in Opinion by Republican-Appointed Judge (Think Progress)

Memphis Approves LGBT Inclusive Non-Discrimination Ordinance

Memphis City Council Approves Non-Discrimination Ordinance - Memphis Flyer

Memphis approves protections for sexual orientation » The Commercial Appeal

Council Approves Non-Discrinination Ordinance - Memphis Daily News

TEP Holds Town Hall Meeting on Nondiscrimination Ordinance

TEP Holds Town Hall Meeting on Nondiscrimination Ordinance | Memphis Gaydar

Memphis City Council Delays Vote on Non-Discrimination Ordinance

Memphis City Council Delays Vote on Non-Discrimination Ordinance (ABC 24)

Confusion Over City Charter Leads Council to Delay Nondiscrimination Ordinance (Memphis Gaydar)
Opponents of including sexual orientation and gender identity in the Memphis non-discrimination ordinance put up a procedural road block, and delayed the final vote pending research into the City Charter.

Is the City of Memphis, particularly the office of Mayor Wharton, behind the delaying tactic?

Dogs, Ponies, and a Shelved Initiative: The Sexual Orientation Vote for Dummies | Politics Beat Blog
Jackson Baker write in the Memphis Flyer about how the City of Memphis, including Mayor Wharton's office, is blocking the LGBT inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance.

Memphis Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Hinges on a Head Count

Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Hinges on a Head Count | Politics Beat Blog

Memphis City Council still debating protecting LGBT employees from discrimination.

TEP Rallies in Memphis for Non-Discrimination Ordinance

GLBT groups march downtown, protest city discrimination policy - Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee

Tennessee Equality Project (TEP)

Memphis City Council should vote for LGBT- inclusive workplace protections without delay

Grand Divisions: Memphis City Council should vote for LGBT- inclusive workplace protections without delay




Wendi Thomas (CA): Equality for Gay/Lesbian Citizens Overdue

Barney Frank Doubles Down, Defends Calling Gay GOP Group ‘Uncle Tom’

Barney Frank Doubles Down, Defends Calling Gay GOP Group ‘Uncle Tom’ | The New Civil Rights Movement

Hurrah Barney Frank! I've been calling them Uncle Tom Republicans for years..

Fresh Research on HIV Urges New Approach to Gay Men

Fresh Research on HIV Urges New Approach to Gay Men | NationofChange
We need to get HIV/AIDS back on the LGBT radar

3 States Take Up National Fight Against DOMA, Federal Anti-Gay Marriage Law

3 States Take Up National Fight Against DOMA, Federal Anti-Gay Marriage Law | Common Dreams