» Foolishness.
Jim Naugle, the Fort Lauderdale mayor who campaigned against the scourge of gay sex last year, accidentally spoke with gay magazine The Advocate this week. Apparently Naugle thought it was a legal publication, so he told them why he's against gay marriage. It's a pretty stock - and dangerous - reason: "Marriage is a religious institution, and government should define it to be between a man and a woman." Wait, aren't church and state separate? We're confused. [The Advocate] |
» Memories…
"I would like to be remembered as one of the first politicians who rejected political correctness and did what's right." Fiercely anti-gay Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, moments after saying a "responsible homosexual" could take over his highly contested mayoral slot, but not one that believes in promiscuity. [Sun-Sentinel] |
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» Protest For Naugle
Gay Floridians gathered outside Broward County Convention Center this week to protest robo-toilet loving Jim Naugle's "Prayer Breakfast". The robo-toilet crusading Fort Lauderdale mayor's event hosted Focus On The Family president Jim Daly, another gay arch nemesis. Sorry we missed it! [Washington Blade] |
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After hearing from scads of activists, Focus on Fort Lauderdale has removed his offensive column from their website. In that column, the gay panicked politico revives his calls for vigilance against gay public sex. That mission garnered Naugle all sorts of press last year, most of it bad, and a national campaign forced him into silence. Naugle refuses to apologize for the latest outburst, of course, and gripes about the piece's tardy publication: "[Naugle] said that he, too, 'was outraged,' because he wrote it in October 'when all of that was timely.'" Journalist Brittany Wallman informs readers, however, that Naugle addressed the issue just last month in his State of the City address. Naugle's memory has apparently gone down the crapper. |
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Naugle, who famously proposed robo-toilets to curb cruising, writes: Imagine my dismay this past summer when I learned that a tourism website was listing one of our main children's parks as a location for men to meet for sex. And then, we discovered that other parks and public places were listed on other websites on the Internet. Floridian gay activists aren't having it - Fight Out Loud say Naugle's comments lead "to an atmosphere of hate and violence." |
» No Sunshine In Florida Attack
What the fuck's up with Florida? The Sunshine State has been on our radar for months now. We had Bob Allen wacky racist toilet trolling madness, Jim Naugle's robo-toilet insanity, today we wrote about Simmie Williams Jr's horrible shooting death and now we hear that Fort Lauderdale-based Melbourne Brunner got the shit kicked out of him for saying "Good Morning" to another man while eating with his partner. We're so not retiring there! [Towleroad] |
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$100,000 Crapper Greeted Like Alien God
The $100,000 throne costs a mere quarter - the same price as the NY Post - and allows the user 15-minutes of pure, unadulterated potty privacy. That seems like an awfully long time, but it is in Madison Square Park, home of the famous - and famously dirty - Shake Shack. |
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Former Mayoral Candidate Among Arrestees
Floridian officials nabbed nine toilet trollers during a Sear's bathroom sting last week. A high school athletics teacher and former city councilman and mayoral candidate Mike Shallow were among the men arrested. Such operations have become regular news since Senator Larry Craig's bathroom drama earlier this year, as have politico's involvement in such events. We are, however, taken aback by police chief Mike Chitwood's venomous reaction. The reason that we did this sting is we all go to the mall; our kids go into the bathroom. That they could be susceptible to this kind of behavior is absolutely a disgrace. Chitwood must be a Jim Naugle supporter. |
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Susan Stanton Set Off Trans Tidal Wave
As the local governments step into equality, Palm Beach and Broward Counties, the latter of which anti-gay Jim Naugle calls home, are considering including trans folk in their non-discrimination policies. Journo Patty Pensa cites Susan Stanton, formerly Largo City Manager Steve Stanton, as one of the biggest influences on the region. Stanton (pictured) got sacked last year after announcing her sex change. The story caught the national eye and helped elevate transgender into the upper echelons of political debate. |
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Um, Thank You?
We're not sure whether we should be offended or, well, charmed. Unless, of course, she meant "Charmin," in which case she may be pledging allegiance to Jim Naugle. Hmm… Here's another one, uttered by a teen to her friend after what "clipboard activist" (read: HRC?): "I don't get it. What are they doing, selling gay rights?" Yes, yes they are… |
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Culture War Collateral Damage?
Does the G-man get unemployment? |
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Talks Gay Around Guppie
In addition, the 46-year old homo-journo does point out something interesting: "family defender" Naugle did the sex-laced interview near a child. Naugle did the interview from his car, on the cell phone, with his daughter or granddaughter in the car, who can be heard in the background. Yes, there was a child (had to be between 5 and 9 years old from the sound) in the car, while he's talking about sex in toilets while driving — this from a man whose whole campaign has been couched as protecting kids from sexual activity! Though there's anything wrong with talking sex around kids - they're going to find out at some point! - Naugle's actions are a little…what's the word? Hypocritical! |
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For those of you looking for a great gay debate, tune into Michelangelo Signorile's Sirius radio show today at 3:30pm. The homo-journo will be digging into anti-gay Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle. Let's hope for a bloodbath! [If you don't have Sirius, click here for free three-day trial!] |
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Fort Lauderdale Split Over Sexuality
The anti-homo mayor made headlines when he first asked the city to pay for robo-toilets, a $250,000 investment he hoped would curb queer public sex. The measure didn't go through, but it's raised sociosexual tensions to a boiling point. Since then, we've already seen Naugle booted from the tourism board and censured by his peers, but the mayor's still sitting pretty and with loads of allies. While a number of black pastors lend Naugle their support, another group of black people are gearing up for a war of Biblical proportions. |