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We eat, excrete, sleep, and get up;
This is our world.
All we have to do after that-
Is to die.

-Ikkyū
29 November 11
alexorue:

 
CALIFORNIA: Hate Group Launches Two Campaigns To Thwart Gay History Bill
Joe.My.God. reports:

Unswayed by their failure to gather enough signatures to place a repeal of SB 48 on the November 2012 ballot (despite illegal tactics), a Christianist hate group has launched two new campaigns to thwart the plan to educate school kids about influential LGBT figures from history.The first new plan, which I told you about earlier this month, attempts to strike the words “gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender” from the bill. The Bay Area Reporter reports that the second plan would allow parents to opt-out of any lessons about LGBT people.
 
EQCA spokeswoman Rebekah Orr said the new campaign “is likely to be an even uglier effort than their previous one. “It’s very specifically targeted at LGBT people. It makes extremely clear what their motivations are,” Orr said. Richard Rios, the chair of the Christian Coalition of California, submitted the two anti-gay proposals. In an interview, he said, “It’s not a homophobic issue. It’s an issue of the requirement of the teaching of something that’s contradictory to one’s faith.” Asked about how teaching the historical contributions of someone like slain gay icon Harvey Milk would contradict someone’s religious beliefs, Rios invoked same-sex relationships. He said that in his upbringing, he learned that any relationship other than that between a man and a woman “is not a godly relationship.”
RELATED: The above-linked BAR story notes the leadership vacuum currently plaguing Equality California, who some say will be ill-prepared or unable to mount a defense of SB48. Following the departure of their second executive director in several months, EQCA has hired former GLAAD head Joan Garry as its interim leader. A spokesman for EQCA estimates that a defense of SB48 could cost as much as $35M, depending on what resources our enemies can muster.

alexorue:

CALIFORNIA: Hate Group Launches Two Campaigns To Thwart Gay History Bill

Joe.My.God. reports:

Unswayed by their failure to gather enough signatures to place a repeal of SB 48 on the November 2012 ballot (despite illegal tactics), a Christianist hate group has launched two new campaigns to thwart the plan to educate school kids about influential LGBT figures from history.

The first new plan, which I told you about earlier this month, attempts to strike the words “gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender” from the bill. The Bay Area Reporter reports that the second plan would allow parents to opt-out of any lessons about LGBT people.

EQCA spokeswoman Rebekah Orr said the new campaign “is likely to be an even uglier effort than their previous one. “It’s very specifically targeted at LGBT people. It makes extremely clear what their motivations are,” Orr said. Richard Rios, the chair of the Christian Coalition of California, submitted the two anti-gay proposals. In an interview, he said, “It’s not a homophobic issue. It’s an issue of the requirement of the teaching of something that’s contradictory to one’s faith.” Asked about how teaching the historical contributions of someone like slain gay icon Harvey Milk would contradict someone’s religious beliefs, Rios invoked same-sex relationships. He said that in his upbringing, he learned that any relationship other than that between a man and a woman “is not a godly relationship.”
RELATED: The above-linked BAR story notes the leadership vacuum currently plaguing Equality California, who some say will be ill-prepared or unable to mount a defense of SB48. Following the departure of their second executive director in several months, EQCA has hired former GLAAD head Joan Garry as its interim leader. A spokesman for EQCA estimates that a defense of SB48 could cost as much as $35M, depending on what resources our enemies can muster.

Reblogged: alexorue

28 November 11
mehreenkasana:


“Imagine how we would feel if it had been 24 American soldiers killed by Pakistani forces at this moment,” Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat from Illinois, said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Image: Pakistani soldiers in Peshawar honored colleagues who were killed in Saturday’s NATO air attack on border posts in Pakistan. Courtesy The New York Times.

mehreenkasana:

“Imagine how we would feel if it had been 24 American soldiers killed by Pakistani forces at this moment,” Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat from Illinois, said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Image: Pakistani soldiers in Peshawar honored colleagues who were killed in Saturday’s NATO air attack on border posts in Pakistan. Courtesy The New York Times.

Reblogged: mehreenkasana

22 September 11
The United States is a country symbolically founded on the ideas of liberty and justice for all. Yet it is also founded on the practice of ethnocide of Native Americans, the enslavement of African peoples and their descendents, the removal of Spanish speaking citizens and a harsh and unjust policy to Asians—including exclusion acts.

Reblogged: kadalkavithaigal

Tags: USA racism
25 August 11

Reblogged: socialuprooting

30 June 10

Please, take the time to watch this video. Honestly, you will be amazed at what you are seeing.

24 June 10

The Various Shortcomings of the Country of Pakistan

Oh people of Pakistan, please get this through your mind:

-You are NOT a Muslim country. Just cause your name contains the prefix “Pak”, doesn’t make you a Muslim country, I’m sorry. In fact, you are anything BUT a Muslim country. It is the law system of the British, you have implemented into your own constitution, not Shariah Law. I admit, bits and pieces of Shariah Law are mixed into the compilation of laws, but Islam also states that you must follow the religion as a whole to be considered a Muslim, not pick out the pieces which you favor.

-There is NOTHING special located within the vicinity of your country’s borders that is even of minuscule interest to super powers and other third world countries. Nobody likes you for your natural gas deposits. Nobody likes you for your textile industry, because it is something that other countries now have, except cheaper and with better quality. Nobody is after your government, because it has nothing of interest in it. Nobody is after your economy, because it is still in it’s premature stages, and would benefit no one. Get this through your heads please.

-The bombings and killings are NOT a result of foreign covert operations, because operatives don’t blow themselves up to kill others. Why would foreign covert operatives even want to set foot in Pakistan? What would they even be after? If you still dream that there is something oh-so-valuable inside of Pakistan that people would be after, please refer to my previous point.

-Most people say that they are not terrorists, but that simply is NOT true because the ideology they possess in their minds is exactly the same or somewhat similar to the ideologies of terrorist groups and leaders. Notice that I say most people, not everybody. So don’t piss me off by telling me that I’m incorrect because you aren’t a terrorist. Whatever. Get over it.

-If you think you are perfect Muslims, well guess what. YOU AREN’T. I’ve had many a people tell me that I need to be a good Muslim and whatnot, but there’s something very hypocritical about that. Islam doesn’t permit men to even keep a mustache, and yet the mustached man is telling me to be a better Muslim. Also, your average cultural marriage includes a LOT of things that a true Muslim would witness and be horrified. The dancing, the clothes, the signs of status, the music, etc. If I remember correctly, these are all looked down upon in Islam. Now you tell me, is this not the definition of hypocritical? Oh yeah, and by the way: Allah, the Quran, and Islam all hate hypocrites. And since you are a hypocrite, A=B, B=C, therefore A=C. 

-The world does NOT only include Pakistan and its customs and traditions. I find it funny how when most Pakistanis watch Hollywood movies, the only thing they are able to note about foreign countries are the women, the strip clubs, and the alcohol. I’ve been living in Pakistan for about a bit over a year, and I’ve had countless people ask me about these things. IS THAT ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT?! The funniest part about all this is that they actually condemn this stuff in public, in front of other Muslims. Again, hypocritical much?

-The Pakistani Army is NOT the best in the world. In fact, this is common knowledge that the United States is one of the many suppliers of weapons and arms to Pakistan. The military is still using outdated technology and weaponry, such as the already replaced G3, and several guns of the Kalashnikov series. The Air Force still uses old fighters and bombers which are usually supplied by (surprise, surprise) the United States of America and on occasion, China. Now, don’t get started with the whole “nuclear power” argument. So what if Pakistan has nuclear power? Only approximately 2.4% of the nation’s electricity comes from nuclear power plants. So why are you so proud of being a nuclear power? Besides, it isn’t like you discovered nuclear power by yourself. The Pakistani government bought the secrets from a US/Turkish ambassador. Not bad for a nation’s government which is trying to eliminate corruption, eh? 

Refer to this link for more information: http://www.globalfirepower.com/

-The much-respected concept of “warm” and “cool” foods in Pakistani culture and tradition is NOT reality. “Lassi”, is not “cool”. If you have a heterogeneous mixture of milk and water, it does not change the chemical properties of the liquid mixture. The drink remains a mixture of water and milk. So please explain to the world then, how lassi is a cool drink? While you’re at it, if you find even one actual scientific study from a credible source agreeing with this belief, please tell me so that I could actually start to care about what Pakistani tradition and customs dictate.

-India is NOT after you, Pakistan. Neither are you behind India. This is all a bunch of hype. In fact, you’ll notice that even if there were a war between India and Pakistan, India has won much of the propaganda war already due to it’s huge earnings in the Bollywood movies sector, and because of other sources of entertainment such as Indian music, and Indian entertainment such as Star Plus. Everytime somebody watches a Bollywood movie in theaters, a fraction of that money exits the Pakistani economy and enters the Indian economy. Then you get scared that India is going to bomb you with fighters. Well, I have news for you: Usually if you dislike something you boycott it, not support it. 

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Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh