McCain Leads the Way in More Republican Shenanigans

 

By D. Kevin McNeir GBMNews Sr. Correspondent & Editor

 

Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Just LIE!
Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Just DENY!
Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Just CRY!

 

John McCain reversing himself on "Don't Ask - Don't Tell"

This is the advice our so-called political "leaders" are giving our young people from Washington, D.C. as we seek to maintain war in two countries, send military support to beleaguered nations like Haiti and beef up security forces after intelligence officials warn of near-certain attacks from al-Qaeda in the next six months. I guess the point is when you're on the battle field, fighting to stay alive, watching your fellow soldiers being blown to smithereens, making split second decisions that could cost thousands their lives that you can't remain focused when visions of Adam and Steve continue to dance in your head. Yeah, that's it. Play the gay card - let's continue to persecute these folks who lust after every man (or woman) that walks by and can't keep a job, can't remain on target, can't set goals and then make them come true.

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Who Needs Another Role Model Anyway?

By D. Kevin McNeir
GBMNews Sr. Correspondent

Editorial

NBA Commissioner David Stern has finally acted - he has placed the controversial Washington Wizard Guard Gilbert Arenas on indefinite suspension without pay. And one has to wonder if the time out antics that Arenas displayed during a team huddle had something to do with Stern's decision. 

(l)NBA Commissioner David Stern  (r)Gilbert Arenas

In case you missed the footage, Arenas decided to play a pantomime game of "cowboys and Indians," joking with his teammates while forming his hands in the shape of two pistols while the team was in the midst of negotiating winning strategies during a pause in a recent game. For some reason, Arenas still seems to think that his actions have been misread - that somehow he is the victim. But Stern was clear in his published statement saying, "his [Arenas's] ongoing conduct has led me to conclude that he currently is not fit to be on an NBA court."

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By Viktor Kerney

So in the news, we are hearing about the pressure Obama getting for gay equality and rights. And if you go over to Queerty, you get the daily (sometimes twice a day) hate-o-drama about Obama’s lack of support.

 

 

However, I’m not going to bash him; there’s no need. Unlike some, I think he’s doing a great job trying to balance out the mess from the not-so-messy-but-dusty matters in our country. I understand that changing DADT is not going to happen soon. I understand that he must have allies on both sides to make his argument strong and effective. Without that support, it can be an uphill battle. Plus, he has put some big initiatives forward. Those initiatives (the budget, the war(s), policy changes and etc.) have to be successful. If they are, more folks will come to his side and if not, they will somewhat distance themselves from him. Obama needs the superpower to make things happen. If his main issues fail, it will be hard for him to push gay rights through the loop.

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She should give a fig


Jasmyne Cannick and I have had our differences of opinion on several issues but seldom have I found her views to be as troubling as her perspective on the importance of marriage for lesbian and gay couples.

In a recent opinion piece "Jasmyne Cannick Doesn't Give a Fig about Marriage" published by The Advocate, Cannick suggests that she has changed her views on the significance of Black LGBT engagement in the fight for marriage equality.

"What did change for me was my willingness to actively engage myself in a struggle that's been from the beginning, and continues to be, elitist."

Can anyone tell me how efforts to end discrimination in marriage are elitist?

The people that are involved in the struggle for gay marriage are rich, poor and in between. They are men and woman, black and white, Hispanic, and Asian. They support marriage equality regardless of social or economic status.

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 "Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."

 

That statement was part of the decision handed down by the Virginia State Supreme Court in 1958 regarding interracial marriage and miscegenation.  In the name of God and the courts, it was the ruling that sentenced Mildred Jeter Loving, a black woman, and her husband, Richard Loving, a white man to one year in jail for a marriage that was not only illegal but immoral as well.  So declared, the opinion was not just that of the court, but it was viewed as God’s edict as well.

 

It’s amazing the court’s opinion in 1958 had such a parochial, self-serving world view. But what’s even more amazing is that the court attributed its decision to the wishes of God.  Unfortunately, that was how the world was in 1958.  Thank God that was in the past.  Or was it?

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Jamaica displays to the world a friendly, happy-go-lucky face. Yet Jamaica disavows, and attempts to deflect world condemnation for, its barbaric polices and publicly-condoned egregious societal treatment of gay people. Jamaica's behavour is an embarassment to people of African decent.

GBMNews supports the growing campaign to boycott Jamaica.

The protest movement against Jamaica's policies is gaining steam. Condemnations have come from various World Human Rights organizations, the Metropolitan Community Church, and other religious groups in the United States. Great Britain has been in the forefront of the protest movement for years. The Canadian government has vowed to agrresively enforce its laws against hate speech in music, and is providing sanctuary for many gay Jamaicans.

A boycott is very unfortunate, but it is patently obvious that Jamaica refuses to address its own bigotry. Therefore, outside measures are required to save LGBT Jamaicans from injury and even death.

At this time, we advise our readers to avoid Jamaican products, music, concerts and above all avoid all travel to the island. We ask you to be proactive and tell others to do the same. Ask stores to stop carrying Jamaican products. Ask radio staions and clubs to stop playing Jamaican music. Ask travel agents to steer clients to friendly desitinations.

Please post this article to all Internet social networking groups in which you belong.

The Jamaican boycott will start slowly but soon more effective measures will come to pass. GBMNews will keep you abreast.

Change will come to Jamaica!

The migration of African Americans from the city to the suburbs.