News Tips?
-- tips@phblend.com

PHB Mobile


About
-- The Blog
-- Pam | My home page
-- Autumn
-- Daimeon
-- Julien
-- "Radical" Russ
-- Terrance

Contact the Baristas

The Blend Blogrolls

Activism


Best of the Blend
Blog Posts

Special Events and Interviews

Blend-o-licious endorsements...



The Christian Civic League of Maine's Mike Hein calls Pam's House Blend:
"a leading source of radical homosexual propaganda, anti-Christian bigotry, and radical transgender advocacy."

He is "praying that Pam Spaulding will "turn away from her wicked and sinful promotion of homosexual behavior." (CCLM's web site, 10/15/07)


Ex-gay "Christian" activist James Hartline on Pam:
"I have been mocked over and over again by ungodly and unprincipled anti-christian lesbians."
(from "Six Years In Sodom: From The Journal Of James Hartline," 9/4/2006, written from the "homosexual stronghold" of Hillcrest in San Diego).

"Pam is a 'twisted lesbian sister' and an 'embittered lesbian' of the 'self-imposed gutteral experiences of the gay ghetto.'" -- 9/5/2008



Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth Against Homosexuality heartily endorses the Blend, calling Pam:

A "vicious anti-Christian lesbian activist."
(Concerned Women for America's radio show [9:15], 1/25/07)

"A nutty lesbian blogger."
(MassResistance radio show [16:25], 2/3/07)


Pam's House Blend always seems to find these sick f*cks. The area of the country she is in? The home state of her wife? I know, they are everywhere. Pam just does such a great job of bringing them out into the light.
--Impeach Bush


who monitors yours Bevis ?? Just thought I would drop you a line,so the rest of your life is not wasted.
--"Joe"

Content © 2004-2008
Pam Spaulding

House Blend logo © 2005
Melissa McEwan

Photo of Pam Spaulding
© Judy G. Rolfe
All Rights Reserved.


SITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Support the Blend




An Online Magazine in the Reality-Based Community.



The Peter urges McCain to flee from Log Cabin Republicans

by: Pam Spaulding

Fri Apr 18, 2008 at 09:00:00 AM EDT


Oh my, this is fun. The Peter is horrified that John McCain plans to meet with the Log Cabin Republicans -- as if the Arizona senator is some sort of pro-homosexual/homosexualist Trojan horse.
CBS News chief political consultant Mark Ambinder, associate editor of TheAtlantic.com, reports that McCain plans to meet soon with executives of the Log Cabin Republicans.

LaBarbera, founder of the website Republicans for Family Values, says McCain should dump those plans. "I think this is significant. It was significant when George Bush ... met with the Log Cabin Federation before he became president -- and it doesn't surprise me that McCain is doing it. I think the danger is that when you try to be pro-homosexual and pro-family at the same time, it doesn't work," LaBarbera contends.

According to LaBarbera, McCain would be wise to distance himself from a group that "spews anti-Christian bigotry." That group's crusade in favor of homosexual "marriage," he argues, goes counter to the efforts of pro-family advocates who are fighting to protect marriage with constitutional amendments at the state and federal level.

"So, it becomes difficult for John McCain to say he's supporting efforts to protect marriage and also supporting the Log Cabin Republicans," LaBarbera points out. "I just think this is the problem with the 'big tent' [philosophy] in general in the Republican Party."

As the article references Marc Ambinder's post at The Atlantic, see how he describes McCain's position on LGBT issues below the fold.
Pam Spaulding :: The Peter urges McCain to flee from Log Cabin Republicans
I wonder how the LCRs can moon over McCain when he's so spotty on LGBT civil rights.
McCain opposes gay marriage, is against relaxing the ban on gays in the military and campaigned against a ballot measure that would have permitted civil unions in Arizona.

But he has expressed support for allowing gays to hold "ceremonies" expressing their partnerships, opposes a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and has displayed his irritation with Republicans efforts to stir up anti-homosexual resentments for politically expedient purposes.

A self-described Goldwater Republican, McCain has also expressed sympathy for legislation that would allow gay partners hospital visitation rights and other reciprocal benefits generally reserved for straight couples.

...[H]e sees no reason to meet with James Dobson, the president of Focus on the Family (although Dobson has said he has no intention of voting for McCain and has privately told associates that he personally dislikes him), or with Rush Limbaugh (although that may change.)

Huh?? He doesn't use LGBT issues as wedge issues?
"I believe that the institution of marriage should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman, said Sen. McCain. The Protect Marriage Arizona Amendment would allow the people of Arizona to decide on the definition of marriage in our state. I wholeheartedly support the Protect Marriage Arizona Amendment and I hope that the voters in Arizona choose to support it as well."
-- John McCain in 2005, supporting Protect Marriage Arizona's ballot initiative (that eventually failed at the polls).
That section above that I bolded -- was Ambinder smoking something? Remember, McCain is the tool who sent a letter to SLDN calling gays an "intolerable risk to morale, cohesion and discipline."

Mr. Straight Talk's campaign also said that he has no intention of asking to "soften" the Republican party's platform on same-sex marriage to appeal to more voters.

The Arizona senator has not denounced the over-the-top homophobia of his buddy, Patriot Pastor Rod Parsley.

"This so-called hate crimes legislation would preferred status to people based on entirely on who they choose as a sexual partner. What if they change their mind the next night!"

"Why is marriage under attack?!...Why is the family coming under such brutal attack from the forces of darkness..."

"I will lift my voice against THE AGENDA of America's tortured and angry homosexual population..."

"In essence the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 2003, legalized the perverted act of sodomy. And we said nothing..."

"This is not about homosexual rights or lesbian rights...this is about THE DESTRUCTION of the VERY COVENANT (organ music rises up in the background as he waves his finger desperately) They are seeking to "redefine" marriage. In other words, they are intending to PERVERT God's original intention!"

LCRs explain to me how McCain does anything to move the GOP back to the center when they still feel the need to get in bed with the bible-beating bigots.

***

Speaking of The Peter, he's miffed at me again, this time for my post Sally Kern's bigotry is sinking Oklahoma's economic ship, so he sent me this missive:

Until you stop making preposterous comparisons of committed Christians to the Taliban, you don't have any credibility lecturing anyone about 'bigotry." but I do have to hand it to you -- you have chutzpah. Honestly.

PS. Last time I was made fun of for being named "Peter" was in middle school, so congrats on your sophisticated analysis. What's next? Are you going to start making "cooties" comments? Grow up...

Note that there was no reference to the Taliban in that post (and actually, I don't think I've used AmTaliban in ages, yawn I tired of it. Think I should revive it?). I responded:
Perhaps you should send an email to Sally Kern. I'm not the elected official trying to destroy her state's economy by belching out embarrassing bigoted nonsense.
Tags: , , , , (All Tags)
Bookmark and Share
Print Friendly View Send As Email
*pbbbbbt* i just spit out coffee...
making my pbbbbbt sound at The Peter.

i like this part:

"But he has expressed support for allowing gays to hold 'ceremonies' expressing their partnerships"

I didn't realize congressional approval was required for me and my fictional husband to rent a banquet room at the Racquet Club and have a big gay ceremony.  Now I know.  Luckily, I have a great local representative.

"Until you stop making preposterous comparisons of committed Christians to the Taliban, you don't have any credibility lecturing anyone about 'bigotry." but I do have to hand it to you -- you have chutzpah. Honestly."

pbbbbbt whatever Peter.  Until Peter stops using factual inaccuracy, embellishment, and flat-out lying in order to brainwash the dwindling ranks of his bigot army, and until Peter decides to stop and smell the actual wording of the Constitution as regards the influence of radicalized religion on innocent society, I'd say you're free to use or not use the American Taliban reference.  I mean, the shoe kinda fits...


http://breakthterror.blogspot.com


Family values?
We cannot have family values and be queer at the same time?  Dang........wish someone had told me!!!  Oh and my kids and life partner of 25 years.  And by the way, please will someone tell my minister.

LaBarbera.......the mind is a terrible thing to waste.


LOL
Well, Their families may have values, mine's priceless.

I wonder who has more credibility lecturing about bigotry though. The ones who face it, or the ones who spew it?

watashi no yomeiri wa doko desu ka


[ Parent ]
my favorite part of that website
The comments sections...

they're just...amazing....and...inspiring...and...

i blog about them regularly.

http://breaktheterror.wordpres...

http://breakthterror.blogspot.com


The Peter's Busy 2008 year
I'll bet people never knew that The Peter wears many hats. His beloved AFTAH group is (allegedly) non-partisan, as was his former love, the Illinois Family Institute-- before they showed him the door for accomplishing nothing while at the helm.

Now we get to see his true colors with his less-known Republican for Family Values personality.  He's a registered lobbyist with the State of Illinois, you know.

The Peter's gonna have a busy year coming up. His regular gig is to start with the International Mr. Leather (www.imrl.com) contest coming here May 22-26, where he "reports" on what he "finds" at the Leather Market. Funny thing... he "finds" the same thing every year. In case you miss it, fear not, he'll have pictures and all.... with the "warning" about clicking on the link to his pictures, followed by a shameless plea for money for AFTAH since they are in poor financial shape. And since it's IML's 30th anniversary, we can expect the full load from The Peter on this one.

Then, it's on to Chicago's Gay Pride parade at the end of June, where The Peter stations himself every year in front of a bathhouse.

The Peter has some quiet time in July. Then it's back to Chicago for the Northalsted Market Days street festival in early August, where he once again hangs out in front of the bathhouse.

I do hope The Peter has a hybrid car with all this upcoming travel.


Bathhouse
He sure does like that bathhouse doesn't he?  I guess hanging out in front gives him a good vantage point for scoping out prospects.

[ Parent ]
I've seen him out front
Or one of his friends, it was around pride season, but it wasn't on any particular holiday.

He was quiet until he saw someone who looked like they were headed into the bathhouse (rather than just passing by it) and would say "WAIT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEGRADE YOURSELF!!"

People were pretty much ignoring him.


[ Parent ]
re: I've seen him out front
I know he was in front of the bath house during the closing ceremonies of the Gay Games in Chicago in July 2006. While the rest of us were all at Wrigley Field winding down a great games, he was staging his publicity stunt over on Halsted Street.

He and Bam-Bam Barber were both there. Unfortunately they had to cut short their photo-op because of the weather. I guess God decided to dump on them, literally.

What was planned to be this big demonstration in front of Steamworks after the Games, turned out to be an embarassment for him and Bam-Bam as they were degraded and insulted by passerby, and then had to unexpectedly pull up tent stakes because of a thunderstorm.

Bummer, isn't it?


[ Parent ]
Degradation
He was quiet until he saw someone who looked like they were headed into the bathhouse (rather than just passing by it) and would say "WAIT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEGRADE YOURSELF!!"

Boy, talk about the pot calling the kettle black!  I'm paraphrasing here, but Jesus said to "take the log out of your own eye, before trying to take the speck out of your brother's eye."

Petey's a prime example of someone who degrades himself on a regular basis; if fact, everytime he opens his mouth!


[ Parent ]
McSame's a Goldwater Republican?
Hardly.

"You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight."
-- Barry Goldwater

DADT. Just the first point where McSame's comparison to Goldwater fails.


haha
mccain might catch some of the cough* gay, u know those homosexualist militants...

http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com

And this gets to vote?
( "I am more than proud that my views against homosexuality (not against homosexuals) is in the minority! Narrow is the path that leads to righteousness, wide is the path to destruction. I will withhold my vote for ANY candidate who opposes my personal views - that's my American right!")

Somewhere in there ought to be, "and stupid is the one who votes for the dark side over who people sleep with".


Peter or Plain Ole Schmuck?
The Schmuck is IRRELEVANT1

Has anyone from our community ever engaged in a debate with this nitwit? Once you subtract the argument ad hominem, the hyperbole and the argument ignoratum, the Schmuck is left with nothing.

The world according to Schmuck is so simple; Pro Gay or Pro Family. Everyone who is pro gay is an activist; Every activist is an extremist. Oh, and every extreme gay activist shares a common "agenda."

Schmuck demonstrates what irrelevant people will do in s struggle to be relevant. I think that it with Einstein who said "Genius is rare; Stupidity is limitless."

"Neither Lifestyle nor Agenda"

http://tips-q.com


The Peter is scared to engage in debate.
  He knows he has been called out and he refuses.  

If I make sense? it was quite by accident.

[ Parent ]
come on....
Peter.... If you want to kiss a boy, just do it and get over it.... really, the only people that spend this much time fretting over homosexual issues are HOMOSEXUALS. So just break down that closet door and then go do something productive with your life.

...... Next time someone gives you a hard time for being LGBT... just ask them if they are unenlightened...or closeted

LaBarbara is right.
I actually agree with him on this part:
It was significant when George Bush ... met with the Log Cabin Federation before he became president -- and it doesn't surprise me that McCain is doing it. I think the danger is that when you try to be pro-homosexual and pro-family at the same time, it doesn't work," LaBarbera contends.

Bush and McCain are panderers of the highest order.  They both have or are pandering to both the pro- and anti-lgbt vote.  It is nice that LaBarbara admits that the GOP nom is as much a liar & panderer as Bush was.

Maybe we should form Mackerel Snappers for McCain, and pass out endorsement leaflets after church (from the city sidewalks, of course).  You know, just to give Peter palpitations.

Click HERE and sign up: Campaign For Military Partners.

Lurleen on Twitter.


The HappyCat urges LCRs to flee from LCRs
  Time to make the Log Cabin empty.

If I make sense? it was quite by accident.

Hey Pete-
Worry about your own marriage.  It can't be easy being married to a loud mouthed gay porn obsessed hate monger and it's probably even worse being the kid of someone who regularly goes on tv and makes an ass out of himself.  
As for Sally Kern, why do you think that christians should have special rights?  Your bunch defines your christianity by who and what you hate, and then think that if you say something that goes over the line of common decency claiming to be a christian gives you a get-out-of-jail-free card.  Nobody is persecuting her for being a christian (although I'm sure that would give her an orgasm), she's being called on the carpet for being a jerk.  So are you.  Deal.  Oh, and maybe take a bible class and learn about Matthew 7:12.  You were apparently absent the day they covered when you were a kid.  Maybe you can take Sally Kern with you.  She apparently missed that lesson too, that and she seems to have missed the footage of the dead kids being pulled out of the Murrah Building. There is no comparison between gay sex (which is all you seem to think about) and this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...
I suppose though that that bombing doesn't rake in as much money for you and Sally as the gay or muslim stuff does, maybe that's your motivation.  Maybe if you and Sally take that bible class you can also learn about what Jesus thought about money changers in the temples.

My America includes LGBT families.

This is yet another example of how delusional gay Republicans are...
The majority of people in the Republican Party are perfectly happy with voting on the basis of anti-gay political campaigns and the vast majority of Republican candidates and elected officials hate gays (but not their money or their votes) but yet these LCR gays still cling to the Party in hopes that their association will get them a scrap from the table.

They send in their check only to have it SENT BACK to them because their candidate of choice doesn't even want to be associated with them.   They sit down with and endorse Bush and then get two terms of being targeted for discrimination and scapegoating but now want to do the same thing with McSame, giving the EXACT SAME reasons for supporting him that they gave for supporting Bush.

It's either a delusion, self-hatred and flagilation or a serious sickness.  A minute or two at GayPatriot.com makes that VERY clear.

A gay person has to be a major masochist to insist on working so hard for a political party that works so hard against them, and whose other members (like the Peter) see them as the most disgusting people on earth.


actually the
Log cabin repub's did not endorse Bush for his second term

If I remember correctly they attacked him for failing to keep his promises to him from the 2000 election.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...

nothing new at this time.....


[ Parent ]
Maybe we can torpedo the McCain Campaign
by forming "Log Cabin Lesbians: McCain's Sapphic Supporters"

Next week ?
Our fundraiser:
"Log Cabin Lesbians Tipping the Velvet for McCain"
Peter will want to take pictures...

I tell you Chica that no greater abomination exists than women denying their spirit of sisterhood and instead becoming the oppressor. -Rebeca, Universidad Complutense de Madrid


LOL!
So many charity events possible if gays unite to torpedo his campaign, so many headlines, so much bad PR!

FFA: McCain took it on the chin for his country, you can take it deep to support his campaign.



"In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant."  The Colbert Report


[ Parent ]
I wonder, Petey. . .if we took a survey about families with gay members
and surveys about families with troublesome, sexually-obsessed, uber-Christo-fascist, non-productive hate organization-loving "Christians" who find their nose in everyone else's asses about everything, if we'd find that it's the gays who are considered more "pro-family."


Comparisons
"Until you stop making preposterous comparisons of committed Christians to the Taliban. . ."

Oh, I see.  Any Christian that doesn't believe  exactly like Petey and Co. isn't a "committed" Christian.  Somehow, I think Jesus might disagree with that.

I agree Pam.  American Taliban is getting old.  Christofascist is a much better description for the Pete, et al.


i'm guessing pete's trying to silence pam about the american taliban
because he's afraid of the parallels that people draw between them, which are many.  that's bigotry??  peter doesn't know the meaning of the term.  

i don't hear "american taliban" used enough.  i want more of it.  people need to understand the threat that the religious right poses to american democracy and freedom--everyone from george bush to ann coulter to rod parsley to michele bachmann--and "religious right" sounds SOOOO innocuous and easily dismissed.  they are the american taliban, brothers in ideals to their middle-eastern counterparts--just as dangerous and even more powerful.    

The gays stole my lunch money


Aside from the Obama/Hillary clash...
Here we have John McCain ready to speak out to the Log Cabin Republicans, and both James Hartline and Peter LaBarbara are the ones who feet are stuck in syrup.

Why shouldn't he meet with The Log Cabin Republicans?
 All three of them are close personal friends with St. McCain....

I agree with Peter LaBarbera on the point about
making fun of "Peter" or "LaBarbera" or anything of that nature.  I believe it is low-brow, inconsistent with progressive principles, not emotionally or psychologically astute, and not smart politically.  It gives Peter LaBarbera another reason to continue his campaign.  I believe we'll do better to be very assertive and very candid while staying far away from middle school-esque tactics.

On the other hand, I don't think comparing the work of Mr. LaBarbera to the Taliban is that much of a stretch.  The term "committed Christians" as applied to members of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality is debatable.  I personally doubt Jesus Christ -- who said not a word about homosexuality -- would approve, or is approving, of Mr. LaBarbera's persecution of gay people.  Mr. LaBarbera might at the very least want to dare to look at the log in his own eye first.

At the same time, I imagine the Taliban would in fact describe themselves as "committed Muslims."  While there are committed Muslims who find the Taliban horrifying, and committed Christians who find, or would find, Peter LaBarbera horrifying.

Forgive me if I say something classically bleeding-heart:  I wonder if Peter LaBarbera wouldn't be so mean if he were treated with a measure of kindness and respect?  To the extent that he is attempting to exact revenge on childhood tormentors (which, by the way, is rather likely precisely what's going on for him -- I am virtually certain he was abused as a child), our reminding him of middle school name-callers is likely to keep him acting out in our direction.


Your comments are laudable KC, but, . . .
Peter would continue his campaign no matter if we were to smother him with hugs and kisses or spit in his face; sort of damned if we do or damned if we don't.

I view Peter in the same way I view a rabid dog, his brain is so diseased with bigotry and homophobia, no "measure of kindness and respect" on our part will make a difference.  He'd still try and bite us.  Besides that, up to now, promoting discrimination against the gay community has been a big cash cow for him.

As far as "making fun" of Peter goes, if he didn't say such bizarre things all the time and do the dumbest things (going under cover at leather conventions for example) he wouldn't have to worry about being made fun of by everyone.


[ Parent ]
from the so-called "vicious lesbian anti-Christian activist"
and "nutty lesbian blogger," Peter dishes it out as well.

This is the guy (along with Bam Bam) who actually tried to have me fired from my day job by generating a letter-writing and phone calling campaign to the office of the president of Duke University -- as if my blogging has anything to do with my day job. (Read this post -- the full backstory starts below the fold of that piece).  


[ Parent ]
OMG
I had no idea.  Not that my opinion of you could get much higher, yet just did.
They really must have nothing better to do, certainly don't have anything constructive to add to the world.

[ Parent ]
what on earth...
Because Bam Bam tried to pretend he lost his job over hating gay people, they think you should lose your job over blogging in support of gay people?

Poor Bam Bam and The Peter.  

Maybe one day they fall in love and become happy.

http://breakthterror.blogspot.com


[ Parent ]
yeah, that's the thing...
Peter's life work of going after gay people probably stems from some deep scars he hasn't recovered from, so it's not like we're dealing with a "reasonable party" here.

Continuing to change peoples' opinions about gay people (and they are changing for the better, even among many Evangelicals) isn't going to be achieved by dialoguing with Peter LaBarbera.  Either one day he'll "get it," or he won't, but regular Evangelicals, especially younger ones, are opening up to gay people merely because they know gay people, and they know that the stories spread by people like Peter LaBarbera are just that...stories, fiction, based in no truth, based in no love...

So as long as Peter makes a fool of himself, i think people will continue to make fun of him.  

Kinda sad, but he brings it upon himself.


http://breakthterror.blogspot.com


[ Parent ]
Someone else's thoughts on antigay legislation and religion
"It is possible to hold a faith with enough confidence to believe that what should be rendered to God does not need to be decided and collected by Caesar."
US Supreme Court Justice Robert H Jackson

I tell you Chica that no greater abomination exists than women denying their spirit of sisterhood and instead becoming the oppressor. -Rebeca, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Menu

Make a New Account

Username:

Password:



Forget your username or password?




Join the Blend Chat Room



Report TOS Violations

Premium Sponsors



BlogAds






Search the Blend
Current site


PHB 2.0 Web
Search Blend 1.0 Archives
Ad Networks


BlogSheroes BlogAds


Miscellany

RSS Feeds

Subscribe with Bloglines

Visit NCBlogs


frontpage hit counter

Stats

Powered by: SoapBlox