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More Time For Jon Buice
In those years, Buice says, he's learned the viciousness of his actions. He wrote in a 1999 letter: I have gained a more relative understanding of what took place that night in Houston. It was never my intention to harm anyone… In my youth I made poor decisions. After years here in prison, I see how disruptive my life and attitudes were. Buice's alleged sorrow isn't saddening Andy Kahan, who directs the Mayor's Crime Victims Office, "We're thankful the parole board saw fit to deny parole to someone who has not served half of his sentence." Kahan vowed to continue the fight in 2009, when Buice will again face parole review. Broussaid's mother surely celebrated the news: she doesn't want Buice to be considered for parole until at least 2018, 27-years after Buice helped kill her 27-year old son. |
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Ash Christian's Debut's Frighteningly Funny
It's rare to find a gay movie as touching, realistic and - most importantly - funny as Ash Christian's debut, Fat Girls. In celebration of the movie's official New York release this Friday, our vacationing editor sat down with the twenty-two year old Texas-born filmmaker for a homo heart-to-heart. Read what Christian has to say about his first flick, growing up "fat" and why his father thinks he's going to hell. After the jump, of course… |
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Tells Voters To Vote Against Man Loving Candidate
This is an excellent time to have Republicans get out and support a Republican: Chris Turner. We have two people of opposite partisan politics, opposite philosophical persuasions and opposite sexual orientations. [Turner's] married to a female, and the other's married to a male. You make your own mind up. Burns says he's not surprised by Silcox's sneaky, distasteful tactics and expressed his disappointment: "It is unfortunate that Mr. Silcox and Mr. Turner want to bring partisanship to a nonpartisan race." Silcox defended himself and insisted he doesn't mean to be derogatory: I'm not trying to be derogatory about the young man. I've never even met him …From what I understand, he is openly gay. I'm not saying good, bad or otherwise. Well, actually, you sort of did. |
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Truth Wins Out expressed relief today that Christopher Austin, an ‘ex-gay’ counselor in Irving, Texas, was convicted of sexually assaulting a client. Austin was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but received seven years probation, had to register as a sex offender and was ordered to pay a $2,500 fine. The abuse apparently involved a bit of unwanted penetration. Perhaps Austin thought he could fuck the gay away? |
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The Houston man admits to killing 46-year old Kenneth Cummings, a gay man: "I did it. Bottom line is I stabbed him the head with a knife." Why would Magnum do such a horrible thing? God told him to, of course. In a jailhouse interview, Mangum claims God sent him on a divine mission to "carry out a code of retribution" and eliminate Cumming's "sexual perversion". Talk about perverse. So, does Magnum feel any remorse? Hell no: "I believe with all my heart that I was doing the right thing. I planned on sending him to hell." Excuse us while we vomit. |
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Ed Oakley Just Misses Mayoral Seat
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama released a statement against the Texas native's nomination: Senator Obama shares the concerns of his fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus that Judge Southwick would not adequately defend the rights of workers and enforce civil rights laws, and he opposes his lifetime appointment to the federal appeals court. Given the rocky history of appointments to this important seat on the court, Senator Obama believes the president should nominate a consensus candidate who will fairly interpret and uphold the laws of the nation. Perhaps it's because Southwick doesn't understand the concept of national cohesion. He's too concerned with the conservative friendly - and responsibility diffusing - federalism, which gives states the power. |
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The ten-year old publishing empire bought the weekly back in 1998 and continued publishing it as such until a few months ago, when they moved to a monthly format. Rising costs and falling sales, we're sure, had something to do with the transformation,, but apparently it didn't stick. Editor and Publisher reports: Window Media has published the last issue of Houston Voice, and will soon take down its Web site, a spokesperson for the largest U.S. gay newspaper chain confirmed Wednesday. Right… |
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Ew. We were just poking around our friend Andy Towle's website, Towleroad and came across his posting on the Farber Family: you know, the homo-hating landscapers who refused to serve a Houston gay couple. As you may recall, the entire broo-ha-ha gained international attention after concerned citizens such as yourselves (and us) raised a stink. While the Farbers may be the newest gay anti-Christs, it seems some other Christ "loving" peeps absolutely adore the Farbers. And their business. As The New York Times reports:
Well, we suppose there's something to be said about standing up for what you believe in, but this shit's ridiculous. So, you guys want to know why Garden Guy, Inc continues to make dough? Because gays aren't included in Houston's anti-discrimination laws. We just lost our lunches. Related: An Anti-Gay Co. Grows in Houston II |
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Remember our friends, Sabrina and Todd Farber, the homo-haters whose company, Garden Guy, Inc. refused a patron their services after finding out he and his lover are both men? Well, just over two weeks after people such as yourselves helped elevate their local discriminatory practices to a national news story, there's an article in the Los Angeles Times rehashing the issue.
We agree: he doesn't need to be persecuted for his actions, but he should be. This, of course, raises the question: at which point should someone be dogged for their religious beliefs? Surely we wouldn't persecute an Orthodox Jew for not eating a bit of bacon, but most homos are plenty mad over the rioting in Jerusalem….So, readers, we ask you: when's religion too much? Should religion be simply a spiritual practice, or should people attempt to extend their religious beliefs to social - and thus potentially divisive - practice? Remember, we don't like murder, but do we not approve of murder because it's inherently wrong, or because of a more pervasive religious rhetoric? Discuss… Previously: An Anti-Gay Co. Grows In Texas |
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We're tickled a lovely shade of pink over the response to the "An Anti-Gay Co. Grows in Houston" post. (And, of course, we can't forget the original emails that started it all.) In case you haven't been following, everyone's efforts have garnered national attention. Not only has the Association of Professional Landscape Designers come out to admonish the company - which, not incidentally, erroneously claimed to be a member of the group - but the family behind the discrimination, the Farbers, have been forced to change their phone number and have taken the forum section off their website. At first we worried that said threats came from one of our precious readers, but then we remembered you're all good kids and wouldn't do something like that. Besides, we're all far too classy! Just look at this comment from a reader named Charro:
No death threats here, just vaginal infections. Let's hope Sabrina's scratching her itchy, burning vagina right now… |
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Since then, dozens of churches have come out for and against gays. In the most recent turn of events, there have been two divergent developments. 365 Gay reports:
The results of said survey highlight just how deep the spiritual split runs. As if that's not enough, leaders in Conneticut have given their priests the go-ahead to bless homo unions.
As if you're not smart enough to figure it out: the more conservative followers are not pleased and call the move "defiant." You know what? We think this entire thing's stupid. Why not just have a good ol' fashioned holy war and decide who wins? Previously: Church Fissure Growing |