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The Religious Right Must Now Export Its Hatred

The Religious Right’s Must Now Export Homohatred The 1970’s saw a rise in Black Awareness, Soul Train, The Jacksons had a cartoon show, Diana Ross went solo, Nixon got into the White House, Donnie Hathaway and Roberta Flack did countless duos together, AM Radio was king and one of the growing problems through the 1960’s The Vietnam War came to a close as it went Communist in 1975—our involvement made the difference. In the face of all these things, another movement was picking up Reverend Jerry Fallwell and Anita Bryant were instrumental parts of the Moral Majority. These were people who felt that the sexual revolution, the Civil Rights Struggle, the Flower Children and The Gay Rights Movement had come to power and were going to tear up the good and decent fabric of this country. That’s when we saw a Moral Majority sweep the nation on TV, on the radio, in campaign posters, evening news, wherever there was a mic and a camera there they were In 1978, after Anita Bryant led ...

Tumultous Tracy Morgan

Hello everyone, Today I went to Thursday in the Square and asked three men to call their Senators to call and urge them to support the Marriage Equality Act. One man tried to shove me aside and one other made a homophobic joke that lead me to ask myself: What gay clubs have YOU been to? But this made me look at the attitudes behind homophobia, that lead to the Don't Say Gay Bill, the Special Access to Discrimination bill which said that if a city ordinance goes beyond state protections it is void--which happened in the state that Tracy Morgan decided to do a homo rant in...The Not So Great State of Tennessee! The Reality   Faggot, fudgepacker, pillow biter, fairy these are some of the things I am called on youtube and other forums while defending the dignity of gay and lesbian couples. One time I wrote on a video against Act 1 which barred gay adoption in Arkansas (I wrote two notes on it under my Terry Purdue profile the link is here: http://www.facebook.com/not...