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.
Results should be certified by Wednesday night, but the runaway vote-getter from day one in the Best LGBT Blog category of the 2008 Weblog Awards was Towleroad, finishing up 37% of the vote. Congrats!
Last year the award was given out at Blogworld in the same calendar year, so I'm not certain when Andy Towle will receive the Styrofoam posterboard winner's "plaque" like the one I picked up for Joe Jervis when Joe.My.Godwon the category in 2007.
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BTW, the Blend came in a distant fourth (8.9%), behind The Bilerico Project and Joe.My.God. Not an unexpected showing, given I didn't campaign, and actually, that's a better finish than I thought, since a whole day of voting opportunity was effectively lost when Soapblox was hacked and PHB was toast. Readers would have had to go out of their way to vote, since PHB's front page with the handy link was inaccessible. I didn't bother reminding folks to vote once back online either since, well, dodging the full-blown loss of four years of work and a platform in crisis had my mind, well, elsewhere. So many thanks for the 2,848 votes cast for the Blend, and congrats to my fellow finalists.
UPDATE: According to the Weblog's site: Polls will open on Jan. 5, but we don't have the exact time they'll open yet determined. I know this may be an inconvenience to some, but we have to make sure everything is working before we get started. All the polls are built, we're just running through our final tests to ensure the voting process is smooth. If the polls don't open until the evening of the 5th we'll extend voting until Jan. 13 to give a full 7 days (and change) for voting. We're shooting for an afternoon or morning kickoff for voting.Voting is open for the 2008 Weblog Awards. Pam's House Blend is one of the finalists in the Best LGBT Blog category (it's been nominated 4 years in a row and won in 2005 and 2006). Here are my fellow finalists this year...
You can cast your vote for Best LGBT Blog -- once every 24 hours -- at this link (or click the logo in the sidebar). The voting page for all categories is here.
After voting in an individual poll you will be locked out from voting again in that poll (on the computer you voted from) for 24 hours. Each poll has its own separate 24 hour lockout control. Voting in, for example, Best Blog will not lock you out of voting in other categories.
Polls close Monday January 12, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) -- (5:00 p.m. EST and 2:00 p.m. PST).
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As I said in the finalist announcement post last week, 2008 was a good year for the Blend. The Democratic National Committee selected the Blend to be credentialed for the general press pool to cover the 2008 convention -- PHB was the only lesbian-run blog in the pool; PHB was one of only six black-run blogs and Autumn was the sole transgender blogger credentialed, so we made a little history. We brought readers the first photos and video of Michelle Obama's surprise appearance at the HRC/Victory Fund LGBT Delegate luncheon. The Blend obtained exclusive interviews with a ton of politicos (see all related posts here). I was interviewed by the MSM about our team coverage (Autumn, I know you were also interviewed - which outlet?).
Washington Post: Politics section. Interview on the Blend's coverage the 2008 Democratic National Convention. "BlogTalk." (August 28, 2008). Link 1, Blog post
Agence France Presse (AFP): Interview on bloggers at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. "BlogTalk." (August 27, 2008). Link 1, Blog post
New York Times: Style section. Piece on bloggers and logistics, funding and access issues involved in covering the 2008 Democratic National Convention. "The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived." (August 22, 2008). Link 1, Blog post
Raleigh News & Observer: Cover feature article in regional/state newspaper on being credentialed for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. "Blogger gets respect: Durham resident writes on progressive issues." Also ran as AP story, "A different kind of blogger" and "First Few: Durham blogger gets convention press credentials." (July 7, 2008). Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Blog post]
Many thanks to my fellow baristas, Russ, Julien, Autumn, Daimeon, and Terrance for their hard work both on location and back at virtual home base and for their citizen journalism, commentary and activism over the past year here at the Blend.
Be sure to surf over and check out the finalists in all of the other categories; you may discover some great content to add to your RSS reader.
2008 was a good year for the Blend. The DNC selected the Blend to be credentialed for the general press pool to cover the 2008 convention in Denver -- PHB was the only lesbian-run blog in the pool; PHB was one of only six black-run blogs and Autumn was the sole transgender blogger credentialed, so we made a little history. We brought readers the first photos and video of Michelle Obama's surprise appearance at the HRC/Victory Fund LGBT Delegate luncheon. The Blend obtained exclusive interviews with a ton of politicos (see all related posts here). Many thanks to my fellow baristas, Russ, Julien, Autumn, Daimeon, and Terrance for their hard work both on location and back at virtual home base.
Be sure to surf over and check out the finalists in all of the other categories; you may discover some great content to add to your RSS reader.
Voting starting on January 5 and runs through January 12. I will put up a launch post on the 5th and a badge in the sidebar on the 5th. After that, I'll spare you the endless self-promotion; I don't have the energy or taste for competition at this burn-out point. :)
Congratulations to all of the finalists and good luck!
