These selected commentaries and news stories from various reliable sources will reflect my world as I observe it. Subjects cover a wide range, from natural and human-created disasters, war, crime, politics, murder and religion to love-hate relationships; from the wonderful to the horrendous to the somewhat silly; and often my personal thoughts. Links to real news and information. -- Toney Atkins
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Congressman Links Popular Gun Safety Measure To Bestiality
Congressman Links Popular Gun Safety Measure To Bestiality: pRep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) often offers creative explanations for his positions — for example, he opposes protecting LGBT people from employment discrimination because such protections are part of a “war on religion.” During a conference call interview today with noted homophobe Rick Scarborough about his new organization, Tea Party Unity, Gohmert explained that he opposes [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
The Murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Murder of Martin Luther King Jr.: Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., 45 years ago, on April 4, 1968. His death shocked a country rocked by riots, civil discord, and a controversial war. It sparked nationwide protests, a...
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NOT A FAN OF ORAL SEX IN VIRGINIA
From MSN Now:
Ken Cuccinelli Virginia attorney general wants anti-sodomy law reinstated
Toney Atkins comments: No comment.
Ken Cuccinelli Virginia attorney general wants anti-sodomy law reinstated
Toney Atkins comments: No comment.
GAY MARRIAGE COULD LEAD TO FATHERS MARRYING SONS?
Toney Atkins comments: HUH? Just had to post this one. Now incest is being brought into the issue, and incest is a crime, as are acts of pedophilia. As a victim of childhood sexual abuse on the part of an adult male relative, who was married with children, I can say it certainly did not make me sick enough to think that pedophilia -- which is a disturbing mental and sexual condition in some adults that terribly and traumatically impacts too many young girls as well as young boys -- is normal or even related to homosexuality. Speaking only for myself (and most boys and men, I'm sure), I cannot believe that the pedophilias rape of an adult male would make me even slightly interested in marrying my father, no matter how much I loved him. It certainly did not, and my dad was totally heterosexual anyway. .
Jeremy Irons says gay marriage could lead to fathers marrying sons
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Jeremy Irons says gay marriage could lead to fathers marrying sons
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Under the Gun
Under the Gun: pWeak Gun Laws & High Levels of Gun Violence Go Together Today, our colleagues at the Center for American Progress put out an important new study examining the relationship between a state’s gun laws and its rate of gun violence. Unsurprisingly, the states with the weakest gun laws tend to also be the states with [...]/p
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