Combined Gay News Headlines (T5T-1)

Yes, the Mormon Church Targeted the Kissing Couple Because They Are Gay

[See post to watch Flash video] After Sunday's kiss-in to protest the treatment of two men who kissed on Mormon Church property in Salt Lake City, a police report reveals what the cops saw June 9 in the case of Matt Aune and boyfriend Derek Jones, whose kiss turned into a violent affair. Most notable is [...]

When An Ex-Mormon Dude Sleeps With Your Boyfriend

With so much homosexuality in the church these days, it's only appropriate to hear ex-Mormon Kent James (fans know him as Nick Name) recount how he plugged your boyfriend. (Yes, this song is NSFW.) CONTINUED » Permalink | 1 comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: kent james, Music, Music Videos, nick name

America's Episcopalians Wave Giant Gay Finger at World at Large

You could say the Episcopal Church caved to pressure with its new decision to allow individual churches to anoint gay preachers, but that would be like saying the Episcopal Church was a unified organization not subject to splinter groups, in-fighting, and name calling. Which it totally is! By OK-ing individual churches' rights to have gay [...]

Gladiator Sandals: Why God?

OK, so I should probably start off by apologizing to the mass of women who just went shoe shopping for that perfect gladiator sandal who I am probably about to offend. I just couldn’t stop myself from opening my big mouth on the subject of my unrelenting hatred for gladiator sandals (come on, I’m half [...]

Bill Stacking

First of all,Iwant you to know that I’m no expert when it comes to financial issues.I’m writing this blog beblog because I hope that there is someone out there that might find this information useful.I don’t have many bills,but the ones that I do have never seem to go down.I always try to pay a little [...]

You Want It, We Got It

INTEGRATION last night was nothing short of spectacular.  Check it out.

Cape Cod Vacation- Time To Check Out Cemeteries!

What- doesn't everyone go to the Cape in the summer for genealogical research?? ;)

In another 10 days, Charlie and I are packing up the kids and heading down to Cape Cod for a week (with limited Wi-Fi... eeks!); the above is the view from our rented house's front yard... so I'm going to be pretty busy for awhile and off-line.

We spent a fantastic weekend last year down there and decided to follow it up this year with our first ever real family vacation. So there will be sand castles, swimming, sailing (some of his childhood friends still live there), and generally relaxing.

For them, anyways- I'm planning on hitting every cemetery between Provincetown and Plymouth, time permitting and taking a gazillion photos of ancient ancestral headstones. There are a good dozen or more family lines of mine that lived on Cape Cod back as early as 1637, when one of my ancestors settled in Chatham.

In Bucksport ME, where some descendants of these Cape Cod ancestors settled, I have found 5 generations of the same family line of mine, beginning with my 5th great-grandfather. According to records, his father is buried in P'town.

The earliest gravestone I have ever found here in Maine is of another 6th great-grandfather, a Revolutionary War veteran. In Orleans, my 11th great-grandfather's gravestone has been recorded; he died in 1729 at age 79.

Born in 1650- WOW.

Same as my mother and grandparents before me, I have researched not only my own lines, but those of my husband and his families. I have a database pushing 10,000 individuals and easily double that again to data-enter in my "spare time" and no idea at all how many cemeteries I have walked through or researched, be it online or in libraries.

So you can well imagine how this lifelong genealogy nut feels about the desecration of the Burr Oaks Cemetery in Chicago. I really haven't been able to formulate the right words to convey my horror, disgust, sadness and frustration , let alone empathy for the families of those who may or may not be affected by this horrendous scandal.

The closest I can come to imagining the scope of this story is to imagine if these criminal activites had occurred at Mount Auburn in Cambridge MA or Mt Hope in Bangor.

I love cemeteries and always have- the history within, the family stories... hopefully there is eventually an outcome that somewhat eases the pain  now being felt by so many.

There is a monument at the Eldredge Public Library in Chatham that I plan on visiting- will close with its inscription, as it seems fitting today:

HE WHO HAS NO FEELINGS OF VENERATION FOR HIS PREDECESSORS SHOULD EXPECT NONE FROM THOSE WHO FOLLOW HIM

 

Marion Barry on his ethics woes - 'the homo is trying to set me up'

Lord help me, I nearly fell out of my chair at work when I saw this story about Marion Barry. Is he trying to be a all-purpose punchline?

Washington, D.C. City Councilman Marion Barry is accusing his openly gay colleague, David Catania, of targeting him on unrelated ethics questions because Barry refused to support a measure that resulted in the District government recognizing legally-married same-sex couples, according to report by a local FOX News affiliate.

Barry, a longtime supporter of LGBT rights in D.C., has cited discord between the LGBT community and African-American religious leaders for his current stance on marriage equality.  New ethics questions have surfaced about Barry's role in administering grant money authorized by the city council.

Something tells me that Catania had nothing to do with this behavior on Councilman Berry's part:

An audio recording is raising new questions about D.C. Ward 8 City Councilman Marion Barry and whether or not he had a role in the management of grant money-- hundreds of thousands of dollars in council earmarks awarded to several non-profits in Anacostia.