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		<title>By: corey</title>
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		<dc:creator>corey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>She says: &quot;This didn&#039;t sound like a gay hater, much less a preacher.&quot;


Wow...Mellissa just showed me how her way of thinking is just as idiotic as most fundamentalist bigots who believe all gays look the same and act the same, all child molesters look gay (unless they are wearing drag: aka white collars, moo-moos and carry bibles)and all lesbians are dykeâ€™.

She lost all my respect for her.

It would be different when someone on the &quot;left&quot; says &quot;We must reach across the aisle and work together&quot; if the &quot;right&quot; actual reached to...but guess what, the Republican party has been hijacked and is not what is was 1/2 a century ago...it is now the kkk-lite, Religious Right, big government, big spending, divide and conquer, supporter of selling America to other countries....basically, guilty of treason.

Shame the Democrats are such p@ssies that keep acting as if the &quot;look&quot; like the nice ones, in the publicâ€™s eye, they will get respect....ummm HEEELLLLOOOO...

The Dems suck as much as the Repubs at this time, though the Dems are less-likely to make cuts to Veterans, they still act like Republicans now more than ever.

When the Repubs move to the &quot;right&quot; the Dems followed them, making them Repub-lite.

We need more Socialists, Union supporters, politicians that work for the people; WE THE PEOPLE!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She says: &#8220;This didn&#8217;t sound like a gay hater, much less a preacher.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wow&#8230;Mellissa just showed me how her way of thinking is just as idiotic as most fundamentalist bigots who believe all gays look the same and act the same, all child molesters look gay (unless they are wearing drag: aka white collars, moo-moos and carry bibles)and all lesbians are dykeâ€™.</p>
<p>She lost all my respect for her.</p>
<p>It would be different when someone on the &#8220;left&#8221; says &#8220;We must reach across the aisle and work together&#8221; if the &#8220;right&#8221; actual reached to&#8230;but guess what, the Republican party has been hijacked and is not what is was 1/2 a century ago&#8230;it is now the kkk-lite, Religious Right, big government, big spending, divide and conquer, supporter of selling America to other countries&#8230;.basically, guilty of treason.</p>
<p>Shame the Democrats are such <a href="mailto:p@ssies">p@ssies</a> that keep acting as if the &#8220;look&#8221; like the nice ones, in the publicâ€™s eye, they will get respect&#8230;.ummm HEEELLLLOOOO&#8230;</p>
<p>The Dems suck as much as the Repubs at this time, though the Dems are less-likely to make cuts to Veterans, they still act like Republicans now more than ever.</p>
<p>When the Repubs move to the &#8220;right&#8221; the Dems followed them, making them Repub-lite.</p>
<p>We need more Socialists, Union supporters, politicians that work for the people; WE THE PEOPLE!!!</p>
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		<title>By: St. Francis of A-sissy</title>
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		<dc:creator>St. Francis of A-sissy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK, so let&#039;s see, we&#039;ve thrown Barney Frank, Elton John, Ellen DeGeneres, and now Melissa Etheridge (and numerous others) under the bus.  They&#039;ve &quot;sold out&quot; their &quot;gay comrades&quot;.

What extremist, absolutist bullshit.  And gay people wonder why no one has risen to the top and become a national GLBT leader.  Could it be that no one wants to run the day care center full of spoiled brats that GLBT America has become?

Shit, you people would&#039;ve complained that Harvey Milk needed to get a nose job before you could support him.

I give up.  You people keep screeching away in your little echo chamber, I&#039;ll just try and make my way in the real world, thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, so let&#8217;s see, we&#8217;ve thrown Barney Frank, Elton John, Ellen DeGeneres, and now Melissa Etheridge (and numerous others) under the bus.  They&#8217;ve &#8220;sold out&#8221; their &#8220;gay comrades&#8221;.</p>
<p>What extremist, absolutist bullshit.  And gay people wonder why no one has risen to the top and become a national GLBT leader.  Could it be that no one wants to run the day care center full of spoiled brats that GLBT America has become?</p>
<p>Shit, you people would&#8217;ve complained that Harvey Milk needed to get a nose job before you could support him.</p>
<p>I give up.  You people keep screeching away in your little echo chamber, I&#8217;ll just try and make my way in the real world, thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Jaroslaw</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jaroslaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seitan - we agree on most things, we disagree on some - but how on earth can you say passage of Prop 8 was a cake walk for the Christee Crazees?  They had TONS of free volunteers and millions of dollars spent (on both sides).  It didn&#039;t pass by much.

And it may yet be thrown out - and Focus on the Family donated so much money to it and donations are dwindling  - they laid off 20% of their staff.  There IS light at the end of the tunnel...... :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seitan &#8211; we agree on most things, we disagree on some &#8211; but how on earth can you say passage of Prop 8 was a cake walk for the Christee Crazees?  They had TONS of free volunteers and millions of dollars spent (on both sides).  It didn&#8217;t pass by much.</p>
<p>And it may yet be thrown out &#8211; and Focus on the Family donated so much money to it and donations are dwindling  &#8211; they laid off 20% of their staff.  There IS light at the end of the tunnel&#8230;&#8230; :)</p>
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		<title>By: PearlsBeforeSwine</title>
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		<dc:creator>PearlsBeforeSwine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How did Melissa Etheridge become a spokesperson for the gay community?  I found her comments on the HRC Democratic forum to be less than profound.  And now there is this.

You can be a good singer but still say stupid things.  Right Rufus?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How did Melissa Etheridge become a spokesperson for the gay community?  I found her comments on the HRC Democratic forum to be less than profound.  And now there is this.</p>
<p>You can be a good singer but still say stupid things.  Right Rufus?</p>
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		<title>By: seitan-on-a-stick</title>
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		<dc:creator>seitan-on-a-stick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>O&#039;Bummer, I hate the Democrats now! Melissa is the new Gay Patsy as Pastor Warren slithers into the White House to keep the Theocracy in control of our freely-elected Democracy. The Repugnants will win in 2012 for just showing up (even Sarah, the Same-Sex Impaler) since it is pretty much proven that we have laid ourselves in front of the bus because defeating Proposition 8 was a cake walk for the Radical, Religious, Rapture-Right!

We HAD no Leaders.

We still have no LEADERS!

Barack Obama will be a one-termer!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>O&#8217;Bummer, I hate the Democrats now! Melissa is the new Gay Patsy as Pastor Warren slithers into the White House to keep the Theocracy in control of our freely-elected Democracy. The Repugnants will win in 2012 for just showing up (even Sarah, the Same-Sex Impaler) since it is pretty much proven that we have laid ourselves in front of the bus because defeating Proposition 8 was a cake walk for the Radical, Religious, Rapture-Right!</p>
<p>We HAD no Leaders.</p>
<p>We still have no LEADERS!</p>
<p>Barack Obama will be a one-termer!</p>
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		<title>By: Jaroslaw</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jaroslaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>GranDiva - I&#039;m getting tired of repeating this. The Clintons did NOT throw us under the bus.  DADT was a compromise during a time when the Republicans had almost total control over the Congress and were threatening to amend the US Constitution.

Do I like everything the Clintons did? No.  But he did get elected two terms.  Contrast what he did with what Bush II and you&#039;ll see it was much better under Clinton.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GranDiva &#8211; I&#8217;m getting tired of repeating this. The Clintons did NOT throw us under the bus.  DADT was a compromise during a time when the Republicans had almost total control over the Congress and were threatening to amend the US Constitution.</p>
<p>Do I like everything the Clintons did? No.  But he did get elected two terms.  Contrast what he did with what Bush II and you&#8217;ll see it was much better under Clinton.</p>
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		<title>By: FNT</title>
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		<dc:creator>FNT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-108654&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;marlene&lt;/a&gt;: 
NEGRO!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a class="atr_link" href="#comment-108654" rel="nofollow">marlene</a>:<br />
NEGRO!</p>
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		<title>By: Dudous Migratorious</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dudous Migratorious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>addendum: free no-filter cigs to Marlene if she can spot the spelling error(s) above. I blame myself. sigh.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>addendum: free no-filter cigs to Marlene if she can spot the spelling error(s) above. I blame myself. sigh&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Dudous Migratorious</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dudous Migratorious</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh Marlene... the special bus is here to take you to your free meals and hopefully a psych eval. What a brilliant representative you are for...ignorance. Your speling is atrocious. Go watch something educational on BET. What an insult you are to thinking people everywhere. Keepin&#039; it trill...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh Marlene&#8230; the special bus is here to take you to your free meals and hopefully a psych eval. What a brilliant representative you are for&#8230;ignorance. Your speling is atrocious. Go watch something educational on BET. What an insult you are to thinking people everywhere. Keepin&#8217; it trill&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Lynn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Melissa needs to read this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-wilson/warren-endorsed-nigerian_b_153412.html

The more we learn about Pastor Rick, the more foolish Obamaâ€“and Melissaâ€“look. The difference, of course, is that Obama is supposed to be presidential. So far, he ain&#039;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Melissa needs to read this: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-wilson/warren-endorsed-nigerian_b_153412.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....53412.html</a></p>
<p>The more we learn about Pastor Rick, the more foolish Obamaâ€“and Melissaâ€“look. The difference, of course, is that Obama is supposed to be presidential. So far, he ain&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>By: Billie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Billie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stop, fucking dragging the Clintons into this.  The Clintons are not in the race and when they were elected the country and the legislature were under the control of the likes of Newt Gingrich and the &quot;contract with America&quot;.  Obama has no such problems.  He inherits a legislature overwhelmingly Democratic. 

Obama has a long history of pragmatic, political bed-hopping.  He has different messages for different constituencies and mixed, legalistic messages for the general audience.  What good has he brought to anyone but himself?

He&#039;s an ambitious two-faced liar.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stop, fucking dragging the Clintons into this.  The Clintons are not in the race and when they were elected the country and the legislature were under the control of the likes of Newt Gingrich and the &#8220;contract with America&#8221;.  Obama has no such problems.  He inherits a legislature overwhelmingly Democratic. </p>
<p>Obama has a long history of pragmatic, political bed-hopping.  He has different messages for different constituencies and mixed, legalistic messages for the general audience.  What good has he brought to anyone but himself?</p>
<p>He&#8217;s an ambitious two-faced liar.</p>
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		<title>By: Billie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Billie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-108588&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;St. Francis of A-sissy&lt;/a&gt;: 

Melissa is a dupe.  The Obama propaganda machine needed a highly respected and visible spokesperson to persuade the LGBT community that THEY are the bigoted, misguided ones.

I didn&#039;t hear the great OBAMA ask Warren to temper his message.  He&#039;s gone along with the bigots when he&#039;s in bigot country.  Obama is a coward, not a hero.

Wasn&#039;t it the bigoted evangelicals that took &quot;equal rights, not special rights&quot; as their code word.

Yeah.  That&#039;s Obama&#039;s hidden message to those that care to hear.

http://pumapac.org</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a class="atr_link" href="#comment-108588" rel="nofollow">St. Francis of A-sissy</a>: </p>
<p>Melissa is a dupe.  The Obama propaganda machine needed a highly respected and visible spokesperson to persuade the LGBT community that THEY are the bigoted, misguided ones.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t hear the great OBAMA ask Warren to temper his message.  He&#8217;s gone along with the bigots when he&#8217;s in bigot country.  Obama is a coward, not a hero.</p>
<p>Wasn&#8217;t it the bigoted evangelicals that took &#8220;equal rights, not special rights&#8221; as their code word.</p>
<p>Yeah.  That&#8217;s Obama&#8217;s hidden message to those that care to hear.</p>
<p><a href="http://pumapac.org" rel="nofollow">http://pumapac.org</a></p>
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		<title>By: Billie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Billie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-108654&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;marlene&lt;/a&gt;: 
Marlene,

     If your comments hadn&#039;t been so filled with hate, the sheer stupidity and ignorance of it would have made it unreadable.

     Prepare to see the underside of the bus, ignorant, hateful fool.  Obama used you to get elected.  Now that he&#039;s got what he wants, you will get nothing but bones.

    http://pumapac.org</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a class="atr_link" href="#comment-108654" rel="nofollow">marlene</a>:<br />
Marlene,</p>
<p>     If your comments hadn&#8217;t been so filled with hate, the sheer stupidity and ignorance of it would have made it unreadable.</p>
<p>     Prepare to see the underside of the bus, ignorant, hateful fool.  Obama used you to get elected.  Now that he&#8217;s got what he wants, you will get nothing but bones.</p>
<p>    <a href="http://pumapac.org" rel="nofollow">http://pumapac.org</a></p>
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		<title>By: Billie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Billie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-108012&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Michael&lt;/a&gt;: 

Micheal,

   It wasn&#039;t necessary for you to clarify that you are a blind Obama supporter.  Your boneheaded remarks were clarification enough.

It&#039;s been Obama&#039;s agenda all along to distance himself from controversy, and especially, &quot;identity&quot; politics.  To win the primaries he had to outflank Hillary on the &quot;left&quot; because she held the advantage in the middle.  Now that he&#039;s been elected he will continue to move to the right, embracing evangelical bigotry.
Of course, he&#039;ll say it&#039;s just a conversation, that he doesn&#039;t entirely agree with everything.  That&#039;s what he ALWAYS says.

How many bigots get to sit at the table before there is no room for our little LGBT community?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a class="atr_link" href="#comment-108012" rel="nofollow">Michael</a>: </p>
<p>Micheal,</p>
<p>   It wasn&#8217;t necessary for you to clarify that you are a blind Obama supporter.  Your boneheaded remarks were clarification enough.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s been Obama&#8217;s agenda all along to distance himself from controversy, and especially, &#8220;identity&#8221; politics.  To win the primaries he had to outflank Hillary on the &#8220;left&#8221; because she held the advantage in the middle.  Now that he&#8217;s been elected he will continue to move to the right, embracing evangelical bigotry.<br />
Of course, he&#8217;ll say it&#8217;s just a conversation, that he doesn&#8217;t entirely agree with everything.  That&#8217;s what he ALWAYS says.</p>
<p>How many bigots get to sit at the table before there is no room for our little LGBT community?</p>
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		<title>By: marlene</title>
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		<dc:creator>marlene</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>HA HA DON&#039;T EVER COMPARE OBAMA WIFE AND CHILDREN WHO ARE BLACK DESCENDENTS OF SLAVES TO YOUR HOMOSEXUALITY AND EXPECT NOT TO GET THE BIG O SMACK DOWN FOOLS. MY MAN BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGIST LET YA KNOW. GAY IS NOT THE NEW BLACK!


HA HA GAY IS THE NEW PEDIOHILE
HA HA GAY IS THE NEW INCESTOR
HA HA GAY IS THE NEW POLOGAMIST
HA HA GAY IS THE NEW RACIST
HA HA GAY IS THE NEW BIGAMIST
HA HA GAY IS THE NEW PIZZA

STOP INSULTING BLACKS THROWING SALT IN THE WOUNDS AND THEN BECOMING DEAF WHEN THEY CRY FOWL. MAYBE NOW THIS CAN HELP YOU UNDERSTAND AND GROW UP. STUPID DRONES.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HA HA DON&#8217;T EVER COMPARE OBAMA WIFE AND CHILDREN WHO ARE BLACK DESCENDENTS OF SLAVES TO YOUR HOMOSEXUALITY AND EXPECT NOT TO GET THE BIG O SMACK DOWN FOOLS. MY MAN BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGIST LET YA KNOW. GAY IS NOT THE NEW BLACK!</p>
<p>HA HA GAY IS THE NEW PEDIOHILE<br />
HA HA GAY IS THE NEW INCESTOR<br />
HA HA GAY IS THE NEW POLOGAMIST<br />
HA HA GAY IS THE NEW RACIST<br />
HA HA GAY IS THE NEW BIGAMIST<br />
HA HA GAY IS THE NEW PIZZA</p>
<p>STOP INSULTING BLACKS THROWING SALT IN THE WOUNDS AND THEN BECOMING DEAF WHEN THEY CRY FOWL. MAYBE NOW THIS CAN HELP YOU UNDERSTAND AND GROW UP. STUPID DRONES.</p>
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		<title>By: Charles</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AAWH Melissa, shut the fuck up.</description>
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		<title>By: alicia banks</title>
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		<dc:creator>alicia banks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i do not expect obama to uninvite warren

just as obama should never expect to be forgiven

peace
ab
OUTLOOK
http://aliciabanks.blogspot.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i do not expect obama to uninvite warren</p>
<p>just as obama should never expect to be forgiven</p>
<p>peace<br />
ab<br />
OUTLOOK<br />
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		<title>By: St. Francis of A-sissy</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108588</link>
		<dc:creator>St. Francis of A-sissy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whoa!  Time out!  Do we have a transcript of every word Pastor Rick &amp; Princess Melissa said to each other?  No?  Well then, how do you know that Melissa DIDN&#039;T read Warren the riot act, in a civil manner, of course, but firmly?  Hmmm?

Of course, there are many who think that the best way to get through to people like Warren is to scream at him and shake a crudely-lettered sign in his face.  Yeah, that&#039;d be reeeeeal effective.  Idiots.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whoa!  Time out!  Do we have a transcript of every word Pastor Rick &amp; Princess Melissa said to each other?  No?  Well then, how do you know that Melissa DIDN&#8217;T read Warren the riot act, in a civil manner, of course, but firmly?  Hmmm?</p>
<p>Of course, there are many who think that the best way to get through to people like Warren is to scream at him and shake a crudely-lettered sign in his face.  Yeah, that&#8217;d be reeeeeal effective.  Idiots.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim in SF</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108581</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim in SF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-108552&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Michael&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;I&gt;However, sometimes the politically expedient path is the right one, even though it pisses some people off along the way. If I were in Obama&#039;s position, I might have made the same choice. Who knows.&lt;/i&gt;

I call bullshit. 

Warren was the wrong choice. He was the wrong choice because he is a bigot. He espouses a bigoted interpretation of Christianity for his flock. He used his influence to help pass the bigot-inspired Prop 8. It is the policy of his church to exclude us. 

I think you are falling into a rhetorical trap I&#039;ve heard lately - &quot;if both sides are angry then it must be the correct choice&quot;. Well, that&#039;s plainly stupid. That is a false choice. 

If Warren is the right choice, as you say, then support your argument. Prove it. Give us a reason why a bigot is the right choice to take the most honored of honorary positions in the inauguration.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a class="atr_link" href="#comment-108552" rel="nofollow">Michael</a>: <i>However, sometimes the politically expedient path is the right one, even though it pisses some people off along the way. If I were in Obama&#8217;s position, I might have made the same choice. Who knows.</i></p>
<p>I call bullshit. </p>
<p>Warren was the wrong choice. He was the wrong choice because he is a bigot. He espouses a bigoted interpretation of Christianity for his flock. He used his influence to help pass the bigot-inspired Prop 8. It is the policy of his church to exclude us. </p>
<p>I think you are falling into a rhetorical trap I&#8217;ve heard lately &#8211; &#8220;if both sides are angry then it must be the correct choice&#8221;. Well, that&#8217;s plainly stupid. That is a false choice. </p>
<p>If Warren is the right choice, as you say, then support your argument. Prove it. Give us a reason why a bigot is the right choice to take the most honored of honorary positions in the inauguration.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108573</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;However, sometimes the politically expedient path is the right one, even though it pisses some people off along the way.&lt;/i&gt;

That&#039;s funny.

When Hillary Clinton made the same point in the primaries, Obamaniacs were denouncing her.

What happened to Hope, Change, and a New Kind Of Politics?

Oh, that&#039;s right -- bald-faced lying is often politically expedient too, isn&#039;t it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>However, sometimes the politically expedient path is the right one, even though it pisses some people off along the way.</i></p>
<p>That&#8217;s funny.</p>
<p>When Hillary Clinton made the same point in the primaries, Obamaniacs were denouncing her.</p>
<p>What happened to Hope, Change, and a New Kind Of Politics?</p>
<p>Oh, that&#8217;s right &#8212; bald-faced lying is often politically expedient too, isn&#8217;t it?</p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not happy that Rick Warren is going to be speaking at the inauguration.  I visited his website and listened to some of his videos.  His statement that &quot;homosexuality is a dangerous sin against humanity&quot; is hard to forget.

However, sometimes the politically expedient path is the right one, even though it pisses some people off along the way.  If I were in Obama&#039;s position, I might have made the same choice.  Who knows.

It&#039;s also extremely unlikely that he&#039;ll get &quot;uninvited&quot;.

So I signed a couple of petitions intended to let the Obama people know that this hasn&#039;t gone unnoticed and perhaps this will remind them that there can be a downside to such choices.

So if any of you agree, please consider signing these petitions:

http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/positivechange

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/107914679</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not happy that Rick Warren is going to be speaking at the inauguration.  I visited his website and listened to some of his videos.  His statement that &#8220;homosexuality is a dangerous sin against humanity&#8221; is hard to forget.</p>
<p>However, sometimes the politically expedient path is the right one, even though it pisses some people off along the way.  If I were in Obama&#8217;s position, I might have made the same choice.  Who knows.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also extremely unlikely that he&#8217;ll get &#8220;uninvited&#8221;.</p>
<p>So I signed a couple of petitions intended to let the Obama people know that this hasn&#8217;t gone unnoticed and perhaps this will remind them that there can be a downside to such choices.</p>
<p>So if any of you agree, please consider signing these petitions:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/positivechange" rel="nofollow">http://www.hrcactioncenter.org.....tivechange</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/107914679" rel="nofollow">http://www.thepetitionsite.com...../107914679</a></p>
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		<title>By: Brian Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108541</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;I really wonder if this was Hillary doing the same thing would we hear this at this magnitude. FUCK NO because her husband threw the community under the bus and they still LOVED THEM&lt;/i&gt;

No, the same people and same apologies were prominent in the Clinton years too -- when Clinton did the exact same things.

&lt;i&gt;Give him (Obama) a fucking chance will you.&lt;/i&gt;

No.  He&#039;s a liar, his supporters are delusional, and they&#039;re both willing to throw us under the bus just like Clinton did -- demanding we &quot;give him a chance&quot; while he pursues just as disingenuous a shampaign of &quot;change&quot; as Bill Clinton and Dubya did.

I will give Obama a &quot;chance&quot; when he proves he&#039;s deserving of one.  Deliberately kissing the asses of notorious homophobes, when he supposedly knows better, is the hallmark of a disingenuous, lying scumbag... not someone who &quot;needs to be educated.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I really wonder if this was Hillary doing the same thing would we hear this at this magnitude. FUCK NO because her husband threw the community under the bus and they still LOVED THEM</i></p>
<p>No, the same people and same apologies were prominent in the Clinton years too &#8212; when Clinton did the exact same things.</p>
<p><i>Give him (Obama) a fucking chance will you.</i></p>
<p>No.  He&#8217;s a liar, his supporters are delusional, and they&#8217;re both willing to throw us under the bus just like Clinton did &#8212; demanding we &#8220;give him a chance&#8221; while he pursues just as disingenuous a shampaign of &#8220;change&#8221; as Bill Clinton and Dubya did.</p>
<p>I will give Obama a &#8220;chance&#8221; when he proves he&#8217;s deserving of one.  Deliberately kissing the asses of notorious homophobes, when he supposedly knows better, is the hallmark of a disingenuous, lying scumbag&#8230; not someone who &#8220;needs to be educated.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Mister C</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108526</link>
		<dc:creator>Mister C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WOW.....I am not happy with Rick Warren either. But oh the way some of you are commenting. I think that sometimes we do forget. But since Obama and those who still believe regardless of this that he can bring &quot;CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN&quot; are now doubting him and Jan 20th hasn&#039;t even got here yet.

I really wonder if this was Hillary doing the same thing would we hear this at this magnitude. FUCK NO because her husband threw the community under the bus and they still LOVED THEM INSPITE OF...
AMAZING

I wonder why?

You always will have choices. And no matter what NO ALTERNATIVE PARTY will ever get to this office. So you can vote republican next time and they will flat out tell you to your face they don&#039;t support anything LGBT.

Then what????????

Give him (Obama) a fucking chance will you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WOW&#8230;..I am not happy with Rick Warren either. But oh the way some of you are commenting. I think that sometimes we do forget. But since Obama and those who still believe regardless of this that he can bring &#8220;CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN&#8221; are now doubting him and Jan 20th hasn&#8217;t even got here yet.</p>
<p>I really wonder if this was Hillary doing the same thing would we hear this at this magnitude. FUCK NO because her husband threw the community under the bus and they still LOVED THEM INSPITE OF&#8230;<br />
AMAZING</p>
<p>I wonder why?</p>
<p>You always will have choices. And no matter what NO ALTERNATIVE PARTY will ever get to this office. So you can vote republican next time and they will flat out tell you to your face they don&#8217;t support anything LGBT.</p>
<p>Then what????????</p>
<p>Give him (Obama) a fucking chance will you.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108483</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;When Warren becomes an ally in the fight for civil rights, you&#039;ll have Barack Obama to thank. And you&#039;ll all drop to your knees&lt;/i&gt;

I used to think Obamania was merely a religion.

I was wrong.

It&#039;s a cult.

Seriously, anybody who believes this bullshit needs to get help.  Now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>When Warren becomes an ally in the fight for civil rights, you&#8217;ll have Barack Obama to thank. And you&#8217;ll all drop to your knees</i></p>
<p>I used to think Obamania was merely a religion.</p>
<p>I was wrong.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a cult.</p>
<p>Seriously, anybody who believes this bullshit needs to get help.  Now.</p>
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		<title>By: mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Melissa can hold her own opinions about Warren and Obama, she doesn&#039;t speak to or for the bulk of LGBT community, which I&#039;m guessing Obama/Oprah/Warren kabal guessed she would.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Melissa can hold her own opinions about Warren and Obama, she doesn&#8217;t speak to or for the bulk of LGBT community, which I&#8217;m guessing Obama/Oprah/Warren kabal guessed she would.</p>
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		<title>By: Michelle</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108275</link>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Melissa you fool! Of course Rick Warren wants to reach out to you...he wants to cure you of your homosexuality. He loves you, and he just wants to help (brainwash) you into being straight. It&#039;s for your own good.

Just because he doesn&#039;t hit us or call us names doesn&#039;t mean he&#039;s not abusive. He is engaging in psychological warfare against the gay community.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Melissa you fool! Of course Rick Warren wants to reach out to you&#8230;he wants to cure you of your homosexuality. He loves you, and he just wants to help (brainwash) you into being straight. It&#8217;s for your own good.</p>
<p>Just because he doesn&#8217;t hit us or call us names doesn&#8217;t mean he&#8217;s not abusive. He is engaging in psychological warfare against the gay community.</p>
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		<title>By: Rock</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108245</link>
		<dc:creator>Rock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama and Rick Warren can both go FUCK themselves!

And that&#039;s all I have to say.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama and Rick Warren can both go FUCK themselves!</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s all I have to say.</p>
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		<title>By: FNT</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108220</link>
		<dc:creator>FNT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a big chunk of bullshit. Now gay  peopleare making excusses for this FREAK! COME ON!!!! Get over people! The president we voted for turned out THE biggest anti gay bigot. All those protests we did last couple months became nothing. Black president choosed a reverent who ran a campaign against to gay marriage. Is there any reverent deficit in this country?? He could have choosen someone much more respectable instead of this clown. How come that freak was in the short list in the first place. WAKE UP!!!!! I&#039;m sure, Obama campaign paid that lesbian to say these things. How come she had not called Palin before election and tried to deal with that devil???  And Queerty believes this bullshit.LMAO!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a big chunk of bullshit. Now gay  peopleare making excusses for this FREAK! COME ON!!!! Get over people! The president we voted for turned out THE biggest anti gay bigot. All those protests we did last couple months became nothing. Black president choosed a reverent who ran a campaign against to gay marriage. Is there any reverent deficit in this country?? He could have choosen someone much more respectable instead of this clown. How come that freak was in the short list in the first place. WAKE UP!!!!! I&#8217;m sure, Obama campaign paid that lesbian to say these things. How come she had not called Palin before election and tried to deal with that devil???  And Queerty believes this bullshit.LMAO!!!</p>
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		<title>By: zeke</title>
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		<dc:creator>zeke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sick of gay celebs speaking for me.  Go home and write a song about your new beau Rick and then shut the fuck up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sick of gay celebs speaking for me.  Go home and write a song about your new beau Rick and then shut the fuck up.</p>
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		<title>By: The Realist</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108170</link>
		<dc:creator>The Realist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-107972&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Michael W.&lt;/a&gt;: 

The reports of Warren scrubbing his website have been greatly exaggerated.  http://www.queerty.com/saddleback-church-site-not-taking-down-gay-condemnations-after-all-20081223/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a class="atr_link" href="#comment-107972" rel="nofollow">Michael W.</a>: </p>
<p>The reports of Warren scrubbing his website have been greatly exaggerated.  <a href="http://www.queerty.com/saddleback-church-site-not-taking-down-gay-condemnations-after-all-20081223/" rel="nofollow">http://www.queerty.com/saddleb.....-20081223/</a></p>
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		<title>By: not ready to make nice</title>
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		<dc:creator>not ready to make nice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Melissa,Elton, and any other celebs who spent most of their lives in the closet...please shut up! while your playing &quot;nice&quot;
we are out here dying....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Melissa,Elton, and any other celebs who spent most of their lives in the closet&#8230;please shut up! while your playing &#8220;nice&#8221;<br />
we are out here dying&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: BrianPrince</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108143</link>
		<dc:creator>BrianPrince</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-108005&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Gay Numbers&lt;/a&gt;: Right... I was trying to point that out in less than four paragraphs ;)

I might be young... but I&#039;ve got some killer critical thinking skills thanks to my legal shark training.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a class="atr_link" href="#comment-108005" rel="nofollow">The Gay Numbers</a>: Right&#8230; I was trying to point that out in less than four paragraphs ;)</p>
<p>I might be young&#8230; but I&#8217;ve got some killer critical thinking skills thanks to my legal shark training.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark In Indiana</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108130</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark In Indiana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, Trish, I can&#039;t say I&#039;ve ever paid much attention to Melissa&#039;s music (I think I&#039;ve heard this come to my window thing, which was nice and I&#039;m the only one something, which was decent)--frankly, I was always a bigger fan of the Olivia Records artists from the 70s--probably because I was a gayster then and those dykes were singing some interesting stuff. 

Other than that, I know her former partner was knocked up with Crosby&#039;s sperm (eeewh). I&#039;ve heard her comments here and there and rarely find I agree with her, but I usually find her mildly compelling for being out. I&#039;m perfectly happy that she&#039;s a breast cancer survivor (my mother was too, go Mom). That about sums it up.

Now, if you want to talk Joni Mitchell, bring it on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, Trish, I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve ever paid much attention to Melissa&#8217;s music (I think I&#8217;ve heard this come to my window thing, which was nice and I&#8217;m the only one something, which was decent)&#8211;frankly, I was always a bigger fan of the Olivia Records artists from the 70s&#8211;probably because I was a gayster then and those dykes were singing some interesting stuff. </p>
<p>Other than that, I know her former partner was knocked up with Crosby&#8217;s sperm (eeewh). I&#8217;ve heard her comments here and there and rarely find I agree with her, but I usually find her mildly compelling for being out. I&#8217;m perfectly happy that she&#8217;s a breast cancer survivor (my mother was too, go Mom). That about sums it up.</p>
<p>Now, if you want to talk Joni Mitchell, bring it on.</p>
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		<title>By: gaypastor</title>
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		<dc:creator>gaypastor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Etheridge decided to support Obama early on (during the primaries) and steer us clear against Hillary as our community&#039;s choice.  Is it really any wonder that she found a way to support the pastor that Obama has chosen?  She&#039;s simply finding a way to rationalize her own decision.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Etheridge decided to support Obama early on (during the primaries) and steer us clear against Hillary as our community&#8217;s choice.  Is it really any wonder that she found a way to support the pastor that Obama has chosen?  She&#8217;s simply finding a way to rationalize her own decision.</p>
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		<title>By: Trish</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108103</link>
		<dc:creator>Trish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-107971&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mark In Indiana&lt;/a&gt;:&quot;Catchy tunes&quot;? Do you know who Melissa Etheridge is?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a class="atr_link" href="#comment-107971" rel="nofollow">Mark In Indiana</a>:&#8221;Catchy tunes&#8221;? Do you know who Melissa Etheridge is?!</p>
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		<title>By: Tim in SF</title>
		<link>http://www.queerty.com/melissa-etheridge-probably-not-a-traitor-20081223/#comment-108077</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim in SF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-108076&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;GranDiva&lt;/a&gt;:  Since you are so knowledgeable, you must surely know that, regardless of the predictability of Obama turning on us, it is absolutely necessary to make him pay a political price for doing so. Thus, the complaints you read here and elsewhere.  

Whether or not we saw this coming is not the issue. The issue is that it&#039;s fucked up and we should make all the noise we can between now and the moment that pasty bloated liar takes the stage at the inauguration.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a class="atr_link" href="#comment-108076" rel="nofollow">GranDiva</a>:  Since you are so knowledgeable, you must surely know that, regardless of the predictability of Obama turning on us, it is absolutely necessary to make him pay a political price for doing so. Thus, the complaints you read here and elsewhere.  </p>
<p>Whether or not we saw this coming is not the issue. The issue is that it&#8217;s fucked up and we should make all the noise we can between now and the moment that pasty bloated liar takes the stage at the inauguration.</p>
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		<title>By: GranDiva</title>
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		<dc:creator>GranDiva</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has everyone forgotten that Bill Clinton swore up one aisle and down the other that he supported gay rights, then turned around and authorized DADT and then signed DOMA into law?  I&#039;m an Obama supporter, but I am perplexed as to why everyone is surprised about being symbolically thrown under the bus.

I haven&#039;t made the mistake of forgetting how politics works and needlessly getting my hopes up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has everyone forgotten that Bill Clinton swore up one aisle and down the other that he supported gay rights, then turned around and authorized DADT and then signed DOMA into law?  I&#8217;m an Obama supporter, but I am perplexed as to why everyone is surprised about being symbolically thrown under the bus.</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t made the mistake of forgetting how politics works and needlessly getting my hopes up.</p>
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		<title>By: The Gay Numbers</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Gay Numbers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-108014&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Jaroslaw&lt;/a&gt;: Maybe I am being unfair. I just found the response to the comments over the top. So maybe I went to far in my own judgment. I admit I can be guilty of that.

As to your point about evangelicals, the reality is that we don&#039;t get to ignore them. That&#039;s just not going to happen in terms of real world political struggles. We ignore them at our own peril. 

There is a difference also between leaving the door open for dialogue and falling for flattery from a snake oil salesman. Nothing about Warren&#039;s actions suggests he is open to anything other than using the naive toward his own ends. I look at whether his behavior fits a pattern, even today, of a man struggling to change. It doesn&#039;t. It fits with political posturing. One of the best way to posture is through a trojan horse. I come with the gift of liking you by choosing one of your own to fool you. 

It&#039;s a pretty old political trick of the right. When they wanted to pass anti affirmative action laws (whatever you think of it) they choose a black guy to lead the charge. 

I don&#039;t think Melissa will be leading any anti-gay charges, but I do think she is being used as a patsy if she really believes this guy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a class="atr_link" href="#comment-108014" rel="nofollow">Jaroslaw</a>: Maybe I am being unfair. I just found the response to the comments over the top. So maybe I went to far in my own judgment. I admit I can be guilty of that.</p>
<p>As to your point about evangelicals, the reality is that we don&#8217;t get to ignore them. That&#8217;s just not going to happen in terms of real world political struggles. We ignore them at our own peril. </p>
<p>There is a difference also between leaving the door open for dialogue and falling for flattery from a snake oil salesman. Nothing about Warren&#8217;s actions suggests he is open to anything other than using the naive toward his own ends. I look at whether his behavior fits a pattern, even today, of a man struggling to change. It doesn&#8217;t. It fits with political posturing. One of the best way to posture is through a trojan horse. I come with the gift of liking you by choosing one of your own to fool you. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a pretty old political trick of the right. When they wanted to pass anti affirmative action laws (whatever you think of it) they choose a black guy to lead the charge. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think Melissa will be leading any anti-gay charges, but I do think she is being used as a patsy if she really believes this guy.</p>
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		<title>By: alicia banks</title>
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		<dc:creator>alicia banks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hollywood is filled with obama nazis!!!

they worship him and excuse all he does unconditonally...

this is why he so confidently betrays gays!

why bother not offending blind adorers who will embrace/spin every offense???!!!

repulsive!!!
ab
OUTLOOK
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hollywood is filled with obama nazis!!!</p>
<p>they worship him and excuse all he does unconditonally&#8230;</p>
<p>this is why he so confidently betrays gays!</p>
<p>why bother not offending blind adorers who will embrace/spin every offense???!!!</p>
<p>repulsive!!!<br />
ab<br />
OUTLOOK<br />
<a href="http://aliciabanks.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://aliciabanks.blogspot.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: tofer david</title>
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		<dc:creator>tofer david</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>melissa etheridege needs to shut her fat yapper.  she does not speak for me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>melissa etheridege needs to shut her fat yapper.  she does not speak for me.</p>
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