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  • New York City Skyline as seen from Jersey City. Photo by David W. Shelton

    Remembering the September 11, 2001 attacks

    September 12, 2019
  • Unification: Rise of the Thunderblade

    Unification: Rise of the Thunderblade

    May 8, 2019
  • Battlestar Galactica and the quest for a great story

    May 6, 2019
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    Lessons from Star Trek are timeless

    March 9, 2019
  • Star Blazers: The power of a great story

    March 5, 2019
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    “I am a Christian, therefore…”

    February 26, 2019
  • Same-sex marriage rights under attack again in Tennessee

    February 17, 2019
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    December 22, 2018
  • GLAAD poll finds LGBTQ support slipping

    January 28, 2018
  • Adam West (1928-2017)

    June 10, 2017

Adam West (1928-2017)

By David W. Shelton On June 10, 2017 · Add Comment · In General Commentaries, News
It's pretty rare that a celebrity death impacts me — but Adam West's passing takes me back to a time when heroes really were heroes. May those times come back one day.
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TN Senate kills “Turn the Gays Away” Bill in Committee

By David W. Shelton On February 18, 2014 · Add Comment · In Gay Rights, News
Claiming that the "Turn the Gays Away" bill was not designed to allow businesses to discriminate against gay people, Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) asked his colleague, Senator Mike Bell (R-Meigs County) to refer SB2566 to subcommittee. The bill is effectively dead.
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District Judge declares Oklahoma Marriage Equality Ban Unconstitutional

By David W. Shelton On January 14, 2014 · Add Comment · In Gay Marriage, News
The Human Rights Campaign has reported that United States District Judge Terence Kern has ruled that Oklahoma's ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. Unlike Utah, though, the ruling is stayed pending an almost guaranteed appeal to a higher court.
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Nigeria Begins Anti-Gay Persecution with Arrests

By David W. Shelton On January 14, 2014 · Add Comment · In News
This week, Nigeria became the latest country to toughen its anti-gay laws by prescribing prison terms of up to 14 years for anyone convicted of breaking their new draconian anti-gay laws. Several media sources have reported that at least 38 people have been arrested under the new law. According to CBS news, “the law prohibits [...]
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How They See Us

By David W. Shelton On January 8, 2013 · Add Comment · In Hate Groups, News

Unmasking the Religious Right War on Gay America

This booklet by Alvin McEwin, who blogs over at Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters (gotta love the title!) presents one of the single most important pieces of the last few years. He expands what I touched on with my last post — and fully unmasks the outright evil that is being done by SPLC-certified hate groups.

The lies told about the LGBT community have been fairly consistent over the years, and their brutality has only been conflagrated over time with the addition of fancy formatting and Photoshopped images.

As I said - I've discussed nearly all of these frauds who hide behind their "Christianity" — but who are really little more than lying, bigoted thugs.

Read the booklet after the jump.

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Truth Wins Out interviews Dr. Robert Spitzer

By David W. Shelton On May 31, 2012 · Add Comment · In Ex-Gay Fraud, News
When Dr. Robert Spitzer renounced his 2001 study that claimed that some "highly motivated" people were able to change their sexual orientation, it sent shock waves throughout the ex-gay universe. Reactions from the "people CAN change" crowd has ranged from denial (and still calling the study valid) to completely ignoring Spitzer's renunciation.
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Marriage Wars: The Phantom Menace

By David W. Shelton On May 11, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Gay Marriage, Hate Groups, Humor, News
Coming soon to a bigot near you! When President Barack Obama made international news by announcing his support for marriage equality (what the other side calls “gay marriage”), reaction from the “religious right” was as swift as it was explosive. Fox Nation immediately (and famously) posted a headline “OBAMA FLIP FLOPS, DECLARES WAR ON MARRIAGE.” Minutes later, the headline was changed to the only slightly less asinine “OBAMA FLIP FLOPS ON MARRIAGE.” But, the damage was done. War has been declared. It is a declaration of war against an institution that has been consistently and radically changed from its God-intended format: old men paying other old men for wives for their sons.
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Austin Peay State University to host a reading of ‘8’

By David W. Shelton On May 8, 2012 · Add Comment · In Gay Marriage, News
Austin Peay State University Theatre & Dance, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, is proud to announce a one-night-only reading of “8,” a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black.
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“Ex-Gay” Study Author Recants, Apologizes

By David W. Shelton On April 25, 2012 · Add Comment · In Gay Rights, News
In what is probably the most important news regarding the failure of the Ex-Gay movement, Dr. Robert Spitzer has now formally apologized for his often-distorted study from 2001. The study, which concluded that some "highly-motivated" people could change their sexual orientation has been held up by ex-gay ministries and organizations as a major boost for their cause.
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Candlelight vigil for Phillip Parker to be held Thursday

By David W. Shelton On January 22, 2012 · 1 Comment · In News
The Tennessee Equality Project has announced a candlelight vigil to be held in memory of Phillip Parker, who died last week. His was the second suicide death in Middle Tennessee in less than two months.
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Gay News Headline Roundup

By David W. Shelton On January 5, 2012 · Add Comment · In News
Tennessee Republicans apparently really like religious bullies… a lot. Anti-gay “therapist” group distorts yet another study. Michele Bachmann suspends her campaign. Best. Cartoon. Ever. Judge denies Hawaii churches an injunction to stop civil unions. (H/T Andy) Tony Perkins whines, says ‘America will not have a future if Obama is re-elected.’
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‘Star Trek’ star Zachary Quinto comes out as gay

By David W. Shelton On October 16, 2011 · Add Comment · In I'm Gay, News
Zachary Quinto, famous for his role as Spock in the 2009 Star Trek film and as the deliciously evil Sylar in the hit TV show Heroes has come out as gay. This month’s New York magazine features an interview with the star where he unambiguously discusses his sexual orientation: For one thing, he’s willing to [...]
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God and Gays conference coming to Nashville

By David W. Shelton On October 1, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Gay Christians, News
Peterson Toscano, whom I’ve long respected in his work to bring truth to the “ex-gay” movement, is joining a few other pro-gay Christian leaders and activists in October. Out & About, Nashville’s GLBT monthly newspaper, says that Toscano and Mary Lou Wallner will be in town for several days: Toscano will offer his unique perspective [...]
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Anti-gay adoption bill filed in Tennessee

By David W. Shelton On January 31, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Gay Rights, News
Discriminatory legislation should be rejected Yesterday, Rep. John Deberry (D-Memphis) and Senator Paul Stanley (R-Memphis) filed companion bills that would prohibit “any individual who is cohabitating in a sexual relationship outside of a marriage that is valid under the constitution and laws of this state from adopting a minor.” The companion bills are SB3910 and [...]
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Tammy Faye Messner – 1942-2007

By David W. Shelton On July 22, 2007 · 1 Comment · In General Commentaries, News
Jay Bakker, pastor of Revolution Church in New York City, announced yesterday evening that his mom, Tammy Faye Messner, has passed away: After fighting cancer for eleven years, my mother passed away on July 20 at 4AM. She had a very peaceful death and is no longer in pain. To grant her wish she was [...]
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Harry Potter’s spell enchants local Books-A-Million

By David W. Shelton On July 21, 2007 · Add Comment · In News
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows went on sale at 12:01 am on Saturday Morning in stores all across the country. Clarksville Online editor David W. Shelton presents the events at Books-A-Million and at the Barnes & Noble in the country’s largest shopping mall, the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota. No matter how ‘deathly’ [...]
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