tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130625042024-03-12T21:29:08.141-03:00MassResistance WatchThis blog is akin to KlanWatch. We are watching the Hate groups in Massachusetts, namely the Massresistance "blog" and Article8.org. MassResistance is listed as a Hate Group by The Southern Poverty Law Center. While MassResistance is mainly a fringe group, their hate speech should not go unnoticed. Unlike them, we are not afraid of opposing viewpoints, please feel free to comment.Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.comBlogger775125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-11169516341775798922015-06-10T13:06:00.000-03:002015-06-10T13:07:20.763-03:001961 Documentary on Homosexuality<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">
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The first known documentary about Homosexuality has been found. It was televised on Sept. 11, 1961. You can find the documentary <a href="https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/225539" target="_blank">here</a>:<br />
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Introduced by KQED's General Manager James Day, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rejected">The Rejected</a> was the first ever U.S. televised documentary about homosexuality, broadcast on September 11th 1961. Originally titled 'The Gay Ones', The Rejected had a budget of $100 and was filmed mostly in the KQED studio. Several sources - including co-producer Irving Saraf - refer to at least one scene being shot on location at the Black Cat Bar in San Francisco (710 Montgomery Street). However, this edit of the film does not appear to feature images of the bar. In his 'Chronological History of KQED: 40th Anniversary Edition', Jay Yamada quotes a 'Focus' article from Oct. 1979: "Jim Day reported to the board that KQED had completed videotape production of a 90 minute documentary on homosexuality in San Francisco, a program entitled 'The Rejected'." The video edit preserved by the Library of Congress is only 60 minutes long. </blockquote>
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Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-25206742274127870412015-06-09T12:34:00.000-03:002015-06-09T12:45:28.411-03:00NOM Supports the Duggars I found the following <a href="http://www.nomblog.com/39847/" target="_blank">blog post</a> over at the National Organization for Marriage<br />
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As you may have already heard, the Duggar family — stars of the hit TV Show <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11.666666030883789px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">19 Kids and Counting</em> — have come under attack from bullying activists and radicals simply because of the Duggars' strong pro-family witness both on and off their show. I ask you to take a moment today to join me in showing your support for the Duggars.</div>
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We need to send a message to let them know that we, the advocates of traditional marriage and family, appreciate their strong moral voice in the public square. They are an example of how strong marriages and families lie at the foundation of a healthy society. We need more celebrities like them, not fewer!</div>
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Our country needs a healthier public square where people are heard respectfully, and not merely shouted down by those who disagree. This moment that the Duggars are facing is a test case for what kind of society we want: one where the values of tolerance and respect are truly practiced, or one where only those on the politically-correct side of the conversation get to be heard.</div>
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No, it's not from last week or two weeks ago but a year ago. Strangely, NOM has been silent during the revelation that Josh Duggar, who worked for the Family Research Council, molested his younger sisters and a family friend. Unbelievable. </div>
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Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-5983784095413299302015-05-26T22:51:00.001-03:002015-06-09T12:57:36.623-03:00MassResistance Helps Another Country Recognize Marriage EqualitySo ever since Marriage Equality was recognized in Massachusetts back in 2013, MassResistance has been sending out "pro-family" information to anti-equality groups and in almost every case the marriage equality side wins. It's actually quite amusing to read about MassResistance's involvement in difference campaigns because they always claim: "We tell them things they obviously never heard before and really opened their eyes!" Take a gander at their <a href="http://massresistance.com/docs/gen2/15b/Ireland-marriage-vote/index.html" target="_blank">latest attempt</a>:<br />
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Over the past few months MassResistance has been working with a number of Irish pro-marriage activists. Most recently, we have been corresponding with pastor Derry O’Sullivan in Dublin who has been working with several church groups. Late last night he sent us some descriptions of what’s been happening on the ground over in Ireland. We asked him for a report, which we quote from below.</blockquote>
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One of the primary tools from MassResistance for Irish voters has been our video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZXzUpzHLkA">“What gay marriage did to Massachusetts”</a> – which has been used by pro-marriage activists from Australia and Hong Kong to Finland and Africa.</blockquote>
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Among other things, nearly 55,000 postcards urging people to watch the MassResistance video have been distributed across the country. (It’s making an impression -- we’ve gotten angry emails from homosexual activists!)</blockquote>
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Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-84116353787271294582014-06-23T23:24:00.000-03:002014-06-23T23:29:53.812-03:00Yes Jeff Jacoby, you are a homophobeWhere to start? Jeff Jacoby, the Boston Globe's leading <strike>conservative right wing wacko</strike> homophobe <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/06/17/marriage-and-wrong-side-history/CT1qTTCQU6eaTCQtUaO9FL/story.html" target="_blank">wrote an article</a> on the so-called "March for Marriage" in Washington DC last week:<br />
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Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-83332188818923844702014-06-09T09:29:00.001-03:002014-06-09T09:29:25.960-03:00Gay Marriage Debate...in 1974!A PBS series "The Advocates" <a href="http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/f4ae6e-should-marriage-between-homosexuals-be-permitted" target="_blank">conducted a debate</a> in 1974 on "Should Marriage Between Homosexuals be Permitted". Most of the arguments haven't changed with the exception of the heavy handed religious tilt nowadays by most anti-gay groups.<br />
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Well, I wanted to ask you some questions about the incidence of marriage because it seems to me that marriage is designed primarily for the heterosexual couple and is inappropriate for the homosexual couple. I would like to ask you whether you plan to modify or change the marriage relationship. For example, in the homosexual marriage, will there be an identifiable head of the family?<div class="tei-metadata">
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Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-18409042072407991502014-02-21T16:44:00.002-04:002014-02-21T16:44:58.224-04:00 Two! Two! Two...Two Hate Groups in OneWell, it was bound to happen, funds are drying up, lawsuits are flying, leather chaps are getting expensive... so Prono Pete, AKA Peter LaBarbara from the Illinois Family Council, then Americans for Truth about Homosexuality and Scott Lively, founder of various west coast anti-gay groups (and notorious for working with third world countries on anti-gay legislation) have combined to become a SUPER GAY, oops...I mean SUPER ANTI-GAY group. This time, this group will encompass the WORLD (I suspect the money in the US is drying up and they need new lemmings, er, contributors to fill their coffers). I guess Scott Lively, who moved to Springfield Mass and opened up a "Christian" coffeehouse has more time on his hands since he announced he was running for Governor of Massachusetts (cue laughter). The <a href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/2214073680.html">press release</a> states: <br />
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A press conference will be held to announce the formation of a new organization, the Coalition for Family Values, whose purpose is to unify and coordinate pro-family groups around the United States and the world to more effectively oppose the now-global LGBT agenda. Press Conference Details When: Friday, February 21, 10:00 a.m. Where: National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14th Street N.W., Washington, DC The coalition is being organized by Dr. Scott Lively of Defend the Family International, based in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), based outside Chicago, Illinois -- with the assistance of other existing pro-family groups and leaders in the United States and abroad. The first action of the coalition will be to issue a statement of support for the Russian pro-family laws of 2013 and 2014 -- e.g., the prohibition of pro-homosexual propaganda to minors -- and to urge other nations of the world to follow the Russian example.</blockquote>
We're wondering if Brian Camenker is feeling like the jilted lover who wasn't asked to participate or take a lead role in this new hate group. After all, he DID go to Jamaica! I guess they're just not into threesomes! <br />
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<strong>But a major part that equation is broad financial support from people like you.</strong> You are the hope of America for protecting traditional values.<em> You don't have to contribute a lot of money.</em> Even a modest amount -- <strong>even $9</strong> -- makes you a part of this fight instead of being just a bystander. </blockquote>
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We are asking you to <strong>consider making a donation</strong> today, especially if you haven't done donated before (or recently). <strong>This is particularly important right now,</strong> because <strong>if we can raise $75,000 by December 31,</strong> a generous donor has agreed to match that. And you will be investing in uncompromising activism that <strong>really has no price.</strong></blockquote>
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Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-90533481403085658692012-11-26T13:26:00.001-04:002012-11-26T13:26:34.606-04:00NOM's Prediction Back in May....Thought I'd share what NOM (National Organization for Marriage)<a href="http://www.nationformarriage.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=omL2KeN0LzH&b=5075189&ct=11751945" target="_blank"> put out last May</a> after the President affirmed his position on Marriage Equality:<br />
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"President Obama has now made the definition of marriage a defining issue in the presidential contest, especially in swing states like Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida and Nevada. Voters in all these states, and over two dozen more, have adopted state constitutional amendments defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. President Obama says that although he personally supports gay marriage, he still supports the concept of states deciding the issue on their own. However, that is completely disingenuous. His administration is already trying to dismantle the nation's marriage laws by refusing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. All the state marriage amendments and laws are at risk under a president who actively wants to change the definition of marriage. NOM will work ceaselessly in these swing states and across the nation to preserve traditional marriage because it is profoundly in the public good to do so. God is the author of marriage, and we will not let an activist politician like Barack Obama who is beholden to gay marriage activists for campaign financing to turn marriage into something political that can be redefined according to presidential whim. <strong>The definition of marriage was already headed for the ballot in four states this fall; now it will be one of the defining issues of the presidential election. No state in this country has ever voted for gay marriage</strong>. Just yesterday North Carolina voters sent a clear message that America wants to preserve marriage. We intend to win the marriage debate this November."</blockquote>
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Emphasis mine.Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-41167963616111655182012-09-26T14:52:00.000-03:002012-09-26T14:52:04.893-03:00Gay Couple Sues For Unauthorized Use of their PhotoI had heard about<a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/26/14098656-gay-couple-sues-after-photo-used-in-anti-gay-flier?lite"> this case aw</a>hile ago and am glad that the Southern Poverty Law Center is taking on this case. In what may sound familiar to a lot of you, anti-gay group used the couple's picture in an advertisement without their permission or the person who took the photo:<br />
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Tom Privitere and Brian Edwards posed for their engagement photo, holding hands and kissing, in front of the Brooklyn Bridge in 2010. The image captured one of the happiest days of their lives. But earlier this year, their special moment was soured when the photo was used in two anti-gay mailers in Colorado.</blockquote>
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On Wednesday, the couple and their photographer <a href="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/publicadvocatelawsuit.pdf" jquery1630790651379553042="78">filed a lawsuit</a> Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Colorado against Public Advocate of the United States, a nonprofit that opposes same-sex marriage. They are seeking a court order saying the group violated the law, damages, costs and attorney fees for the allegedly unauthorized use of the copyrighted photo.</blockquote>
You may recall a while back when MassResistance did the same thing to my husband and I and they still continue to use a photo of us, which was in the book "Courting Equality" on their <a href="http://www.massresistance.blogspot.com/">website</a> without permission from the photographer.Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-26865537907252762132012-02-23T23:20:00.003-04:002012-02-23T23:27:58.863-04:00MassResistance Does It Again in Maryland!MassResistance was bragging on it's <a href="http://massresistance.com/docs/gen2/12a/md_marriage/hearing_0131/index.html">website</a> that it had testified at the Maryland State House:<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; "><blockquote>A lot of people think of Maryland as a "liberal" state. <strong>But this year's "gay marriage" battle in Maryland erupted with a powerful pro-family rally</strong>outside of the Maryland State House on Jan. 30, the evening before the hearings started. It featured prominent church leaders, plus politicians and community leaders.</blockquote></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; "><snip></snip></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; "><blockquote>Since MassResistance had been very effective in helping stop the Maryland "gay marriage" bill last year, a solid pro-family group, <a href="http://www.protectmarriagemd.org/">Protect Marriage Maryland</a>, brought<strong>Brian Camenker of MassResistance to the Maryland State House to testify on how "gay marriage" affected Massachusetts. </strong></blockquote><strong></strong></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; ">So once again, MassResistance gives testimony and the State adopts marriage equality!<strong> Congrats Maryland!</strong></span></div>Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-86822882653523153322012-02-21T11:57:00.006-04:002012-02-21T12:06:54.574-04:00Anti-Gay Attack at Bridgewater StateA student at Bridgewater State College wrote an article entitled "Prop 8 generates more hate" and surprise, surprise, she got attacked. The <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/02/21/mass_college_steps_up_security_after_attack/">Boston Globe reports</a>:<br /><br /><br /><blockquote><br /><p>A school spokesman says a man and a woman approached 20-year-old Destinie Mogg-Barkalow last Thursday, and the man questioned her about the article titled "Prop 8 generates more hate" before the woman accompanying him punched the victim, leaving her with a bruised eye. Sketches of the suspects have been released, but no one has been arrested</p></blockquote>The school is now beefing up security. The article was in support of marriage equality. I wonder if the attacker is a member of MassResistance?<br /><br />More information can be found at <a href="http://www.enterprisenews.com/bsu/x1730215062/Extra-police-detail-called-after-anti-gay-attack-at-Bridgewater-State-University#ixzz1n1YuVPgY">The Enterprise of Brockton</a>.Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-11229967633894698582012-02-01T19:03:00.002-04:002012-02-01T19:12:00.210-04:00Amazon Supports Marriage Equality<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017392956_amazon02.html">Amazon </a>joins the ranks of Starbucks, Nike and Microsoft in supporting the bill to recognize marriage between same sex couples (<a href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/02/amazon-supports-gay-marriage.html">h/t to Joe My God</a>):<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); line-height: 17px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); line-height: 17px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Seattle-based Internet retailer <a href="http://amazon.com/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(9, 51, 75); text-decoration: underline; ">Amazon.com</a> said Wednesday it has joined other large Northwest companies to support legislation that would legalize gay marriage in Washington state.</span></blockquote></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); line-height: 17px; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#303030;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; ">Just think about this for a second, every book that Ms. MassResistance sells goes toward a company who is working against them. LOVE IT!</span></span></div></div>Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-51227097694591385432012-01-23T10:04:00.000-04:002012-01-23T10:04:34.945-04:00Outserve BAF: It Gets Better (Deployed U.S. Military)<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a_QpSsvO7-I?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="480" height="270" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-87541276168594792302011-11-19T11:25:00.003-04:002011-11-19T12:48:37.888-04:00Springfield Standing Up to Scott Lively's Message of HateH/T to <a href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/11/occupy-scott-lively.html">JoeMyGod:</a> The Hate Groups need to be brought into the light.<div><br /></div><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qp8v_mTYrB8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-76236988193714708792011-11-16T20:28:00.002-04:002011-11-16T20:45:14.761-04:00Transgender Protections Passed in MassachusettsDespite the lies told by the Massachusetts Family Institute and MassResistance, <a href="http://www.glad.org/current/item/transgender-protections-passed-in-massachusetts-important-work-remains/">a bill to protect </a>transgender citizens from discrimination in the workplace, housing and education passed the House and the Senate.<br /><br />Mass Family Institute (MFI) dubbed the bill "the Bathroom Bill" and brought up the typical "What about the children" propaganda to try and stop the bill. Even now they keep stating that the bill is for "special rights" the same argument they tried to make for denying same sex couple marriage when in reality they are just biased against GLBT people no matter what the reason.<br /><br />Can't wait to read what MassResistance has to say about this now since evertime they speak people are amazed at what they have to say!Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-83323781712504840042011-11-10T23:06:00.003-04:002011-11-10T23:07:14.805-04:00Match Made in Heaven?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWc7aNcTOUZlm0sbTDdzIlbxC74oC8XumXb77VQUhnlpdAdrPJIofxvKARoSMhpHwVFoZJTU3dk6kTC0fdUnlTXsAidC6k0IT9nxjOQJ6yTJpyCAhhvpz4lDLSc25bHjXquTQ/s320/brian+&+Mitt+2005.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWc7aNcTOUZlm0sbTDdzIlbxC74oC8XumXb77VQUhnlpdAdrPJIofxvKARoSMhpHwVFoZJTU3dk6kTC0fdUnlTXsAidC6k0IT9nxjOQJ6yTJpyCAhhvpz4lDLSc25bHjXquTQ/s320/brian+&+Mitt+2005.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-89320962162556810262011-11-09T19:00:00.004-04:002011-11-09T19:25:24.298-04:00MassResistance Continues to Read Minds<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I just got through reading MassResistance's <a href="http://massresistance.com/docs/gen/11d/bully_hearing_1025/index.html">latest rant </a>about a hearing held two weeks ago on an anti-bullying bill and it's HILARIOUS! The feeble mind that put together that screed is seriously distraught. For example, when a mother, who son committed suicide because of bullying, testified, they listed her as an "activist mother". However when some guy testified for MassResistance's ridiculous appeal of the last anti-bullying bill, he is listed as a "father", no mentioned of how his children might have been bullied (or are bullies? Who can tell?)</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">The really funny part of their observations is when Brian Camenker gave testimony:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><blockquote>We not only told the committee the truth, as opposed to the lies and misrepresentations they'd been hearing. <b>But we also brought up a lot of things they hadn't ever heard before about this bill (and their reaction showed that). Most of them seemed to be listening carefully.</b> Several of the committee members actually thanked us for our testimony, and asked us questions to elaborate on what we had said.</blockquote> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >Now where did I read<i> that</i> before..<a href="http://massresistancewatch.blogspot.com/2011/06/massresistance-has-another-success.html">.flashback to Brian Camenker</a> talking about his appearance on the <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-3-2005/mass--hysteria">Daily Show</a>:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif, sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 48, 59); line-height: 16px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"></span></p><blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Camenker said that while his argument against gay marriage may not have been convincing in the footage that was aired, he may have changed some hearts and minds among the ''25-year-olds from New York City who naturally are all pro gay marriage."</span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">''They were moved by what I said about the subject," Camenker said. '<b>'They didn't use 99 percent of my stuff. But the arguments I said, you could tell they were visibly moved, and that I was saying things they hadn't heard before."</b></span></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"></span></p><p style=" margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Of course this isn't the first time MassResistance has been able to read the minds of the people they are up against.</span></p><p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><br /></p></span></div>Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-11293905095956175872011-09-24T14:24:00.003-03:002011-09-24T14:56:41.931-03:00News News NewsHey all, it's been awhile since I've updated but wanted to send you a few news bits that have come my way. You might have seen many of them:<div><ul><li><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/jamey-rodemeyer-suicide-ny-police-open-criminal-investigation/story?id=14580832">Another youth has tragically taken his life</a> because of anti-gay bullying and the "Christians" are silent.</li><li><a href="http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/santorum-retracts-previous-condemnation-of-audience-booing-gay-soldier/politics/2011/09/24/27502">Teaparty Boos American Solider in Iraq and Rick Santorum says NOTHING</a>. Later on he rebukes the booers and claims he didn't hear them (even while pausing in his response) and then even later he rebukes his condenation of the booers!</li><li><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=1437250">MassResistance tries again</a>: Once again MassResistance is trying to put anti-gay laws on Massachusetts' books. This time they are using David Parker's name and image to try and get it passed. Of course, as usual MassResistance lies in all it's PR for the bill claiming that David Parker was arrested for standing up for his parental rights when in face he was arrested for failing to leave school grounds when requested by police.</li><li><a href="http://americansfortruth.com/2011/08/23/moody-pastor-dr-erwin-lutzer-to-keynote-aftah-banquet-october-15/">Scott Lively, is being honored</a> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Peter LaBarbera</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; ">'</span>s American's for Truth about Homosexuality in Illinois in Oct. <a href="http://massresistancewatch.blogspot.com/search?q=scott+lively">Lively</a> is know for blaming homosexual for the Nazi Germany in his book "The Pink Swastika" and for supporting the anti-gay rhetoric in Africa which spawned the bill calling for the execution of homosexuals.</li><li>Maggie Gallagher stepped down from the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) to run the <a href="http://marriageada.org/">Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance</a> because they are being denied marriages now that the gays are marrying...wait no. She started this organization because young straight kids were being bullied to death for being straight...wait no, that's wrong too. She claims she's being victimized for her stance for advocating discrimination against gay couples who only want to marry.</li><li>Don't Ask, Don't Tell was officially Repealed!</li></ul></div>Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-3181455595388901412011-07-11T11:04:00.000-03:002011-07-11T11:04:55.532-03:00Ex-Mormon: It Gets Better<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kFLGJyXG-UQ?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="480" height="295" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-7628575151309961472011-07-01T11:54:00.007-03:002011-07-01T12:09:37.525-03:00Red Sox: It Gets Better<p><br /><object style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 195px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EOkWfueTNjk?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EOkWfueTNjk?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object></p>Double click the above picture for full screen or go to the <a href="http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=bos">Red Sox homepage </a>where it is also posted!<br /><br /><br /><p>Via: <a href="http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/07/boston-red-sox-it-gets-better.html">JoeMyGod</a></p>Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-41308321715005536202011-06-26T23:39:00.002-03:002011-06-26T23:44:13.577-03:00Maggie Gallagher Meets St. Peter<iframe width="320" height="195" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2bCu2eGCjz4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br />However, you could just as well substitute any of the anti-gay zealots for Maggie Gallagher.Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-60465645217239208962011-06-25T09:30:00.002-03:002011-06-25T10:11:05.352-03:00MassResistance Has Another Success!MassResistance, always <a href="http://massresistance.com/docs/info/about/successes.html">eager to tout </a>their own brilliance and intellect, has another success to add to their <a href="http://massresistance.com/docs/info/about/successes.html">list</a>: <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/06/25/in_close_vote_ny_oks_gay_marriage/">Marriage Equality</a> in New York State:<br /><br /><blockquote>ALBANY, N.Y. — Lawmakers voted late yesterday to legalize same-sex marriage, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed and giving the national gay-rights movement new momentum from the state where it was born.</blockquote><br />The pictures of New York remind me to those days (and nights) at the State House here in Massachusetts. The anti-gay side, like in Massachusetts, tried anything to keep the State discriminating against gay and lesbian couples. In the days leading up to the vote there were large groups of people "praying" it wouldn't come to pass. So I guess God spoke and said NO. They even trotted out the "ex-gays" to sidetrack it and it didn't work.<br /><br />But here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, we can all look to MassResistance and thank them for doing their part. They were in the trenches working with the rightest of the anti-gay right doing their thing:<br /><br /><blockquote>The legislative session is scheduled to end on Monday, but as reported above, the Governor and his liberal allies will likely extend it for this bill. We are in close contact with "pro-family" advocates and will keep you updated on this. Also see our <a href="http://www.massresistance.org/region/newyork/index.html">special<br />MassResistance page</a> on the New York marriage battle, which we plan to update frequently until the session ends..</blockquote><br />And surprise, surprise, when you click on the link there is no mention of the fact that they lost and marriage equality is the law in New York. MassResistance: always full of promises and never delivers.<br /><br />I am reminded of <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=125331&title=mass.-hysteria">Brian Camenker's appearance </a>on the Daily Show when he seriously stated that given enough time he could link marriage equality with decreased quality of life, homelessness, air quality and crime rates only now it's becoming clear that in every successful step toward Marriage Equality, MassResistance has been in close contact with the anti-gay groups. As he said in a <a href="http://massresistancewatch.blogspot.com/2005/11/camenker-embarrasses-his-own-children.html">Boston Globe article</a> about his appearance on the show:<br /><br /><blockquote><br /><p>Camenker said that while his argument against gay marriage may not have been convincing in the footage that was aired, he may have changed some hearts and minds among the ''25-year-olds from New York City who naturally are all pro gay marriage."</p><br /><p>''They were moved by what I said about the subject," Camenker said. ''They didn't use 99 percent of my stuff. But the arguments I said, you could tell they were visibly moved, and that I was saying things they hadn't heard before."</p></blockquote><br />Yes Brian, you changed MANY hearts in New York. Once again, keep up the good work!Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-32263878881545313102011-06-17T15:33:00.002-03:002011-06-17T15:58:17.847-03:00MassResistance's Hands are all over New YorkMassResistance <a href="http://massresistance.com/region/newyork/index.html">is claiming </a>to be in the middle of the marriage equality battle in New York State:<br /><br /><blockquote>A Senate vote is expected to take place today or Friday. We've been in constant contact with key Orthodox Jewish activists, who have used our MassResistance material on <a href="http://www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/effects_of_ssm.html">"What Same-Sex 'Marriage' did to Massachusetts"</a> in State House lobbyng. Can our side hold the line?</blockquote>Of course MassResistance is still pulling out all the stops with the scare tactics about marriage equality, of course there no mention of Massachusetts having the lowest divorce rate in the country. One of the lies they're touting:<br /><br /><blockquote>By the following year it was in elementary school curricula. <a href="http://www.massresistance.org/docs/parker/diversity_book.html">Kindergartners were given picture books</a> telling them that same-sex couples are just another kind of family, like their own parents. In 2005, when David Parker of Lexington,<br />MA – a parent of a kindergartner – strongly insisted on being notified when teachers were discussing homosexuality or transgenderism with his son, <a href="http://www.massresistance.org/docs/parker/main.html">the school had him arrested and put in jail overnight.</a></blockquote><br />If you click on the first link it's about the book "Who's in a family" and talks about all different types of families, no mention of marriages in this book. Then they bring up Mad Dad David Parker who held up in an elementary school knowing full well that if he didn't leave he would be arrest, Parker LOVES to play the martyr.<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>It’s become commonplace in Massachusetts schools for teachers to prominently display photos of their same-sex “spouses” and occasionally bring them to school functions. Both high schools in my own town now have principals who are “married” to their same-sex partners, whom they bring to school and introduce to the students.</blockquote><br />MassResistance LOVES the quotation marks. They want same sex married couples to hide in the closet. Wants the teachers to lie to their students about their marriages and wants them to be second class citizens by not allowing them to talk about their families, that's right, their LEGAL families. Oh the horrors!<br /><br /><br /><blockquote>The wedding industry is required serve the homosexual community if requested. Wedding photographers, halls, caterers, etc., <strong>must do same-sex marriages or be arrested for discrimination.<br /></strong></blockquote><br />Another lie, no one has been arrested or will be. Where do they get this shit?<br /><br />Their list goes on and on with one ridiculous accusation after another and of course, ends with how these marriages are not really legal (did Brian Camenker or Amy Contrada ever go to law school?<br /><br />The only thing that's changed in Massachusetts since marriage equality went into effect is that MassResistance is now labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for their attacks on the LGBT community. They never had crediblity but they never lost that, except that now the right wing fringe lunatics picked up their rants and post them in obscure part of the country.<br /><br />What did Same Sex Marriage do to Massachusetts? Make <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-3-2005/mass--hysteria">Brian Camenker </a>a laughing stock across the country.Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-48294439339562418192011-06-15T17:00:00.004-03:002011-06-17T09:07:00.735-03:00Swimming Pool - Straights OnlyThis <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/14/bible-cited-as-reason-for-kicking-gay-men-out-of-public-pool/">news</a> sickens me:<br /><br /><blockquote><br /><p>Activists in Kentucky are planning a peaceful response after two gay men with developmental and intellectual disabilities were kicked out of a public pool.</p><br /><p>A maintenance technician reportedly cited the Bible while telling the two men they couldn't swim at <a href="http://www.cityofhazard.com/pavilion.html">The Pavilion</a>, a government-funded recreational facility in Hazard, Kentucky. </p><br /><p>"We own this place and can tell you to leave if we want to," the couple was told, <a href="http://community.kyequality.org/2011/06/two-gay-men-forced-to-leave-government.html">according to the Kentucky Equality Foundation</a> </p><br /><p>"The Pavilion staff immediately entered the pool area and asked my clients and their staff to leave the Pavilion," Mending Hearts Executive Director Shirlyn Perkins recalled. "My staff asked The Pavilion staff why they were being asked to leave, and they were informed that 'gay people' weren't allowed to swim there."</p></blockquote>The scary thing is that it is probably legal to discriminate against gay people in Kentucky even if you pay taxes because I do not believe Kentucky has a law banning discrimination against LGBT citizens.Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062504.post-77240058780800951972011-06-06T11:13:00.004-03:002011-06-06T11:20:04.981-03:00Red Sox to Produce "It Gets Better" VideoThis is <a href="http://www.nesn.com/2011/06/red-sox-to-produce-it-gets-better-video-to-.html">wonderful news</a>:<br /><br /><div><br /><blockquote>"The Red Sox organization takes the issue of bullying seriously," team spokeswoman Leah Tobin released in a statement. "It is something that has touched many of us and those we love, and it is a growing problem in our community. We are proud of dedicated Red Sox fans like 12-year-old Sam Maden who have taken the courageous step of publicly standing up against bullying of LGBT youth."</blockquote><br />I wonder how long it will take until MassResistance starts vilifying 12 -year old Sam Maden?</div>Boston Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694800029213245507noreply@blogger.com1