THANK YOU ANITA BRYANT, REST WELL

Yes, I am a gay man and yes I do thank Anita Bryant. Why you ask? She did more to unite the gay community and create activism for our cause than anyone else I know. Recently HBO started airing the movie "MILK" and I have watched it several times. I was under the impression that Sean Penn was homophobic and that may be true but he played the part of Harvey Milk well. It brought back memories of that time and yes I too would have loved to place a dagger in her heart at the time. But hindsight is a powerful thing and I can see that it would have taken a lot longer for us to come to the point that we are today without her. It was because of the hatred that she spewed in the name of her religion that brought us together and caused us to fight back and fight harder. Harvey Milk was not a saint by any means but he had the courage to follow his heart and mind and make first steps toward the future.
Now we have the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill and that is a start. It doesn't insure peace yet but it is a start. Lawsuits will soon begin to follow so that the real strength of this bill will be seen. Perhaps the day will come when parents will learn to accept their gay children and not throw them out to the streets and real families can then thrive. Churches may come to understand that being Christian and gay is a possibility as many of us already know. No longer will bosses be able to fire people based on their sexual orientation. And soldiers will be able to serve no matter what their sexual identity is. I was one of those soldiers caught up in a witch hunt back in 1966. Not because I couldn't do my job and do it well, but because I was caught making love with my commanding officer.
So today I say, Thank You, Anita Bryant for all that you did to help up out.
Mike

DID YOU HEAR THAT THERE IS A NEW GOD?

Well she thinks that she is anyway. Her name is Sally Kern and her email address is sallykern@okhouse.gov. Anita Bryant seems to be reborn. In case anyone out there hasn't figured it out yet, yes I AM A BIG GAY MAN and that is not going to change. When are people going to start helping each other out instead of tearing each other apart? Listen STUPID, who would choose to be discriminated against? Be tossed out of housing, jobs or out of the homes we grew up in? As I understand it, your job is to represent your constituents not try to start another war. Please correct me if I am wrong.

And another thing, I know that you are married to a preacher BUT as far as I know, we still have separation of church and state. Even if we didn't, who (besides you, your holiness) can inflict your religious beliefs on a whole nation? Did you ask anyone before you opened you big mouth, besides your husband? Have you ever taken the time to get to know any of the LGBT community and talk to them? How many of them voted for you only for you to turn your back on them? And for each person out there that you are insulting, there are two parents, siblings, friends and co-workers. Wouldn't you do better to build bridges rather than bringing them down on the heads of others? I know that you will never have the balls to actually read this and consider my statements, but it actually isn't for you. I want to light a fire under the ass of every member of the LGBT community and at least start emailing the hell out of you until you understand that we don't need to be changed, we're fine just as we are. Look in the mirror, that is who needs to be changed, perhaps there is still a good woman left inside of you, one can only hope.

That's my take on things, let me know what you think.
Mikey
p.s. GO HILLARY, ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1600 PENSYLVANIA AVENUE