Religious Left

by Joal SameSame.com.au There’s a new cabaret production opening in Toronto, Canada tonight, but the high camp theatrics are likely to begin long before the curtain goes up. It’s the premiere of The Pastor Phelps Project: A Fundamentalist Cabaret, and guess who’ll be picketing outside? You guessed it. The Phelps. Homophobe pastor and inspiration for the play, Pastor Fred Phelps, has said he and his congregation will be picketing outside the play with their placards, ‘God Hates Fags’ and ‘God Hates Canada’. A self proclaimed ‘primitive Baptist’ preacher, Phelps’ views couldn’t be any more old-school, preaching that America’s failure in the Iraq war and environmental disasters like Hurricane Katrina are due to the ‘moral decline’ of the US. And his biggest problem with his own country? Its acceptance of homosexuals. full article

Of course it is not a surprise Scientologists are very anti-gay. Especially with the questionable circumstances surrounding the death of L. Ron Hubbard's gay son. The video documents events outside of a Scientology building in Toronto between the group Anonymous and Scientologists, during gay pride events this year. SCIENTOLOGY PROMOTES HATRED AND VIOLENCE AT GAY PRIDE TORONTO - Anonymous from STOPCanadianHATEGROUP on Vimeo .

Editorial The Stoney Creek News Toronto, Canada - Trustees with the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board should be commended for bringing the issue of homophobia out of dark hallways and into the light under a new Equity Policy. "It encourages staff and students alike to value and show respect for diversity in HWDSB schools. As a board, we are committed to adopting measures to provide a safe environment for learning, free from harassment, violence and expressing hate." Religious groups argue that acceptance of homosexuals under board equity guidelines undermines Christian doctrines and interpretations that these lifestyles are tantamount to condoning 'sin.' Some arguing from a religious perspective put forth suggesgtions that homosexuality is a disease that can be cured. Our question is, why is religious fundamentalism being pushed and pressured on the public school system in the first place? The mandate of the HWDSB is to educate people from numerous religious, ...

There was an article in the Jamaica Star on April 3, 2008 where a homosexual group in Toronto, Canada issued an ultimatum to the entire country of Jamaica. They threatened an economic boycott if Jamaica does not yield to their demands; which is essentially the launch of a national campaign to foster the acceptance of homosexuality in Jamaica. The deadline for Jamaica to do something is May 12, 2008. Economic boycotts don’t work, because what it tries to do is pressure people into submitting to money rather than acknowledging the truth. The US boycott on Cuba has done two things, kept the Cuban people poor and Castro in power for decades. Why? Because these boycotts don’t affect the leadership of the country, they affect the poor. The leaders have access to cash. Even Saddam Hussein had hundreds of millions of US dollars buried all over Iraq, not to mention the billions of dollars he had in his bank accounts. The people of Iraq suffered while Saddam flourished; if he had not been conque...