Maybe The Beverly Hillbillies Were Right

Maybe California really is the place to be.

“On December 4, Assemblymember John Laird, D-Santa Cruz, introduced the Civil Rights Act of 2007, sponsored by Equality California (EQCA). The new legislation expands nondiscrimination protections for all Californians, including the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. AB 14 strengthens and clarifies 51 provisions in state law by making them consistent with the strongest standards of nondiscrimination protection, which prohibit discrimination based on: race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, sex (including gender identity) and sexual orientation.

The new bill increases nondiscrimination protections in a variety of situations, such as jury service, the issuance of credit cards, participation in the Cal Grant program, voter registration programs, delivery of emergency services, awarding of public contracts, food stamp eligibility and the use of public beaches. The Civil Rights Act of 2007 ensures that 51 nondiscrimination provisions are consistent with California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act and a government code provision that applies to state-funded programs and activities. Because the other provisions do not include all of the protected classes mentioned above, there is an existing deficiency in protection for Californians, in addition to confusion for those who implement and comply with these laws

This is the fourth in a series of nondiscrimination bills authored by Assemblymember Laird that EQCA has sponsored. In 2004, EQCA sponsored AB 2900, which amended more than 30 labor and employment-related nondiscrimination provisions. In 2006, EQCA sponsored AB 1400, which prohibits discrimination by business establishments regardless of a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status, and AB 2800, which amended 17 housing-related nondiscrimination provisions. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed all three bills into law.”

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My Love

This song echos through me like a loud bell. I heard it and instantly thought of you. Thank you, my sweet love.

SECRET GARDEN | You Raise Me Up

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.

Jesus Loves Me….

But not you…

Running Around The Church With Scissors

Lots of tranny/Jesus chatter on the internets.

Over at “The Cafeteria Is Closed” Gerald Augustinus comments on a BBC story about an Anglican reverend that transitioned on the job. He quips:

“Obviously, that person has some deep-seated issues, why else would he have wanted to become a mannish looking elderly lady.”

and then wonders what the Vatican’s position on sex change procedures is. He cited a press release from the John Norton Catholic News Service:

“The key point is that the (transsexual) surgical operation is so superficial and external that it does not change the personality. If the person was male, he remains male. If she was female, she remains female,”

The Vatican text defines transsexualism as a psychic disorder of those whose genetic makeup and physical characteristics are unambiguously of one sex but who feel that they belong to the
opposite sex. In some cases, the urge is so strong that the person undergoes a “sex-change” operation to acquire the opposite sex’s external sexual organs. The new organs have no reproductive function.”

In the comments “berrien” says:

Sick, sick, sick. Better keep an eye on him….uh, her,…uh, it. Good thing he got the knife before he came into the church and got transfered to the Catholic priesthood, eh?

My response:

First of all, Peter is Anglican, not Catholic, correct?

I’m not a theologian, I just play one on the internets.

As far as “genital mutilation,” I’m not that familiar with Catholic doctrine, but I know that the Bible speaks specifically to this:

Matthew 19:12 “For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

“Sick, sick, sick. Better keep an eye on him….uh, her,…uh, it“

Nice. Might explain why Catholicism and Christianity in general is in decline.

Christ never dehumanized, never condemned, never mocked those in sin.

Now, I would note that I do not believe in sin. To believe in sin, you need to believe in the existence of God, which I don’t.

Over at POWERBLOG! “Powerball” complains about parents who let their gender dysphoric children live in their chosen gender. He states it’s

“one of those stories that make you pull your hair out.”

Rob commented:

Often, these children are actually hermaphroditic, and the parents are simply hiding this information from people who really don’t need to know.

I responded to them both:

Why would you pull your hair out? Your blog seems to indicate that you’re a Christian American, yet you don’t seem to support free will choice? Does the Constitution or the Bible somehow make this decision by parents and health care professionals any of your business?

Rob, in all fairness, there’s a big difference between gender identity disorder and an intersex condition. I’m about as left wing as they come, but lets not muddy the waters between the two conditions.

GID isn’t something that’s just dreamed up in the heads of the parents. It’s a known, mental disorder that is treatable. What this debate centers around is science vs faith. You’re talking about a group of people that believe that carbon dating is conspiracy against God, and the Earth is 4000 years old. If you can’t agree on carbon dating, then there’s no way you’re going to come to a concensus on this.

This a battle of reason verses faith, plain and simple.

Well, unless you’re trying to carbon date something….

Fun With Santa!

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Bloomington Fun With Trannies

V and I went on a date to Bloomington, Indiana. Bloomington is home of Indiana University (Hoosiers). We went to Shanti Indian Cuisine and then went to Bloomington’s lesbian outpost, Willy Joes.

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