<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553089568405988344</id><updated>2024-09-28T22:41:50.549-04:00</updated><category term="gay"/><category term="anti-gay"/><category term="love"/><category term="marriage equality"/><category term="Obama"/><category term="bullying"/><category term="equality"/><category term="homosexuality"/><category term="north carolina"/><category term="Christian bullies"/><category term="Christians"/><category term="GOP"/><category term="Republican"/><category term="bigot"/><category term="catholics"/><category term="church"/><category term="jesus"/><category term="lesbians"/><category term="marriage"/><category term="polls"/><category term="Berean Baptist Church"/><category term="Billy Graham"/><category term="Dan Savage"/><category term="Pastor Sean Harris"/><category term="Sean Beat Your Gay Kids Harris"/><category term="Sean Harris"/><category term="atlanta"/><category term="bible"/><category term="child abuse"/><category term="dating"/><category term="ex-gay"/><category term="gay marriage"/><category term="gay rights"/><category term="god"/><category term="hate"/><category term="hate crimes"/><category term="pew research"/><category term="prom"/><category term="rachel maddow"/><category term="republicans"/><category term="robert spitzer"/><category term="same-sex marriage"/><category term="science"/><category term="youtube"/><category term="zach wahls"/><category term="ACTUP"/><category term="AFER"/><category term="AIDS"/><category term="American Foundation for Equal Rights"/><category term="Andrew Sullivan"/><category term="Anti-Discrimination"/><category term="Chilis"/><category term="Crazy Christian"/><category term="Dallas First Baptist Church"/><category term="David Guetta"/><category term="David Pakman"/><category term="Drew Murray"/><category term="ENDA"/><category term="Employment"/><category term="FABULIS"/><category term="FALALA"/><category term="FLAMBOYINCE"/><category term="GLAAD"/><category term="GOP strategists"/><category term="Hannover PA"/><category term="James Lankford"/><category term="Jay-Z"/><category term="Jennifer Tyrell"/><category term="Kelly Rowland"/><category term="Ken Hutcherson"/><category term="Ken Hutcherson comes out as gay"/><category term="Lincoln Nebraska"/><category term="Loving v. 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I have been on a journey for a while, but things are
starting to change.&amp;nbsp; As cliché as it
sounds, I have decided that I am going to “let go, and let god” as they
say.&amp;nbsp; I am surrendering all as they
say.&amp;nbsp; My way has not worked at all, and
the only thing that has been holding me back from accepting that reality is my
worthless ego.&amp;nbsp; My ego has prevented me
from accepting my truth that I have no freaking clue what I am doing… that I am
now 28, and the problems I have been trying to fix in my life have still not
been fixed.&amp;nbsp; Ten years later, I am still
dealing with the same crap. &amp;nbsp;I am still
dealing with the same pain, the same struggle.&amp;nbsp;
So I am turning it over to god.&amp;nbsp; I
don’t really have any other alternative, and I haven’t had any for a while
now.&amp;nbsp; And that’s not why I am
surrendering my ego and asking god to intervene, but because I really think I
deserve to have faith.&lt;/div&gt;
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You see, while I have openly and ruthlessly combated the
so-called “Christian” viewpoint that I cannot be a homosexual and have faith,
as well as everything else “Christian” just because that self-righteous view
played a huge role in me ultimately losing my faith in god.&amp;nbsp; My bitterness towards mean Christians, the
self-righteous, loud, gay-bashing ones you see on TV and in public if you are
from a small town, just has become too exhausting.&amp;nbsp; And yes, I have been bullying mean Christians
right back, and I will be the first to admit that it feels really good to bully
back.&amp;nbsp; It feels validating.&amp;nbsp; Particularly now, that for the majority of my
life Christians and society have both agreed that I am gross, immoral, and unacceptable,
yet suddenly society’s voice in that regard has completely though gradually
diminished and it is now only the mean Christians saying so.&amp;nbsp; With society at large now saying I am moral,
I am beautiful and pointing the finger with me at Christians as the
hate-mongers, gay-bashers, etc.&amp;nbsp; Yes, it
feels great that the tables have turned and I can now be the bully and get back
at them for hurting me for so many years, get back at them for diminishing my
faith and my birth right to love god and be loved back.&lt;/div&gt;
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And all the while knowing in my heart that while it feels
good in a crude way, it also feels bad to become them.&amp;nbsp; Revenge feels good in one way, but not taking
the high road also feels bad.&amp;nbsp; It has
also become really hard to reconcile the fact that there are many, many GOOD
people who are Christians and who act like what Christ would act like.&amp;nbsp; It became hard for me to lump them in to this
“all Christians” category that I wanted to be mad at.&amp;nbsp; Living in Atlanta has been a different
experience too.&amp;nbsp; Even the really vocal “Im
a Christian” type people in Atlanta aren’t necessarily mean gay-bashers.&amp;nbsp; Being a Christian in a bigger city really
does not automatically come with the baggage of being a bigot.&amp;nbsp; So its not black and white, and I KNOW its
not, and always knew it wasn’t, but I was angry and hurt and bitter.&amp;nbsp; I never hid from that fact, I always admitted
that I was bitter and angry.&amp;nbsp; I am not
ashamed of my feelings, my feeling are real and always have been so when people
who call me a hypocrite saying that I sounded bitter, I would respond with “AND?”
– no shit I sound bitter because I AM! Duh. Tell me something I don’t know.
FAIL!&lt;/div&gt;
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Anyway that’s one topic, one of the many layers to this
letting go moment.&amp;nbsp; Another layer is my
whole attempt to fix my life.&amp;nbsp; To demand
what I needed to feel whole, and to make it happen.&amp;nbsp; My parents.&amp;nbsp;
My father is a Pentecostal minister who in my lifetime has had a lot of
really mean, dirty, hateful things to say about gay people.&amp;nbsp; Is he the same person today that he was when
he said all those things? Of course not, but he still occasionally says things
that are hurtful and untrue.&amp;nbsp; He still
reads Ann Coulter and all the other haters’ books stacked up next to the
toilet.&amp;nbsp; He still read weird psychobabble
conspiracy fringe theories about Obama being the anti-Christ or whatever.&amp;nbsp; He doesn’t really talk to me about that
stuff, but its on this computer desktop, its on paper in letters he writes
lying around his office.&amp;nbsp; And my Mom
wants to feel safe.&amp;nbsp; She finds security
in the Bible.&amp;nbsp; She find security in a
belief that today’s English translations of the Bible are word for word
literally what was originally written in Hebrew, Classical Greek and Koine
Greek, even though it is so extremely far removed from it.&amp;nbsp; She takes refuge in the security of God wrote
it, God meant for it to get to us the way it did, and any book with the word
Holy Bible stamped on the front is exactly the same book that God wrote.&amp;nbsp; Mom is afraid of questions.&amp;nbsp; Mom is afraid of uncertainties, yet she and
dad are both losing their son.&amp;nbsp; Mom loves
me, I know that.&amp;nbsp; Dad loves me, I
think.&amp;nbsp; Their definition of love is not
my definition of love though, HOW they love me is not necessarily what I need
from them.&amp;nbsp; So our family struggles
tremendously with my gay issue.&lt;/div&gt;
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I don’t know when I started to attempt to fix this, to get
what I needed from it.&amp;nbsp; I need my Dad to
accept me and affirm me and love me unconditionally, and trust that I am being
truthful when I speak of my experience.&amp;nbsp;
I don’t have that.&amp;nbsp; I need that
from my Mother too.&amp;nbsp; Only recently has
she explained to me that she genuinely believes that her belief system is in
conflict with my reality.&amp;nbsp; Before that,
she simply believed and even told me that she thinks Im not gay, but a demon
tricked me into thinking that I was gay, and I believe the said demon and am
still living in deception.&amp;nbsp; The thing is,
I knew I was gay LONG before they started realizing things.&amp;nbsp; I didn’t have a word for it, but I knew what
it was. Regardless, Mom acknowledging that my experience was a real experience
was a HUGE step for us.&amp;nbsp; With Dad, I honestly
don’t know what he thinks.&amp;nbsp; We don’t speak
about it.&amp;nbsp; I never really had to courage
to talk to him about it either… except for one time… the summer before I moved
to Atlanta.&amp;nbsp; So in our relationship,
every single time the opportunity came up, even though I didn’t have the
courage, he always slammed the door shut.&amp;nbsp;
And the one time I did have the courage, he struggled but then slammed
it shut.&amp;nbsp; So essentially my father has
made the decision each and every time to shut me out, and not hear me out.&lt;/div&gt;
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So, I have been burdened with this for many many years,
thinking that like Obama, I could somehow strategically sway my parents and
calculate how to get there where I needed them to piece by piece make them
understand and believe me.&amp;nbsp; Make them
affirm my humanity, my orientation, love me, accept me, support me, support my
desire to be in love someday, to have a partner someday, etc.&lt;/div&gt;
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I have hit the same wall over and over and over and over
again.&amp;nbsp; Maybe this time it will fall down,
maybe this time, the door wont be shut in my face, maybe this time a window
will open.&amp;nbsp; And after a year had passed,
and another year, and another, well maybe a few more months I can fix it, and
so on… and now I am 28, about to be 29, and I have wasted ten years of my life,
not allowing myself to live it, but to only attempt to fix something I have no
control over.&amp;nbsp; I have wasted a decade of
my life, sprinting into a giant brick wall over and over, and all the while,
life as passed me by.&amp;nbsp; I am not dying of
old age right now, I get it, but ten years is a long time.&amp;nbsp; My stubborn ego really though I could fix
this.&lt;/div&gt;
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But I cant, and I haven’t, and its not in my control.&amp;nbsp; Who’s control is it in? I really don’t know.&amp;nbsp; But if there is a god, and if there is any
truth to jesus being real, then maybe Jesus can help me. Maybe the only thing I
have left is faith.&amp;nbsp; Faith that someone
greater than me has a greater plan than mine, has greater dreams for me than I
have for myself, has greater love for me than the love I want from my
parents.&amp;nbsp; When I believed in God, when I
considered myself a Christian, I felt 100% supported and affirmed by God, I
really did.&amp;nbsp; He gave me scriptures, he
told me profound things, he told me he created me this way and for a
purpose.&amp;nbsp; And I believed him.&amp;nbsp; I had no issue with God.&amp;nbsp; His people, I had an issue with and at some
point, it went from knowing him through prayer to knowing through his organized
spiritual country clubs.&lt;/div&gt;
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And there have been many many tiny tiny TINY details of my
life recently that have been nudging me to surrender all and let go and let god
and just humble myself.&amp;nbsp; From seeing my
gay roommate’s Bible sitting on his bed as if he had been reading it, to crossing
paths with outspoken Christians who had true auras of love around them, to my
mother’s admitting that she no longer KNOWS what she knows, that she stands on
the edge of a cliff in her spiritual journey and asks God to reveal truth about
this issue, asking him if she has it wrong, then to show her the right, from
famous Christians coming out of the closet and firmly holding steadfast to their
faith, standing up to those bullies who scream “you cannot love gayly and love God,
you cannot be a Christian and gay, you are an abomination, etc.” But standing
up to them and saying “NO!” You are wrong, and I will not be bullied by you
anymore!!”&amp;nbsp; Jennifer Knapp holding on to
her faith, and standing up to bigot pastor Bob Botsford condemning her on Larry
King Live, saying you are lost, you are going to hell, you do not know god,
your faith is meaningless, etc.&amp;nbsp; She
stood up to him and defended her Faith.&amp;nbsp;
Chely Wright stood up to the Country music industry and defended her
faith.&amp;nbsp; And they inspired me.&amp;nbsp; I started watching interviews of them and
other famous gays discussing their journey to come to peace with who they are…
and most of these famous folks like Ricky Martin, Wanda Sykes, etc only having
the courage to come out and be at peace with themselves after entering their
late 30’s and 40’s - and I am upset about being 28 and still not finding
peace.&amp;nbsp; Listening to them recall the
EXACT same emotions I am feeling right now. Being validated by a respectable
person.&lt;/div&gt;
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So through many many gradual events, so many I cannot name
them all, not even all the significant ones, I have come to a place of
surrender, a realization that I cannot carry this anymore.&amp;nbsp; I cannot carry my parents feelings about me
anymore.&amp;nbsp; I cannot carry the worlds
feelings about me anymore.&amp;nbsp; I cannot
carry any self-professing Christians viewpoint about me anymore.&amp;nbsp; All I can carry is me, and what I believe,
and my faith, my surrender, my love, my truth, myself.&amp;nbsp; That’s it, I have no more energy left from
this. So I give up.&amp;nbsp; I don’t give up with
a gun in my mouth, I give up my ego to whoever wants it, or doesn’t want it. I
give it up because with it, I cant be happy, and I cant be whole.&amp;nbsp; I cant even breathe anymore.&amp;nbsp; I am so over it, its not even funny
anymore.&amp;nbsp; Im over this blog entry too. Im
so Katherine McPhee right now – OVER IT.&amp;nbsp;
Ive been over, and now Im finally realizing that its not my situation
that Im over, its my freaking EGO!!!&amp;nbsp; Its
not important.&amp;nbsp; I don’t have to be right,
I don’t have to be validated, I don’t have to be loved, I don’t have to be
affirmed. GOD MADE ME!! That’s all that matters!!&amp;nbsp; Its not up to anyone else to attribute anything
to me to define me to limit me to put me in a comfortable box.&lt;/div&gt;
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Its over.&lt;/div&gt;
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I surrender all. I let go, God I let you. Holler! You and
me, that’s all that matters. I trust you.&amp;nbsp;
Its out of my hands now, and its in the hand of the creator of the
universe. What better place could I be?&lt;/div&gt;
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Drew&lt;/div&gt;
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PS. I created a new blog, a video blog putting faces and
voices to this process.&amp;nbsp; I created it for
mom, dedicated to her, but in truth, its what helped me find this courage to
let go.&amp;nbsp; It was me that needed fixing all
along.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;CHECK IT OUT – &lt;a href=&quot;http://momsbridge.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;momsbridge.blogspot.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Still, I had no idea what was about to happen. I did read on the blogs that there was some confusion about some off-comment idea of the white house having conflicting statements on same-sex marriage, but to me I didnt consider that news.&amp;nbsp; Obama has all but come out in support of same-sex marriage, all the while refusing to defend DOMA in court, and coming out against anti-gay constitutional amendment referendums because they are &quot;divisive&quot;. His rhetoric has been conflicted, barely walking a line between support and non-support.&amp;nbsp; Sure, it was annoying to hear conservative folks argue &quot;your liberal president doesnt even support you&quot; etc. But it was a strategy, a means to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
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Over a dozen major national polls over the past year have all indicated that a majority of Americans now support same-sex marriage, gay rights, think gays are no less moral than straights, etc ranging from 52-60% depending on the poll.&amp;nbsp; But Dont Ask Dont Tell had 80% support from Americans to repeal it and they BARELY got it repealed.&amp;nbsp; So yeah, a narrow majority does not mean a President is safe to support it publicly, so again, I did not expect him to come out before the election with an &quot;evolution&quot; of opinion.&lt;br /&gt;
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Regardless, I was in California Pizza Kitchen when I glanced up at the flat screen monitors all seemingly on different news channels all showing the same thing, so it must have been something important. When my eyes focused to see what they were talking about, what the news reel said, I was surprised.&amp;nbsp; I was overjoyed, but even in the instant moment of joy, tears dropped out of my eyes without even a feeling of tearfulness. I cried right there at my table in front of everyone in the restaurant, all the while feeling pure happiness, pure peace, like some weight had been lifted from me.&amp;nbsp; His words were an opinion of moral conscience, not an executive order, not a congressional vote, not a supreme court ruling, not anything that truly mattered on bringing this hope to fruition, but the President of the United States for the first time in history stated in public for the public to hear, and in his view, I am not less than, I am equal, I am valued.&amp;nbsp; It was as if my own father was standing there saying he loved me and accepted me.&amp;nbsp; And for many gay men and women, Obama likely became an instant surrogate father to so many whose parents refuse to say that to their kids longing for that feeling on unconditional love from an authority figure.&amp;nbsp; It really changed me, it gave me hope, it gave me peace.&lt;br /&gt;
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Um... are we forgetting that religion IS a choice issue? And it is protected already - you are not born religious, but you are born with a sexual orientation.&amp;nbsp; He also contradicts himself stating that people have tendencies but simultaneously choose their orientations... which are somehow related to some type of behavior... not sure what that&#39;s about.&lt;br /&gt;
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In panic mode, top GOP strategists are frantic, reporting &quot;Support for same sex marriage has been growing and in the last few  
years support has grown at an accelerated rate with no sign of slowing  
down.&quot; Their own polling is showing support for gay rights increasing by 5 percentage points per year, not percent, but percentage points since 2010.&amp;nbsp; Before then it was only 1 percentage point per year.&amp;nbsp; Additionally, they advise that Republicans now favor all basic forms of gay equality in the majority.&amp;nbsp; Americans supporting same-sex marriage now lead opposers by 10% on average. See report below:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;A study in San Francisco proves that gay children fail all grades K-12 because all they do is rape each other at school and participate in orgies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The first AIDS patient contracted the virus by having sex with his dead partners corpse...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Homosexual sex occurs by raping dead bodies of partners, killing them by smashing their intestines&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Judas kissed Jesus because Judas was a homo, and we should choose Jesus not Judas the homo&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/hutcherson-gayest-guy-i-know&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Seriously, I am the gayest guy I know,&quot; Hutcherson reiterated in an interview with The Christian Post.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Apparently, Hutcherson decides to re-closet himself by saying that he is not a homosexual, he is just suddenly upset after 60 years of having no issue that the term gay, refers to gay people. &amp;nbsp;He thinks the term gay should only apply to Christians, as if the two are mutually exclusive to begin with.&lt;/div&gt;
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Sounds like another sadly conflicted leader of the religious right.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/feeds/4151622923467174417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/washington-paster-ken-hutcherson-comes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/4151622923467174417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/4151622923467174417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/washington-paster-ken-hutcherson-comes.html' title='Washington Paster Ken Hutcherson comes out as gay... well kinda'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00911614451092273963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553089568405988344.post-8325014869875933662</id><published>2012-05-05T03:31:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-05T03:31:56.879-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Berean Baptist Church"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="child abuse"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hate crimes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pastor Sean Harris"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="protest"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sean Beat Your Gay Kids Harris"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sean Harris"/><title type='text'>protest planned for &quot;beat your gay kids&quot; Berean Baptist Church</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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If beating children is not something you support, or if you take issue with child abuse, see this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/events/305729822834613/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;protest page&lt;/a&gt; to take action.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/feeds/8325014869875933662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/protest-planned-for-beat-your-gay-kids.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/8325014869875933662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/8325014869875933662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/protest-planned-for-beat-your-gay-kids.html' title='protest planned for &quot;beat your gay kids&quot; Berean Baptist Church'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00911614451092273963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0GNctl0u9OJevYd4FNIkXMYELkbz38vR-VbnHZGEmgIbtG1yUIAWQ57HPBUmcbGpdHlIzGfh6ASa7rxOCha-0Sw1T_WMixG1jfdhFMdGvycrJaoIlW7xpn3vz8psFBqmjAXSszFcGA/s72-c/Sean-Harris-Berean-Baptist-punch-your-gay-kids-protest.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553089568405988344.post-3737385252148566522</id><published>2012-05-05T03:13:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-05T03:17:29.294-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bigot"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Billy Graham"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="marriage"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="north carolina"/><title type='text'>in case you were wondering.... this is what a bigot looks like.... so now you know</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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In case you were wondering, this is what a bigot looks like - so now you
 know!  The sad thing is, this amendment has nothing to do with 
redefining marriage yet again. North Carolina law already bans same-sex 
marriage.  This law basically st&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;rips all
 legal protections from unmarried couples.  You know.. all the 
Millennials today who don&#39;t want to get married since its a failed 
institution.  Unfortunately, this amendment will strip away health 
insurance from children in unmarried households, and eliminate 
protections from domestic violence victims if they are not married to 
their attacker.  You see, this is the peak of what Christianity has come
 to in America - FAR FROM ITS ROOTS! The dwindling Christian obsession 
with hating on gay people has come to the point where its illegal 
tax-exempt political meddling is nothing more than a matter of social 
posturing, bullying the gay community legislatively, trying to hold on 
to some aspect of pop culture, trying to somehow self-reinforce its 
purported relevance in a modern society. This law is simply a 
mean-spirited slap in the faces of gay people, they just want to make 
sure we know that they still hate us, even if the rest of America 
doesn&#39;t, anymore.  Unfortunately, while caught up in this bigoted act of
 hate, the REAL VICTIMS of this amendment are the CHILDREN OF UNMARRIED 
HOUSEHOLDS.  To the church, that&#39;s OK - children are collateral damage! 
 At age 93, &lt;a data-hovercard=&quot;/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=22763902504&quot; href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/ReverendBillyGraham&quot;&gt;Billy Graham&lt;/a&gt;
 is coming out as a bigot, as a hater, as an old person suffering from 
dementia - because surely he doesn&#39;t think this is how to love thy neighbor.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/feeds/3737385252148566522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-case-you-were-wondering-this-is-what.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/3737385252148566522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/3737385252148566522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-case-you-were-wondering-this-is-what.html' title='in case you were wondering.... this is what a bigot looks like.... so now you know'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00911614451092273963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOUw5kgUqR2TxgaakIZDIgiskfcr-HSjZMkjrRc2RwzA-FG-9dK2HDVTVCOaAoEecAsveqnygS8yNoiccfl6rtU1maTWNoUQvZ-skcBNtJBOZeLsShODGmABpUaEMroQ9zVX_ZBs5Ag/s72-c/6a00d8341c730253ef0163052ab2c7970d-800wi.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553089568405988344.post-2992346338487068577</id><published>2012-05-04T06:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-04T06:09:26.015-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="AFER"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="American Foundation for Equal Rights"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="marriage equality"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Marriage News Watch"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Matt Baume"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="millennials"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="north carolina"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pew research"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="polls"/><title type='text'>Marriage News Watch presented by American Foundation for Equal Rights - April 30th</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/XT7X0w9Mlgo&quot; width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/feeds/2992346338487068577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/marriage-news-watch-presented-by.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/2992346338487068577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/2992346338487068577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/marriage-news-watch-presented-by.html' title='Marriage News Watch presented by American Foundation for Equal Rights - April 30th'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00911614451092273963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/XT7X0w9Mlgo/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553089568405988344.post-6474530385197487135</id><published>2012-05-04T06:02:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-04T06:02:46.362-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="anti-bullying"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="coming out"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="GOP"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Minnesota"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Republican"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zach Wyatt"/><title type='text'>Minnesota GOP Rep. Zach Wyatt waits until end of term to come out as gay, and stand up for all citizens</title><content type='html'>GOP state representative Zach Wyatt expresses regret in the following video about choosing to hide his identity and support discriminatory legislation in the past. &amp;nbsp;At the end of his term, he finally decides to make a statement, although many people are saying &quot;too little too late&quot;. &amp;nbsp;Who knows if this is an effort to ease his conscience to prepare for gay life outside of the legislature or what it is - hopefully he will have an effect on swaying his colleagues, hopefully he is doing this for Minnesota, and not himself. His speech below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I wrote this to him:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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You know whats extra sad here? Marriage equality is coming
to America. Numerous cases are making their way to the Supreme Court. North
Carolina already bans same-sex marriage. All you did, was slap the face of every
gay person in America with your hate. All the gays who once admired you, all
the gays who lose their faith because of your hate. That is on your hands. You
will have to answer to your hate when you pass. So sad for you and so sad for
all the families you hurt, with your selfish war against love.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/feeds/3669757666961184117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/billy-graham-is-bigot.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/3669757666961184117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/3669757666961184117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/billy-graham-is-bigot.html' title='Billy Graham is a bigot'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00911614451092273963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553089568405988344.post-2395453917288327336</id><published>2012-05-03T01:48:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-03T01:48:45.005-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="anti-gay"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Russia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="St. Petersburg"/><title type='text'>Russia is the new Nazi Germany</title><content type='html'>So St. Petersburg passed a law banning gay people from assembling, as well as any type of gay media. &amp;nbsp;Gays no longer have free speech, and anyone &quot;promoting&quot; anything gay, or saying anything positive about gay people, are now breaking the law. &amp;nbsp;Now Russia is trying to pass such legislation to make all things gay illegal. &amp;nbsp;Its so heartbreaking.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/e8o8OpE7PpI&quot; width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/feeds/2395453917288327336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/russia-is-new-nazi-germany.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/2395453917288327336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/2395453917288327336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/russia-is-new-nazi-germany.html' title='Russia is the new Nazi Germany'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00911614451092273963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q4HGQm3NWRY/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553089568405988344.post-7556988793704510063</id><published>2012-05-03T01:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-03T01:39:12.176-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jon stewart"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lesbian moms"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lesbians"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="my two moms"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="zach wahls"/><title type='text'>Zach Wahls on Jon Stewart... this guy is everywhere...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
Zach is like our own Tebow, except he is not corny or lame, and he IS allowed to discuss gay topics.&lt;/div&gt;
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Get More: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/&quot;&gt;Daily Show Full Episodes&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indecisionforever.com/&quot;&gt;Political Humor &amp;amp; Satire Blog&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow&quot;&gt;The Daily Show on Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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In this video, Zinnia&amp;nbsp;dissects&amp;nbsp;the manufactured controversy, the pansy-assed reaction of the smiling/laughing kids who walked out (who were also &quot;offended&quot; supposedly except they were laughing). Watch!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/neV3PnOyEN0&quot; width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/feeds/3046901709030856287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/zinnia-analyzes-dan-savage-controversy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/3046901709030856287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/3046901709030856287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/zinnia-analyzes-dan-savage-controversy.html' title='Zinnia analyzes the Dan Savage &quot;controversy&quot;'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00911614451092273963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/neV3PnOyEN0/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553089568405988344.post-4547270147440325217</id><published>2012-05-03T00:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-03T00:42:35.237-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="boy scouts"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="discriminatory"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="GLAAD"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jennifer Tyrell"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="petition"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="resignation"/><title type='text'>Boy Scouts board member resigns in support of fired lesbian den leader</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.glaad.org/blog/boy-scouts-america-board-member-resigns-support-gay-ohio-mom?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+glaadblog+%28GLAAD+Blog%29&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;GLAAD announces&lt;/a&gt; that a board member of the Ohio River Valley Council of the BSA has resigned in support of &lt;a href=&quot;http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/04/video-god-doesnt-make-mistakes.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jennifer Tyrell&lt;/a&gt; who was asked to be a den leader, then after a year was fired for being a lesbian - even though they knew about her same-sex relationship when she joined. &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.change.org/petitions/boy-scouts-of-america-reinstate-cub-scout-leader-who-was-removed-for-being-gay&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Her petition&lt;/a&gt; for the BSA to change its mean and discriminatory policy now has nearly 300,000 signatures.&lt;br /&gt;
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David J. Sims, the board member resigning submitted a letter which reads:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Dear Bob:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I write to you today to inform you that I am resigning as a member of the Board of Directors of the Ohio River Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Yesterday, after receiving the email from Paul Tucker, I first learned the story of Jennifer Tyrrell, the den leader for Pack 109&#39;s Tiger Scouts in Bridgeport, Ohio, who was removed as leader solely due to her sexual orientation. I understand that this action was taken as a result of a standing policy of the Boy Scouts of America and that said action is legal. However, Ms. Tyrrell’s removal goes against my fundamental beliefs of how we should treat our fellow human beings and is, in my opinion, wholly discriminatory. I understand that the Boys Scouts of America is free to run its organization as it sees fit, however, I can not formally be a part of it based upon this policy.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;My grandfather was an Eagle scout, my father was an Eagle scout and I am an Eagle Scout. Other than his family and his Christian faith, the most important thing in my father’s life was the Boy Scouts. The lived and breathed scouting. That is what makes this decision so exceedingly difficult and emotional. However, I know that my father would support my decision.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Best wishes to you, Ohio River Valley Council and the Boy Scouts of America in future endeavors. I hope that the powers that be will look into their hearts and find the wisdom and courage to re-examine the policies of the Boy Scouts of America.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Sincerely yours,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;David J. Sims&lt;/i&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/feeds/4547270147440325217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/boy-scouts-board-member-resigns-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/4547270147440325217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/4547270147440325217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/boy-scouts-board-member-resigns-in.html' title='Boy Scouts board member resigns in support of fired lesbian den leader'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00911614451092273963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-YjeG22U9rItOU7uJSYftKYrXwTX0yxBTk287igZeGlZ3KH0dxRP5V5nprr2AF-JrAzPuTNr2-Caiu0rTf1vh8q49OtugDkQiFk5vZBg9Bw_DPRPbRwzY8ZforOxFLwWi21ermzacg/s72-c/tyrellfamily_featured.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553089568405988344.post-6163869799399910445</id><published>2012-05-03T00:23:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-03T00:24:06.537-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="guys"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jobs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="looking for work"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="making money"/><title type='text'>p.post.1</title><content type='html'>This is a personal post where I&#39;m talking about my life in general. &amp;nbsp;Ill do this from time to time, so read if you want to know a little more about me. &amp;nbsp;If not, skip over to the good stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
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Life:&lt;br /&gt;
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What’ new?&amp;nbsp; Still looking for a job in Atlanta although I have 
expanded my search to basically anywhere… that is as long as it’s in or 
near a big city.&amp;nbsp; I am putting in about 5-10 applications a day, and am 
starting to forget where I have an haven’t applied.&amp;nbsp; The money is 
starting to run out though.&amp;nbsp; When I worked at NYK, I spent almost all 
the money paying down credit cards and saving it for the next several 
rainy days.&amp;nbsp; My credit cards are back up to where they were, and my 
savings are down to about a third of what I had, and the bills are 
stacking up. *Sigh*&lt;br /&gt;
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I’m not sure what to do.&amp;nbsp; It looks like I may need to start waiting 
tables again or something of the sort.&amp;nbsp; I just know from experience that
 when I wait tables, I get home all exhausted and drained from the 
indignifying attitude of Atlanta diners.&amp;nbsp; If I could get a job as a 
barista, or something, honestly, I would prefer to work at an hourly 
flat rate and not have to bend over backwards for a $2 tip.&amp;nbsp; I’m going 
to try to start back rating on Google – this will be an experiment 
though.&amp;nbsp; They sent me an email a few weeks ago telling me to stop rating
 because my pace was not fast enough, but they are still sending me 
emails about rating, and they also sent an email that stated they were 
increasing the time allowed to do the tasks that they said I was taking 
too long to do.&amp;nbsp; But I never received an email saying I could start back
 rating… I’m so confused.&amp;nbsp; Even though I hate the job, I don’t really 
have a choice, and I hate waiting tables more! So, my plan is to log in 
and start rating and see what happens.&amp;nbsp; At least if I rate, I can make 
$1000 a month, which is enough to stay afoot til I find a real job… that
 is if they let me continue.&lt;br /&gt;
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Enteeways… my friend told me about his friend who writes articles for
 pay, write two or three a day and that’s how he supports himself and 
his child.&amp;nbsp; So I looked it up, did some research and found some websites
 where I can start writing articles on demand from businesses and there 
are different payout models.&amp;nbsp; One site gives you a pay per article, so 
you get anywhere from $20-200 per article… but then another site allows 
you to collect the ad revenue the article brings in instead of an 
upfront payment.&amp;nbsp; Finally, I found another site that you have to apply 
for and they actually review your application and accept or reject you.&amp;nbsp;
 That company pays you $20 per article, and then you get a high 
percentage of the residual ad income from it.&amp;nbsp; Since I love to research 
and write, I think this is an excellent opportunity for me to do on the 
side.&amp;nbsp; If I do 3 articles per day, spending about an 3 hours doing so, 
I’d make $60 a day, $300-420 a week and that’s just from the upfront 
fee.&amp;nbsp; The residuals are the exciting part.&amp;nbsp; It’s one of those things 
that you don’t see much of when you start but the more you do it, the 
more you see.&amp;nbsp; Well written articles can make from $5-50 a month in ad 
revenue.&amp;nbsp; Let’s say you get $3 a month from each article in ad income.&amp;nbsp; 
You write 3 a day, 5 days a week.&amp;nbsp; That’s 60 articles a month and $180 
in extra income, each article stays online for six months, so after six 
months, your residual income is averaging around $1,080 a month for a 
total of $1600 a month, from 3 hours a day.&lt;br /&gt;
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So, I’m going to try it.&amp;nbsp; If Google lets me continue rating, I can 
make $1080 a month from 4 hours a day.&amp;nbsp; And I am definitely going to try
 the article writing thing too which would be much more interesting and 
fun in my opinion.&amp;nbsp; In the meantime, I’m going to continue applying for 
5-10 jobs per day, and will be looking for wage jobs like barista or 
something casual customer service oriented, I just REALLY don’t want to 
wait tables.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dating:&lt;br /&gt;
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I am talking to several guys, but none seem to be biting.&amp;nbsp; Dating is 
so frustrating.&amp;nbsp; There is this one guy that I really really like, and he
 says he likes me and he always apologizes for not having time, but it 
never goes anywhere.&amp;nbsp; It reminds me of this guy I liked last year, it 
never went anywhere either, but it turned out he was seeing someone else
 the whole time. I don’t know, I am so over dating.&amp;nbsp; Anyway, I have 
liked him since the first time we met… a year and a half ago.&amp;nbsp; He was in
 a relationship, so I just waited hoping he would become single 
eventually, and he did.&amp;nbsp; So I’m still waiting, and I know what I should 
do, I should move on.&lt;br /&gt;
But I really really like him. UGH.&lt;br /&gt;
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Just thinking/writing about it makes me sad.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/feeds/6163869799399910445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/ppost1.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/6163869799399910445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3553089568405988344/posts/default/6163869799399910445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gaygnostic.blogspot.com/2012/05/ppost1.html' title='p.post.1'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00911614451092273963</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553089568405988344.post-6932369906207068482</id><published>2012-04-30T02:56:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2012-04-30T03:00:08.741-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="David Guetta"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="FABULIS"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="FALALA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="FLAMBOYINCE"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="holleration"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kelly Rowland"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="shout holler praise"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="song"/><title type='text'>FABULIS FLAMBOYINCE FALALA #1</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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Rowland)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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