Super Tuesday. As you probably know by now, in Tuesday's Georgia primaries both the anti-gay right and the loony left took hits, which is a victory for sanity in the political sphere. First, Rep. Bob Barr, the thrice-married defender of family values and the lead force behind passage of the dreadful Defense of Marriage Act (which forbids federal government recognition of gay unions, among other nice things), lost to Rep. John Linder, also a conservative Republican, but one who doesn't specialize in gay-bashing (redistricting had pitted the two incumbents against each other). On the eve of the race, Barr accused Linder of "supporting the gay agenda," which was nonsense, but shows that Barr was continuing his malignant ways up till the end.
Also on Tuesday, Rep. Cynthia McKinney was soundly defeated by challenger Denise Majette. McKinney notoriously charged that the Bush administration knew of impending terrorist attacks before September 11 but did nothing to stop them, presumably because, as she added, "persons close to this administration are poised to make huge profits off America's new war." On Monday, according to Atlanta media, McKinney's father and patron, state Rep. Billy McKinney, dismissed Majette's candidacy and spelled out the reason for his daughter's tough fight: "J-E-W-S," he said on television. And on it goes. Oh, she was a supporter of gay rights, too. Big deal. Good Riddance.
We"re Everywhere! Much of the print and broadcast coverage on the guilty plea by former Enron executive Michael Kopper noted that he and his domestic partner profited from some rather shady dealings. For instance, Reuters reports that "In the "Chewco" deal that ultimately led Enron to restate its earnings to the tune of $591 million in November, Kopper and his domestic partner William Dodson earned $7 million from Enron for a $125,000 investment." The fact that Kopper is gay has been treated in a simple, straight-forward manner, as far as I can tell. But perhaps it will give the gay left another reason to condemn our "assimilation" into the mainstream!
They Just Won't "QUIT." More anti-Israeli
lunacy from the gay left this week. According to an
account on the sf.indymedia.org website:
"About 25 queer settlers descended on a downtown Berkeley Starbucks on Saturday, August 17, claiming Berkeley as "a city without people for people without a city." The group, organized by Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!), posted a banner proclaiming the reclaimed caf" "Queerkeley -- A Prophecy Fulfilled." They also erected" signs reading, "It Works In Palestine, Why Not Here?" and "It's Ours Because We Say So." They erected plastic palm trees to "make the concrete bloom," and gave patrons a tract explaining their religious claim to the land as follows: "Land of fruits and nuts "" "
The report continues:
"The group selected Starbucks for the location of their first settlement in Berkeley because Starbucks founder and CEO, Howard Shultz, is a major supporter of the Israeli state and the corporation has become the prime target of an international boycott of corporations with ties to Israel."
Wow, an anti-Israel and anit-corporation demo all in one!
The "queer" left's demonizing of Israel and romanticizing of the
Palestinian "liberation movement" is even more repellant given
recent revelations of the arrest and brutal torture of gays by the
Palestinian Authority (see the Aug. 13 posting, below).
--Stephen H. Miller