Monday, April 8, 2013
2013 ACM Awards: Winners | MSN Music
2013 ACM Awards: Winners | MSN Music
Toney Atkins opines: What? You missed the American Country Music Awards show, and you call yourself a patriotic American? Seriously, the above link from MSN News takes you to a story about the show and this year's sinners. Country music rocks!
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
Hactivist Group Anonymous Attacks North Korea
Hactivist Group Anonymous Attacks North Korea: pAs tensions continue to rise on the Korean peninsula, internet hactivist collective Anonymous has joined the fray — and appears to have been very successful at penetrating North Korea’s superficial cybersecurity defenses. ReadWrite reports: “On Tuesday, the group claimed to have stolen 15,000 passwords from the communist nation as part of what it calls Operation [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
Tennessee Clergy Speak Out Against Bill To Cut Welfare For Children Who Get Poor Grades
Tennessee Clergy Speak Out Against Bill To Cut Welfare For Children Who Get Poor Grades: pAs Tennessee prepares to consider two bills to reduce welfare assistance for needy families whose children are not doing well in school, a Change.org petition has popped up to fight the measure. The petition was started by Clergy for Justice, a Tennesse-based organization of clergy that has previously advocated for causes including immigration reform, health [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
The Food Industry’s Overuse Of Salt Contributes To Almost 100,000 American Deaths Every Year
The Food Industry’s Overuse Of Salt Contributes To Almost 100,000 American Deaths Every Year: pIn a new study published in the online edition of the British Medical Journal, researchers write that a 50 percent reduction in daily salt intake “could prevent approximately 100,000 deaths from heart attack and stroke in the United States every year.” Curbing salt intake by that high a margin is certainly a mean feat — [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
Top Senate Republican ‘Optimistic’ About Obama’s Budget: ‘He’s Showing Leadership’
Top Senate Republican ‘Optimistic’ About Obama’s Budget: ‘He’s Showing Leadership’: pSen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) expressed optimism about President Obama’s budget, scheduled to be released on Wednesday, saying it could lead to a grand compromise between both parties and force the GOP to meet Democrats in the middle. “There are nuggets of this budget that I think are optimistic,” Graham explained during an appearance Sunday on [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
Bank Of America To Pay $36.8 Million To Military Members For Improper Foreclosures
Bank Of America To Pay $36.8 Million To Military Members For Improper Foreclosures: pBank of America will pay $36.8 million to members of the military it improperly foreclosed on between 2006 and 2010, according to a settlement it reached with the federal government in 2011, the Justice Department announced this week. Bank of America was already paying 142 military members under the original 2011 agreement, but a further [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
Saturday, April 6, 2013
MOTHERS BEST REMEMBERED IN LIFE ... By Toney Atkins
REMEMBERING MOTHER
By TONEY ATKINS
In past years, I have received a number of wonderful and inspiring phone calls and letters about what would become my annual tribute in the Daytona Times to my beautiful mother, who passed from this world on April 17, 1994.
There have been requests to repeat that tribute, at least in part, to share with those who know what it means to have lost a mother and with those who are fortunate enough to still be able to look their mothers in the eyes on Mother's Day and say, "I love you."
This year marks the 19th anniversary of my mother's death and the 18th year that I still get choked up a little bit when I pass a counter in a store stocked with Mother's Day cards - especially the giant ones, which would truly have impressed my mom.
I recently traveled back to the town in which I was born to be with my dad, who currently is going through several different health crises which threaten to take him from me, too.
During the last few months of her life, my mother pleaded with me to get closer to my earthly father and to take care of him. He and I, indeed, have bridged a terrible gap that always seemed to be between us for far too many years, so the prayers of a loving mother were answered - and I am grateful. My dad, who took tender care of Mother during her final months, and I both still miss the woman who had a tremendous impact on both our lives.
My mother is eternal now, but in a spiritual sphere where I can't pick up the telephone and call her and tell her how concerned I am about my father and to hear her words of comfort and advice. Oh, how I miss her! Oh, how I realize how much I took her for granted! Time has increased my appreciation and love for her, but she's not here for me to tell her so.
Somewhere in my belongings is the Mother's Day card I had bought ahead of time in 1994 - the first time I had gotten one in years to send early so she would get it on or before Mother's Day, not several days or a week afterwards. "Better late than never," I always said with a laugh as I excused myself and apologized when she inevitably received it late, and she always said she forgave and thanked me profusely.
I still vividly remember the night that I walked into a dimly lit room in a Georgia hospital and looked down at the shell of my mother on the bed. She appeared to be so at peace and looked so much younger than her 74 years.
An hour earlier, she had been struggling for breath as she lay in a coma on a bed in another room in the hospital, with tubes running into her nose and into her arms that seemed brutally bruised by too many intravenous needles. There were fewer of them than there had been before, because they were relatively useless now. The doctors and nurses had told my dad and me that her body was shutting down, its parts failing rapidly, and that soon the few breaths we heard rattling through the room would be silent.
They were right. Her battle with cancer, congestive heart failure and other ailments - especially the stroke that sent her to the hospital for the last time - would be over that Sunday night - three weeks to the day before Mother's Day that year.
The card she never got to see was still in Daytona Beach.
The blessing was that, at least by appearances, she died without apparent agony from the horrible pain she could have been feeling. She had suffered very much. After her last breath, even with the hospital paraphernalia still attached to her, her years of struggle melted away. As her spirit entered a realm free of suffering, her face expressed its relief.
My mother loved me - sometimes, I thought, too much. She never liked my living 550 miles away. I lived under the "curse" of being an only child and being "smothered with love."
She was an outspoken woman, even more so with age. You could always depend on her speaking her mind to anyone and everyone. If you didn't like it - tough! But most people, young and old, including the minister who preached at her funeral, loved her for her simplistic, down-to-earth qualities. They saw her goodness as well as her human frailties, and the minister made special note that she indeed was one of a kind.
My mother was proud of me. It wasn't that I could do no wrong, because she would always be the first to let me know that I often did. But whether she approved or disapproved, she tried to act as though she respected my feelings and decisions.
I was required to send her copies of the Daytona Times (and the Daytona Beach News-Journal, when I was a writer and editor there) so she could proudly show off my writings to her friends and neighbors.
Oh, the many things I miss about Mother! She was always there when I needed someone to talk to. In our long distance telephone conversations, she worried about me, concerned about whether I was eating right, whether I was staying out of trouble and always wanting to know when I was going to get married and give her a grandchild to dote over. Even though I had crossed the threshold of 50 at the time of her passing, I was always her "little boy."
Eleven years later, I still sometimes find it hard to accept that my mother and my best friend is gone and I can't tell her how I feel about her and let her know that she did a wonderful job in trying to raise a good son. (None of my character defects can be blamed on her.)
How I wish I could hug her tightly and talk to her now!
The purpose of this writing is simple. It's not just therapeutic. I hope it prompts each and every reader whose mother is still alive to stop and think about that special woman, to remember her and treasure her while she's here, especially on the upcoming Mother's Day.
Pay her a visit. Send a card. Send flowers. Give her a telephone call. Buy a gift. Make her feel special, because after all, she brought someone special into the world - you.
Most important, tell her you love her while she can still hear your voice. She'll feel good, and you will, too.
-- This tribute by former Daytona Times Assistant Editor Toney Atkins was written and published before Mother's Day, shortly after his mother's death in 1994. Slightly edited to reflect the passage of time, it remains dedicated to all mothers everywhere and to the children who love and respect them in life as well as in death.
(c) 2005, Toney Atkins / Daytona Times
Obama apologizes to Kamala Harris for 'best-looking attorney general' comment - TODAY News
Obama apologizes to Kamala Harris for 'best-looking attorney general' comment - TODAY News
Above link from NBCNews.com.
Toney Atkins comments: Oh, come on, America! How tiny have our brains become that many get all out of shape because the president observed that a woman is "good looking"? Based on all of the idiotic, unnecessary news coverage of the comment, you would think that North Korea does not have missiles aimed at Americans in the Pacific, that we don't have politicians in office who have fought nearly every job creation suggestion offered by the president, that guns don't continue to kill more and more citizens of this country every day or that many white people don't still hate blacks and really resent the fact that the president is black. I believe most women are lovely and I used that word many times to introduce ladies participating in my karaoke shows when I was DJing part-time. Most of them seemed to appreciate the genuine compliment and none of them complained. The president has described other women and men as "good looking" and there was no uproar or complaint from those who were complimented. Have we gotten so small in our thinking that such an innocent and truthful comment can cause us to make this a major news story, or is it just that our blatant racism and sexism has finally come out of the closet for all to see?
Friday, April 5, 2013
NEW ASSERTION: DADS COULD MARRY SONS (A re-edited re-post)
DADS MARRYING SONS IF GAY MARRIAGE OK'D?? (RE-POSTED)
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. Writing 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 (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 that pedophilia is even related to true homosexuality or bisexuality. Speaking only for myself (and for most boys and men, I'm sure), I cannot believe that the pedophiliacrape by an adult male could make me even slightly interested in marrying my father, no matter how much I loved him. (My dad, God bless him, was totally heterosexual and definitely not a pedophile.)
The news report sparking this comment is at MSN Now link:
Jeremy Irons says gay marriage could lead to fathers marrying sons
The news report sparking this comment is at MSN Now link:
Jeremy Irons says gay marriage could lead to fathers marrying sons
Obama's Social Security Cut Proposal Sparks Backlash, Threats Of Primary Contests
Obama's Social Security Cut Proposal Sparks Backlash, Threats Of Primary Contests
Above link from the Huffington Post
Toney Atkins comments: WHAT????!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I'm pissed at nearly everyone in Washington. I urge readers to vote against ANYONE, Republican or Democrat or Independent who votes to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Most of us paid insurance to have these benefits in what were once called our "golden years." I'm feeling sort of rusty today. Shame on you, President Obama, for appearing to cave in to your opponents.
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...
Posted from ABC.com/MSN Now
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
Posted from MSN Now
Jeremy Irons says gay marriage could lead to fathers marrying sons
Posted from MSN Now
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
From ThinkProgress.org
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
My Way News - Louisville's Ware leaves Indianapolis hospital
SPORTS UPDATE:
My Way News - Louisville's Ware leaves Indianapolis hospital
Associated Press/MyWay.com
My Way News - Louisville's Ware leaves Indianapolis hospital
Associated Press/MyWay.com
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Nightly News with Brian Williams
Nightly News with Brian Williams
News you should know from NBCNews.com, originally posted April 1, 2013
US Navy shifts destroyer in wake of North Korea missile threats
US Navy shifts destroyer in wake of North Korea missile threats
Breaking news from NBCNews.com at 8 p.m. Monday, April 1, 2013. This is not an April Fool's Day joke.
Rights Group Says March Was The Deadliest Month In Syria’s Civil War
Rights Group Says March Was The Deadliest Month In Syria’s Civil War: pThe UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that more than 6,000 Syrians were killed in March, making it the deadliest month in the country’s two-year long civil war. Nearly one-third of those deaths were civilians. The group — which opposes Bashar al-Assad and his regime — has documented more than 62,000 deaths [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
The White Supremacist Group That May Be Targeting Law Enforcement For Revenge
HOMEGROWN TERRORISM:
The White Supremacist Group That May Be Targeting Law Enforcement For Revenge: pInvestigations into Saturday’s murder of a Texas district attorney and his wife are bearing down on a white supremacist gang that may have undertaken revenge for a racketeering case that put many key members behind bars. According to law enforcement sources, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a particularly violent prison gang modeled after the Aryan [...]/p
Posted from ThinkProgress.org
The White Supremacist Group That May Be Targeting Law Enforcement For Revenge: pInvestigations into Saturday’s murder of a Texas district attorney and his wife are bearing down on a white supremacist gang that may have undertaken revenge for a racketeering case that put many key members behind bars. According to law enforcement sources, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a particularly violent prison gang modeled after the Aryan [...]/p
Posted from ThinkProgress.org
Racial Supremacy Gangs -- Gangs and Security Threat Group Awareness
Homegrown terrorists in our midst. I found this important link to information they had rather you not know. Toney Atkins
Racial Supremacy Gangs -- Gangs and Security Threat Group Awareness
GOP Congressman Refuses To Apologize For Calling Latinos ‘Wetbacks’
From ThinkProgress.org:
GOP Congressman Refuses To Apologize For Calling Latinos ‘Wetbacks’: pRep. Don Young (R-AK) on Thursday night stood by his use of a racial slur to describe Latinos, saying that he “meant no disrespect” when he told an Alaska radio interviewer, “We used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes”: “During a sit down interview with Ketchikan Public Radio this week, I used [...]/p
GOP Congressman Refuses To Apologize For Calling Latinos ‘Wetbacks’: pRep. Don Young (R-AK) on Thursday night stood by his use of a racial slur to describe Latinos, saying that he “meant no disrespect” when he told an Alaska radio interviewer, “We used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes”: “During a sit down interview with Ketchikan Public Radio this week, I used [...]/p
Law Enforcement Officials Gunned Down In Possible White Supremacist Plot
From ThinkProgress.org:
Law Enforcement Officials Gunned Down In Possible White Supremacist Plot: pA Texas district attorney and his wife were shot to death in their home in Kaufman County last night, the latest instance in a recent spate of suspicious shootings of law enforcement officials. The deaths of Mike and Cynthia McLelland follow the shooting of a Kaufman County assistant district attorney in January, which stoked suspicions [...]/p
Law Enforcement Officials Gunned Down In Possible White Supremacist Plot: pA Texas district attorney and his wife were shot to death in their home in Kaufman County last night, the latest instance in a recent spate of suspicious shootings of law enforcement officials. The deaths of Mike and Cynthia McLelland follow the shooting of a Kaufman County assistant district attorney in January, which stoked suspicions [...]/p
Immigration Reform Deal Close Senators Say, Could Be ‘Rolled Out Next Week’
From ThinkProgress.org:
Immigration Reform Deal Close Senators Say, Could Be ‘Rolled Out Next Week’: pKey lawmakers involved in ongoing bipartisan discussions on a comprehensive immigration reform bill signaled optimism on the Sunday morning talk show circuit, with Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) — two members of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” negotiators working on the reform bill — telling NBC’s Meet The Press that a bill [...]/p
Immigration Reform Deal Close Senators Say, Could Be ‘Rolled Out Next Week’: pKey lawmakers involved in ongoing bipartisan discussions on a comprehensive immigration reform bill signaled optimism on the Sunday morning talk show circuit, with Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) — two members of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” negotiators working on the reform bill — telling NBC’s Meet The Press that a bill [...]/p
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
North Korea says it is entering ’state of war’ with South
North Korea says it is entering ’state of war’ with South
Above from NBCNews.com
Toney's advice: Keep an eye on this developing story. A war with North Korea, if it should launch missiles and kill Americans or South Koreans, could shoot the world's security level into the red zone. If there should be a war, it would have a major impact, and we certainly don't want our populations or our troops in danger of devastation in such an unnecessary war that might be started by an upstart North Korean leader.
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Drones over America: How unmanned fliers are already helping cops - Technology on NBCNews.com
Drones over America: How unmanned fliers are already helping cops - Technology on NBCNews.com
Toney Atkins comments: Big Brother is watching us. Let's just hope they don't have missiles aimed at anybody.
Without Medicaid Expansion, Poor Americans In The South Are Less Likely To Get Medical Care
Without Medicaid Expansion, Poor Americans In The South Are Less Likely To Get Medical Care: pLow-income Americans in the South, where states impose some of the nation’s most restrictive Medicaid eligibility requirements, are being forced to put off the medical care they need because they can’t afford it. According to a new study from the New England Journal of Medicine, the American adults who don’t qualify for Medicaid assistance in [...]/p
Why You Should Be More Concerned About War With North Korea This Time
Why You Should Be More Concerned About War With North Korea This Time: pTensions on the Korean peninsula are nothing new — historically, North Korea frequently rattles its saber for one reason for another. But the recent escalation in tensions between the North and South have experts worried that this time might be different, that the threat of the United States being drawn into a devastating war with [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
Friday, March 29, 2013
Ignore The Spin: Why Food Stamp Enrollment Isn’t Shrinking (Yet)
Ignore The Spin: Why Food Stamp Enrollment Isn’t Shrinking (Yet): pThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, expanded rapidly during the Great Recession, when millions of workers lost jobs and entered poverty, forcing them to turn to the government’s social safety net for help. But even as the economy has begun to recover, SNAP “isn’t shrinking back alongside the recovery,” the [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
Toney Atkins comments: Many people who are fortunate enough to have good jobs and good paydays often frown upon those who require food stamps to eat. Sometimes, the food purchased with the stamps will only last a few weeks, and recipients and their children have to fight hunger until the next month's allocations. It's sad but true that the carpet can be pulled out from under people who have good jobs and all the conveniences that come with having money in the bank. Lawmakers aren' doing much to create new jobs, so when someone unexpectedly loses a job, money can suddenly be so scarce you cannot afford to pay rent, much less pay for food for yourself or your family. The SNAP program is a lifesaver for many. We can also be grateful for the many churches that have started food giveaways, with help from local merchants and individuals and help many to stock what otherwise might be empty food pantries and kitchen shelves. These programs offer an opportunity for the haves in our society to help the have-nots in their time of crisis. There are a lot of hungry folks out there, and I have been one of them at times in my life. As a retiree, for some reason I only qualify for $16 per month, and you can imagine how long that lasts. Don't frown upon the needy. They may be the ones who help you when you are down and out.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
North Korea Rockets On Standby To Hit U.S. Bases On Kim Jong Un's Orders, KCNA Reports
North Korea Rockets On Standby To Hit U.S. Bases On Kim Jong Un's Orders, KCNA Reports
Posted from The Huffington Post
For updates on this breaking news story, I recommend https://www.nbcnews.com/ .
THE FRENCH ARE COMING! THE FRENCH ARE COMING!
Top Republican Warns Of French People Illegally Crossing Mexican Border In South Texas
Top Republican Warns Of French People Illegally Crossing Mexican Border In South Texas: pDuring an appearance on a local radio station Thursday morning, Texas Senator John Cornyn (R) claimed that people from all over the world are now entering the country illegally through Texas and insisted that any Congressional effort to reform the immigration system must invest in border security. “You gotta stop the flow of people coming [...]/p
Above from ThinkProgress.org
Toney Atkins comments: OMG! OMG! The French are coming! The French are coming! OMG! One memory that strikes me upon reading the above is a column I wrote just after the terrible terrorist attacks on the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001. I simply pointed out that terrorists could easily enter our country by coming through Mexico (and I read recently that caves between Mexico and the U.S. would allow secret access). When I wrote my opinions about border security and terrorism, I saw little to no acknowledgement on the part of political leaders, nor did I hear any governmental proposals to guard our nation, not from Mexican immigrants, but from foreign lands whose people would like to do us harm. Now we have a Republican about French people illegally entering the country. OMG!!!!!
Top Republican Warns Of French People Illegally Crossing Mexican Border In South Texas: pDuring an appearance on a local radio station Thursday morning, Texas Senator John Cornyn (R) claimed that people from all over the world are now entering the country illegally through Texas and insisted that any Congressional effort to reform the immigration system must invest in border security. “You gotta stop the flow of people coming [...]/p
Above from ThinkProgress.org
Toney Atkins comments: OMG! OMG! The French are coming! The French are coming! OMG! One memory that strikes me upon reading the above is a column I wrote just after the terrible terrorist attacks on the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001. I simply pointed out that terrorists could easily enter our country by coming through Mexico (and I read recently that caves between Mexico and the U.S. would allow secret access). When I wrote my opinions about border security and terrorism, I saw little to no acknowledgement on the part of political leaders, nor did I hear any governmental proposals to guard our nation, not from Mexican immigrants, but from foreign lands whose people would like to do us harm. Now we have a Republican about French people illegally entering the country. OMG!!!!!
INTERNET ATTACK IMPACTS USERS WORLDWIDE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/27/spamhaus-cyber-attack_n_2963632.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl8%7Csec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D290234
Internet attack impacts users worldwide. Details in above link from Huffington Post.
MARRIAGE EQUALITY? WARNING: Comment will offend some, if not many
WARNING: COMMENT IS LIKELY TO OFFEND SOME IF NOT MANY
Everything You Need To Know About The Marriage Equality Cases At The Supreme Court: pBeginning this morning, the Supreme Court will hear two cases that could recognize the right of everyone, straight or gay, to marry the person they love. The first concerns California’s anti-gay Proposition 8, and could potentially extend the right to marry to same-sex couples in all fifty states. The second challenges the federal Defense of [...]/p
Above post from ThinkProgress.org. The comment below is solely that of Toney Atkins and is not endorsed by ThinkProgress.org.
Toney Atkins comments: Why all the fuss about gay marriage? Back in the day, most heterosexuals fell in love, got married and stayed married, loving, honoring and obeying, till death did they part -- or so it appeared on the surface. Since the time that I was young, naïve and gullible, most of the straight folks I have known and to this day either just live together or actually do get married, stay together for awhile, then go on to what they think are "greener pastures," and divorce is a way of life. I know some people who have been married four or five times, and that is not an exaggeration. The kids often don't know who their real dad is, and some aren't really sure about mom. I don't remember too many single parents when I was a child. Christian preachers don't preach much about adultery, because they know they would lose a large part of their congregations if adultery was designated as great a "sin" as homosexuality, which is more common inside and outside the churches, even the evangelistic ones, as most would like to believe. So why marry, gay folks? Play around like the straight people do and don't worry about having to get a divorce when you get tired of your alleged "other half." At least, you're not being hypocritical.
Everything You Need To Know About The Marriage Equality Cases At The Supreme Court: pBeginning this morning, the Supreme Court will hear two cases that could recognize the right of everyone, straight or gay, to marry the person they love. The first concerns California’s anti-gay Proposition 8, and could potentially extend the right to marry to same-sex couples in all fifty states. The second challenges the federal Defense of [...]/p
Above post from ThinkProgress.org. The comment below is solely that of Toney Atkins and is not endorsed by ThinkProgress.org.
Toney Atkins comments: Why all the fuss about gay marriage? Back in the day, most heterosexuals fell in love, got married and stayed married, loving, honoring and obeying, till death did they part -- or so it appeared on the surface. Since the time that I was young, naïve and gullible, most of the straight folks I have known and to this day either just live together or actually do get married, stay together for awhile, then go on to what they think are "greener pastures," and divorce is a way of life. I know some people who have been married four or five times, and that is not an exaggeration. The kids often don't know who their real dad is, and some aren't really sure about mom. I don't remember too many single parents when I was a child. Christian preachers don't preach much about adultery, because they know they would lose a large part of their congregations if adultery was designated as great a "sin" as homosexuality, which is more common inside and outside the churches, even the evangelistic ones, as most would like to believe. So why marry, gay folks? Play around like the straight people do and don't worry about having to get a divorce when you get tired of your alleged "other half." At least, you're not being hypocritical.
State Legislatures Gone Wild, Cont.
State Legislatures Gone Wild, Cont.: p7 Terrible State Bills Recently, we discussed some of the terrible bills floating around out there in state legislatures. Here’s another look at some of the worst proposals, including a couple that were signed into law this week: NORTH DAKOTA: The state’s Republican governor signed a trifecta of terrible anti-abortion bills, which are likely to [...]/p
Toney Atkins comments: Don't you just love having the government in your bedroom? (Unfortunately, they wouldn't see any action in mine.)
More Great Signs From The Supreme Court Marriage Equality Rallies
More Great Signs From The Supreme Court Marriage Equality Rallies: pThough opponents of marriage equality concluded their rallying on Tuesday, advocates for same-sex marriage are back outside the Supreme Court rallying again this morning as the Justices hear oral arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act. Like on Tuesday, many witty, thoughtful, and heartfelt signs can be found throughout the crowd promoting LGBT equality: Check [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Episcopal Bishops March On Washington To Demand An End To Gun Violence
Episcopal Bishops March On Washington To Demand An End To Gun Violence: pEpiscopal bishops, priests, and lay people from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., yesterday to demand federal legislation that would help end gun violence, urging lawmakers to take action on the issue while celebrating a special version of the Christian devotion known as the Stations of the Cross. Hundreds of participants braved wintry conditions [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
Beyond Marriage Equality: What Can We Do To Fix Marriage?
Beyond Marriage Equality: What Can We Do To Fix Marriage?: pWelcome to National Marriage Equality Week. After today’s Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, marriage equality has been the topic du jour, and will remain so after tomorrow’s companion hearing on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). I certainly hope the Court sees these discriminatory laws for what they are, but [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
Lessons From Jackie Robinson: What It Will Take To Be The NFL’s First Openly Gay Player
Lessons From Jackie Robinson: What It Will Take To Be The NFL’s First Openly Gay Player: pMike Freeman from CBS Sports reported Monday that “a current gay NFL player is strongly considering coming out publicly within the next few months — and after doing so, the player would attempt to continue his career.” That’s a move that would break one of the biggest barriers in American professional sports, which have never [...]/p
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