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Texas native Zjon Roberts returns to his home state — hot (Van) Damme!

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Name and age: Zjon Roberts, 19

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Virginia slim: With his sparkling eyes, lithe frame, and smooth gait, it’s hard to miss gorgeous Virgo, Zjon Roberts. Born in Fort Hood, Texas, Zjon spent most of his formative years in Virginia Beach, Va. A few months ago he followed some friends to Dallas and is now settling in and making Big D his new home.

This quiet, unassuming, brown-eyed beauty hails from a large family; his mother named him Zjon after her favorite actor, Jean-Claude Van Damme. His hobbies include music, dining (vegetarian dishes are a favorite), socializing and when the mood strikes, dancing (he can stop a room when he gyrates).

He enjoys an active social life here in his new hometown; and you may occasionally spot him at the Drama Room, and occasionally at the Tin Room. Wherever he goes you can be sure he won’t blend in with the crowd!

This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition August 26, 2011.

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Gay West Virginia coal miner calls for anti-discrimination law

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Sam Hall, a gay West Virginia coal miner is spearheading a movement to call on his state to takes action legislatively to stop discrimination against gay West Virginian workers:

Speaking at a press conference, Sam Hall recounted a litany of verbal abuse, threats and vandalism he alleges occurred while he worked for Massey Energy Co. Hall filed a lawsuit against a Massey subsidiary and one of its officials last year. The Richmond, Va.-based coal producer has said it’s investigating Hall’s allegations.

“If the labor laws would have been amended earlier to contain sexual orientation discrimination, myself as well as other gay West Virginians would have not to endure such demeaning and inexcusable behavior,” Hall said. “Why, as West Virginians, do you allow this type of behavior and harassment to occur and then go unpunished?”

He had several Democratic legislator who joined him, along with about a dozen others, chanting “Stand with Sam.” His detractors denounced legislation Democrats are attempting to move forward banning discrimination against sexual orientation as “catastrophic” and claimed:

“What we have witnessed here today is a brazen and open promotion of the deviant behavior and lifestyle of homosexuality by elected leaders,” President Kevin McCoy said in a statement. “These bills will require acceptance of homosexuality to be taught in West Virginia’s public schools.”

Fortunately, many are starting to realize hate groups are using benign names while cherry picking their favorite verses in Leviticus to try to promote their agenda to promote institutionalized discrimination against gay citizens. Democratic Delegate Barbara Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, scolded the hate group by remarking:

“As I recall, the Bible was used to justify slavery. The Bible was used to justify control over women by their husbands,” she said. “Opposing this law means that you are for discrimination.”




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News: Virginia, Henry Cavill, TSA, Michele Bachmann, Hubble

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Road Marines set date of MAY 31 for completion of 'DADT' repeal training.

Spiral RoadHubble shows off beautiful new shot of spiral galaxy.

RoadThe hat toss is the real killer here.

RoadVirginia House panel kills non-discrimination bill: "Opponents of the bill, which was sponsored by Sen. Don McEachin (D-Richmond), argue that there is little evidence gay state workers face discrimination and that the governor's executive directive provides sufficient protections. Proponents note that without a change in law, employees cannot sue if they have faced discrimination." Idaho non-discrimination bill won't get hearing.

RoadTrial of Lawrence King's killer, Brandon McInerney, delayed again: "I'm really shocked that the judge has allowed it to drag on for so long. It frustrates us. It tears on us emotionally. We'd like to see things finally get resolved so we can get some closure and justice for our son," said King's father, Greg King.

RoadAdam Lambert and the guy he denies is his new boyfriend arrive at LAX together.

RoadJoseph Gordon-Levitt turns the big 3-0.

Quincy RoadAn 18-year-old Alabama frat brother tells his "it gets better" story to We Are The Youth.

RoadParliament House gay nightclub in Orlando getting million-dollar renovation. "In a tangled financial web best described by a Houston lawyer as a 'complicated situation,' the Parliament House's foreclosure and its debt with Compass Bank of Alabama is expected to be resolved within the next two weeks."

RoadFOX News replaces audio in CPAC straw poll segment. Calls it "mistake".

RoadEdmonton soldier jailed for anti-gay attack: "An Edmonton soldier who bragged on Facebook that he had 'Superman-punched' a gay man on the dance floor of a city nightclub has been put behind bars. Cpl. Michael Tscherkassow, 25, was sentenced to 12 months in jail Tuesday in provincial court after earlier being convicted of aggravated assault."

RoadGeorgia's Gay-Straight Alliances to gather for summit this weekend.

RoadKellan Lutz launching line of jeans.

Cavill RoadHenry Cavill discusses suiting up for Superman.

RoadTSA Agents stole $ 160,000 from checked bags: "Perad and Webb would screen bags looking for loot, then swipe the cash once the luggage was opened in a private screening room, sources said. The men will be charged with grand larceny, possession of stolen property and official misconduct."

RoadMichelle Bachmann still working birther angle.

RoadJustin Timberlake's role as singing booger on The Cleveland Show is apparently still intact.

RoadLog Cabin Republicans to seek equal protections for LGBT service members: “The one claim in our lawsuit that we did not win was a claim for a violation of the Equal Protection Clause in the Constitution. The judge dismissed that claim in our case early on, based on existing 9thCircuit precedent. We are, on behalf of Log Cabin, appealing that ruling and trying to obtain a change in the law so that this would be considered a protected class of individuals, protected by the Equal Protection Clause.”


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Virginia Republican Introduces Bill Attacking LGBT Families

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On Thursday, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) introduced H.R. 635, the “Parental Title Protection Act,” which would require all federal agencies and contractors to use the words “mother” and “father” when describing parents on all official documents and forms. This bill is a direct attack on actions by the State Department, which we told you about last month, to make passport forms inclusive of all families by adding “parent 1” and “parent 2” alongside “mother” and “father.” In a press release, Forbes argues that “symbolism is important” and that his legislation is necessary to prevent even “subtle” changes that “undermine the traditional American family relationships that have served as the bedrock of our nation since its inception.”   

Forbes’ bill ignores the reality of millions of children being raised by same-sex couples in this country.  Those children deserve the same recognition and protection from the federal government that other American families enjoy.  Rep. Forbes is right that symbolism is important – his bill is emblematic of a brand of Republicans callously willing, time after time, to attack LGBT people and their children in order to score cheap political points.


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Virginia Lawmaker: Feds Can’t Stop Us From Banning Gays From National Guard

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Back in December, wingnut Virginia legislator Bob Marshall announced a bill to ban homosexuals from serving in that state’s National Guard. Today we get the text of that bill, which lists numerous examples of gays being booted from the military after declaring that the federal government has no right to tell Virginia who can serve in its National Guard.

A state may have different eligibility standards for membership in a State’s National Guard than for membership in the Armed Forces of the United States (e.g., education, driving record, drug use, criminal record, age, and other criteria). Such eligibility standards are not within the power of the U.S. Congress because they are not matters of “discipline.” “training,” “arming” or “organizing” the Militia, or National Guard. At present, the Virginia National Guard and the U. S. Army have different eligibility admission criteria than the Armed Forces of the United States, and the Commonwealth of Virginia has authority to determine whether or not an active, open and practicing homosexual should serve in the Virginia National Guard. There is no constitutional right to serve in the National Guard.

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VIRGINIA: Leader Of Anti-Gay Episcopal Sect Fired In Pornography Scandal

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Episcopal Rev. Marshall Brown, who helped 14 Virginia parishes leave the main church in protest of the elevation of openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson, has been fired by his Fairfax, Virginia parish for viewing pornography on church computers. It was Brown’s Truro Church that spearheaded the continuing schism in the American Anglican Church over the ordination of gays.

Truro’s rejection of what its congregants saw as a non-biblical liberal tilt in the denomination made international news. Dozens of Episcopal churches have since joined an umbrella group of religious conservatives who oppose the acceptance of same-sex relationships and the idea that non-Christian religions have equal access to God. In 2005, Truro arranged for Brown, now 57, to get treatment for an Internet addiction after he reported having a problem, according to Bishop Martyn Minns, who was Truro’s rector at the time and is now bishop of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, the umbrella group of breakaway churches.

The Anglican Church is currently suing Truro Church over the ownership of its properties, which are valued in the tens of millions of dollars. Nice work, Rev. Busyfingers! So which was it? Manhunt? Sean Cody?

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ALERT FOR DADT REPEAL ADVOCATES IN VIRGINIA: Stop what you’re doing, pick up the phone, and call your senators

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The senate has scheduled a final vote on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal for tomorrow. Even though a majority of senators support repeal, we need 60 votes to overcome a filibuster – and when they last voted, we had 57. This could be our last chance for years. Every single call counts. And with the vote just hours away, every single minute counts.

Click here to call Sen. Mark Warner at (202) 224-2023 and Sen. Jim Webb at (202) 224-4024 and tell them: I’m counting on you to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

1.     Call one senator’s office, and tell the staff person who answers where you live so they know you’re a real constituent.

2.     Tell them you want the senator to support the standalone bill repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” – and that you’ll remember how they vote when they’re next up for election.

3.     Thank them, hang up, and make your second call to the other senator.

4.     Click here to let us know you made a call – we use this information to guide our lobbying efforts, so please don’t skip it.

Whether your senator is a courageous champion of repeal, or a die-hard opponent – you still need to call. Right-wing activists are desperately trying to stop this bill, and I can guarantee they are lighting up the phone lines right now. If you don’t get through right away, try again.


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VIRGINIA: Judicial Activist Rules Parts Of Health Care Reform Unconstitutional

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A Virginia federal district court judge appointed by Dubya has ruled that parts of President Obama’s health care reform plan are unconstitutional. The lawsuit was brought by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

In a 42-page opinion issued in Richmond, Va., Judge Hudson wrote that the law’s central requirement that most Americans obtain health insurance exceeds the regulatory authority granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. The insurance mandate is central to the law’s mission of covering more than 30 million uninsured because insurers argue that only by requiring healthy people to have policies can they afford to treat those with expensive chronic conditions. The judge wrote that his survey of case law “yielded no reported decisions from any federal appellate courts extending the Commerce Clause or General Welfare Clause to encompass regulation of a person’s decision not to purchase a product, not withstanding its effect on interstate commerce or role in a global regulatory scheme.”

Two other district court judges have previously upheld the law and some expect the issue to reach the Supreme Court before the end of Obama’s term. Dozens of similar lawsuits are still working their way through the system.

RELATED: As in the case with the judicial overturn of DADT, the Obama administration has the option of appealing this ruling.

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Virginia Veterans Speak Out for Repeal

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The following is from HRC Field Organizer Sarah Showalter:

On Wednesday, Virginia veterans called on Senators Webb and Warner to vote in favor of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal at a community forum at the Five Points Community Farm Market in Norfolk. The forum followed the release of the Pentagon’s study, which shows that the majority of our military service members have no problem with gays and lesbians serving openly.

Veteran Gary Crouse shared his story of having to hide his identity during his time in the Navy.  “As a free society, asking someone to hide who they are is ridiculous.”  He said that repeal of the law will make the military stronger, by allowing LGB service members to concentrate on their jobs without worrying about being fired.  Fellow United States Navy veteran, David Crandall, spoke about his experience as a part of the human resources team that added 50 women to his crew. “The military has historically led the country on integration of minorities of race and gender. This is no different. It needs to be done now.” Speakers at the forum stressed that during combat situations they never cared about the sexual orientation of the person next to them.  They only cared that everyone knew how to do the job.  These stories from veterans, along with the positive results of the study, show that the time for repeal is now.

If you are a family member of a veteran or active duty service member from Virginia, please call Senator Webb’s office today at 202-224-4024 and ask him to put aside politics and pass the National Defense Authorization Act with language that repeals “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

To get involved in our DADT efforts in Virginia, please call Sarah Showalter at 804-283-5435 or email me at sarah.showalter@hrc.org. Time is short. We need your help.


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Virginia official: the next TSA agent patting you down could be a horny homo

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Blender Verdon Coleman passed this gem of elected official homophobia on to us for your infotainment. Eugene Delgaudio an elected official on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in Virginia and he is thinking really hard about the TSA pat down enhancements and sexual arousal.

A widely distributed e-mail written by Delgaudio for the Public Advocate about TSA, claims the pat downs are part of a “Homosexual Agenda.” And he criticizes TSA’s non-discrimination hiring policy.

“It’s the federal employee’s version of the Gay Bill of Special Rights… That means the next TSA official that gives you an ‘enhanced pat down’ could be a practicing homosexual secretly getting pleasure from your submission,” Delgaudio wrote.

…Part of his official role on the Board of Supervisors includes representing the county in the Dulles Area Transportation Association.

In his other role as President of the wingnut Public Advocate of the United States organization, I assume he and The Peter are comparing notes about this topic.  Delgaudio receives bonus points for being the subject of a post by barista Alvin McEwen earlier this year, “‘Men hand-in-hand skipping down to adoption centers to ‘pick out’ a little boy for themselves’.”

BTW, check out the comments accompanying the news article. My fave:

Our “agenda” is to recruit at least 50 folks each…5 more and I can get the 60″ HDTV! :)

BONUS HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA UPDATE: Look at this choice email Delgaudio is sending out.

From: Eugene Delgaudio

Sent: Nov 29, 2010 5:06 PM

To: ————-

Subject: Lame Duck Session Is This Week!

Dear —,

The Radical Homosexuals are cheerleading as their allies in Congress begin the “Lame Duck” session of Congress this week.

As you know, they want to ram through their entire agenda from the Gay Bill of Special Rights to the Homosexual Classrooms Act.

Now is the time to stand up for the family and make your voice heard!

I’ve prepared a petition for you to sign.  But also, if you can, please make an emergency contribution of 0, , or even just to aid Public Advocate in this fight.

If you missed my recent email outlining what is at stake in the “Lame Duck” session, please read it below.

Thank you,

Eugene Delgaudio

His insane email is below the fold.
Fighting the Homosexual Agenda is priority number one (as opposed to say, the economy, roads and bridges, etc.) for this turd.

Dear Pro-family American,

After such an inspiring victory on Election Day, I want to keep the celebration going as much as you do.

But a very real threat looms.

You see, none of the newly-elected congressmen and senators will take office until next year.

That means that until January the same anti-family, pro-homosexual Congress will be at the beck and call of Barack Obama, the most pro-homosexual president in American history.

And they are coming back in early November for a “Lame Duck” session to pass as much garbage as possible before the newly-elected congressmen and senators are sworn in…

Even worse, with Election Night behind them, the fence-sitters you and I have kept in line for so long know that they won’t have to face us again for 2, 4, and some even 6 years.

Because of that, they are now bolder than ever … while you and I are at our weakest having given our all last month.

And of course the Homosexual Lobby, ever eager to pounce upon our weakness, is preparing a massive onslaught devised to ram through every aspect of their radical agenda, from…

*** The Gay Bill of Special Rights will force schools and churches to hire and prevent them from firing open homosexuals.  Men dressed as women will have the “right” to share bathrooms with young girls and those who disagree will face lawsuits, even prosecution; to,

*** The repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act will eliminate the legal protection we’ve established for those states that reject Homosexual “marriages” by codifying traditional marriage into law; to,

*** The Homosexual Classrooms Act will create pro-homosexual indoctrination classes designed to eradicate traditional values in the next generation of American students; to,

*** The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell forcing      our soldiers to share foxholes, bunks and even showers with open homosexuals.  The U.S. military, once representative of the best in America will degrade into a social experiment of homosexual activism; to,

*** The Homosexual Adoption Bill will force private religious adoption agencies to allow homosexual “couples” to adopt young boys and girls into their homosexual “family.”

The Homosexual Lobby knows that it is harder to repeal a bill than to keep it from passing.

So even though they’re facing losses in the new Congress, the Radical Homosexuals know if they can ram through the Homosexual Agenda now, they will have won.

I have to be honest with you, my friend.

Every gain we made on Election Night will mean nothing if they succeed in this “Lame Duck” scheme.

You see, they only have to win once.

You and I, on the other hand, must keep defeating their radical schemes over and over again.

The fact is, this so-called “Lame Duck” session of Congress could be the biggest disaster the family has seen in years.

And I’m afraid to admit it but… if you and I are unable to defeat the Homosexual Lobby’s schemes in the next 4-5 weeks, the fight for the family will be set back decades.

And that is why the celebration must end.

You and I cannot be lured into a false sense of security.

We must be ready for this fight.

Harry Reid’s own spokesman even let it slip that the Homosexual Lobby has plans to bring Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell back up for a vote in the “Lame Duck” Congress.

Can you imagine everything else the pro-homosexual politicians have up their sleeve?

They think you and I have already declared “Mission Accomplished” and that we aren’t prepared.

They think they will roll right over us.

And as much as my faith tells me not to worry, I’m afraid they might be right.

The Homosexual Lobby has hatched scheme after scheme in their endless attempt to ram through their agenda.

It’s taken every last bit of Public Advocate’s resources to fend off their advances.

That’s why I was so thankful for the last minute support I received last month right before the election.

Without that help, Public Advocate would have been helpless in the run up to that historic election.

But I have to confess.  I got so carried away exposing pro-homosexual politicians and defending advocates for the family that I spent more than I should have.

And the coming “Lame Duck” session of Congress may very well be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

But we do have one advantage on our side.

Pro-family Americans held the Homosexual Lobby’s allies in Congress accountable on election night.  They’d be lying to you if they said they didn’t take notice.

You and I need to make it clear that November 2nd, 2010 will happen again and again until they stand up for the Family.

That’s why I need your help again.

I’ve prepared a petition for you to sign stating your opposition to the Homosexual Agenda and letting your congressman and senators know we’re still watching.

But in addition to your signed petition, I’m really hoping you will be able to send as generous a contribution as you can.

In fact I’m counting on it.

Fighting the Homosexual Lobby is not cheap.

And with their aggressive attacks and dirty tactics it can become downright expensive.

So along with your signed petition will you send a generous contribution of , , , 0 or more?

You and I must show those in Congress we mean business.

We need to show them even though they won’t face the voters for 2, 4, or even 6 years, we’re still watching and we will remember.

So please, submit your petition and send your most generous contribution right away.

Thanks in advance for continuing the fight.

Sincerely,

Eugene Delgaudio

President

Public Advocate of the U.S.

P.S. The time for celebration has ended — a very real threat still looms overhead.  You see, none of the newly-elected congressmen and senators will take office until January.

Until then, the same anti-family, pro-homosexual Congress will be at the beck and call of Barack Obama, the most pro-homosexual president in American history.

You and I need to make it clear that November 2nd, 2010 will happen again and again until they stand up for the Family.

I’ve prepared a petition for you to sign but in addition I hope you will send a generous contribution of , , , 0 or more.  Thanks so much!

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