T-shirt company victim of modern witch hunt

Kentucky.com
Ky. Voices: T-shirt company victim of modern witch hunt
By Martin Cothran

The Family Foundation of Kentucky covered this story and commented in the Lexington Herald:

Martin Cothran is spokesman for the Family Foundation, a conservative advocacy group.

Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen cheered on the witch hunt over a Christian businessman's refusal to print T-shirts with a message that contradicts his religious views.

The man is being hauled before the Lexington Human Rights commission, which is being called upon to throw him into the political water to see if he floats.

Taking up his torch, Eblen added his voice to those of the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization and Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, who are chanting the political equivalent of "Burn him!"

The University of Kentucky, too, has added its increasingly anti-religious voice to the din. This is the same university that refused to hire a science professor on the grounds that he was an evangelical, resulting in a complaint to the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, which was completely ignored.

Eblen and the rest of the mob are arguing that the business, Hands on Originals, has violated the Lexington Fairness Ordinance, an ordinance which added coverage for sexual orientation to that for race, religion, gender and national origin in anti-discrimination laws governing housing, employment and public accommodations.

The ordinance prohibits a business from refusing to serve a person on the basis of his sexual orientation.

In a famous scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a woman is accused of being a witch. The reason? "She looks like one." To Eblen and the rest of the witch hunters, Hands On Originals looks like it's discriminating, even though it's not.

What Eblen and the mob haven't noticed in the midst of their frenzied denunciations is that Hands On Originals did not discriminate against any customer on the basis of sexual orientation. In fact, the business has an expressed policy against it. What it did do was refuse to print a T-shirt with a message that went against its religious convictions.

It didn't refuse to print the T-shirts because of who was asking it to print them; it refused to print them because of what the T-shirts said. This is not prohibited by the ordinance.

Had the group come to Hands On to print a shirt that said "I love the Wildcats," there would have been no problem.

Ironically, the people really discriminating are UK and any other organization that pulls its business from the T-shirt company, since they are doing so on the basis of the owner's religious beliefs. If they were providing the service rather than receiving it, they would be the ones violating anti-discrimination laws.

It used to be witches who were supposed to contort themselves into strange positions, but now gay activist groups, marching under the banner of tolerance, are twisting themselves into the tolerance police, intent, not on preventing discrimination against individuals, but on using the power of government to force others to agree with them.

But in their increasingly intolerant crusade, they have apparently failed to take note of the consequences.

Imagine that you ran a T-shirt business and a white supremacist group came to you to print T-shirts that said, "Down with N-----s!" According to the reasoning of Eblen and the mob, anti-discrimination laws would require you to print them. Not to do so would be to discriminate against a racial group, in this case, Aryans.

Here's where the gay rights activists and liberal journalists meet the Aryan Nation.

Eblen's bizarre reasoning doesn't end there. He ventures into the issue of what Christianity actually says about homosexuality, saying that, the way he reads it, the Gospels aren't against it. Notice the subtle avoidance of the rest of the New Testament, in which Paul leaves little doubt about the issue. Or the Old Testament, which doesn't exactly read like a gay rights tract.

Then, as if to amuse those of his readers who have actually read the thing, he charges those who disagree with him with selectively reading the Bible.

Might as well burn the Bible along with the witch.

I have a new slogan for a T-shirt: "Down with the Tolerance Police!" I'll take it to a gay-owned T-shirt company and point out that, according to the groups who say they represent them, they have no choice but to print it.

If we allow homosexual marriage to be considered legal and valid, what abominations will follow?

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" - Dr. Edmund Burke

I read a news article today that the sex group Kentucky Equality Federation cosponsored a site with Marriage Equality USA to tell sex stories on a new domain www.marriagestories.org.

I hope my fellow Kentuckians will join me in bombarding this site with the word of God and legitimate man and woman marriage stories. Many sex groups are now involved like Freedom to Marry, Equality Mississippi, a gay wedding magazine, and homosexual bloggers around the country.

How can you show a group of people the evil and error of their deeds if they will not listen?

Any child knows that God created Adam and Eve; NOT, Adam and Steve! The very notion of two homosexuals getting married is repulsive and disgusting. In Romans 1:26 God calls homosexual "love"... vile affections, i.e., morally reprehensible affections. God's Word condemns homosexuality, which is why Sodomites today are relentlessly trying to corrupt the Bible. Romans 1:25 told us they'd do this, "Who changed the truth of God into a lie..."

When a society begins to accept and even condone depravity it is not long for this world. We are constantly told by the left to embrace this 'lifestyle' and its participants. To now say anything negative about homosexuality is considered to be 'hate speech'.

In many states, we now see the left pushing private businesses to extend insurance benefits to 'same -sex partners'. We also see lily-livered politicians caving into pressure from gay rights groups.

If we allow homosexual marriage to be considered legal and valid, what abominations will follow? Legalized bestiality? Will it become acceptable for adults to openly molest children? NAMBLA members are no doubt salivating at the prospects! It is a very slippery slope indeed.

Gays on every corner in Lexington this weekend. Keep your children home.

The sodomites will be taking over Lexington this weekend. Most of it sponsored by QX.net and I plan on finding out who owns this company. I want to make sure none of my tax dollars are going to a pro-sodomite organization.

Leviticus 18:22: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

The good news: The degeneration of Kentucky Fairness Alliance continues according to the internet, they have lost the Northern Kentucky Chapter also. That is Lexington, Richmond, and now Northern Kentucky. To our advantage, this organization is its own worst enemy.

The bad news: The Northern Chapter of KFA is now called Equality Northern Kentucky and they identity themselves as a task force, not an actual organization.

We must stand firm here in Kentucky and make sure it doesn't turn into another California! As one smart person has pointed out, with all the sin currently in the world, we are close to the rapture.

I must wonder why sodomite leader Jordan Palmer and the folks at Kentucky Equality Federation have distanced themselves from Lexington Fairness - Bluegrass Fairness, or whatever their name is today. To make things worse here in Kentucky, sodomite Palmer was on record recently as saying Kentucky's gay marriage ban must be repealed. Good luck with that one Mr. Palmer, it will never happen.

The good news: I hear Jordan Palmer will be moving to another state soon to take on a new project.

The bad news: Kentucky Equality Federation is currently looking for an executive director to replace their president sodomite.

Tolerating a sodomite pride festival and allowing sodomites to get married are very different things. There are too many good Christian folks here in Kentucky to ever allow that to happen.

I believe that the reason why we must fight against the gay-behavior-affirming heresy and error in the Christian churches is precisely because unrepentant homosexuals will miss heaven and the ultimate realization of transcendent good.

What is left for them?

Transcendent evil.

They are so caught up in the flesh that they don't even realize it is evil in the first place! What's more, they refuse to ever acknowledge it and, instead, re-name it as a "blessing from God."

Like Michael G. Mickey, I will be staying in this weekend also. The first homosexual who steps foot on my lawn will be arrested. Mike says it best when he said he will come out again when he "can drive through the city without fear of my 7-year-old asking me why two men are kissing on the street corner."

Drag Queen Research at the University of Louisville

The Family Foundation of Kentucky did a great job with this:

Gay Marriage Ban Makes California Ballot

Some bad news for those in Kentucky wanting to see man on man, and woman on woman marriages.

Folks, let us pray daily that California will pass this amendment.

An initiative that would again outlaw gay marriage in California has qualified for the November ballot, the Secretary of State announced.

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said Monday that a random check of signatures submitted by the measure's sponsors showed that they had gathered enough names for it to be put to voters.

The measure would amend the state constitution to "provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

If approved by a majority of voters on Nov. 4, the amendment would overturn the recent California Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the state. It is similar to gay marriage bans that have been adopted in 26 other states.

Last month the attorneys general of 10 states joined conservative legal groups in urging the California Supreme Court to delay finalizing its ruling to legalize same-sex marriages.

The states involved are Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah. Except for Florida and New Hampshire, all of them have state constitutional provisions banning gay marriage.

The attorneys general asked the California high court to stay its May 15 ruling until after the November election, when California's voters likely will decide whether to adopt a similar amendment, which would overturn the court's decision.

What happens in California is being watched carefully elsewhere because unlike Massachusetts, the only U.S. state where same-sex couples can now marry, California does not have a residency requirement for obtaining a marriage license.

Why was Kentucky not on the list? Ask our new Attorney General, Jack Conway, a progressive democrat.

I am sure this making the California Ballot quickly ended the celebration for the new executive order Governor Beshear signed yesterday (in favor of homosexuals and drag queens) at Kentucky Equality Federation since the sex groups president, Jordan Palmer, is on the Board of Directors for Marriage Equality USA.

Reporting to work in Kentucky state government in drag

The sex group Kentucky Equality Federation was the first to cheer about Gov. Beshear signing an executive order protecting people who are homosexual from being fired or not hired in state government. I have no problem with that, but what I do have a problem with is the addition of 'gender identity.'

I am very interested in knowing exactly what this covers. Does this mean if a man comes dressed in drag to work that no one can fire 'it'?

I am told the chair(it)* of the other statewide sex group 'Kentucky Fairness Alliance' is a drag queen and walks around most of the time pretending to actually be a woman. If that is not a mental disorder, what would qualify as one?

*The term chair(it) was used because I do not think you can safely call someone who walks around all day dressed as a woman a chairman or a chairwoman.

Folks, we are in a time when all Christian values are under attack. Both statewide sex groups have setup political action committees to no doubt elect more homosexuals to public office and get Christians out of public office.

Kentucky Equality Federation has established Kentucky Equality PAC and give Baptist Christians like State House Rep. C. B. Embry an 'equality rating' of 16% because he did not answer every question presented by Kentucky Equality PAC in support of their gay agenda.

If we did not have people like Rep. Embry and Senate President David Williams in office the next thing the sex groups would do is infuse a "gay" influence into public school curricula by teaching some families have two daddies, or two mommies. Those are not the values our country was founded on. They can try to deny Christian values did not have a role in writing our constitution all they want, but if you read it, you can clearly see it.

‘Gay Rights’ Icon Frank Kameny Says Bestiality OK ‘as Long as the Animal Doesn’t Mind’

Frank Kameny — the “gay” pioneer revered by homosexual activists for his role in pressuring the American Psychiatric Association to effectively reclassify homosexuals as normal — now says that sex with animals is OK “as long as the animal doesn’t mind.”

“Bestiality is not my thing … But it seems to be a harmless foible or idiosyncrasy of some people. So, as long as the animal doesn’t mind (and the animal rarely does), I don’t mind, and I don’t see why anyone else should.”

How exactly does an animal signal his or her “consent” to have sex with a human?

A Christian Christmas.

Folks I am going home for a nice Christian Christmas. Be sure to vote on my gay marriage poll. Should gay marriage be legal? I think I answered that in the post below but I am eager for more feedback. I will return after the New Year save a major event happening.

Gay agenda in Kentucky moving forward but slowed

The homosexual agenda is not only spreading in the public schools, but also inflicting great harm in the churches. On the heels of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature on S.B. 777, which opponents describe as a homosexual indoctrination plan for education districts, a pro-homosexual lobbying organization in California has launched its campaign to infuse a "gay" influence into public school curricula. This could be next for Kentucky!

We can learn a valuable lesson from Lot. As Christians now are required to "defend the purity of our homes at great cost" too. I think that Christians have finally been awakened to the threat of this type of sin overtaking the moral compass of our country and it needs to be stopped.

Homosexual activists will continue to attempt to "break down the doors" of morality in our country and we must diligently do all we can to prevent this.

When it gets so bad, the Lord's angels will be there to help. We must continue to keep up the fight to defeat the homosexual agenda while bathing our efforts in constant prayer.

There are liberal "gay-affirming" churches that have let practicing homosexuals into their churches. Rather than counseling them to confess their propensity to sin in this manner and urging them to "renew their minds in Christ Jesus", they are promoting, accepting and celebrating their sin right along with them. They are (knowingly or not) preventing them from the saving grace of Jesus Christ by promoting such heresy and apostasy! Too many lost souls can result from this deception!

The liberal media and people who resist the idea that all that they do, whether good or evil will one day be revealed before the feet of Jesus Christ. The ignorance of not taking Christians' warnings on this issue and their pride not allowing them to stop their promotion of this evil and sinful lifestyle will one day be exposed for the evil that it is and how it affected the destiny of thousands, if not millions, of eternal souls to eternal destruction.

One evangelist replied to a homosexual man who stated that he was "born that way" by stating that he is right. He was born that way. The Bible says he was born that way. How does the Bible do this? Through pointing out that we ALL are born with a sin nature that is rebellious, antagonistic, and contrary to the Holiness and Righteousness of God! The Bible is crystal clear on the issue that homosexual sex is sinful. A man is not to "lie with a man as with a woman. That is abomination."

Now, after reading all of this, we must go back and examine the true motives of homosexual activists with their domestic partner benefits at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky. Jordan Palmer, the president of Kentucky Equality Federation told the Lexington Herald Leader the bill to ban domestic partnership benefits filed by Democratic Reps. Ancel Smith of Leburn and Richard Henderson of Jeffersonville was distasteful, could be have been talking about something in his mouth from his sinful ways?

Kentucky Equality Federation and allied organizations like Kentucky Fairness Alliance and Fairness Campaign of Louisville are trying to change the minds of people who have been brought up by parents who trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. They are nothing more than sex groups!!!

They are planning a rally in Frankfort to try and convert lawmakers and children from what they have learned in God's Word, the Bible, to the sinful practices of homosexual, bi-sexual, transgender etc. secular humanistic worldviews in order to desensitize, jam, and convert them to their radical liberal leftist ways of thinking. A perfect example is the movie "For The Bible Tells Me So" brought to Louisville by Kentucky Fairness Alliance. This is serious messing with minds people!!! Don't let ANYONE convince you other wise, especially sin loving writers at BlueGrassRoots, Bluegrass Report, The Bridge, or United We Stand.

The sex group Kentucky Equality Federation says Kentucky Dems are liars.

The sex group Kentucky Equality Federation says Kentucky Dems are liars.

When you don't do what the sex group wants they accuse you of lying. Jordan Palmer, the sex groups president is quoted in the Herald Leader by Ryan Alessi as saying "A coalition of gay-rights groups is planning a Capitol rally in February."

Perhaps Kentucky Democrats are finally trying to do what is right.