Not much new in the SP Times and Tampa Tribune reports on the Equality Florida meeting last night. I did forget to mention the afternoon march this Sunday which starts at the downtown library. More info coming soon. Hillsborough: Ban brings new energy, group says More than 700 people crammed into the Metropolitan Community Church [...]
Religion
Banned in Hillsborough
June 20, 2005
Memo to Ronda Storms (R – Homophoburbia): Don’t piss off the fags Tonight, a large, enthusiastic crowd gathered in a Seminole Heights church to discuss strategic response to Hillsborough County’s newest anti-gay policies. Ronda Storms and the Hillsborough Board of County Commission (BOCC) have lit a fire under the gay and lesbian community in Tampa, [...]
Strategy meeting Monday
June 19, 2005
From the mailbag: It’s Time To Take A Stand! Discrimination Against Gays Officially Endorsed by Hillsborough County Commission Emergency Town Hall Meeting Monday June 20th to Discuss Strategy In an outrageous act of bigotry, the Hillsborough County Commission voted to bar county agencies from recognizing or participating in Gay Pride Month or any events that [...]
Jeb! panders to base
June 18, 2005
Governor Jeb “Jeb!” Bush today called for the passage of a law designed to restore life and dignity to Terri Schiavo. Well, he didn’t really go that far, but he did call for yet another state investigation into spurious allegations of abuse leveled by the parents against Michael Schiavo. Refusing to give up on the [...]
Storms protects us all
June 16, 2005
After long and hard debate, Hillsborough County Commissioner Ronda Storms (R – Homophoburbia), working with a super majority of County Commissioners, pushed through legislation yesterday that will protect us all from the subversive and predatory practices of the small ‘g’ gays. The discussion went like this: Storms: “I move that we adopt a policy that [...]
County Commission debates censorship and discrimination today
June 15, 2005
I get mail… (Wednesday June 15) the Hillsborough County Commission is considering two library issues that could limit what you read and watch: one to prevent the library from purchasing any DVD’s which are not “educational” and one to prevent the county from expending any funds for Gay Pride events and materials (which affects the [...]
Voucher trial takes unexpected turn
June 8, 2005
It looks like the Florida Supreme Court may do an end run around the thorny question of state money supporting religious institutions: at yesterday’s hearing to decide the constitutionality of Jeb!’s voucher programs, justices basically ignored the state / religion angle and focused instead on the Florida constitution’s requirement that “Adequate provision shall be made [...]
Court ruling wont be the end of Florida voucher fight
June 6, 2005
Florida’s Supreme Court will hear arguments on the fate of Jeb!’s religious welfare school voucher program tomorrow. At stake is the nation’s first statewide school voucher program and whether it will stand. It has nationwide interest as other states wrestle with their own versions of paying parochial school tuition with public money. The fallout could [...]
Abstinence Ed.: proselytizing with federal funds
May 17, 2005
Your tax dollars at work . Pursue Faith. The only way to keep strong in God is to read his word, talk to him and worship him 24/7. Keeping your focus on him will help you to stay pure in every other area of your life. Understanding. Wisdom plays a huge role in staying pure. [...]
Meet the new pope…
April 19, 2005
Jesus’ General Bilmon has more… “Ratzinger was only briefly a member of the Hitler Youth…