Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls - The Movie!

I can’t wait till Dreamgirls comes out as a movie on December 25th! It is one of my all time favorite musicals! I will never forget when I saw Jennifer Holliday in the stage version when I was living in Los Angeles. It was the first time I ever saw a performer, “stop the show!” After she sang the amazing, And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going, we cheered and stood for 5 minutes. It was an unbelievable night in the theatre! American Idol contestant, Jennifer Hudson is playing the role of Effie in the movie. The buzz is that she is quite good. It won’t be the same as hearing the song live, but I am looking forward to it!

Gay Marriage Still Safe In Massachusetts

 Well I can sleep tonight. Massachusetts lawmakers decided to recess the Massachusetts constitutional convention without voting on the proposed amendment to ban gay marriage in the state. It is horrible to think that my marriage and rights could be put up to a popular vote. I have been married for 2 years, how has that hurt anyone else? Why are people so worried about things that don’t affect them. People are so upset with this issue they wish to change state and federal constitutions. Constitutions should grant rights, not take them away. It is unfathomable to think that people would support an amendment that would reverse a freedom given to a certain segment of society. I wonder how the people who signed the initiative petition would feel if a possible amendment were proposed to eliminate freedom of religion! There are so many things we really need to be worried about as a society… gay marriage isn’t one of them.

John DePetro Fired from Boston Radio Station WRKO

WRKO radio today fired loose-lipped talk jock John DePetro for calling Green Party gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross a “fat lesbian” on his morning show yesterday.

Wow! This is some of the best news that I have heard in a long time. This self serving, smug, talk show host finally got his comeuppance! For years he has made derogatory comments about gays and lesbians. He is also one of those talk show hosts that talks over anyone who doesn’t agree with him… a la Bill O’Reilly. Bravo to WRKO for sending this jerk packing!

Kudos: BostonHerald.com

Pastor Ted Haggard and the Evangelical Movement are Losers of the Week

 

New Life Church’s acting pastor said Friday that the Rev. Ted Haggard, his predecessor now embroiled in a gay-escort scandal, has acknowledged some of the accusations are true.

In an e-mail to congregants, Ross Parsley wrote that the church’s four-member board of overseers had met with Haggard.

“It is important for you to know that he confessed to the overseers that some of the accusations against him are true. He has willingly and humbly submitted to the authority of the board of overseers, and will remain on administrative leave during the course of the investigation,” the e-mail stated.

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I am so sick of the insane evangelical movement! These holier than thou types continue to shove their beliefs and judgements in my face about my life. Why does religion get so protected by the government? They have more protections than I do as a gay American. What is even scarier is the people who follow this branch of religion. The followers throw out science and common sense and they send money to their hypocritical leaders, like Ted Haggard. America…wake up! These people are trying to take away our constitutional rights to freedom, while they hide behind their rights to freedom of religion.

Ted Haggard and the evengelical momement are my losers of the week.

Kudos: Planet Out

Kinda Good News

New Jersey’s Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision issued Wednesday, has failed to find that the state’s same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.

But the justices found New Jersey’s 2-year-old domestic-partnership system inadequate, and gave the Legislature 180 days to “enact an appropriate statutory structure” giving same-sex couples rights equivalent to those of married couples. Read More.

Kudos: PlanetOut.com