In a recent interview with Piers Morgan on CNN Kirk denounced the notion of Same Sex Marriage and said that homosexuality is unnatural, detrimental and destructive to civilization. When queried what he’d say to a child of his if they were gay… he said he’d say just because you feel one way doesn’t mean you should act on it, just because that’s the way you feel.
I want to know what it’s like…
To be normal. To be accepted. To be human. To be equal. To be free.
I want to know what it’s like…
To be open. To be heard. To be loved. To be happy. To be me.
I want to know what it’s like…
To feel like I belong.
To feel like I am strong.
That who I am isn’t wrong.
I want to know what it’s like…
To know that I am here.
That Iʼll make it through the year.
To know I wonʼt disappear.
I want to know what it’s like…
To not have to fight.
To see an end in sight.
To make what is wrong right.
I want to know what it’s like…
To be able to believe.
In a higher power that doesn’t see.
Me as sin or sodomy.
I want to know what it’s like…
To have liberty & justice for all
To break down this dividing wall
To remove homophobia from the law
I want to know what itʼs like…
To have a feeling that isn’t sad.
To have something that I’ve never had.
To have a child call me dad.
I want to know what it’s like…
To not feel like Iʼm a freak
To not feel like I am weak
To not be silenced when I speak
I want to know what it’s like…
To live beyond a closet door.
To see my father once more.
To show him I’m not who I was before.
I want to know what itʼs like…
To donate the blood from my vein
But because Iʼm gay I must refrain.
Why does my sexuality pertain?!
I want to know what itʼs like…
To not BE expelled from school
To not be made to look like a fool.
How is homosexuality breaking a rule?!
I want to know what it’s like…
To undo what’s been done to me.
To give sight to those who cannot see.
That I am no lesser of a human being.
I want to know what itʼs like…
To not be considered a disease.
To not have a majority I have to please.
To freely express my individualiTY.
I want to know what itʼs like…
To live in a land truly of the free.
Not a land that excludes me.
This is not how itʼs supposed to be!
I want to know what itʼs like…
To not be the target of bigotry
To not have you question my sanity
To not succumb to your superiority!
I want to know what it’s like…
To overcome all of my fears.
To uncry these countless tears.
That have been shed over the years.
I want to know what it’s like…
To learn about gay leaders of the past.
In my high school history class.
Can somebody please tell me what is so wrong with that?!
I want to know what it’s like…
To have pride.
To not have to hide.
To not have to lie my whole life.
To not have my sexuality be denied.
I want to know what it’s like…
To not have to feel this hurt inside.
To not think these thoughts in my mind.
To not contemplate suicide.
I want to know what it’s like…
To have this pain in me subside.
To heal this wound that bleeds inside.
To get back the tears that I’ve cried.
To take back the years that Iʼve tried.
To bring back the life that has died.
To unite this world’s divide.
To make change with stride.
To not stand below, but beside.
I want to know what it’s like…
To have this choice you say is mine.
To have science & religion intertwine.
To have love be redefined.
I want to know what it’s like…
To have a government that won’t instate
Unfair laws that provoke hate
For fear society will disintegrate
I want to know what itʼs like….
To live in a world without hate.
A world that does not discriminate.
A world in which I can feel safe.
Whether I am gay bi or straight.
This is the world we must create!!!
These are the decisions we must make.
These are the actions we must take.
The time is now we cannot, we must not, we will not wait.
I want to know what itʼs like…
To have equal opportunity.
To know the feeling of full equality.
To be one collective humanity.
I want to know what it’s like…
To be treated equally by my peers.
To stand alongside every queer…
On the edge of a new frontier.
A frontier that no one will dictate.
A frontier where there will be no debate.
A frontier in which everyone can relate.
A frontier made up of love and not hate.
I want to know what it’s like…
To open your eyes so you can see.
The way this world is supposed to be.
We arenʼt so different, you & me.
As an Ex-Greenville Citizen, this one hits especially close to home… As oppressive as Utah can be (and is) South Carolina is suppressive… Of course, that is unless you’re affluent… Then you’re just eccentric!
I’m glad to see South Carolinians fight for their rights for first class citizenry. Keep up the great work and your efforts MATTER!
For those who have a hard time understanding what homosexuality is, we are here to tell them what homosexuality is not…
Click here to be part of this effort to create change: http://kck.st/zUspXy
Post-it(r) notes are a sticky subject at the Idaho capital. Members of a group called “Add the Words” was halted by state troopers while placing post-it notes on the glass state capital doors. Their message? Add the words “sexual orientation and gender identity” to the Idaho Human Rights Bill. Since October Idahoans have been mailing and emailing messages asking lawmakers to give legislation protecting the LGBTQIA population from discrimination a hearing and pass the legislation.
While efforts have been going on since October to have a Human Rights Bill be heard by the House State Affairs Committee legislators were stunned and shocked when the “Add the Words” campaign showed up on their marble door step. In Idaho, the House State Affairs Committee refused to give the Human Rights Bill a hearing for the fifth year in a row. Sounds like they’re taking a page out of the Utah LDS Legislator handbook.
[Cody Hafner] invites the public to post their own sticky notes or if you can’t make it to Boise you can send your request to your lawmakers to amend the Human Rights Bill by submitting it to the Add The Words, Idaho website at www.addthewords.org.There will be an Add the Words, Idaho fundraising party this Thursday, January 12th, from 5:30-8:30 PM at the Beside Bardenay on the Basque Block in Downtown Boise. It will be hosted by more than 30 human rights leaders from across the state. Cost is a $10.00 to $100.00 donation at the door. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. If you can not attend, you can send a donation to: Add the Words PAC Box 2661 Boise, ID 83701.
It’s time for all my straight male friends to come out of the closet! On more than one occasion my so called straight friends and I had open discussion about “spanking the monkey” and which is the best hand, the best location and the best time of day. Little did I know each of them was apparently committing acts of down right gayness! Love you guys, but I guess it’s time all ya’ll ditch those Carhartts and cheap beers and slap on a D&G sarong and join me in watching a musical whilst sipping a shaken martini…. as God intended us to be!
According to Mark Driscoll of the Mars Hill Church in Seattle, male masturbation without the presence of a wife is a gay act. Apparently it’s OK if your wife watches, and that is a key detail that makes you straight. Otherwise, you’re just a nelly princess in training…
“Pastor” Mark Driscoll says that men need to stop masturbating because it’s a kind of homosexuality. In a booklet titled Porn-Again Christian: A Frank Discussion on Pornography & Masturbation for God’s Men, Driscoll of the Seattle-based Mars Hill Church says, “First, masturbation can be a form of homosexuality because it is a sexual act that does not involve a woman. If a man were to masturbate while engaged in other forms of sexual intimacy with his wife then he would not be doing so in a homosexual way. However, any man who does so without his wife in the room is bordering on homosexual activity, particularly if he’s watching himself in a mirror and being turned on by his own male body.”
1. My Psychology professor in college once said in a class of 300 students that 99% of men masturbate, and 1% lie… So Pastor Driscoll, using your standard, I guess that means you’re either a closet homosexual, or a liar… which is it?
2. If a single “straight” guy uses a pocket pussy to jerk off with- is it still a gay act or do plastic snatches make you straight too?
Frank Kameny (5/21/25 – 10/11/11) was one of the most significant figures in the American gay rights movement. In 1957, Kameny was dismissed from his position as an astronomer in the Army Map Service in Washington, D.C. because of his homosexuality, leading him to begin a Herculean struggle with the American establishment that would spearhead a new period of militancy in the homosexual rights movement of the early 1960s. Kameny protested his firing by the U.S. Civil Service Commission due to his homosexuality, and argued this case to the United States Supreme Court in 1961. Although the court denied his petition, it is notable as the first civil rights claim based on sexual orientation.
For decades, John Smid had been the leader of Love in Action, the infamous “ex-gay” ministry that took away the underwear of clients if the undergarments appeared too gay. The strict Memphis-based ministry also used an egg timer in the bathroom to make sure its clients would not masturbate while showering.
Of all the “ex-gay” ministries this was the most cult-like – with Smid keeping tight control over the social lives of his clients, who paid a pretty penny to live in the residential program.
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In a stunning admissionthis week, Smid said that altering one’s attractions are highly improbable – indeed so unlikely that he claims that he has not met a single man who truly prayed away the gay. According to Smid:
Yes, there are homosexuals that make dramatic changes in their lives as they walk through the transformation process with Jesus. I have heard story after story of changes that have occurred as men and women find the grace of God in their lives as homosexual people. But, I’m sorry, this transformation process may not meet the expectations of many Christians. I also want to reiterate here that the transformation for the vast majority of homosexuals will not include a change of sexual orientation. Actually I’ve never met a man who experienced a change from homosexual to heterosexual.
“It’s a good thing gays can’t reproduce…. otherwise there would be thousands of ‘straight’ mormon men running around Utah county in maternity outfits!”
True to The AFA (American Family Association) and Bryan Fischer’s standard motive of operation, he’s promoting Ex-Gay Therapy on his broadcast. He hosts Dr. Tim Rampey (doctor of what, and valid published research accepted by the medical community is where?) to share his views on how well this therapy works (Note that the this type of therapy has been discredited by every major medical association in the country).
Bryan Fischer comes to the defense of Michele Bachmann by inviting Dr. Tim Rampey on to his radio program to promote ex-gay therapy.
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