The Truth About Rainbows: From Pots Of Gold To Pontiffs & How 2 Young Men Went From Kings 2 Lovers & All Those Thoughts Regarding SAFE SEX In Between?

In honour of Saint Patrick's Day, I have this to say, "suck on this lollipop!" towards the Bishop of Rome and Patriarch of all the West, in regards to his recent statements (CNN/NPN) on HIV/AIDS prevention while preparing to pontificate across Africa: "You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms,....On the contrary, it increases the problem." This can no longer be an issue of birth control or the abstinence only education, let alone an issue from a civil matter of pre/extra-marital sex. This is an issue of medical safety and prevention of a deadly disease that ravages innocents and children. This archaic principled stand no longer applies and therefore either needs to be revised in its implications toward the normal believer and better explained to the non believer.

If condoms cant prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, then when someone has the audacity to cover the Chair of Saint Peter and the Throne at St. John Lateran Basilica in latex, or melted plastic, the Pope would still be able to speak "from the Chair", or Ex Cathedra, on faith and morals, and have it be infallible, even though his ass would be prevented from making the necessary contact pointe with the relics inside in order for his mouth to proclaim such ejaculations and declarations. If it is not the case then:
a. the teaching that condoms prevent the marriage covenant from being ritually entered into and perpetually consummated need to be revised
b. the Church needs to be responsible to the believers and allow them to make a fully formed choice of conscious decision
c. someone should ball gag the Pope, unless he is speaking within his role as the head of the College of all the Bishops, and not just the Roman ones either.

I am not going to say the overall teaching/advocacy is wrong, it is just incomplete, as it presumes no one has premarital sex, and everyone lives by the same standard of morals and ethics, and fails to account for the reality of human nature when offering instruction based on those teachings. It is time for the ideal to get serious about reality and provide a reputable answer not just a set of lofty dreams. The Roman Catholic Church's teaching against any sex outside of the marriage covenant as a violation or in error is the principle motivation behind all other doctrine and dogma. This is also why the Roman Catholic Church teaches against masturbation, anal sex, as deficient, and the obvious, homosexuality, as objectively disordered to the "ideal" of the marriage covenant. Even regardless of the fact that there is a long history even within Scripture of homosexuality not being demonized by God, just the politicians and religious leaders who later translated Scripture twenty times over to their own desires.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY: Before you read any further, please understand that, anal sex, while enjoyable when done correctly (Gay Tel Aviv), is still technically at its psychological base an act primarily of domination; and medically speaking, when done without extra care and condoms, medically dangerous to the human body. Unlike most in the GLBT Community would declare today, anal sex, as part of male same gender intimacy, was not always the reason for the achieved climax in every culture. I have previously spoken about frottage on F6, and provided those anthropological resources in the original publication medium, regarding the larger Male With Male Intimacy group members, whom don't necessarily always define as part of the GLBTIQAS Community, but still love men romantically and sexually. QUICK LINKS: [G0Y] [M2MA]

THE STORIES OF DAVID AND JONATHAN

We know without a doubt, by King Saul's own words, that King David and Prince Jonathan were bound lovers in some capacity and formula. The sexual acts recorded between them is questionable, all we know from Scripture is that they were naked, embraced, crying, and kissed at three separate times, which is descriptive of mutual masturbation or frottage in one account of record alone.

Censored Sex Scene: Sordid Lives: Jason Dottley & Ted Detwiler



Scripture never says they had anal intercourse, if they did or did not, the intimacy that is recorded in Scripture, would have looked something closer to this video segment above with Jason Dottley and Ted Detwiler in Sordid Lives The Series (F6 Previous Posts), except that it was out in the open in a field, or the equivalent of a public park today. But while the actual depth or detail of expression can be held in question, the intimacies and formation of the covenant between them can not and the fulfillment of said covenant after Jonathan's death in battle is undeniable in Scripture.

RITUAL PURITY AND THE IMPLICATIONS REGARDING ANAL SEX

The issue to keep in mind is the actual formation of the covenant and what is required: a mutual and equal tearing of flesh, shedding of blood, and exchanging of privileges and rights. This technically could happen during direct phallic to phallic touching or mutual masturbation. The penis is made up of blood and tissue which expands and pushes outward, thereby tearing in minuscule fashion the flesh, and shedding the blood through the skin, followed by the exchanging and intermingling of fluids, during the ritual magic of sexual intercourse. There are three things considered missing from a religious perspective during the formation of the ritual act when anal sex is used solely:

1. It is not typically mutual and equal unless a conscious effort has been made to maintain an equal respect between partners during the acts and there is a longer term association that bonds the friendship to brotherly love. This doesn't require a flip fuck every time but a reach around & switch up once in awhile would not hurt.
2. The ritual act itself cannot be memorialized during anal sex within effect because everything is removed afterward. In essence there is no lasting presence of action and it is not between seed or provides for an intermingling of life bearing fluids. That does exist when happening from the pointe of mutual masturbation specifically during close touch phalli to phalli frottage or dry humping, unless you're really flexible or have studied ballet and gymnastics.
3. For lack of a better phrase, the anus is not a source of life but the end of life, and therefore anal sex represents a "filthy covenant bond" not the beginning of a new bond or the continual celebration of that bond. It is similar to the idea within the Jewish Dietary Laws of not just of the prohibition in consuming bottom feeders or scavengers but in relationship to certain types of meat in clean animals eg: Kosher versus Non Kosher Beef, which is not allowed -Sirloin, Rump Roast, and Flank Steaks- to be consumed because they come after the digestive system and are therefore littered with toxins and diseases. (Source: Hebrew National)
4. The covenant must form between each party and their seed and their children. These are two separate clarifications they are and are not pseudonymous with each other in the text as a whole.

Even if I don't agree with their platform completely, the men over @ G0Y, detail this part in more simple statements so I will use their words, albeit modified slightly from the original with no threat intended:

So what if two men of legal age fell in love & want to merge their lives?

Due to the Hebrew man's right to contract at his coming of age - there was nothing to stop 2 Hebrew men from making covenant with each other & within those covenants expressing love & mutual care for each others family. They have the fundamental right to self determination & the mingling of their affairs with whom they choose. Unless a 3rd party has a legal interest (as would be the case of the father of a BRIDE) nobody has authority to encumber a contract made in good faith between 2 men.

It is all in King David's love-covenant with Prince Jonathan!

Two self-determining beings made in God's image wouldn't ask for permission for what is a fundamental right of contract! This is precisely what David & Jonathan illustrated with their love & subsequent covenants which is how, (from a legal standpoint,) the kingdom of Saul became David's; why David was able to probate it to Jonathan's son Meribbaal/Mephibosheth; and was the legal basis for David's adoption of Meribbaal/Mephibosheth & his family into David's

ALL THIS TALK @ KOSHER KINGDOMS LEADS TO OUR NEXT BITT OF BLARNEY!

The reason I bring this all up is because of the molten lava flow that has erupted like spurts of man jiz on the Gay blogosphere over the new show KINGS @ NBC on Sunday nights which is an alternative universe retelling of the Story of David from the Christian BIBLE. Surprisingly the Conservative Blogs are not upset about the inclusion of the interpretation that Jonathan was gay, or the Gays In The Military theme either, or they haven't figured out yet that it is a retelling of the story of King David.

Within the premiere 2 hour episode we specifically see the son confront his Father and King Silas affirming the sons sexuality as God given but in order for him to pass the throne to his son "Jack", pictured in the background below, played by Sebastian Stan (Covenant 2006), his son must "control it, press it to the ground, numb it with ice, but you cannot be what God made you, not if you mean to take my place" (54:30-56:30 mark). Here is the clip from NBC.



But no worries, because hell hath no furry like a Queen with a heel up her ass and a screwdriver in her hand. Gay bloggers went on the offensive though, because as Brent Hartinger @ After Elton put it, as a clear offense to the original story and the GLBT Community:

"Despite Kings’ claims that it is a “retelling” of David’s story, a gay love story is clearly not the direction the show is going. In other words, Michael Green, the creator of Kings, has chosen to keep the Bible’s likely-gay aspect of the character of Jonathan, but then turned him into a scheming villain, while at the same time, completely eliminating any “gay” element to the story’s primary hero, David."

His review of the Jonathan character Jack can be synopsis with this text:

"....But in Kings, Jack is mostly a villain and a pretty stereotypically gay one at that: pretty and perfectly groomed, self-centered and vain, bitter and entitled, scheming, yet ultimately cowardly....He’s a rich, complicated character, but he’s still a bad guy,...competing for the affections of (his Father) the current King....there are several hints that Jack might be attracted to David, he seems to be motivated not by love, but by jealousy because David loves his sister, the princess, and not him."

Michael Green the show's Creator had this to say in response to Mr. Hartinger's essay during an interview with Michael Jensen, After Elton's Editor:

“I think what you might be concerned about, or what your readership might be concerned about is that we’re playing into the cliché that the straight guy is great and the gay guy is evil, I don’t think we fall into that cliché at all. I think if you give us your time and attention, you’ll be very surprised at what both of those characters are capable of in the positive and in the negative sense. No one in our show is clearly good. No one in our show is clearly evil. They have far, far different journeys to go on."

My goals are to take my characters and put them in the most interesting situation and then see how they behave, so I can’t give Jack any special protection because he’s gay or straight, I think that would be the more backwards way of looking at it....I am much more interested in Jack as a character who, if he had been brought up in a kinder family, might have been a kinder person. He might have been a happier person. But he was born into a family where the presumption is that power is an inherent good that you must want more of, and that colors his personality far more than his preferences.

This is the pointe where the Queens come out to play and the rest of us sit back and go read the whole original story over again, starting at the end of the 17th chapter of 1st Samuel all the way through to the end of the 9th chapter of 2nd Samuel. Here is an excerpt of all the respective passages on F6's Feeds & Jump Page.

LEARN SOME HISTORY @ THESE GAY LOVERS AND BLOOD BROTHERS

While still not denying the fact that David and Jonathan were bound lovers, the fact of the matter is that Jonathan fell in love with David, who is played by Chris Egan in the show, first. David also later married into the family with not one, but two of his sisters, so they were bound brothers by covenants of love to each other and in-laws by marriage. We know directly from sacred text, from King Saul's own mouth, that they were each others companions (1st Samuel 20:30-31). We also know from history that it is common in Mediterranean cultures for men who marry into a family to be considered brothers and not brothers in law of existing siblings. It is also normal practice in Mediterranean cultures for all the brothers to have a sexually intimate bond with each other, without necessarily being an engagement of anal intercourse.

If anything, what the show KINGS will do, is tell the story in, albeit more agonizing for certain Queer and Conservative commentators, an accurate time line of events and the scope of modern reality for many GLBT Youth and Young Adults, who struggle with coming out, only to find that everyone you were hiding it from already knew. Within the first episode you witness a Father agonize over his son and at the same pointe sacrifice in battle his other son who is gay and trying to hide such from himself, the world, and especially because of fear of and shame from his own Father.

FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO!

The BIBLE text as we know it lasted through ten major rewritings throughout the six thousand year history of the recorded history of humanity. Seven things to remember about Scripture are:

1. it is neither scientific nor historically accurate;
2. it was written by the victors of wars, by the leaders of people;
3. it is not linear in its time line or production;
4. it is a theological document which assumes GODs existence not trying to prove such;
5. it was written in the time of Kings Saul, David and Solomon etc. 1250-950 BCE;
6. it begins with segments in Exodus, at the Praise and Thanksgiving for Deliverance;
7. it underwent a major rewrite again while the Hebrews were in captivity in Babylon;

Even with all of that, this unambiguous text regarding the bond of covenant love between a Crown Prince and his future King remains, along with the clarification by all the Major Prophets, and LORD Joshua-Emmanuel of Nazareth himself, that homosexuality didn't destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.

THE PROMISE OF THE RAINBOW

That is where the rainbow as a sign of the promise comes to intersect the lives of Gays and Lesbians and those of varied Faiths. May we one day both embrace not just our respective ends of the rainbow but recognize each other as equals worthy of love and being loved by others within its rays.

The story of David and Jonathan is not just an issue just of gay lovers or blood brothers, by a long shot, but of two young men who formed a bond so intense and passionate with each other, that the average mind cant contain it and the elite theologian reminisces to try to explain it away. The fact that we're still debating the full ramifications of their undeniable bonds of love, three thousand years later, that is a love that is eternal.

For All The Saints Who From Their Labour Rest.... and other scary stories to begin the new Church Year.

Just to clarify for those whom are unaware, there is a strong movement in the Independent Sacramental Movement to achieve a more accurate and universal Liturgical Calendar.

One of the consensuses among the Bishops and other clergy involved in this process, is to restore the beginning of the Church Year to the Solemnity of All Saints (it is also the Pagan New Year or Sabbath of Samhain) and to restore the understanding behind the 3 Days (from Oct 31-Nov 2nd) of the whole Mystical Body and Bride Of Christ (militant, suffering and triumphant, (as clarified by Apostolic Patriarch Pius XII of Rome), which is the fullness of the Communion of Saints in personal prayer, liturgical life, and celebration of the Sacraments. I hope that at least helps explain the basic idea.

If you know anything about this blog brace yourself for sacrilege in its finest form. People wonder why Christians get such a bad wrap when they get a bur up their ass or their undies in a twist. This should give us all a strong pause as we celebrated another joint holy day with our Pagan brothers and sisters.

People complain when I say "the Holy Spirit squirreled Jesus up into the Virgin Mary's womb". Who knew Spook could do enemas as well? I hope she didnt hit her face to hard when she "fell out under the Holy Ghost"!



.... It doesnt end there, some Christian fundie went ballistic at a local coffee shop and tried to exorcise some more demons out of a Mexican teenager and threatened him to go back to Mexico.....lol. (Source)



Lastly as the Young Turks pointe out, What part of Thou Shalt Not did Christians forget the part about not worshiping the golden calf when praying for God to restore or take over our economy... just watch it is hillarious.... The better question to ask is which Jewish or Christian banking mogul thought it was a good idea to put a metalic Pagan Deity idol in front of the Stock Exchange? Maybe the one who realized that this Country is in fact not a Christian nation.

When the people became aware of Moses' delay in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Come, make us a god who will be our leader; as for the man Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him." Aaron replied, "Have your wives and sons and daughters take off the golden earrings they are wearing, and bring them to me."

(NOTE: Even under Jewish law an earing or amulet, similar to the ones Bajorans wear on ST: DS9 was a sign of permenant ownership by or grafting into a family unit. So in fact the symbolism of breaking the bonds of slavery is true the issue was who was getting the credit for doing so by Aaron, the High Priest)

So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron, who accepted their offering, and fashioning this gold with a graving tool, made a molten calf. Then they cried out, "This is your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt."

On seeing this, Aaron built an altar before the calf and proclaimed, "Tomorrow is a feast of the LORD." Early the next day the people offered holocausts and brought peace offerings. Then they sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.

With that, the LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once to your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, for they have become depraved. They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them, making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it, sacrificing to it and crying out, 'This is your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!' I see how stiff-necked this people is," continued the LORD to Moses. "Let me alone, then, that my wrath may blaze up against them to consume them. Then I will make of you a great nation."

But Moses implored the LORD, his God, saying, "Why, O LORD, should your wrath blaze up against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with such great power and with so strong a hand? Why should the Egyptians say, 'With evil intent he brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains and exterminate them from the face of the earth'? Let your blazing wrath die down; relent in punishing your people. Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, and how you swore to them by your own self, saying, 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky; and all this land that I promised, I will give your descendants as their perpetual heritage.'"

So the LORD relented in the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.

Book of Exodus 32:1-15 New American Bible courtesy of the USCCB

Since I know that, Zachary Denver (You Tube), would say something similar, I am in good company. The moral of the story is not about molding gold and silver into an idol and building an altar and offering up holocausts; but that, if you blow enough smoke up Gods ass, He wont smite you down for failing to give Him proper credit for breaking you free and leaving you stranded for a really long ass time in a camels litter box.

Talk about convenient interpretations, crazy Christians I tell you. Its okay for them to worship a golden bull, but for me to love other men, I'm the one they call a heathen/heretic. Who forgot to devour the Word of God today? Not me I celebrated two Divine Liturgies. I hope you all had an awesome Samhain, All Saints, and All Souls Day tomorrow!

Blessings Along The Journey.

Random thoughts and sarcastic intuition about local politics and community events

So technically this was suppose to be Wednesdays post; but with the constant heat and humidity (as previously explained), plus everything else going on, I have not been able to sit down at length to write til last night and today. Today I would also like to wish a joy filled Sabbath of Lammas to all of my Pagan/Wicca readers out there. May we all one day learn to break bread together.

A lot of interesting things have unfolded in the local political foray the last month or so, almost to numerous for any one person to keep track off let alone write summaries and commentaries over on a regular basis.

The bulk intent of this post is to continue following up on stories previously covered on F6 and then catch everyone up on some newer stories that just compound the overall ignorance of government (H/t Spaulding Brothers @ WGD,T? ) to manage things successfully. Tax abatement should never be offered as an incentive for development, we cant afford anymore!

So first lets go on a tour of the local blogoshpere just to get caught up. I have primary blogs that I use (lower center and right columns) as resource for local perspectives across the political and cultural landscape along our three rivers.

LOCAL POLITICS AND PANDERING

F6 previously has covered the Harrison Square continuing debacle (newest to oldest) here and here, primarily along with other posts and some posts in regards to our Mayor's promises during the election (3rd-5th ip) and actions while in office. According to local blogosphere (FWOB & FWP) coverage, a month ago my concerns regarding the campaign promise of "Safe Houses" have been validated almost entirely.

However, the main story for this post, is in direct reference to a previous story by Indiana News Center that was covered on F6 in mid March and at the time actually garnered an anonymous comment in opposition to some of my analysis and commentary.

In a more recent political news update, reported by Benjamin Lanka of the Journal Gazette, on Monday, Mayor Tom Henry, finally ups the anty on Harrison Square by putting a down payment on a one bedroom with den condominium for ten percent of the total price which will face the new ball field.

It is also reported as a rumor on Fort Wayne Politics that some one went ahead and purchased/put a down payment on a block of thirty condominiums at a seriously reduced rate, which screams of "save our corporate asses from this deadline, pretty please" as a typical reaction from a third party private investor who doesn't want to loose his shirt and pants (If he is cute though, I would pay to watch it happen) over the deal.

Now it'll be really hard to tell whether the foul balls from City Hall are coming or going.

I will continue this post on Wednesday the 6th, the Solemn Feast of the Transfiguration (2nd Peter 1:16) which is a universal major celebration in all the Anglican, Orthodox, Catholic Churches and Independent Sacramental Movement Communities. The Transfiguration of Lord Joshua~Emmanuel of Nazareth on Mt.Tabor this year also marks the tenth anniversary of Fr. James Koons death. May his soul, through Divine Mercy, always find eternal peace and happiness, may his prayers merit our true intercession with one another! He is truly a Saint.

Videos: Adam and Eve or Steve?

Different and Unique not Deficient and Abnormal!

The other reason for recommending these speeches of Dr. Wright in their full context is because the GLBTIQAS community has an equal length of religious history and documentation of oppression. Gay men specifically have a unique spirituality and understanding of Divinity. When that unique perspective is exclusively celebrated without filter, it challenges the very core in a typical modern Christianity let alone other religions and faith. As Dr. Wright exemplifies in his sermons and speeches it is not deficient it is just different! Our understanding of what it means for mankind to be made in the image and likeness of a Triune Divinity, may be unique but it is not abnormal.

The historic Catholic understanding and mutual play between the three persons of the ONE DEUS for those whom may be offended by their "God" being illustrated in such fashion, sorry but it is valid!

"The Eternal Will as Father and Eternal Word as Son loved each other so much, that in by personification between them as its own entity, their own Eternal Breath as Spirit."
~Historical Doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity

And God saw that it was good, very good!
I guess it gives you something to think about when Elohim said,
"Let us make man in our image."?

The only reason you have to through a tizzy about same sex relationships is because they mirror the relationship "God" has with himself, and that also includes three ways. The only valid gripe can be achieved by misappropriating part of the 'no graven image' clause in the Decalogue (Ten Commandments).

Modern Icon of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Martyrs, Soldiers, and Partners, 3rd Century

You can disagree with my view pointes all you like however before you try to deny God's perspective you might want to go back and read the stories again. Gay men and women are everywhere in Sacred Scripture and it is just a matter of recognizing us in our proper context and culture at the time. We celebrate the mysteries of faith, the journey of life, the adventure of a lifetime, exploring a different way of God's love for all mankind. We invite you to experience our perspective of that which was, is, and always will be, too!

Prelude for Saturdays post: Different and Unique not Deficient and Abnormal!

The controversy surrounding Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright blew up again because of his address to the National Press Club and the NAACP Detroit Branch Annual Dinner. I am frankly tired of this pastor's comments being taken out of context and have had enough of this political pandering both by conservatives and liberals, Democratic candidates and some sponsored delegates.

What really pissed me off was when Barack dissed his own pastor without actually watching what was said or done. For that matter, Barack's actual statement was these ideas "should be denounced" without actually denouncing the statements and then most of the press didn't call Barack out on it.

This the worst excuse of a politician in my opinion and Hillary's campaign staff and cohorts are not far behind the conservative press junkets in earning my displeasure either. But this isn't about politics this is about listening to the speeches in question, without reservation or presumption, in their full context.

I challenge each of you to hear the speeches fully:
NPC: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Q&A: Part 4; Part 5; Part 6
NAACP: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4

Photo of St. Sebastian's Martyrdom by (cant remember artist at this time will correct shortly)

Let the sun shine in; Happy Duelling Holy Days

I am still in the process of writing Wednesdays post regarding the controversy over at BILERICO it will be up as soon as I am done with it probably on Saturday.

For today though besides being the vernal equinox 1:48 a.m. it is also the NeoPagan Low Sabbath of Ostara, which is a celebration of the Goddess's strong reunion with her child who (depending on the tradition) either was born in Yule (Christmas) or spent the Winter months in death and rebirth. Either way a historic time of renewed life. One of the common Pagan and Christian practices is known as Easter clothes that were made new and with vibrant colours to welcome the victory over death and evil. Bet that gives you a whole new meaning for 'don we now our gay apparel'!

One would also find them self at the end of the Liturgical Season of Lent and all that fasting and other stuff that people do to mortify themselves in front of each other to improve their on going relationship with The Divine. Can I encourage everyone to just take a nice long bubble bath and eat several Reese's Cups, ... yumm, chocolate and peanut butter...., please.

Today we also celebrate the Commemoration of the Last Supper of Joshua Emmanuel where he washes the Disciples feet right before he gets betrayed, abused, whipped, and scorned, and left hanging on a tree to die based on false accusations and rumors. Good grief, is it any wonder good Christian gay and frat bois develop a hankering for BDSM fetishes or at least mutual paddle play for fun?

All humor, sarcasm, and sacrilege aside, this is an awesome time of year to be in as a spiritual being on this human experience of living amongst each other. I invite you all no matter what your understanding of divinity is to take a moment and thank your friends and enemies for the adventures you have shared together. Just because Jesus was betrayed with a kiss by a friend doesn't mean you can still give a blind eye to old grudges and even some of the newer wounds.

The message of the season is simple and yet so profound that even two thousand some odd years later we still have not gotten it down correctly. The wounds of sin do heal and the scars are a sign of victory over evil, which is anything contrary to living, and the strength we each possess is meant to be of service to our fellow man. Quit licking the wounds open and let them heal. As far as your enemies are concerned, when was the last time you offered to wash their feet? Never? Well then, do as the Master has said and done, be assured that that you will never be forsaken and forgive them even more.

Bona Pascha, Blessed Be, Namaste, Asalamalikum, Shalom, and Peace Be With You!

Pictures Source: Brenton @ Aussielicious

Oh to Hell With Holloween:

The 'Kind' Christian Woman Wrote:

Did you ever wonder why Halloween seems to primarily feed off of a market of 3-13 year olds? This is a Satanic ploy for our children. I don’t think that Christian children should completely abstain from the festivities of costumes and candy, because they can be a light through their alternative behavior. [I personally plan on dressing my children up in Biblical and God-honoring characters that will draw people to ask questions.]

I’m talking to those of you who will be opening up your door to children of whom you do not know the state of their soul. Consider the gift that you offer them at your doorstep.

Consider your options. There are many message-driven alternatives to offer, other than a bowl full of candy. For instance, there are Gospel tracts designed for trick-or-treaters that can be purchased online or at your Christian bookstore. You might also want to consider designing your own tracts or attaching scripture messages to the treats.

My Response:

That is about as annoying as those people who leave tracts instead of tips at a dinner or restaurant and personally I am offended and would not want my children or youthful relatives exposed to 'the woman's' proselytizing.

Mr. Morris, this is not directed at you but the woman, sir:

The point is simply this if 'you' want to have the option of opting 'your' child out of state mandated sex education than I am using my option to not have 'your' religious beliefs shoved down my kids throat. That is my job. Please post a disclaimer on your side walk (not in the right of way though) informing me of the impending proselytizing so that I may avoid my children from coming into contact with your plague. St Francis of Assisi said to preach the gospel but only if necessary use words.

Now what is also my job is to say "get the facts right before you assume and make your self appear as ignorant as you are, please."

The Sabbath of Samhain (or Halloween) is not Satanic. It is the Pagan New Year Festival, and Pagans are not Satanist. Satanism is a Christian Cultus and is the worship of self. What you are referring to by name and intent are two different things.

The original Christian New Year also fell on the same day as an issue of INCULTURATION (look it up) because both Christians and Pagans follow the Lunar Calendar. We call it the Solemnity of All Saints (or All Hollow Eve/Day) and celebrate sundown to sundown the day before and Pagans celebrate sundown to sundown the day of (so add and subtract than adjust for a moon burst followed by an equinox) and The Sabbath of Samhain falls in approximately the same twenty four hour period as the Solemnity of All Saints.

In original Christianity we actually paid attention to the Seasons and Nature or did you forget about the value of just offering a cold glass of water in His name? What is the harm in a little chocolate? My preference is butterscotch candy.

Respectfully,

MRev. Kenneth White, Jnr.
Reformed Catholic Bishop
Our Lady Rejoice Ministries
Fort Anthony Wayne, Indiana

For further details please visit Leo Morris's The Opening Arguments: http://openingarguments.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/trick-or-tract/

" Article 1: Section 6,"

Article One Section Sex.

The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

Constitution of the United States of America

Senator Craig was arrested just after 12 noon 11th of June. He cast a vote on a high-profile cloture motion on the Senate floor at 5:55 p.m. that same day.

They shall in all Cases, be privileged from
Arrest during their Attendance at the Session

In other news we find that Dr. D. James Kennedy one of the right wings most coddled and vocal mouth piece of hatred has entered the eternal rotisserie of hell, as some people have described it. I will actually miss the old withered pussy face on Sunday Mornings in between my news and politics shows. We have to remember at least we knew where he stood on the issues, we don't know where his successors will stand or how much more crass and vocal they might become.

On the other hand it will be interesting to watch the Presbyterians and fundamentalists go through a canonization process since they don't believe in that Catholic sort of thing, lol.

First Fairthewell and now Kenacious D who will be next Couch Cushion or Gargamel? For those who dont understand Christain Television Corporations Personalities that I was referring to: Jerry Fallwell, D. James Kennedy, Paul Crouch (TBN), and Garthie Koontz (TCT). Is Oral Roberts or Mamma Angelica still alive?