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.
An important question has been left unasked in all the hullabaloo surrounding the renegade WhoSigned.org. Namely, if the anti-family, anti-child forces behind Referendum 71 fail to gather enough signatures to submit it to the Secretary of State, what happens to the names, addresses and e-mails of people who signed the petition (the petition asks for e-mails even though they're not legally required)?
By law, referendum backers can do whatever they want with them. Including sell them.
Gary Randall is on record admitting that data from failed petitions go right into the Faith & Freedom Network's database and are later swapped with other organizations or used in-house for fundraising and other solicitations. Such lists are so valuable to a foundering organization like his that in 2006 he and then-ally Pastor Joe Fuiten got into a public hissy fit* with Tim Eyman over the control of petitions from their failed effort to repeal the gay civil rights law via Referendum 65.
* Gary deleted the pertinent Faith & Freedom blog post after I discussed it here.
For months, Oregonian Gary Randall has been promoting an anti-domestic partnership referendum in Washington State, then directing his donors to give to one of his Oregon-based organizations, not to the Washington-registered political action committee (PAC) he says is already dedicated to the referendum effort.
On Monday, May 4th, Gary's Washington operative Larry Stickney filed the promised referendum (Ref 71) calling for the repeal of the soon-to-be-signed Domestic Partnership Expansion Bill of 2009 (SB 5688). The bill will make registered domestic partnerships fully "separate but equal" to civil marriage at the state level in Washington.
On Wednesday, May 6th I received a fundraising letter from Gary Randall on Faith & Freedom Foundation letterhead (right-click on thumbnails to view full-size image). It was dated May 1st, but postmarked May 5th. The letter said "We are presently waiting for the Governor to sign the bill into law. With that done, we will file a referendum." It goes on to state how "Your donation is urgently needed now", and ends with "P.S. Your contribution to Faith & Freedom Foundation is tax-deductible". Enclosed with the letter was a pre-printed donation envelope with the instructions "Make tax-deductible checks payable to Faith & Freedom Foundation". No other donation options (to give to the referendum PAC, for example) were listed anywhere in the letter or on the envelope.
This fundraising letter is just the latest in a string of unethical fundraising fake-outs Oregon Gary has perpetrated. A more detailed timeline lies tucked below the fold...
UPDATE: THIS IS HUGE. Pastor Joe Fuiten, former brother-in-arms with Larry & Oregon Gary, sent out an e-mail this morning quoting clergy and other hard-core anti-LGBTs on how craven this referendum effort is, and why it will fail. No wonder Larry refused to name the members of the "broad-based coalition" he claimed Monday to be working with - it doesn't exist. Read Fuiten's e-mail at the bottom of the post.This is what happens when your carpetbagging, tax-evading leader apparently drops out in disgrace and you replace him with an understudy who openly lies about legislation and thinks it's smart to advertise his campaign FAILURES on his resume. Here is one reporter's description of the scene as Larry Stickney officially started the referendum process on Monday to repeal Washington's as-yet-to-be-signed-by-the-governor Domestic Partnership Expansion Bill of 2009:
Most major ballot measure campaigns (e.g. last year's assisted suicide measure, or anything by Tim Eyman) milk the news of their filing for maximum free publicity to get the word out. In Eyman's case, we practically have to roll up our car windows on him as we pull out of the parking lot.
But Stickney was clearly caught off guard - and annoyed - to find several reporters waiting for him at the Secretary of State's elections division. He initially declined to take questions.
"I'll have that all in a nice, tidy press release later this afternoon," he said
UPDATE I was right - the begging bowl has definitely been passed from Gary Randall to Larry Stickney. Larry officially filed a referendum today.Washington state's legislature recently passed the Domestic Partnership Expansion Bill of 2009 (SB 5688), which makes Washington DPs almost equal to marriage. The local Professional Christians are having a ball raising money off the event by scaring their followers into believing that DPs will destroy America, etc. etc., assuring that the promised referendum is the only way to save the day, then asking for donations into their coffers rather than the dedicated fund for the referendum. Slick, huh?
Gary Randall was supposedly the guy "asked to lead" (see his 4/20/2009 diary) a referendum effort to repeal the new DP law. But since Oregon Gary has been exposed as a carpetbagging, tax-evading, money-grubbing incompetent, it looks like the begging bowl has been passed to Larry Stickney. Larry, the guy who features campaign failures on his resume, has posted a "rally the troops" piece on his website. It's called TEN GOOD REASONS TO RUN A REFERENDUM TO SAVE MARRIAGE NOW! Yes, he's the sort to write in caps. And he lies like no tomorrow. Read the post and my comments (in green) below the fold.
There was a sense in both the House and the Senate that the homosexuals believe [the DP bill] is a "done deal." I don't agree. Senator Swecker and I, along with others of like mind, are working to defeat the Senate bill. I believe we have a shot at it. If not, we will immediately begin a referendum process that will put it before the people. Traditional marriage prevailed in California, Arizona and Florida this past November. We can do it here as well.
Since that first mention, he's repeated the promise of an initiative or referendum over a dozen times on his blog and in his emails (usually accompanied by a fundraising plea). Vague references to an unplanned referendum were also bandied about at The Washington Hate Coalition's anti-equality rally in Olympia.
Gary Randall is an unabashed anti-LGBT bigot, so you may think it odd that I'm questioning why he would pursue an initiative or referendum. The reason is quite simple: because he can't win. And he knows it. So there must be other motives in play. Join me after the flip for an exploration of the probabilities. (Teaser: in honor of tax day, Gary's IRS filings will be examined!)
UPDATE 4/16/2009:Today, Gary made an explicit promise to run a referendum to repeal the DP Expansion Bill of 2009 that just passed. Are we at all surprised that the fundraising page he links readers to does not go to the PAC set up for the referendum, campaign, but to his Foundation? What a total scammer!
Washington State lawmakers passed SB 5688 yesterday afternoon, thus giving the homosexual activists what they want. Gov. Gregoire will sign it. We will seek to overturn it by referendum....
I cannot over state our need for your financial support today. Thank you for making that choice and stepping up with us to defend the time honored and biblically mandated institution of marriage.
Anyone keeping tabs on legislative hearings will know that their schedules frequently get changed. Lawmaking is a dynamic process and not always amenable to strict timelines. The WA legislature acknowledges this by placing "subject to change" notices next to scheduled dates.
But as usual, reason be damned; these guys like to play the persecuted christian martyr. It's good for meeting fund raising goals. Check out Mr. Johnson's HILARIOUS lie-encrusted email below. For clarity, I've numbered his fabrications and provided a rebuttal in green.
Larry Stickney is the director of the anti-LGBT Washington Values Alliance, and he's trolling for dollars. The question is, after you read his resume and grade his recent homework, would you give him your money?
The only two campaigns he has managed, FAILED. His resume states:
Larry also served as campaign manager during [John] Koster's 2000 Congressional bid...In 1999, he managed the Initiative 694 measure to ban partial-birth abortion.
Koster lost to the pro-LGBT Democrat Rick Larsen (D-WA02), who still holds the congressional seat almost 10 years later. And Washington voters roundly rejected Larry's anti-choice initiative. I'm really scratching my head - who puts failures on their resume? And who gives money to people who put failures on their resume?
Maybe Larry's abysmal track record helps to explain his incomprehensible decision to waste $$$ airing t.v. ads aimed at, I kid you not, solidly pro-equality legislators. Did he really think these bullying ads would change the votes of senators who have sponsored and/or voted for every DP bill to date? By his own admission, "These ads have cost us a lot of money and we will need more if we want them to continue!" Lord. Have. Mercy. Either Larry is really as dim as his choice of resume highlights suggests, or he's got a buddy in the business he likes to float cash to.
In his recent fund raising letter, Larry says We are earning your confidence and trust. I'm wondering just how he figures that.
On Monday, March 23rd, the Washington State House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on SSB 5688, the Domestic Partnership Expansion Bill of 2009.
Not surprisingly, delegates from The Washington Hate Coalition repeated their same tired lies and distortions. As I listened to their testimony, I decided that we need to produce a sheet of concise responses to these lies, because we all know that they will keep repeating them until people accept them as the unquestioned truth. Below is my transcript of the testimony of the two main Hate Coalition members to testify. I have numbered their statements to facilitate our responses. My responses are embedded within the transcript and are in green typeface. I look forward to your comments.
Gary Randall is 
On Wednesday, May 6th I received a fundraising letter from Gary Randall on Faith & Freedom Foundation letterhead (right-click on thumbnails to view full-size image). It was dated May 1st, but postmarked May 5th. The letter said "We are presently waiting for the Governor to sign the bill into law. With that done, we will file a referendum." It goes on to state how "Your donation is urgently needed now", and ends with "P.S. Your contribution to Faith & Freedom Foundation is tax-deductible". 
Enclosed with the letter was a pre-printed donation envelope with the instructions "Make tax-deductible checks payable to Faith & Freedom Foundation". No other donation options (to give to the referendum PAC, for example) were listed anywhere in the letter or on the envelope.
Washington state's legislature recently passed the 
On January 22nd, Rep. Jamie Pedersen and Sen. Ed Murray 
I got emails Monday from 
