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Oklahoma is not the only place where people make their unfriendly-towards-gay-people views known. This sign was described as being in a rural part of North Carolina. I spent recent years of my life in Oklahoma. I now live in North Carolina, my home state. These attitudes sadden me no matter where they are expressed. I hope that hearts and minds will continue to change for the better, and some day there will be a place where all are people are valued and all are welcomed.

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Thanks to Craig at NC Gay Activist for this photo.

Visit Towleroad for the original post and comments.

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I found this Earth Hour Movie - Narrated by Jeremy Piven on Big Brass Blog.

On Saturday, March 29 at 8pm millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour - Earth Hour - symbolizing the need to take action on climate change. (more…)

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[UPDATE: Sunday March 30, 2008 - I will list links to support and advocacy groups at the end of this post as I learn of them. I will list links to sites that monitor Kern's hate-speech (and, those groups who promote and support her hate-speech) in a comment to this post.]

It seems that Sally Kern’s misinformed attacks on gay people will not end any time soon. I will be surprised if they ever end. Before the YouTube video that made her famous, I had not heard of her. Now, her legally-protected hate speech is covered at every turn.

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Sally Kern shows no signs of stopping her public attacks on gay people or changing her views. If anything, she has dug in her heels, and she is going to great lengths to repeat her ignorant and hate-tinged views as often as possible in print (letter to OK newspaper) and at her public meetings.

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I must say Sally Kern’s behavior does not surprise me. I know someone who is like her in making ignorant and narrow-minded statements and holding ignorant and narrow-minded views. I was subjected to that person’s anti-everyone attitudes for most of my life. Only in recent years did someone point out to me that she talks that way to everyone, and I just let her negativity affect me more than most. I still feel sorry for the young people who have to listen to her hate-speech.

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I have been fortunate never to have lived with the person I know who feels the need to verbally attack every group she thinks is ‘bad’ (based on her personal beliefs). That person has never changed for as long as I’ve known her. I believe she means well and probably has not the slightest idea of the damage she did to me over the years. Because of the misguided preacher of hate in my own life, someone who I want to believe is actually a good and loving person who means well (at least in her own personal circle), I want to believe the same of Sally Kern.

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I want to believe Sally Kern means well, in her own misguided way. I want to believe she has no idea how much harm she causes people with her attitudes, actions and words. I feel especially sorry for any young people who trust her and look up to her, people over whom she has influence. If she was as outspoken about her views during her 20 years in education as the person I know, believing she was doing the right thing by talking about how bad other people are for their very existence, then she very well may have caused harm to many people. This is my personal opinion based on my experience with negative and judgmental people. I think it’s a shame for adults to be so hostile and negative towards kids. It’s hard enough to grow up. Sally Kern’s views are no friend to any young person who is gay or lesbian.

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I think the reason I’ve posted so much about The Sally is that she’s like the anti-everyone person in my life. That person caused me harm over the years with her negativity and hate speech, and she was someone I rarely saw. Words matter. Words can be used to heal or to harm. I have always believed if I were ever in a position to speak up about these things, I should, for the sake of other kids who are harmed by such ignorant and hateful attitudes, especially when those things are spoken by people who say they are only saying what God says. Incredible damage is often done by people who say they speak in the name of God (but do so, most certainly, without the blessing of God).

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In my own life, I internalized the anti-everyone speech I heard from the person I knew. I don’t know why I let her get to me. Other people were able to just tune her out. But, I was always (in my own mind) the champion of the underdog. So, she’d say anti-this-group or anti-that-group things to me, and I’d always take the bait and end up in an argument with her. But, she was older and very negative. It was not good for me. I was told many times by someone who knew her that she was really a good and loving person. I even saw good (thoughtful) behavior by her at times. But, for most of my life, the major influence she had on me was of pouring out negativity and judgment on just about everyone. Being confronted with her negativity and voiced judgmental attitudes was like being in a toxic waste swamp. I didn’t drown, but I did not escape without injury.

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I think it’s all about being misguided. The attitudes and beliefs vocalized by Sally Kern, and so many like her, are a watered down version of what the Westboro ‘church’ (a tax-exempt hate group) does. They spread hate, intolerance and rejection of others in the name of religion. It’s really sad that some of the people who have influence (certain religious leaders, educators and politicians) use their influence to create an environment of intolerance and rejection of others rather than one of inclusion and acceptance. (The person I know once named all the ‘bad’ people, and they were everyone. It was really pretty amazing. Any individual or group that was not just like her politically or religiously was in the ‘bad’ category.)

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I hope the young people in Sally Kern’s life, and those within earshot of her unloving words, will close their minds and hearts to the lack of love she spreads. She speaks as if she believes she is spreading God’s word. That’s what the person I know has always done. I don’t see it that way. What I see is the incredible harm she is (potentially) causing.

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I hope for a world where we all accept ourselves and each other. I hope for a world where people can co-exist with different religions, different languages, different loves, different colors of skin, different abilities, different interests. It saddens me to see how so much energy is spent (time, human life, money, emotion) to destroy others who are different. I can’t see that there is anything good in Sally Kern’s repeated public forums where she spreads her anti-gay message. She is quickly becoming too much like the anti-gay ‘church’ that pickets funerals and carries signs thanking God for deaths.

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I have become weary of The Sally.

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If you, too, are tired of The Sally, and you want to escape the negativity of her words and words of those like her, look instead to people and places that offer support and encouragement. PFLAG. Soulfource. Heartstrong. If you’re in Oklahoma, OKEQ. If anyone wants to list support and advocacy groups in the comments, you are welcome to do so. There are also many church groups who are ‘open and affirming’. I welcome links to those groups, too.

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In the long term, if you are tired of hate-speech and anti-equality legislation, be sure you are registered to vote … and vote. These issues are not ‘gay’ issues, they are human issues and equality issues. Americans need to speak up against intolerance and hate. We need to vote proponents of inequality and hate out of office.

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I just remembered another list of equal rights advocacy groups. It’s listed on an anti-gay site (to identify the enemy). I won’t name the anti-gay-for-pay website, but thanks for the link to equal rights organizations:

• Human Rights Campaign
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
• Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
• Lambda Legal
• ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project
• Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
• Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
• National Center for Lesbian Rights
• National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
• GenderPac
• Soulforce
• Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders

More support and advocacy groups:

Cimarron Alliance - for A Fair and Just Oklahoma

Equality NC - Equality North Carolina is a statewide advocacy organization that works to secure equal rights and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender North Carolinians

Youth Services of Tulsa - Nonprofit community agency devoted to advocacy for youth

Herland Sister Resources - Herland is a nonprofit organization operated entirely by volunteers. We provide resources for the women’s community to strengthen, enrich, and support women, and to promote a world free of prejudice, oppression and exploitation.

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I enjoy the way Good As You takes gay news and adds their own humorous (and serious) perspective:

Well, at least she doesn’t want us fired from Dept. of Terrorism

In what was her first meeting with an organized LGBT group, Sally Kern today met with representatives from Oklahoma City chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). And while the OK Rep. did not apologize for or back away from her not OK comments, there was one pretty big development from the meeting: According to the PFLAGers, Sally did “agree with” the idea that gay and lesbians should not be fired from their jobs because of their sexual orientation.

Go read the group’s press release for more:

Oklahoma City PFLAG Supporters Meet with Sally Kern [PFLAG]
(H/t: P1Q)

Though honestly, we’re a little hesitant to see this as a big step. After all, considering what we already know about Sally, there’s a very good chance that (a) she meant it’s our “immorality” that should get us fired, not our orientation, (b) she meant we shouldn’t be fired because of our orientation because she doesn’t believe we actually have a gay orientation, or (c) she doesn’t think we should be fired because she doesn’t think we should ever be hired in the first place. Call us self-loving if you must, but the whole “you gays are gonna destroy society” thing has left us a teensy bit leery.

Here’s the official PFLAG press release about the meeting:

Oklahoma City PFLAG Supporters Meet with Sally Kern

For Immediate Release
March 27, 2008

Contact:
Rev. Loyce Newton-Edwards
(405) 642-0124 / loycee@sbcglobal.net
Steve Ralls
(202) 467-8180 X212 / sralls@pflag.org

Oklahoma City PFLAG Supporters Meet with Sally Kern
Lawmaker Agrees Gays Should Not Be Fired Because of Sexual Orientation

Oklahoma City, OK– Members and allies of the Oklahoma City Chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) met earlier today with Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern to express concern about her recent comments comparing the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community to a “cancer” that “is just destroying this nation.” Kern also referred to GLBT Americans as “the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism.”

Rev. Loyce Newton-Edwards, president of the Oklahoma City PFLAG chapter, was joined in the meeting by Dr. Rev. Kathy McCallie, pastor of the Church of the Open Arms and Rev. Jim Shields, a retired UnitedMethodistChurch minister from Kern’s district. The group requested a meeting with Kern following a March 18 rally at the state capitol. In her meeting with PFLAG supporters today, Kern said that “I agree with” the idea that gay and lesbian Americans should not be fired from their jobs because of their sexual orientation.

“We appreciate Representative Kern taking the time to meet with us and consider an important, ongoing dialogue about our families and loved ones,” said Rev. Newton-Edwards. “Representative Kern expressed a commendable desire to consider every family, every Oklahoman and every constituent. Today, she took an important first step forward that, we hope, will be the beginning of many conversations with our families and our community.”

Kern did not express an apology during today’s meeting, nor did she back away from any of her earlier comments. The meeting was, however, her first with a group working within the GLBT and allied communities. Newton-Edwards, McCallie and Shields all shared their own stories about why Kern’s comments were personally hurtful, and asked the lawmaker to remember their loved ones when speaking out, and casting votes, in the future. Newton-Edwards also invited Kern to attend an upcoming PFLAG meeting, and Kern said she would consider the request.

“As Representative Kern begins to listen to voices from across her district, and the state, she will hear the stories of hard-working, patriotic men and women who make our communities better, our nation safer and our families stronger,” said Jody M. Huckaby, executive director of PFLAG. “We appreciate this initial meeting, and PFLAG stands ready to be a resource to Kern and a champion for her constituents. We look forward to continuing today’s conversation and working with Kern to move equality forward. Bringing communities together, rather than dividing the public with inflammatory words, should be a top priority of every elected leader. Kern will always find open arms and welcoming families at PFLAG.”

According to The Williams Institute at the University of California-Los Angeles, Oklahoma is home to more than 89,500 GLBT citizens; nearly 10,000 lesbian and gay military veterans; and approximately 4,000 children are living in loving homes headed by same-sex couples. According to the Institute, Representative Kern’s district is home to more GLBT Oklahomans than any other district in the state.

For more information, visit www.pflag.org.

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PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. For more information, visit www.pflag.org.

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Sally, Sally, Sally. You said it’s your right to say anti-gay things. What happened to, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”? March 16, 2008

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Calling People Terrorists March 17, 2008

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Oklahoma Families to Rally at State Capitol and Call for Meeting with Representative Sally Kern * Solidarity Vigil in Tulsa March 18, 2008

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Sally Kern, by your definition, you are not a thinker. March 20, 2008

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Happy 1st Day of Spring 2008 March 20, 2008

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What Sally Has Wrought March 20, 2008

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Chocolate Easter Bunny Chat March 22, 2008

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15,000 Visits March 22, 2008

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“Lean In For A Kiss” by Deborah L. Hord (FREE mp3 - on the eFolkMusic digital sampler) March 24, 2008

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“Socially Acceptable” by Deborah L. Hord March 24, 2008

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Sally Kern and Scott Jones (openly gay pastor) on KFOR TV on Easter Sunday March 25, 2008

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Just Another Silly Joke - Dolly Parton and Queen Elizabeth … March 25, 2008

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Jeremiah Wright - Barack Obama … Anthropologist Critiques Focus on the Family’s Report on Marriage … Labor of Love (TransMan Pregnant) … Leno - “Give Me Your Gayest Look” March 25, 2008

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OkEq eNews: OkEq in the Advocate March 26, 2008

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From the Oklahoman’s For Equality newsletter:

Special Announcements

Tulsa named “Emerging Gay City” in The Advocate!

April’s Advocate spotlights Tulsa as one of five cities with rising LGBT communities in “Where the Gays Are.” The article features OkEq Executive Director Justice Waidner and prominently covers the Equality Center’s services and resources. Download it here.

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New Program: Diversity Youth Leadership Network (DYLN) Spring Summit

Saturday, March 29, 9am-4:30pm, Youth Services of Tulsa, 311 South Madison Ave.

DYLN seeks to empower LGBTQ youth and their allies in Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) through leadership development, organizational support and capacity building, and program continuity. This fun and free youth leadership conference kicks off DYLN with youth and adult workshops, a keynote by Oklahoma Representative Al McAffrey, “Be the Change You Want to See”, and music by Logo Network sensation Eric Himan. For more information or to register, visit our website or contact Deputy Director Mana Tahaie.

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Bernard Brandon Scott on “What the Bible Says About Homosexuality”

Wednesday, April 2, 7-9pm, University of Tulsa Lorton Hall room 207

The University of Tulsa’s United Campus Ministry hosts Bernard Brandon Scott, Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament at the Phillips Theological Seminar, for a discussion about Christianity and homosexuality.

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“My Life Under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Thursday, April 3, 7pm, University of Tulsa Lorton Hall room 207

Oklahomans for Equality is extremely proud to host Sgt. Brandy Steward, member of the Oklahoma Army National Guard as she tells the story of serving under the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, the only federal law mandating the firing of an individual on the basis of their sexual orientation. Sgt. Stewart is profiled in this week’s Urban Tulsa Weekly and will be featured on KWGS 89.5 FM’s Studio Tulsa next Wednesday at 11:30am and 7:30pm. Don’t miss this moving and important discussion about the face of discrimination in our armed forces.

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Special Thanks to H.O.P.E. Testing

Oklahomans for Equality thanks H.O.P.E. Testing Clinic for hosting their Tenth Anniversary Celebration at the Equality Center. We are proud of our long-standing partnership with H.O.P.E., whose anonymous, rapid HIV test and STD education and outreach provide an incredibly vital service to the Tulsa community.

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Heterosexual couples needed for study

A Wayne University research team is conducting a study on relationship satisfaction, spirituality, religion and self-esteem. The team is seeking 180 same- or mixed-sex couples who have been living together for at least six months to take a 25-45 minute, private online survey. Participants will enter a drawing to win an iPod Nano. If you and your partner would like to participate, please email Lisa Dillon with both email address. This study been approved by the University of Detroit, Mercy.

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Rev. Dr. Scott Jones and Rep. Sally Kern Debate on KFOR’s Flashpoint

Reverend Dr. Scott Jones, pastor of Cathedral of Hope Church in Oklahoma City, debated Representative Sally Kern on this Sunday’s Flashpoint political debate program. View the debate online.

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There are so many articles and posts I’d like to share with you. But, I’m way too busy to post all the links I’ve been saving (sending to myself in emails). So, I’ll just give you these today. These will give you plenty to think about.

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Jeremiah Wright

Wide Open Thinking - Chicago Theological Seminary

No Thirty Second Theology!

March 24, 2008 By Development

By President Susan B. Thistlethwaite

I don’t know about you, but I have just about had it with people who think that thirty seconds is adequate to understand what a sermon is about. Steve Chapman’s column on the commentary page of the Chicago Tribune yesterday is just typical. “Wright [Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright] apparently sees this nation as defective and divided beyond repair.” Really? Not based on the full-text of the sermons of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, examples of which are appended below. This is what passes for journalism today—you can see a thirty-second clip on YouTube and you’re good to go as a journalist. No research necessary beyond that.

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What about you? Are you on a shopping trip in the Great American Mall of Faith, or are you a person of faith seeking greater understanding of the wonderous I AM? “Who do you say that I am?”

You can see Rev. Wright’s sermons through the links below:

Tell the Whole Story FOX! Barack Obama’s pastor Wright

FOX Lies!! Irresponsible Media! Barack Obama Pastor Wright

Obama Pastor Wright on God’s unwavering love

Obama Pastor Wright Speaks on Real Power

Wright, Obama Pastor Speaks Truth to Power

Barack Obama Pastor Wright on Men and Worship

Obama Wright on the truth about women in the Bible

Obama’s pastor believes in God and America. Men and Worship

There are even more here.

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Anthropologist Critiques Focus on the Family’s Report on Marriage

Box Turtle Bulletin

An Anthropologist Critiques Focus on the Family’s “Anthropological” Report on Marriage

Patrick M. Chapman, Ph.D.

March 25th, 2008

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Patrick M. Chapman, biological anthropologist and author of the forthcoming book, “Thou Shalt Not Love”: What Evangelicals Really Say to Gays (Haiduk Press: 2008).

I was honored when Glenn Stanton, Director of Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, asked me to provide a critical review of his recent Focus on the Family report, “Differing definitions of marriage and family: comparing and contrasting those offered by emerging same-sex marriage advocates and classic anthropologists.” (PDF: 80KB/10 pages) I have had previous positive encounters with Mr. Stanton and appreciate his openness to professional criticism. I am also grateful that Box Turtle Bulletin offered to make our discussion public.

As indicated in the title, Stanton’s report compares and contrasts the anthropological understanding of marriage with definitions provided by various same-sex political advocates, apparently to undermine the case for same-sex marriage. I find the report significant for several, presumably unintended, reasons:

• The appeal to anthropologists as the authority in understanding marriage;
• The appreciation that marriage is primarily a social and economic institution, not a religious one;
• The acknowledgment that same-sex marriage is traditional;
• The recognition that Focus on the Family’s “one biological man with one biological woman” definition of marriage is flawed;
• The admission that gay males are capable of stable, long-term relationships.

Allow me to elaborate on these points.

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What is particularly important with Stanton’s report is the recognition that anthropologists are the experts when it comes to understanding and defining marriage. As such, it increases the importance of the American Anthropological Association’s 2004 official statement condemning marriage amendments that exclude same-sex marriages from official recognition. Anthropologists recognize that same-sex marriage is one of the many legitimate forms of marriage practiced in cultures throughout the world. Stanton’s selective application of anthropology suggests to me that he is more concerned with Focus on the Family’s political agenda than promoting an honest, accurate, and representative definition for marriage. …

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Labor of Love (TransMan Pregnant)

Advocate.com

|| First Person ||

Labor of Love

Is society ready for this pregnant husband?

By Thomas Beatie

From The Advocate April 8, 2008

To our neighbors, my wife, Nancy, and I don’t appear in the least unusual. To those in the quiet Oregon community where we live, we are viewed just as we are — a happy couple deeply in love. Our desire to work hard, buy our first home, and start a family was nothing out of the ordinary. That is, until we decided that I would carry our child.

I am transgender, legally male, and legally married to Nancy. Unlike those in same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships, or civil unions, Nancy and I are afforded the more than 1,100 federal rights of marriage. Sterilization is not a requirement for sex reassignment, so I decided to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept my reproductive rights. Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire. …

“Give Me Your Gayest Look”

TOWLEROAD

Ryan Phillippe appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday night doing promotion for the film Stop-Loss and the first topic Leno brought up was Phillippe’s first acting role as a gay teen on One Life to Live.

No matter that the role was a serious one in which a gay son came out to his father. Leno had to squeeze as much of a joke out of the fact that his first acting role was a gay part, even asking Phillippe to look into the camera and give his “gayest look.”

To Phillippe’s credit, he seemed annoyed with the line of questioning. …

Whitless

I’ve gotta ask: would you ask a guest to make their “blackest face?” Their “Jewiest face?” Why not? (I charitably imagine your answer to be, “Not all black/Jewish people are the same, so it’s kind of offensive to think there’s a ‘black/Jewish face.’”) Very good!

I’ll back off. I received some criticism for being too heavy-handed with my last letter, so I won’t mention this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or this gay face or these gay faces or not to forget this gay face. Which one’s the gayest to you?

I bring those faces up because there’s a group (with whom you are supposedly sympathetic) undergoing a major civil rights struggle, and you seem to adore using the stereotype that we’re laughable and really, all the same in the end.

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[UPDATE March 27, 2008: You know, I don't even know why I posted this. This is not the kind of joke that makes me laugh. What makes me laugh are jokes like the government warning about swallowing chewing gum and the talking chocolate Easter bunnies. Those jokes got a laugh from me. I received this joke in an email from a friend, a girly girl (think sweet voice, sweet fragrance and diamonds) who has an edge and won't back down from a bully. But why did I post a joke I wouldn't even tell? I don't know. Maybe it's because it says the names and posts the photos of two women who have led extraordinary lives, women I'd be pleased to spend a genuine moment with. (I saw the Queen once, from a distance, when I visited London many years ago. I have never seen Dolly Parton in person.) It really is a silly joke, maybe worthy of junior high school. But, I can imagine Dolly laughing. I'm not sure what the Queen would do.]

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Dolly Parton and Queen Elizabeth

Dolly Parton

and Queen Elizabeth

die on the same day and they both go before an Angel to find out if they’ll be admitted to Heaven.

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Visit Pam’s House Blend for the story and the YouTube video.

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Socially Acceptable - c.2006 Deborah L. Hord

There was a guy in corporate life who did not want to take a wife.
The photos in his cubicle were of his dog and best friend Bill.
The work he did was good, but people talked behind his back.
And, everywhere he went he felt the force of their attacks.

You gotta be socially acceptable. Learn how to conform. Deny your own reality. Stay inside the norm. You gotta be socially acceptable in order to go far, socially acceptable, don’t be the way you are.

There is a woman, good and kind, who speaks against injustice.
She isn’t very hard to find. Just look for where the dust is.
She spoke about the truth she saw, and truth was all around.
They did not like the things she said and ran her out of town.

You gotta be socially acceptable. Learn how to conform. You gotta deny your own reality. Stay inside the norm. You gotta be socially acceptable in order to go far, socially acceptable, don’t be the way you are.

Remember when you were a child you heard a children’s story about the Emperor’s new clothes. They had a grand parade. And, everyone could see the truth, but none of them would say it, because they doubted what they knew, and they were all afraid.

They tried to be socially acceptable. They learned how to conform. They denied their own reality. They stayed inside the norm. They tried to be socially acceptable. They wanted to go far, socially acceptable, they couldn’t be the way they were.

Some people do not play the game or wear a false persona.
They try to live authentically. They are not well received.
The rules say that you must conform, and truth is not for telling.
Don’t let them break your spirit down. They want you to believe,

You gotta be socially acceptable. Learn how to conform. You gotta deny your own reality. Stay inside the norm. You gotta be socially acceptable in order to go far, socially acceptable, you can’t be the way you are.

Socially acceptable. Learn how to conform. Deny your own reality. Stay inside the norm. You gotta be socially acceptable in order to go far, socially acceptable, don’t be the way you are.

Socially acceptable, don’t be the way you are.

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