http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/perverts/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:11:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050142/posts LAPD Police Chief William J. Bratton has come out -- in favor of gay marriage. As a wedding gift to friend and celebrity publicist Howard Bragman and his longtime partner, Chuck O'Donnell, Bratton made it official: He and his wife, former Court TV diva Rikki Kleiman, strongly believe that gays have a right to marry. And in honor of Bragman and O'Donnell, who wed this past week in Norwalk, the chief and Kleiman have made a donation to Equality California, a group seeking to stop a state ballot measure this November that would ban same-sex marriages. "The Constitution guarantees life,... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050142/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:11:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048270/posts ‘Harassed for being a Christian’- the policeman who objected to gay ribbons and is turning to a tribunal Last updated at 01:08am on 20.07.08    A policeman is taking his force to an employment tribunal, claiming that he has been harassed because of his Christian beliefs.Constable Graham Cogman says he has been persecuted since he objected to wearing ribbons to mark a gay event.The controversy echoes the case of Lillian Ladele, the Christian registrar who successfully took on Islington Council in London over her refusal to conduct civil-partnership ceremonies for gay couples.  Making a stand: PC Graham Cogman says... The Evening Standard (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048270/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:36:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047916/posts The House Armed Services Committee has scheduled the first hearings to review the "don't ask don't tell" law since it was enacted in 1993 under President Clinton. The law disqualifies homosexuals from serving in the military. Individuals are deemed homosexual, according to this law, if they publicly state so. However, the military is prohibited from asking. Thus, "don't ask don't tell." Activists are now pushing for change to allow homosexuals to serve openly. The discussion we can anticipate will be technical. Does the presence of openly homosexual soldiers undermine "cohesiveness" of units, morale and discipline? How would retention rates of... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047916/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:04:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047089/posts Weapons of Mass. Destruction The Massachusetts legislature is pulling out all the stops to recapture its title as the most liberal state in the union on marriage. Yesterday, the Bay State Senate voted to repeal a 95-year-old law that former Gov. MITT ROMNEY enforced to prevent out-of-state homosexuals from "marrying." (Thanks Mitt!!!! He's a GOOD GUY!) To justify the move, the Senate pointed to a report commissioned by the state that claimed non-resident "marriages" would bring in an estimated $110 million. As groups like FRC have argued, money can't undo the damage done to society by the state's campaign to... http://www.frc.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047089/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:41:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046776/posts Christians will face prison for speaking out against homosexuality if Brazil's Senate passes a bill approved unanimously by its House of Representatives. The measure is considered the country's newest attempt to promote homosexuality, disguised as an act to prevent discrimination, the Catholic News Agency reports. If anyone prevents actions of "homosexual affection" in public or private locations open to the public, they could face up to five years in prison for doing so, the Association of the Defense of Life reports. The bill also seeks to penalize private and public school administrators with up to three years in prison if... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046776/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:31:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046211/posts A San Francisco city and county board resolution that officially labeled the Catholic church's moral teachings on homosexuality as "insulting to all San Franciscans," "hateful," "defamatory," "insensitive" and "ignorant" will be challenged tomorrow in court for violating the Constitution's prohibition of government hostility toward religion. Resolution 168-08, passed unanimously by the City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors two years ago, also accused the Vatican of being a "foreign country" meddling with and attempting to "negatively influence (San Francisco's) existing and established customs." It said of the church's teaching on homosexuality, "Such hateful and discriminatory rhetoric is both... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046211/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044913/posts Some bared more than their bottoms, the Orange County Sheriff's Department says. Police were called out to break up the annual "mooning" of Amtrak trains in Laguna Niguel on Saturday when the crowd grew to 8,000 and many began baring more than just their behinds. "We had some mooners and some female flashers and some people who were nude altogether," said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department. "There was also lots of drinking. We felt that it was in the public's interest to shut it down." Mooners, flashers and others dispersed peacefully about 3 p.m. and... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044913/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:47:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040717/posts A Greenwood man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after allegedly giving a postal employee a Bible with a pornographic picture in it, along with a letter inviting the worker to come to his house and watch pornographic movies. Greenwood Police arrested Prince Woodrow Quarles, 44, of 102-C Pinetree Apartments, and charged him with lewd conduct. According to police reports, officer Daniel Watt responded to the U.S. Post Office on Northcreek Boulevard just after 1 p.m. Wednesday. He made contact with the victim, a 29-year-old woman. The woman said Quarles had been coming into the post office regularly for some time. She... Index Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040717/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:22:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039322/posts Satanic Ritual Sex Crime Leads to Arrest of North Carolina Democratic Activist... "She seemed to be a very open, reasonable, responsible person, but certainly, the allegations that have been made are shocking to everybody who has known her." BreitbartTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039322/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038724/posts TULSA — While dog-sitting for his mother earlier this month, Bryan Whalen discovered video recordings of his mother and two other people engaging in sex acts with three dogs, according to an affidavit filed Monday in Tulsa County. Authorities have charged Diane Whalen, 54, and Donald Roy Seigfried, 55, with crimes against nature, a felony that includes bestiality, said Capt. John Bowman of the Tulsa County sheriff's office. Seigfried was arrested and released Tuesday on $10,000 bail. Bowman said Whalen had not been arrested, but authorities were in contact with her lawyer. Bryan Whalen was feeding and taking care of... NewsOK.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038724/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:25:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034972/posts As gay couples race to the altar in California this week, scientists may have found an answer to the so-called gay paradox. Studies suggest that homosexuality is at least partly genetic. And although homosexuals have far fewer children than heterosexuals, so-called gay genes apparently survive in the population. A new study bolsters support for an intriguing idea: These same genes may increase fertility in women. Despite some tantalizing leads over the past 2 decades, researchers have yet to isolate any genes directly linked to homosexuality. Nevertheless, a number of studies have shown that male homosexuals have more gay male relatives... ScienceNOW Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034972/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:19:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032061/posts What makes a grown woman pursue a guy who gets carded at R-rated movies, lives with his parents who give him an allowance and, who if your actions are revealed, would ruin your reputation and possibly land you in jail? Theories abound. Some might surprise you. Like how mentally, they are about the same age.Sexual abuse involving older women and teen boys is an underreported crime, one that experts say has been largely ignored by the public, legal system and academic researchers for reasons including sexual double standards and evidence suggesting teen boys often are willing participants. But that attitude... The Intelligencer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032061/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:07:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029705/posts Alex Kozinski, who is presiding over an obscenity trial in L.A., admits he posted sexually explicit photos and videos. He says he didn't think the public could see the site, which is now blocked. One of the highest-ranking federal judges in the United States, who is currently presiding over an obscenity trial in Los Angeles, has maintained his own publicly accessible website featuring sexually explicit photos and videos. Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, acknowledged in an interview with The Times that he had posted the materials, which included a photo of naked women... L A Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029705/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:58:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029581/posts One of the highest-ranking federal judges in the United States, who is currently presiding over an obscenity trial in Los Angeles, has maintained a publicly accessible website featuring sexually explicit photos and videos. Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, acknowledged in an interview with The Times that he had posted the materials, which included a photo of naked women on all fours painted to look like cows and a video of a half-dressed man cavorting with a sexually aroused farm animal. Some of the material was inappropriate, he conceded, although he defended other sexually... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029581/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:10:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028219/posts CONCORD – V. Gene Robinson, New Hampshire's Episcopal bishop, entered into a civil union yesterday with his partner of 20 years, Mark Andrew, according to WMUR-TV. The ceremony, held at St. Paul Church, coincided with the fifth anniversary of Robinson's election as the nation's first openly gay Episcopal bishop. The state Legislature passed a law last year allowing gay couples to enter civil unions; the law took effect Jan. 1. In an interview last month on NBC's "The Today Show," Robinson said the decision to enter into a civil union came after he received death threats about his decision to... Manchester Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028219/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 10:49:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027932/posts A Roman Catholic adoption agency headed by Britain's most senior Catholic churchman is to defy the Government over its controversial gay equality laws. The Westminster Catholic Children's Society, whose president is Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, will ignore new rules that require it to place children with same-sex couples. While other Catholic adoption agencies are caving in to the legislation by severing their ties with the Church or even closing, the Westminster Society will continue its policy of placing children only with married heterosexuals and single people. Its stance will set the Cardinal - who welcomed Tony Blair into the Catholic Church... dailymail.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027932/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:04:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027826/posts Gene Robinson, New Hampshire's Episcopal bishop, entered into a civil union yesterday with his partner of 20 years, Mark Andrew, according to WMUR-TV. The ceremony, held at St. Paul Church, coincided with the fifth anniversary of Robinson's election as the nation's first openly gay Episcopal bishop. The state Legislature passed a law last year allowing gay couples to enter civil unions; the law took effect Jan. 1. In an interview last month on NBC's "The Today Show," Robinson said the decision to enter into a civil union came after he received death threats about his decision to attend the Lambeth... Manchester Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027826/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 09:41:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026235/posts A leading lower Manhattan women's rights lawyer watched porn at his desk, discussed his "pierced genitalia" and wears a "slave" collar at work as part of a sadomasochistic relationship with his girlfriend, a shocking sex-harassment suit alleges. Jack Tuckner, 50, whose law firm says it's "dedicated to the empowerment of women in the workplace," is a "self-described 'testosterone-poisoned' attorney with a penchant for bondage... who demeaned all of the women who worked for him," says the suit. It was filed today in Manhattan Supreme Court by former office manager Lisa Brockington. Brockington, 40, told The Post that Tuckner hired her... nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026235/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 01:58:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023826/posts Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, issued this statement late today after Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed SB 200: “Who would have believed that the Colorado state Legislature and its governor would have made it fully legal for men to enter and use women’s restrooms and locker-room facilities without notice or explanation? “Henceforth, every woman and little girl will have to fear that a predator, bisexual, cross-dresser or even a homosexual or heterosexual male might walk in and relieve himself in their presence. The legislation lists every conceivable type of organization to which this law... CitizenLink http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023826/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 01:52:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022549/posts A Home Depot store in Utah plans to celebrate Gay pride in the Store with decorations of Rainbows and employee Tee shirts announcing gay pride. Inside sources say that this is something that will be devastating to business as most of the customer base tends to be on the Right side of the issue as they are mostly religious people. I am actively involved in this business and i dont want to be a part of it bacuae this is contrary to my belief and would like advice from more experienced FReepers on how best to disrupt these outrageous plans... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022549/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 18:36:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021982/posts Blessed with a nest egg of nearly $1.5 million, a Woodland Hills parish donated almost all of it, leaving just $1,000 in its savings account. An Encino church offered a $100,000 interest-free loan. And a Boyle Heights parish decided it could spare $500 after ruling out the idea of raising money with tamale sales. With gifts large and small, parishes across the sprawling Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles are answering an appeal from Cardinal Roger M. Mahony to help the archdiocese dig out of the financial hole resulting from its multimillion-dollar legal settlements with victims of clergy sexual abuse... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021982/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 17:29:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020740/posts Columnist: Triangle Foundation's Kosofsky says business owners should be jailed, newspapers sued and "slapped publicly" SEATTLE -- Michigan's largest homosexual activist group says once marriage is legally redefined to include homosexual couples, business owners and even news media outlets who refuse to recognize such marriages should be jailed or sued and "publicly slapped," a Jewish and openly bisexual columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Tuesday. Statements attributed in the column to homosexual lobbyist Sean Kosofsky, director of policy for the Detroit-based Triangle Foundation, were denounced Wednesday by American Family Association of Michigan President Gary Glenn, co-author of the Marriage Protection... American Family Association of Michigan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020740/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 16:26:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018781/posts "Former teacher Brian Presken, 32, was accused of using a mirror to look under a woman's skirt last summer at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on Airport Boulevard in Pensacola."Defense attorney Katheryne Snowden argued that the voyeurism charge should be dropped because Presken's accuser didn't have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place under Florida law. "The law under which Presken was charged states, 'It is illegal to secretly observe someone with lewd, lascivious and indecent intent in a dwelling, structure or conveyance, and when such locations provide a reasonable expectation of privacy.' "Snowden said the statute her client... GlennSacks.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018781/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 19:27:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018496/posts Americans seem mesmerized by the word "change." And, by golly, they sure got it last week from the California Supreme Court. It is difficult to imagine a single social change greater than redefining marriage from opposite sex to include members of the same sex. Nothing imaginable -- leftward or rightward -- would constitute as radical a change in the way society is structured as this redefining of marriage for the first time in history: Not another Prohibition, not government taking over all health care, not changing all public education to private schools, not America leaving the United Nations, not rescinding... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018496/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 04:44:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016404/posts SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court has overturned a gay marriage ban in a ruling that would make the nation's largest state the second one to allow gay and lesbian weddings. The justices' 4-3 decision Thursday says domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage. Chief Justice Ron George wrote the opinion. The city of San Francisco, two dozen gay and lesbian couples and gay rights groups sued in March 2004 after the court halted San Francisco's monthlong same-sex wedding march. The case before the court involved a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn a voter-approved law... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016404/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 17:18:34 GMT