Al Sharpton Wants Black Churches To Accept Homosexuality

Former presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton fired up a crowd of some 150 people gathered at a forum in Atlanta Jan. 20, urging them to “turn up the heat” in black churches to combat clergy who preach anti-gay messages from their pulpits.

“We must have this dialogue in the black church,” Sharpton said. “The black church must not be refuge for those who want to scapegoat and use violence on any community, including the gay and lesbian community.”

Sharpton was a keynote speaker at the National Black Justice Coalition’s summit on homophobia in the black church held at First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta, Jan. 20-21. He recently made a public call to challenge anti-gay sentiments among notable black clergy leaders.

“Martin Luther King said there are two types of leadership — there are those who are thermometers, who measure the temperature in the room, and those who are thermostats who change the temperature,” Sharpton told the applauding crowd.

“I come to tell you to be thermostats. Turn up the heat in the black church. Make these people sweat,” he said.

Sharpton said his participation in the summit, as well as his desire to urge the black church to address homophobia, came from having a lesbian sister as well as his friendship with Bayard Rustin, a gay man who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. Rustin organized the 1963 March on Washington that culminated with King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Sharpton also criticized some black churches that he said were manipulated by traditionally white religious conservative organizations to support efforts in 2004 to ban same-sex marriage in exchange for faith-based grants under President George W. Bush’s administration. Sharpton criticized those moves as creating a wedge issue to boost votes for Bush’s re-election.

Al Sharpton is another example of everything's that wrong with the Democratic Party. The fact that a man who touts himself as a "reverend" would call on Black Christians to accept an act so blatantly anti-God shows you that Sharpton is nothing but a tool for the lunatic Left. But guess what Al?

It'll never happen.

You see Al, most God-fearing Blacks are too smart and too serious about their faith to accept the theorical liberal model because of its athestic and immoral philosophy. In other words, Blacks don't view homosexuality as important to their everyday lives and they know better than to allow liberals into brainwashing them into thinking that their "struggles" are aliken to gays. And in no way are they going to believe that the Republicans used them in '04 because the GOP barely made a dent with the Black vote anyway. Plus, more and more God-fearing Blacks are finally waking up and realizing that while liberal Democrats use Black folk way more then any Republican does.

Then again, the fact that Sharpton continues to be taken seriously by anyone is sad and represents the incitement to murder wing of the Democrat Party. There is much blood on Al Sharpton's hands and Sharpton's pathetic behavior during the fake Tawana Brawley kidnapping should also never be forgotten. Nor should anyone forget the fact that Sharpton's a former informant for the FBI. Nor should anyone forget that he's stolen money from the gov't. Nor should we forget that he still wears a perm.

SEE ALSO - Right Democrat: "Gay marriage: a train wreck ahead for Democrats?"

Something For The Liberals To Chew On

It'll be interesting to see how our patriotic friends on the Left spin this one, that's if they even bother to acknowledge it, of course.

Iraq Official: Saddam Moved WMD to Syria

The former number two official in Saddam Hussein's Iraqi air force claims the former Iraqi dictator moved weapons of mass destruction from Iraq to Syria in the months preceding the current Iraq war.

Georges Sada revealed the charges in an interview Wednesday with the New York Sun. They are detailed in his new book, "Saddam’s Secrets.”

"Saddam realized, this time, the Americans are coming," Sada told the Sun. "They handed over the weapons of mass destruction to the Syrians.”

The former Iraqi general said Special Republican Guard brigades loaded WMDs onto two converted Iraqi Airways planes.

He said he was told of the operation by two pilots that helped transport the materials. Sada says 56 flights were made, and were accompanied by a ground convoy of trucks carrying similar materials.

The Sun reports that the flights attracted scant international attention because they occurred at the same time that Iraq was sending relief to Syria for a dam collapse.

Sada’s claims echoed those made by Moshe Yaalon, Israel’s top general in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Yaalon told the Sun in December that Saddam had "transferred the chemical agents from Iraq to Syria.”

According to the Middle East Quarterly, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon issued a similar warning in a Dec. 23, 2002 television appearance on Israel’s Channel 2.

"Chemical and biological weapons which Saddam is endeavoring to conceal have been moved from Iraq to Syria,” Sharon said.

Together, their claims challenge the conventional wisdom in the United States and Europe that pre-war intelligence estimates were incorrect in suggesting the mass-murdering Iraqi dictator either possessed or was close to possessing WMDs.

Even President Bush has conceded the point, telling Americans in a televised address in December, "It is true that many nations believed that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. But much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong.”

Recent reports by Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard have similarly challenged the conventional wisdom on Saddam’s relationships with al-Qaida.

Hayes is calling for the release of approximately 2 million unclassified documents recovered in Iraq from the Hussein regime. He claims the documents could prove Saddam maintained significant contacts with al-Qaida.

Sada’s and Yaalon’s claims will be even more difficult, if not impossible, to prove, but several U.S. Senators will try to get to the bottom of the claims. Sada is scheduled to meet with Senators Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and James Inhofe, R-Okla., next week. Both are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Kobe Bryant's "81" Spot Doesn't Deserve The Hype

Let's start with the fact that Vince Carter is right: it set a bad example for the kids.

"The only bad thing about it is that younger kids, whose minds are easily warped, are going to think, 'Ohhh! I am going to go out there and do it instead of (honoring) the team concept first,'" Carter said yesterday. "That is what is missing in the game, guys understanding how to play as a team.

"I think it is great for (the NBA): They want scoring, they want ratings, and you are going to get that. You are definitely going to get them now with the amount of 50-point games, 60-plus games. I just hope that kids and young guys understand that (only) special guys can do that. Yeah, the (other Lakers) were trying to get Kobe the ball, they wanted to see a special night. But they all know their roles.

"Guys understanding their roles is probably the hardest thing to accept in the NBA right now. Everybody wants to prove they are a professional, wants to be a star in this league. You can still become a star in your own right if you just play your role."

But what does Kobe care.

Thanks to Shaquille O'Neal leading the way to the Lakers 3 recent NBA championships, practically speaking, no one can call Kobe Bryant a "loser" anymore. But that still doesn't diminish the fact that like Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant is nothing but a selfish ball hog who cares more about winning scoring titles than winning championships. That's another reason why the hype around Bryant's 81-point game the other night doesn't deserve the hype it's gotten.

I mean, let's back up and put things in the proper perspective.

First, Kobe put up 46 shots plus had 20 free throws. So that's 60-some odd shots in the game! For all the talent that warrants them being in The League in the first place, give any NBA player 60=-us shots in a game and I guarantee that at least half of them would put up 80. Secondly, there's the fact that the closest Laker to take the most shots, Lamar Odom, had 11 total. Or 35 LESS than Bryant did. That's called being a BALL HOG. Lastly, and most importantly (unless your Kobe, of course), there's the Lakers record, which currently stands at 3 games above .500, good for 7th place in their own conference, which would have them barely making the playoffs this year if the season were to end today. This after not making the playoffs for the first time in eons last year. Their first year without Shaq (who coincidentally made it to the Eastern Conference finals with his new team, the Miami Heat).

Now we all know that Kobe maneuvered to get Shaq out of L.A. a couple of years back in order to make the Lakers into the "Kobe Bryant and the Lakers Show", but what Laker fans need to understand is that Kobe's "Me, Myself and I" court antics will not lead them to another NBA championship. And Iverson, who has never won anything team-oriented in his life is living proof of that.

The last time I checked, basketball was a TEAM sport. Don't believe me than check the standings and you'll see that the team with the best record in the NBA, the Detroit Pistons have built up a 34-5 won-loss record without the benefit of having a single "superstar" on their roster. Thus, not only is Bryant's "81" overrated, but it also goes to show you that he's neither an MVP or a leader. After all, MVP's care most about winning, while leaders make their teammates better.

Then too, TEAMS win championships, while INDIVIDUALS win awards.

Another Victory For Conservatives

NBC Cancels 'Book of Daniel'

Bowing to the power of the pocketbook – the failure to attract advertisers – NBC has decided to pull the plug on its controversial new show "The Book of Daniel.”

"NBC didn’t want to eat their economic losses,” said Donald E. Wildmon, chairman of the American Family Association.

"Had NBC not had to eat millions of dollars each time it aired, NBC would have kept ‘Daniel’ alive. But when the sponsors dropped the program, NBC decided it didn’t want to continue the fight.”

The prime-time soap opera featuring Aidan Quinn as a morally conflicted priest was virtually abandoned by advertisers, forcing the network to air promos instead.
A number of affiliates refused to air the show.

According to Wildmon, NBC’s decision "shows the average American that he doesn’t have to simply sit back and take the trash being offered on TV, but he can get involved and fight back with his pocketbook.

"We want to thank the 678,394 individuals who sent e-mails to NBC and the thousands who called and e-mailed their local affiliates.”

The plot of "The Book of Daniel” generated far more controversy than advertising dollars. As NewsMax reported before the show first aired: Quinn plays Daniel Webster, a drug-addicted Episcopal priest whose wife depends heavily on her mid-day martinis – and who regularly sees and talks with a very unconventional white-robed, bearded Jesus.

The Webster family is rounded out by a 23-year-old homosexual Republican son, a 16-year-old drug-dealing daughter and a 16-year-old adopted son who is having sex with the bishop’s daughter.

Further linking his work and family issues, Webster’s lesbian secretary is sleeping with his sister-in-law.

This is what can happen when we band together and become active in fighting the immoral Left.

Most Americans Don't Listen To Liberals

Polls Says Most Americans Believe That Alito Should Be Confirmed

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A majority of Americans said the Senate should confirm federal appellate judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, with just 30 percent opposing his confirmation, according to a poll released Monday.

Only 38 percent of respondents said they think a filibuster by Democratic senators would be justified, and a about third said they believe Alito would vote to overturn the 1973 Supreme Court decision that struck down state laws against abortion.

The CNN/USA Today/Gallup survey of 1,006 U.S. adults was conducted Friday through Sunday and had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Support for Alito's confirmation grew after widely televised confirmation hearings, the poll found. Before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, held January 11-13, 49 percent of respondents backed his nomination. In the poll released Monday, 54 percent expressed support.

The percentage of people who opposed his confirmation remained unchanged after the hearings, Monday's poll found.

The committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the nomination, which would then go before the full Senate.

At least Dianne Feinstein, a well-known Bush-hater, has enough common sense to know that filibustering Alito (as liberals still want the Dems to do), would send a horrible precedent: not liking someone's personal ideology doesn't qualify as a reason to keep them from having a job.

Michael Schiavo, Noted Adulterer, Gets Re-Married

Terri Schiavo's Husband Remarries

SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. — Michael Schiavo, whose brain-damaged wife was at the center of a contentious end-of-life battle that played out on a worldwide media stage, has remarried, family members said.

Schiavo married his longtime girlfriend Jodi Centonze on Saturday in a private church ceremony, said John Centonze, the brother of the bride.

Schiavo's former wife, Terri, died in March after her feeding tube was removed. She had suffered irreversible brain damage after collapsing at age 26 in 1990.

Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings fought for years to keep her alive, arguing that she had some level of consciousness. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, the White House and even the Vatican became involved in the case.

An autopsy supported Michael Schiavo's contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state with no consciousness and no hope of recovery.

Schiavo and his new bride have two young children. They met in a dentist's office about 11 years ago and began a relationship after Terri Schiavo was already in a nursing home.

"It was very emotional," John Centonze said after the noon ceremony. "It's been a long time coming. A lot of things happened in between."

No word yet on whether or not the marriage vows included an addendum citing that if the bride were to unfortunately get into an accident that landed her in a vegetative state, that all bets would immediately be called off, like yunno, all that petty "for better or worse . . . in sickness or health" stuff.