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.
My friend Donna Rose was there, and wrote about it in her blog entry Angie Zapata Vigil. She's been collecting photos of the service, and has posted these in a slide show.
I came to Colorado yesterday to participate in the vigil for Angie Zapata in Greeley last night. It was one of those events that has a profound impact - I have goose-bumps thinking about it as I write this.
Angie's family is absolutely amazing. Words can't express how much respect, admiration, and affection I feel for them. One speaker put it very eloquently - talking about how if more people raised their kids the way that the Zapata's do this world would be a much better place. Amen to that.
Although the main goal was to celebrate Angie's life, there's no way to get past the grief and the anger that many there felt about this senseless, needless tragedy. But the message was one of uplifting spirits, of turning our negative energies into positive outlets, and of ensuring that the memory and the spirit of Angie Zapata lives on in each of us. It was very a emotional event for many, as each of us could feel what happened in a very personal and profound way.
I'm left with goose-bumps after reading Donna's description.
I know I'm terrified at the idea of me dating in large part because of deaths like Angie's -- which is really encapsulates what hate crimes do. Hate crimes create fear within classes of people specifically because these folk belong to that class of people.
If y'all see me arguing for fully inclusive federal hate crime legislation in the future, it really is because I'm remembering Angie, remembering other folk (like Gwen Araujo) who have died from hate crimes like Angie did, and remembering there are folk like me who feel fear of violence specifically because they identify with one of the lettered subcommunities of the broader LGBT community.
~~~~~Update~~~~~
The local CBS affiliate's coverage of the vigil:
