A Letter from The Palm Springs Sisters, Inc.

To the general public:

We have remained silent over the past month and a half while a written slur campaign has been launched against us in this forum. We feel this is the work of one individual who did not fit in, has resigned and has threatened us both verbally and in writing. To that end we have legal council working with the CL people on discovery of the i.p. address of the person responsible for the slanderous posts so that we are able to prosecute, but that’s not what this letter is about.

We now feel that it is time to stand up and let you know who we are and what we are about and dispel the ugly rumors that are being spread about us.
First I would like to offer a definition of who we are and what we stand for:
Sisters – Of a family of people
Perpetual – Forever – Occurring continually
Indulgence – Luxury or gratification – It is also a synonym for Charity (bet you didn’t know that)
“We are a 21st century order of queer nuns who vow to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.” This is our Mission Statement.
Now let me define that for you.
Queer – To be different or apart from.
Nuns – Those who administer to the poor, the sick, & the helpless.
Promulgate – To spread.
I think that most of us can understand the concept of “Universal Joy”.
Expiate – To get rid of.
Stigmatic – A mark of shame or discredit caused by deep religious beliefs.
Guilt – Feelings of culpability especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy.
So now when you put that all together: “We are a chosen family of humans (deserving of equal rights) which go on forever believing in gratification, that are different than the rest, who administer to the helpless, by spreading Universal Joy, and getting rid of that sense of inadequacy that so many gay people are all to accustomed to.”

As Paul Lynde (for those of you that don’t know your gay history very well, he was a TV icon in the 60’s and 70’s who was outwardly flamboyant and best known for his long standing appearance on the Hollywood Squares) once said “Ya, think its easy?” Well it’s not. Being a Sister takes a lot of hard work and extreme dedication not to mention that it takes a big hit on your personal pocket book. None of the monies ever collected goes to pay for costuming or make-up or to foot the bill for “our party” as one CL’er put it on Monday. Each individual is responsible for his/her own habits (costumes) which meet certain guidelines and is responsible for the purchase and upkeep of their own makeup. This is theatrical make up not the five and dime (whoops, showing my age.) Dollar Store make up. It costs upward of $8 per cake and several colors are used to achieve each different “face” that you do. So you see to call us a bunch of jobless bums is not quite accurate at all. In fact very few nuns are jobless. If they are it is because they probably don’t have to work to be able to afford their “indulgences.” We all have homes, cars and all of the trappings of common America and have to get up every day and do what we have to do in order to make ends meet and be able to afford the luxury of being a Sister.

In several posts drugs and alcohol have been bandied about like we are always drunk and on drugs. Fact: A lot of the Palm Springs Sisters are clean and sober, meaning no drugs, no drinks and we highly resent the fact that we are being called a bunch of drunken bums, as for the other Sisters most of them consume a cocktail or two just like the rest of you and call it an evening. It is against our company policy to be drunk and disorderly in public. I can only recall one instance in the past 6 years that this chapter has been in existence when we had someone in face get out of line due to too much to drink. They were reprimanded for it according to our policies and procedures and it has never happened again. One poster complained that at a recent event he saw drunken nuns, one of them performing oral sex and one whose face was a mess. He also went on to say that he knows several nuns from other houses that do not behave like we do. Well, my friend, you tipped your hand when you told us that it was at CCBC at a porn event. It happened to be all Sisters of another house that you hold in such high esteem. Our entire house was busy setting up our 4th Anniversary Gala in the Grand Ballroom of Hotel Zoso during that event which was Desert Romp and busy raising thousands of dollars for AAP and The Golden Rainbow Center that entire day and all evening until Midnight. Some of us ran into the very same nuns that you spoke of sitting at Street Bar later that night and were surprised to see them in town and not at our Anniversary Gala.

We do lots of events at lots of different venues in town. Some of them are providing bar service to raise funds, some of them are bingo’s at bars, and we are the only ones in the entire Coachella Valley that do condom ministry at the bars and at several of the events in town. We are a legal CA state corporation and a federally recognized 501c3 organization that has to follow the guidelines set forth by the IRS and the laws in the State of California. We license every bar, we license our bingo which we hold in Cathedral City because in the city of Palm Springs you can not do bingo (which is governed by the CA Department of Justice and the Gaming Commission) where there is alcohol served. And yes we are fully aware of many “bingo” games being held in bars but they are doing so illegally and without the proper licensing. We have insurance and we pay taxes. This is not a fly by night organization that is willing to sacrifice their principles for wrong doing within our own community. We are totally legitimate and above board in every thing that we do. We have not been banned from any bars or from any other venue anywhere in the history of our house. It’s a matter of fact that several of the local bar & resort owners are very staunch supporters of us and some of them are even Saints and Angels of the organization.
We have personally raised over $40, 000 in the past four years for worthwhile organizations such as the Gay Associated Youth. Without our grants they would not have been able to hold a prom for the valley youth the last two years that they were in existence. Did you get to take your significant other to the prom in the 60’s/70’s/80’s/ or 90’s, we doubt it. It’s a shame to see such worthy organizations as this go under due to lack of funding but without our support that’s what happens. We’ve granted and helped raise thousands of dollars for The Christmas Foundation, a local foundation that sends infected and affected children with HIV to Camp Heartland every year. Some of these children will never see another summer and some of them only get the chance to camp out once in their lifetime. Without our grants two of those children would have missed that privilege. Something that most of the readers of this post take totally for granted. Do you see the food in your cupboard and on your table? Well there are a lot of Gay Seniors that don’t see that, so we started the Golden Rainbow Center’s Food Drive and with help of the DBA maintain that program throughout the valley. We’ve granted tens of thousands of dollars to AAP and DAP for use for their direct client services which is administering to the poor and the sick. We have now started a new program “Cases for Kids” which provides used suit cases for gay youth that are part of the court services foster care system. As these kids, our upcoming generation, are forced to move around from home to home we have provided them a sense of dignity to be able to move their belongings in a suit case (just like you and I) instead of a trash bag. This program is catching on rapidly and other C.A.S.A. workers in Southern California are taking note of what this program is actually providing the children with, because it’s not just a suitcase, it’s some one that gives a damn about them and their situation. We’ve worked tirelessly for Working Wonders and raised funds for them as well as Breast Cancer. So you see we are not just a bunch of drunks out partying in make up and high heels. Some of us wear flats! Oh and did I mention that we are the only organization that does safe sex ministry in the valley??? I thought you might have missed that part when you called us a bunch of HIV positive infectors and that sex is part of our initiation. Some of you should really do some long hard thinking about what you say and put in print. It’s ok to rant about things, we all know that there are plenty of things that in our own opinion aren’t right with the world, but anger, slander and innuendo have no place here. We urge you to spend all of that negative energy and take a few courses in English grammar or perhaps a spelling course or two.

As for all of you whom think that drag queens, leather folk, strippers, cowboys, oh and us too, don’t belong in the gay community we urge you to take some gay history lessons. Because without our differences you would be caught in the same mundane life that most heterosexuals are and that’s not being queer, that’s just a sorry excuse for existing. You would not have the sexual freedoms that are available to you today and you would not be able to sit on the patio of Street Bar or anywhere else for that matter, hold hands with your loved one and discuss all the things that are wrong with the world today over a couple of drinks. You would be shot at by right wing religious zealots that believe that our way of life is wrong, you would still be entering bars in alleys shrouded with secrecy and there certainly would not be a city with gay clothing optional resorts. Can you imagine? I can, as I’m old enough and have fought enough for our freedoms to be who we are and be celebrated and not despised or ridiculed by the general public, and my friends it’s been a long hard battle, but I leave you with this full page advertisement out of the Advocate Newspaper from the early 70’s.
“It’s Dangerous to protest, you can get hassled, jailed, or even killed if you do, but some people, maybe the best, speak out no matter what.”
That’s exactly what we are doing, we the Palm Springs Sisters are trying to help change the world around you by speaking out, helping others, and raising monies for worthwhile charitable organizations just as this entire worldwide organization has been doing for the past 32 years. We’ve been around longer than the HRC and Marriage Equality organizations and we have no intentions of going away any time soon.

This quote was written by one of our members for our fourth anniversary program and we have found this to be true of ourselves with continued selfless acts of kindness.
“In our Charitable works we have to ask ourselves "Is it really worth it?" and time after time when we are putting on our faces we realize something. Because the one life we save with our Safe Sex Ministry, the one person that we make smile when they're having a bad day, the one child that we help understand that it's okay to be who you are, and the one life that we have to do good on this planet makes us know "YES IT IS!"
We hope you agree.

We invite any of our public to attend our general membership meetings to meet the men and women behind the faces and to ask any questions or voice any concerns that you may have about our organization. We also know that some of you will respond to this message with more hate, more ridicule, and more lies. But until you have the balls to stand up and actually sign your name to whatever you believe in it is nothing more to us than just another “rant” and we will not oblige your comments with a response.

Very Sincerely,
Roger Gregg
Aka: Sister Honor Neesalot
Speaking on behalf of the Palm Springs Sisters, Inc.

The Palm Springs Sisters and Our Attacker

First off, so everyone reading this knows, yes I am a Sister. With this being said, there is no make-up on my face right now, I am speaking on my own accord, and in no way represent the organization in whole, or in part.

Enough is enough Michael. . . You have filled this board with your hateful, deceitful mistruths about the Palm Springs Sisters for long enough. You alone chose to dance, and you just got the worst dance partner you could ever hoped for.

Over the past month, give or take a few weeks, you have posted statements that are not only blatant lies, but in some cases, libel and slanderous against the organization and specific members. As an organization, the PS Sisters have held to the higher ground, remained silent, and finally posted a well written response to your continued attacks; all in a remote hope that you would just let all of this go.

Obviously this is not the case.

Let me remind you that the true sign of ignorance is the act of repeating the same thing over and over, hoping to obtain a different result. Does this feel familiar to you? Does it Michael? Let me also point out how easy it is to call you out at this point because the first step in knowing whom you are dealing with is studying their behavioral patterns, favorite phrases, verbiage, and pronunciations. You tipped your own hat in your early posts, and continued to solidify our knowledge of whom our attacker was in your subsequent spewing of vile diatribe.

Now let's move to your credibility, Michael. . .. You had three different sponsors in the organization in less than one year due to repeated issues of twisting facts from one FPM to another in a feeble attempt to get your own way. At one point, you were called before a group of FPMs and informed that you were not a match for our organization; resulting in your slamming of doors and lobbying both verbal and written threats, (in Arabic) against the organization. After which, you were allowed to remain, on probation for another three months, (our error). During these three months, you violated numerous rules of the organization, all of which are documented in your file.

Now at this point, I hate to go on, but considering the fact that you have had your own personal field day, I think I will have mine. The only difference is that my statements can be substantiated by documentation and eyewitness accounts.

But I digress; let me not stray from my path.

Does your boy-toy know that you have a profile on A4A? Does he know that at the last bingo you attended that you had one of your flings meet you at the bar so the two of you could spend the night hanging all over each other, kissing and playing, (in face mind you)? Does he know that at an event at Helios several people saw you, jerkin the wood in the playroom, again in face? Are there more indiscretions? Oh yes, but I will spare the public of a full laundry list.

Oh, but wait. I must indulge myself with just one more.

Let's not forget the threatening voice mail you left for someone whom I shall not name. A voice mail so disturbing that the recipient was compelled, out of fear, to notify the police; by the way, I do have a copy of this voice mail, and your voice is very easy to distinguish. I wonder, can I attach MPEG files to CL?

So Michael, it does appear that you have some of your accounts correct. The only difference between the twisted, vile fantasy version that you disseminated to the public and the true, documented accounts are the person committing the acts. Yes, the actions may be correct, but the person committing the acts was in fact, you.

It truly saddens me Michael that I once considered you a friend. It disgusts me that I was too late in recognizing what a systemic cancer you truly were, and still are to an organization that I love with all my heart. It sickens me that an individual could be so self-absorbed, twisted, and filled with such vile intention. And all for what, because you just couldn't give up the one thing that gave you hope and a sense of true self worth, becoming a Sister.

You disgust me Michael, in every sense of the word, and to the very core of my soul, you sicken me. You never intended to be a friend to any of us.

So the next move is yours Michael. You can be a man for once, stop hiding behind anonymous posts to make your heinous accusations that have nothing to substantiate them, accept your own twisted mind. Or, you can walk away and bring an end to this once and for all. But I can assure you, Michael, if you want to dance more, bring it toe-to-toe and hope to god that you are able to stay in step.

Govern Yourself Accordingly,

John

Proposition 8 Follies

Once again my week has been filled with the follies of Proposition 8. Do I mind, not really, in a sense, well maybe just a bit.

It is truly sad when people have to be so involved in the personal lives of others. Groups like NOM preach hate and discrimination against the Gay community, but let's be real on one part, we are fighting for our constitutional right to marry the one we love, but NOM also has the constitutional right to speak their mind about it.

If we want our rights, we must also respect the rights of others, even when we don't agree with them.

Do I mean they have the right to interfere with our ability to marry the one we love, make us second-class citizens ro belittle us just because we are gay?

HELL NO!!!!!

IN my public opinion, these people are nothing more than pathetic, small-minded hate mongers who want to force everyone in the great US of A to live in their fucked-up religious zealot world.

Well my freedom of speech allows me to say "go fuck your selves, you impotent, back woods, pieces of shit".

Yes, I said it and it was my right to do so.

But just as that was my right, they have the same and we must respect their right to say what they want to say. We can only rely on the hope that this country has more intelligent people who believe that equality is more important than personal opinion and who choose to see an end to the oppression of gay rights in this country.

Big hope to balance on, but although I am 100% convinced that society truly sucks in most ways, I try to remain hopeful that one day I will be proven wrong in said assumption.

So let us celebrate the rulings of a well educated, well researched, just Judge Walker and send a prayer that the appellate courts of the 9th circuit and potentially the Supreme Court acknowledges that we are deserving of the same liberties and equality afforded to other Americans.

The Top 25 Things Our Dogs Ate in 2009.

I posted this on another blog in January. I felt the need to move it here.

The Top 25 Things Our Dogs Ate in 2009.

So this may be a strange thing to blog about, but in know that dog lovers, especially those who have giant breed dogs will get a kick out of this.

So my husband and I own 2 beautiful blue Great Danes. We got our boy when he was 8 weeks old and our girl was adopted from a Great Dane rescue in Southern California. Our boy’s name is Butterball and our girl’s name is Wiggles, ( I commonly refer to her as Wiggles the Destroyer!)

Although Great Danes are noted as being calm, laid back and mostly lethargic, they can also be a handful during their puppy-hood, which unfortunately lasts for 2 years. Please understand, when I say unfortunately, I mean that in the most loving way and kindly use the word as a lead in to the remarkable list of carnage.

So in keeping with the title of this post and hopefully not to disappoint those who are eagerly anticipating a good laugh at our expense, here it goes.

The top 25 things our dogs ate in 2009……………

1. Over 1,100 sq. feet of white carpet (literally pulled from the carpet tacks and destroyed in puppy rage)
2. The linoleum that was hidden under the carpet and immediately offended our 4 legged demolition crew
3. A beautiful modern sectional sofa
4. The corners of an antique china hutch
5. Legs on the matching table
6. Legs on the matching chairs
7. Kitchen cabinets
8. Numerous door jams
9. Large expanses of baseboard
10. Chunks of the kitchen countertop (Tile)
11. Over 20 socks
12. At least 4 pair of shoes
13. Several jackets
14. Sweat shirts
15. T-shirts
16. 2 Comforters
17. 6 Pillows
18. 2 Dog beds
19. 1 solid granite coaster
20. Speakers to a home entertainment system
21. At least 3 large towels
22. Electrical Cords (thank gods we were smart enough to unplug stuff in their reach)
23. Uncounted pieces of mail
24. A dozen or more Starbucks cups (most of them with coffee still in them)
25. many ¾” tile spacers

Now mind you, this is only the top 25 things I can count or remember. The actual carnage from our adorable babies extends far beyond this short list. Our dear, loving, cuddly children seem to take offense to just about anything that catches their eye and once it is in their sights, it’s very existence is doomed.

Don’t get me wrong, these are 2 animals who have been through numerous obedience classes and passed with flying colors. We are on a first name basis at more than one local Petsmart because we are always taking them toy shopping (you think real kids have expensive toy habits!). They receive an unbelievable amount of attention and want for nothing that can be legally provided to them. In short, these two wonderful creatures are our children and are denied nothing!

The good news in all of this, is that we had plans on remodeling our house in a few years. Our built in demolition crew has saved us a great deal of expense in hiring someone to do the demo for us and we actually got to speed up our plans and make some changes to the plans that included more robust materials that would withstand the most testing conditions.

Political Blindness

Well, if you didn't have a heart attack reading my last blog, which I originally wrote in 2007 & decided to repost today. Then this one is gonna make you cringe!

I dedicate this love letter to all the politically blind idiots who cannot see past the colors of their own party lines.

Yes, you heard me right, I said Idiots, but if that makes you not feel warm and fuzzy inside, I could use the word morons.

The reality today is that everyone has a stupid agenda that prohibits them from seeing past their own party lines. I constantly get bitched out by self imposed political nazis who say I cannot be republican because I am gay; last time I checked there was no law against it and just because I am gay does not mean I cannot belong to a party that does nto have the best interests of the gay agenda in mind.

Reality check.... I may be republican, but I do not always vote for my party's representatives! I actually look at candidates and make my decision based on who I feel is going to do a better job for all people, not just the gay community. After all, this country is made up of more than just gay people!

But there are those who can't see the truth of the greater good for the country versus the greater good of themselves.

Take for instance our last Presidential elections. You may want to cover your children;'s eyes for this one.....

A record number of black people came out to vote in the last election, why? Did they have the better good of our economy and our people in mind? Hell no! They came out to vote for the black man with no experience because of his color alone. I personally overheard a group of black women in the voting line say they had not voted for years but were coming out to vote for Obama because "it was time we had a black President".

Great job, morons! You voted for a person who has the experience and intelligence of a bull frog when you could have voted for the person who truly could have done a good job at helping this country, Hillary Clinton.

Yes, I said Clinton. I voted for her in the primary's and actually had to re-register as a Democrat to do so. Why? Because she was the right person to vote for. She had the experience needed, the political clout and the history of being married to who I consider to be one of the greatest Presidents besides Ronald Reagan; Bill Clinton.

Now we face yet another trip down partisan stupidity in California. Yes, sadly the people voted for Arnie, who is a true joke when it comes to leadership, but this year, the Democratic party put up one of the biggest losers in the history of California politics, Jerry Brown. This is a guy who has repeatedly left disasters with everything he has touched. He is a failure, always has been a failure, and always will be a failure.

Yet, the sheeple are too stupid to actually research his history and are too stuck on What will he do for the gay community and what will he do for the illegal immigrants who have sucked our system dry. Time to wake the hell up sheeple!

California is a mess, businesses are closing, people are losing their homes, jobs and ability to support their families. Who gives a rat's ass what anyone is going to do for Gay people or Illegal Immigrants..

Start giving a shit about what someone is going to do for everyone for a change and stop being so damn selfish!

There has to come a time when sheeple stop caring more about themselves and look at the big picture; which is people are hurting and suffering and you care only about your own agenda. To hell with the family living on the street, unable to feed their children, as long as some politician says what you want to hear, then it is okay for those kids to go hungry.

Vote with your heads sheeple, not with your party lines. Research and be informed before you cast a vote for someone just because the are Democrat, Republican, Black, White, Gay or Straight. Think about everyone and not just yourselves for a change because the problems we all face now, effect everyone and are bigger than just you.

Oh, one more thing.... If you don't like the fact that I am a gay Republican (who also votes Democrat) shut your friggin mouth and stop throwing your pussy ass- queer temper tantrums around me because it truly shows what an idiot you are and to be quite honest, my beliefs are not your business to begin with. Not to mention, your opinions are as important to me as a pile of shit, which I find are very similar to one-another.

A Letter to Society

Sunday, September 16, 2007

A Letter to Society

Current mood: annoyed

Before reading this article, please be aware that it was written over 4 years ago. The intention of this article was to offend everyone who takes the time to read it and make them think about what is said in the context.

I make no apologies for what I wrote or for any offense that may be taken from it. If you do not like what you read in this document, simply stop reading it.

Why do you hate me?

I am writing this article as a gay man who has been in a long term relationship of 14 years. Yes, I said 14 years. I know that sounds odd, considering that most of you consider gay men to be promiscuous sluts that are out to molest your children and destroy your society.

Well, if you think this, you are either really stupid, or well. Really, really stupid! Let me help you in the simplest way I know how, education.

First off, if you review national statistics of child molesters in the United States, you will find that 80% are white males, age 40-47, married with children, who are molesting young girls. You will also find that over 70% of reported molestation and rape cases are against women and young girls. You can try to argue this, but you will find that statistics don't lie. This fact removes your ability to intelligently argue this particular issue.

So you say homosexuality is destroying society. This is just plain stupidity in the rawest form. Gay people do not destroy society. Stupid people destroy society. To prove this fact, again I can only use simple school book knowledge. Just to make sure you all understand, I will keep it at a 6th grade level, mind you, far below my own educational background.

Let's start with the most destructive force in society, War. How many wars in history were started by gay men? Here's a hint, NONE. Throughout history, how many times has a civilization been destroyed or fallen to another because of a gay man or a group of gay men? NEVER! Historically, wars have been started over territory or religion, never over a man's sexuality.

Anyone got an intelligent argument for me yet? I didn't think so.

In reality, you fear your own menial existence. You hate gay people because we have something a "traditional" family doesn't, a life of our own. You hate us because we hide silently in your world. We own businesses that put food on your table, we educate ourselves to become the doctors that keep you alive, the lawyers that keep your rights protected, the dentists that keep the mouths of your children clean and pretty, the teachers that educate your children, and, just because I have to use a pun, the florist that makes your bride blush on her wedding day and who does not judge you when he is asked to deliver a dozen roses to your wife with an "I'm sorry note". We are also the politicians who make your rules, the judges who impartially judge the guilty, the police and fire men who protect your lives, the ministers who read your Sunday sermons. But most important, we are your brothers, your sons and your friends.

Yet we do all these things, for the most part, without the restrictions you have while you are raising your children. We are not bound to the life you live. We do not have babies nursing at the tit of our paychecks, sucking dry the mother's milk of our savings accounts. While you are changing diapers, we are taking cruises, buying new cars, electronics and homes. While you scrimp and scrounge to pay your bills, remember, one of us sits in a comfy executive chair at the company you are paying that bill to. In turn that gay man provides you that ability to earn the paycheck you use to pay that bill again next month. Viscous cycle, yes?

Just so you don't feel that I am belittling you in any way, which I am not. I will point out that those of us who own our own businesses, homes and other things are producing just as much for society as you are. We pay taxes, just like you, which in turn help pay for your child's education, welfare benefits which put food in many of your children's mouths, medical programs that keep many of your children alive. We vote on the issues that effect your every day life and your children's future.

Let's face it, I am, in every way, a major part of your daily life, a fact that I am proud of.

So after you tuck your children in for the night and get all snuggled up in your beds, I hope you can sleep easy knowing that me and all the men like me in this country are not out, lurking in the darkness like the big bad gay boogie man, plotting to convert your children and destroy your society. You'll wake up tomorrow and things will be the same. The government will still be slowly taking away your rights. The church will still be sucking on your checkbook to support the minister's mistress. Some members of the black community will continue their attempts to rape your check books as payment for what happened before your grandparents were even born and demand superior rights to you, under the guise of equality. Illegal immigrants will, for yet another day, invade your country, suck dry your social services and destroy your infrastructure. Old women will still be living out of shopping carts, eating garbage. Mentally ill people will still be roaming the streets, with no medical care. Children will once again go to bed in a cardboard box, hungry tonight. Yet, with all of these things happening, you still think I am a danger? If you really do, then I hate to say this. You live with your head in a small, dark whole in the ground! Or you're just so wrapped up in your own pathetic prejudice that you no longer have the ability to think a single rational thought. In either case, I pity the sad example your children are forced to grow up with.

So now that I have addressed your societal views, let's address religion. But before we do this, sit back, take a moment to reflect on what you just read. I said think! Not wobble your brain around in your head, grunting like a Neanderthal.

Okay. Break time is over. Let's proceed.

Now mind you, my education, earlier mentioned, was primarily at private Christian schools. I am also an Ordained Minister, so be ready for a true religious experience.

I am going to introduce you to this topic in a different manner, a role-play court structure. Not a court of United States law, but a court that shall judge based strictly on biblical law. To get a few small objections out of the way, we will first address some Christian defenses that say they follow the New Testament, not the Old. This is refuted by the sole fact that almost every Christian congregation sings from the book of Psalms and follows the 10 Commandments, both clearly writings of the Old Testament. Defense motion denied.

So now that is out of the way, I stand before the jury of this court, charged with the crime of Homosexuality. I accept this charge and am ready to prepare my defense. But wait, here is where it gets fun. You are not my prosecutor. You too shall stand as a defendant, in front of the same jury, for the charge of breaking biblical laws. Is your defense prepared? I sure hope so, because if you cannot make the jury believe that you are innocent of all charges, your sentence would be the same as mine. I shall take the role of defendant 1, you shall be defendant 2.

Now for the second twist, in the defense I have prepared, I have carefully used biblical scripture to draw the jury towards the laws that you have broken in your lifetime. Doing this shall distract them from my sin of being gay. This shall also build the prosecution's case against you. Now mind you, this may not be 100% fair to you. I am only on trial for being gay, you on the other hand, shall face several charges. How can this be? You have put me on trial my entire life for being gay. I have never judged you for anything, so I guess I am bringing all of your sins to the table to balance the scales of justice.

To answer the charge before me, Leviticus 18:22 states that Homosexuality is an abomination. For this charge, I, defendant 1 submit a plea of Innocent. My defense is simple.

It is not my choice. I knew I was gay when I was a young boy. No, I was never molested by an uncle or a step father. I was never molested by a priest or babysitter. I actually grew up riding horses, restoring and racing muscle cars, even keeping girlfriends, who never lasted because they needed a man who could love them as much as he could sleep with them. Yes, I slept with girls. Did I like it, No. Did I do it because I wanted to, No. I did it to keep my parents happy and make my already confused life a bit easier. Was I ever able to feel any form of love for these terrific girls, No. Instead, I performed like society wanted me to. A trained monkey, who could only make a girl feel that he loved her by performing sexually, in an abundance I may add. You see, I learned that lesson early. If you can't love them, give them an abundance of sex.

Now, you see, I am not some little sissy boy who played with dollies and dressed up his mommies clothes. Nobody who has ever met me can say that I am a feminine person or that I act "gay". If you were to walk up to me on the street, you would either say "he's a cool guy" or "Man, he is one tough son-of-a-bitch" , depends on what our actual encounter is about. I am not going to try to blame my parents either. Granted as parents they left a little to be desired, but as a kid, so did I. My parents provided well for me, made sure I had a wonderful education. They did all of this while dealing with their own turmoil. For accepting me and continuing to stand by me when I told them I was homosexual, for loving my partner as their own son and for everything else they have done for me, I am thankful beyond words.

I am an average American white man. I own a business along with 2 other partners. I drive a nice car, own an average home in the suburbs, sit as the captain on the neighborhood watch. I pay taxes, support my local interests, enjoy fine art, wines and music. I am known to spend a Friday night Pc Gaming with my husband and our 'straight" friends. I have never been arrested for any form of criminal act, but I admit, I have had speeding tickets and well, a couple parking tickets. So shoot me!

I wear Levi 501's and t-shirts most of the time, but do clean up quite well for special occasions. I enjoy hanging out with our buds, and am one hell of a pool player. I prefer to live a quiet lifestyle and do not spend my afternoons peering out the windows at the neighborhood boys.

To be honest, I think that type of behavior is sick. I spend Christmas with my partner, decorating our home to the hilt and allowing the neighbors to bring their little kids on tours, just to see the happiness on their little faces when they see 30 to 40 animated dolls light up, moving and singing to them. I know, you are thinking that we tell our neighbors we are just roommates. Wrong! We are very open about our relationship. All of the people in our lives know we are a couple.

For the most part, the gay community at large makes me sick. I feel that the leaders of the gay community are idiots who operate out of childish backlash towards the community that oppresses us. I am appalled by "gay pride festivals" that do nothing more than degrade gay people as a whole. Instead of having parades with old, disgusting men with their bare asses hanging out of chaps, riding a pink fluffy dildo down Santa Monica Blvd. they should be creating events that attempt to bring our communities closer together. They should throw street fairs that welcome straight people into our midst and show them that we are not different from them. I can assure you, until the gay community at large changes it's childish and repulsive ways, they do not represent me or millions like me.

I am a conservative Republican and a good American. I follow the laws of this great country, even though it has always abandoned me when I have needed it. I stand and fight for the rights of Veterans, mentally ill and the elderly. I believe the people who molest children, commit rape or pre-meditated murder should receive the death penalty. I believe that a country as great as the United States should be able to take care of the homeless, feed the hungry and provide for the elderly people who built the society we now enjoy.

I even support your right to hate me for being gay. What I don't support is your constant, hurtful actions. Your desire to have me treated like a second class citizen, a freak, a criminal. But I sure as hell support your right to openly say, "I don't like faggots".

I am a firm believer that humanity can produce many wonders and many horrors. I think that the human species is a most spectacular creation. I do not believe we are alone in the universe, but I also don't believe little grey men are abducting us in our sleep. I think there is a conspiracy theory for just about everything.

I enjoy spending quiet nights at home with the person I love. I relish in the feel of his lips when he kisses me. I cherish the feeling of the pure love we share for each other. The happiness it brings to us, the strength it gives us to survive the trials of every day life. I enjoy growing old together, sharing in the same life experiences that every couple shares.

I cherish knowing that every time I look into his eyes or hold him close that I fall even more in love with him that I was the moment before. He is my best friend, my confidant, my strength, my love, my life.

Okay.. With this all being said, I warn you. That was just my opening statement. We'll take a brief recess to allow you a few moments to once more, think about what you have just read. I know, having to think twice in one sitting may be hard for some of you.

But try it out. The brain really can multitask, or in your case, single thread process.

Okay, break time is over. If you are still here, I can only assume you are using more then one brain cell and actually have been thinking about the stuff you have read. If this is the case, I applaud you! I applaud the fact that by thinking about the words you are reading here, you unknowingly begin to prepare your own defense in this mock trial.

Although I could be mistaken, you could be sitting in front of the computer with your in-bread, redneck buds, slamming your 10th beer, spitting out mindless diatribe about how I should die. Either way, I once again must say that I pity the poor children who are or one day will grow up with you as a role model.

What the hell. You're still here and reading what I have to say. Their may be a small glimmer of hope for you yet.

Now let's change the focus of the jury. I'll start off with a few easy ones and move on from there.

I call my attention to Defendant 2's nicely trimmed hair. I submit to the prosecution and the jury that their focus should turn to Leviticus 19:27 which clearly forbids this.

Furthermore I submit to all parties that Defendant 2 is wearing clothing made of cotton/polyester blend (2 kinds of thread). A clear violation of Leviticus 19:19. Both of the above mentioned offenses being punishable by death. Under the biblical laws that govern this mock courtroom.

I am so sorry that I had to open you up to 2 different sins that carry such repercussion so quickly. I'll do my best to direct a few things towards fictional characters to make things a bit easier on you. Let's start with the good old farmer in Middle America. Struggling year after year to grow crops that support the very farm his great grandfather started. So what does he do, he starts to grow Soy along with wheat and possibly other things. Oh, I really can't use that one because that too is mentioned in Leviticus 19:19, which I have already submitted in my first exhibit.

Well that didn't work too well. I move to exhibit 2.

Knowing the average teenager ends up getting a job, usually in retail or fast food. I hate to say this, but I really have to aim this one at you again. You probably have worked in one of these fields which in turn, requires you to work on a Sunday. As a matter of fact, your minister can stand with you on this one because he too works on Sunday. I submit that you are guilty of violating the laws of Exodus 35:2, a crime punishable by death.

I can only assume by now that if this were a real trail, you would be noting that you now have 3 charges to my 1.

Okay. My defense is over. Honestly, I fear that if I were to continue, you would end up with at least 30 charges that are punishable by death. That would truly be unfair of me.

You ready for my closing argument. I think you are probably not, so I'll give you a few more moments to reflect. Yes, I am asking you to think a 3rd time in one sitting.

I have faith that some of you are good for it. But I know this is a real hard stretch for others. I can only offer my apologies for forcing the latter of you to expel so much energy on something so foreign to your regular existence.

Okay, so now that you have taken a few moments to reflect once more. I once again have to applaud your interest in what I am relaying to you. Or in some cases, I may be surprised that you are actually capable of reading. In either case, let us proceed.

I submit to all parties my closing argument.

I stand before this mock court, accused of the single crime of Homosexuality. I have clearly submitted in my opening statement that I have made every effort to live a lifestyle acceptable by society and to abide by the laws of the holy bible. I admit that I have failed this effort. But in turn I submit that by forcing myself to do these things, that I would forsake my own heart, feelings and emotions. I would live a miserable existence, in turn making those around me miserable and unhappy as well. The thought of this cruel and torturous existence would be an unthinkable horror to bestow on myself and others.

So I chose to follow my heart and to feel the happiness of true love. To know the happiness of feeling another person's hand holding mine in love and life, share my inner most thoughts and feelings with another human being. To commit my life to loving another person and being loved in return.

I chose to live my every day life, going to work, paying my taxes, supporting my community and loving the person I swore to honor and cherish until the day I die. I chose to do all the things that every red blooded man chooses to do. Find a person to share my life with, a person to love. The only difference is that person is another man, a wonderful man, who loves me as much as I love him.

So if I am to be found guilty of anything, find me guilty of loving another person. Of finding a man to share my life with, to hold me in his arms and make me feel safe from the world of hatred we endure every day.

So I ask you, if I am guilty of this. Then should you not look back unto your cherished scripture. Should you not remember such favored sayings as "do unto others as you would have done to you" or "Love thy neighbor". How about Jesus himself, who died for the sins of man? Does he not clearly say that he forgives us all?

I can only close my statement by saying one last quote. Judge not lest ye be judged. If you are to find me guilty of my crime, then you must also find every human guilty for the crimes in which they commit. If I am to be condemned then all humanity too shall be condemned.

For if it is truly a biblical court of law, let ye who is without sin cast the first stone. If this is the case, none of you are qualified to cast judgment upon my need to love and feel love.

This concludes the religious portion of my thought provoking writings. I apologize if this has caused you any undue pain and suffering, but you are free to leave at any time. Although I am glad you are still here. I also hope that you have opened your mind to the realities of the world around you. That you are beginning to see past your childish prejudice and understand that everyone deserves the basic right to love whom they choose. Whether it be a heterosexual or homosexual relationship, we all are basic human beings. We deserve the basic right to love and be loved. That our differences cannot and will not destroy the fabric of society, but only strengthen it.

If you look at the cheetah or possibly something closer to home, your redneck friends family in the backwoods, you will see how a small gene pool and limited ability to adapt to growth and changes, creates a decline in that very gene pool that keeps humanity alive.

Some of us are not meant to or are not willing to reproduce. But we are no less hungry to find true love.

So now we move to the scientific aspects of this communication. 8 out of 10 adult males have had at least one homosexual fantasy. Over half of those men have acted upon them. Whether it be an innocent jack off session with your adolescent friends, or a drunken act of letting your buddy suck your dick or vise-versa, never to be spoken of. So be careful out there. Your best friend could have gotten a blow job from one of your other best friends. Even worse, he could have given you a blowjob the last time you got drunk and passed out. One never truly knows.

With these facts in place, how dare you stand before me and say I am not deserving of the same rights you have?

Remember, the United States of America were founded with a base theory that all men are created equal, not a selected few. When you are finished reading this, you will go back to your girlfriend or wife, make love to her to once again strengthen your own ego and manhood. To prove to yourself that you are a real man and I am not. You will wake up in the morning and go to school, work or perform your duties in our armed forces. But I ask you to do society a favor, take a moment and think about one simple fact. Everything you do is for the better good of our society, our country. Well, it may come as a surprise, but millions of homosexuals are doing the very same thing. They are going to school, to work, to fight the wrongs of the world by serving in our armed forces. Just like you we do these things for the very same reason.

There is only one difference between you and me. When I come home from whatever my day brings, the arms that wrap around me and the voice that whispers "I love you" are that of a man. One simple difference separates your life from mine. Yes, I am nothing more than an average, everyday American man. Just like you. Yes, I come home from work to the arms of the person I love, just like you. Yes, I want the children who are our future to grow up in a better place, just like you. And yes, I want to see humanity continue in all its intended glory, just like you.

When you look at all of this and truly begin to understand it. I am, just like you. I was at one time in your life, your best friend, your brother, your son, your neighbor, your boss at work, the judge that dismissed your speeding ticket or the doctor that saved your child's life. I am a part of your life in ways that you may never know.

You don't hate your friend because he likes blondes and you don't or because he drinks Jack Daniels and you drink beer. Don't hate me just because I love and man and you love a woman.

The sooner society realizes that all of us are equally important, the sooner we all become human.

So who am I you ask. I am a white man, in his mid 30's. I own a business, drive a beautiful Lexus and own an average home in a suburb located in a major US city. I am your brother or son, your neighbor or the guy who signs your paycheck. I am your friend, the guy you hung out with in school. I am everywhere around you.

Have you figured out your own defense yet? I am sure that some of you have but those would be the ones that I have repeatedly given credit to throughout this article. For those of you who are too stupid to figure it out, the answer is "I'm only HUMAN". You see, according to the Bible, we are all born with original sin. It is for God to cast judgment, not some blithering idiot who is filled with hate or thinks his morals are better then someone else's.

The moral to all of this. Mind your own damn life and let others live theirs. If you do not approve of someone's lifestyle, don't interact with them. I am sure those people will be much better off by never knowing you anyway.

Feel free to post a reply to this statement. But again, try to really read and think about it first. I will not condemn any post that is left, for unlike those who will speak from small minded prejudice, I welcome the thoughts and beliefs of others. Through diversity we all grow closer to humanity.

I thank you for your time. I hope that this writing has provoked great controversy and though. I hope that you will pass this page along to your friends so they may too experience a bit of reality.