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Does News-Sentinel announce same-sex couples?


Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:38 AM PST

With all the firestorm over the November elections and Proposition 8, I found an interesting footnote.

In the October edition of The Advocate, it mentioned Lodi by name. It went on to say how the Lodi News-Sentinel was the only newspaper in the state of California, (88 publications in all) that didn't announce same sex couples. Whether it was because couples didn't want their unions announced or the paper didn't bother with it at all is up to interpretation. I would like to think Lodi is a community that accepts people, gay or straight all the same, but I'm starting to feel a chill.

Michael Gorman
Lodi

Note from editor Rich Hanner: In fact, News-Sentinel guidelines on engagement and wedding announcements allow for the publication of same-sex unions, though we have received none to date. The Advocate has issued an apology and correction.

Reader Feedback

real facts wrote on Jan 7, 2009 12:37 PM:

" i know, rhodie can take this one and expound on the "other" side of God that includes his wrath.

rhodie, your up

"they" think i make this stuff up "

real facts wrote on Jan 7, 2009 12:36 PM:

" ("lodi boy wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:44 PM:
God IS ALL LOVE, he is not vengeful, and there is no wrath.

I don't believe in hell. God would never turn away from HIS CHILDREN or send them to a pit of fire. We can turn away from him, but never the opposite.
Hell was created by the early church for control over people. Eventually, any dark souls will be absorbed back into God."
***************************************
nope, not biblically/historically true.

the recordations of God are clear, in that God is ALSO a vengeful God against those that would PURPOSEFULLY disobey HIM, as the record shows where God DID include the eventuality of hell for those that "would".

you can't make things "disappear" just because you don't like it, and the TRUE record shows there is more than one side to God "

real facts wrote on Jan 7, 2009 12:29 PM:

" Rhodie v2.0 wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:31 PM: I was more curious as to why he deals differantly in person than on the pages here. ").

i already told you.....people that talk trash in "here" wouldn't have the guts" to do it in front of someone "out there"

people who so willingly run to lie about others aren't people of strength, they are little weazels who take their insecurities in life out on others

so i called them on it, like i always do "

real facts wrote on Jan 7, 2009 12:23 PM:

" since you brought it up bobby, you have skated from answering two questions that would completely vindicate your position, or completely shut it down BIBLICALLY.

you keep screaming foul like a little child, all because i can challenge your position like no other, so you keep deflecting your "unwillingness" onto me, while you keep throwing out your deflective REPEATED questions.

answer the questions bobby, and then we will get to see if your position is the right one. what are you so afraid of?

(1) provide ONE pro homosexual passage where the bible says ANYTHING POSITIVE about ANY kind of homosexual sex, and not some FORCE it into the text by lying "it's there". (you do remember my suggestion about talking to a rabbi about the ORIGINAL don't you?)

(2) as per your recent "what is a marriage" attempt at legitmizing YOUR life, tell us all about your "committment" to your C-BFF, and how come you CAN'T qualify your OWN life sexually before Gods word

cry-about-me-all-you-want. manufacture-lies-about-me-all-you-want, it-still-won't-change-what-you-have-become, and what-your "attempting" to-do-whether-or-not-i "remind you" when-YOU-provide-opportunity

go ahead, answer "them" "

real facts wrote on Jan 7, 2009 12:12 PM:

" the "marriage" question i already answered before, that if two people ARE going to be married before God, they can only be a man and a woman, and i also stated "ceremonies & certificates" do not constitute a "marriage", in that "committment" IS the deciding factor on what IS varifiable before God

God calls us to be under the current governmental systems he creates, and part of that IS "certificated" by each state.

now, go ahead and "teach us" how YOU can FORCE homosexuality into that equation "biblically".

make sure you use your OWN "commmittment" where you don't even live with your C-BFF "

real facts wrote on Jan 7, 2009 12:11 PM:

" david neilsen needed to defend his position, a position HE initiated, and just like all the rest when pressed against the REAL truths of God, he ran away.

your the only one bobby whose ego lies to him enough that you stick around for continual exposure of the lie you base your life upon. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 6, 2009 7:14 PM:

" And then after you aswer those questions perhaps David wont have a need to answer your questions because they are not neccesary to answer. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 6, 2009 7:13 PM:

" real facts why dont you answer the question of what is considered a "marriage" in the Bible?

Is there a ceremony requirement?

Is there a requirement that a preacher be involved?

is it a requirement that a docment be filed? "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 6, 2009 7:11 PM:

" Lodian, Did you notice in the other blog (religion) that all the comments that (hwnsnbn) comments are all goe except for the most recent one? ALL his rants about cloging the blogs and such are all deleted! hmmmmmm "

Rhodie v2.0 wrote on Jan 6, 2009 6:00 PM:

" "Oh, I see... ya mean, humorous, interesting, intelligent, engaging and just plain coooool. LOL! ;-)"

'cough-cough' Don't do that, I almost choked on dinner laughing so much.

Is that a shorthand like LOL, ACODLSM (almost choked on dinner laughing so much)? "

Lodian wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:38 PM:

" Rhodie v2.0 wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:32 PM: " Lodian. you would "act" as you do on here. "

Oh, I see... ya mean, humorous, interesting, intelligent, engaging and just plain coooool. LOL! ;-) "

Lodian wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:35 PM:

" Rhodie v2.0: He's a hypocrite. "

Lodian wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:33 PM:

" Rhodie v2.0 wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:31 PM:

" Sorry, Sam. I was looking for more middle of the road posters. I can guess what his react to the more extreme personas would be in person. I was more curious as to why he deals differantly in person than on the pages here. "

Me too. "

Lodian wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:32 PM:

" I wonder when there will be a same-sex couple's wedding announcement in the Lodi News Sentinel. "

Rhodie v2.0 wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:32 PM:

" Lodian. you would "act" as you do on here. "

Rhodie v2.0 wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:31 PM:

" Sorry, Sam. I was looking for more middle of the road posters. I can guess what his react to the more extreme personas would be in person. I was more curious as to why he deals differantly in person than on the pages here. "

Lodian wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:30 PM:

" Rhodie v2.0: Please explain how I would "act"? "

Lodian wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:27 PM:

" Bobbyg: I wonder... Have you considered that maybe RF is actually not a Christian and is just pretending to be one on the blogs? Perhaps he is purposely making a mockery of Christians by ranting and raving in here as he has done for several years now. Maybe this is his way of making Christians look really really bad.

I can imagine many people reading his blogs and leaving here thinking that if that's a Christian they wouldn't want to have anything to do with Christianity.

You are right when you mentioned that someone like RF, and his attacking and troublesome anger, would push someone (that may be on the fence about Christ) far away from Christianity.

After leaving other churches and RF not being able to find one now maybe he is bitter and angry and wants to strike back at Christians because he feels rejected. It sure explains his irrational behavior.

It's really sad when ya think about it. Someone must have made him feel pretty awful for him to be so hateful to his fellow man, and Christians. "

sam wrote on Jan 6, 2009 5:26 PM:

" Rhodie, if you want to try and "bait" Real Facts, that is your business. Leave my name out of it. "

lodi boy wrote on Jan 6, 2009 2:02 PM:

" Oh yeah - who really cares if somebody loves another of the same sex?!

Who cares? If it bugs you, then don't date the same sex. Spend your energy debating issues that matter. "

lodi boy wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:50 PM:

" And please don't pick apart my comments. This is what I believe.

You all can believe what you want. I've lived outside of Lodi and experienced other cultures, so I'm not held down by ignorance or a narrow-minded religion.

God is in me, I'm part of him, and will be for all eternity. "

lodi boy wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:44 PM:

" We can't judge each other -BUT WE CAN JUDGE THE ACT.

God IS ALL LOVE, he is not vengeful, and there is no wrath.

I don't believe in hell. God would never turn away from HIS CHILDREN or send them to a pit of fire. We can turn away from him, but never the opposite.
Hell was created by the early church for control over people. Eventually, any dark souls will be absorbed back into God.

The reason there are bad people, is so that our souls can learn and grow from their acts. Everything in this life from wars to sickness has been written. We are living it out so our souls can be tested and grow for God. Take what you want form what I believe. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:39 PM:

" real facts wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:15 PM:
"once again Christians will be murdered for what they believe."

and while that is what you believe, the facts are that your type of so called Christian will continue to execute and kill gay people both dirctly with their own hands and indirectly with their words causeing young gay people to commit suicide. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:32 PM:

" FIANLLY we get to see the true purpose of real facts....

Arrogance? ignorance? you decide.

real facts wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:15 PM: "like i said, the truth is whatever i say" "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:26 PM:

" real facts wrote: what i say divides a room right in half, and thats EXACTLY what God would do."

No! You can see by the many stories of Jesus in the Bible that is exactly what he wouldnt do. Jesus and Paul both would bring people to God, not divide them and seperate them from the word of God as you do. T

here are so many stories of this nature, please give me a few where Jesus or Paul purposefully push Gods children away from Him! "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:20 PM:

" real facts wrote: "what i "do" in here revolves around defense, and as you can tell there is virtually NO ONE defending God or HIS word in these blogs, despite the daily onslaught against it "by them"

au contraire real facts, it is not you defending Gods word, it is all the other true Christians in these blogs, while you choose to bastardize all the scriptures to meet what you have decided is the so called word of your God. Many of us in here actually do believe in God while you seem to want to be God.... you thought you would pass this off again but you are not Jesus, even though you keep trying to implicate that you are!!!

real facts wrote on Jan 5, 2009 12:54 PM: people yell and scream "foul" and throw all kinds of stuff at me

hmmmm seems like a fact about Jesus, I know Jesus and you my mistaken little misguided aquaintence are no Jesus, not even close. "

real facts wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:15 PM:

" ("Acampo_Mom wrote on Jan 5, 2009 2:21 PM: Because I don't think I would chose "your" God. ").

well, then that will become very unfortunate for you, because of the ratcheting up against God TODAY, it WILL reach the levels it previously did in the early church.

the bible predicted it would, and in what looks like the near future, once again Christians will be murdered for what they believe.

should one wait "until then" to speak the harsh truth when vehetmly opposed, or should i wait until "then"?

like i said, what i say divides a room, and the truth is whatever i say, NO ONE can blame me on thier day before God "why they didn't believe"

that's a cop out

"if" it IS the truth, your responsibility is to adjust to it, or eventually you will be judged by it

i have NOTHING to do with that part "

real facts wrote on Jan 6, 2009 1:01 PM:

" ("lodi boy wrote on Jan 5, 2009 1:19 PM:
" Can everyone just stop judging each other?
God doesn't get mad or judge anybody - BECAUSE THEN GOD WOULD BE HUMANIZED. And God isn't that.
He is all love. He only knows love").

that is entirely in-accurate about God.

i am NOT being saracstic, i am making a point......if God "doesn't judge" people, then you should have no problem with the child molester down your street, as "judging others" isn't the right thing to do.

God isn't "just about love", HE is also a righteous God who WILL judge man for his sin, and quite possibly that could lead to eternal damnation, a fact i have rarely ever mentioned in these blogs in comparison to the opportunity i get TO mention it

there isn't ANYTHING "loving" about hell "

real facts wrote on Jan 6, 2009 12:49 PM:

" Acampo_Mom...

doing what i do in here.....if the forefathers of the early church DIDN'T do what i do in here, there would be no "Christianity"

back then, the early Christians that laid the groundwork for Christianity to spread, as part of what they did involved the harsh defense against those that sought to DESTROY the works of Christ.

"their" goal is the same in here, as is mine, but "they" won't reach their goal while i am in here.

back then, in the very beginnings, Christians WERE murdered, and if it wasn't FOR Christians standing up for what's right, and saying the harsh truths about those around them.....YOU AND I wouldn't even be having this conversation.

the "rules" of engagement are stiil the same.....hand those looking FOR God, or "struggling" in life for answers ---->RESPECT.

when purposeful evil rears it's ugly head, call it what it is and work to stop it.

it's what i do

what i say divides a room right in half, and thats EXACTLY what God would do

there is righteousness in calling something what it IS, because it challenges a person TO decide "

real facts wrote on Jan 6, 2009 12:37 PM:

" ("Acampo_Mom-wrote: you essentially wag your finger in people's faces and tell them how "bad" they are or when they interpret their beliefs differently than yours you call them liars).

explained the way you just explained it, is-ENTIREly-not-true.

if you knew me personally, i am known for giving a W I D E path of acceptance/tolerance because OF the job i have.

what you witness in here is twofold....
WHEN (which is extremely rare in here) i ever encounter someone with "different beliefs", and they actually ARE "searching" and being respectful, THEN i treat them with respect.

what you are witnessing here is the defense fallout OF laying out my opinion(s) on matters pertaining to God, and then being attacked for it, and someone reverting to lying about me.

these people think Christians are door-mats, and when they attack me, i will put them in their rightful place

if you think for a moment that a guy like bobby can come in here and start lying about me, and then CONSISTENTLY lie about God and i am not supposed to call him what he is.....you-are-sadly-mistaken "

real facts wrote on Jan 6, 2009 12:27 PM:

" ("Acampo_Mom wrote on Jan 5, 2009 2:21 PM: " Yes real facts....that's what I was getting at. When someone is so precariously indecisive about something so important as this, and you approach them in the abrasive manner that you do, you are going to push them to the WRONG side!").

if you only knew...

i wouldn't DARE do that, as i actually care what God thinks, and i wouldn't dream of doing anything the antithesis OF His goal for others OR me.

what i "do" in here revolves around defense, and as you can tell there is virtually NO ONE defending God or HIS word in these blogs, despite the daily onslaught against it "by them".

now, part of that defense is to demonstrate intent.....i show what peoples intent REALLY is, so that their voice about God DOESN'T negate HIS authority.

demonstrating intent is a dirty business, but a necessary one.

look at bobby. that guy comes in here all "nice" and "biblical", and based on that underthebackdoor evil, i HAVE to call it what "it" is

don't worry, people that WANT truth, will be drawn-to-it-by-"watching"-the-decisive/dividing-OF-truth-in-here.....i-am-FULLY-comfortable-with-that "

real facts wrote on Jan 6, 2009 12:17 PM:

" you know what lodian, some day your lies about your pathetic life, and the lies about others you manufacture in here on a daily basis will overtake you.

your too steeped in your ego to realize it

i ain't going to "lie". if i witness it's eventual meltdown, it won't break my heart

and no, i don't have to be "loving" to PURPOSEFUL evil..

the last go around when you were on the verge of getting kicked to the curb (for which you somehow "escaped" ONLY because the LNS didn't keep it's word toward you) you then got all "contrite" about your willful nastiness.

that didn't last long as the "real lodian" came roaring back as her usual ZERO conscience self

what cracks me up, is watching as you "think" you live a noble life

"it" WILL catch you and overtake you

what will you "high five" then? "

Lodian wrote on Jan 6, 2009 9:52 AM:

" Acampo_Mom: Don't mistake RF for someone that cares about his fellow man/woman. "

Billy Rubin wrote on Jan 5, 2009 3:04 PM:

" Reverend Fruitcake wrote on Jan 5, 2009 12:54 PM:"...that makes me either a lunatic, or a standardbearer of Godly truth, and i am fully comfortable you people deciding which one i am."

Well, OK then; Lunatic it is.
And I'm comfortable with that conclusion. "

Acampo_Mom wrote on Jan 5, 2009 2:21 PM:

" Yes real facts....that's what I was getting at. When someone is so precariously indecisive about something so important as this, and you approach them in the abrasive manner that you do, you are going to push them to the WRONG side!

You say you pick God over people (or something to that effect, I can't remember your exact words), but as a Christian (and I've asked this before) isn't it your job AS a Christian to bring as many souls to Christ as possible? But...that is IMPOSSIBLE when you essentially wag your finger in people's faces and tell them how "bad" they are or when they interpret their beliefs differently than yours you call them liars.

If I took you seriously, real facts...all your preaching would have already condemned me to hell, I suppose. Because I don't think I would chose "your" God. "

lodi boy wrote on Jan 5, 2009 1:19 PM:

" Can everyone just stop judging each other?
God doesn't get mad or judge anybody - BECAUSE THEN GOD WOULD BE HUMANIZED. And God isn't that.
He is all love. He only knows love.

It's the rest of us that experience negative emotions.
And for what?! Hate, judgement, wrath adds nothing to your spirituality.

Give it a rest already. "

real facts wrote on Jan 5, 2009 12:54 PM:

" Acampo_Mom wrote:
If a person is on the fence...which way is real facts' "truths" going to push that person?").

it's going to "push them" into making a decision......a decision that has eternal consquences attached to it rather than whether or not super wal mart will make it to lodi

straight to the point forces a man/woman to decide, OR makes her/him run away from it.

Jesus Christ was confrontive when the situation called for it, which was MOST of the time.

other times he spoke in terms that challenged a man to contemplate his circumstances/fate

what you see hear is when i get "confrontive/narrow", people yell and scream "foul" and throw all kinds of stuff at me

funny, because in the end, it really doesn't matter does it? i mean, God really isn't real is he? HE didn't really reveal who he is exactly and what he wants from us exactly did he?

if he "didn't", then why all the fuss?

that makes me either a lunatic, or a standardbearer of Godly truth, and i am fully comfortable you people deciding which one i am "

real facts wrote on Jan 5, 2009 12:44 PM:

" pardon-me, i usually never miss a thing, but i "almost" didn't make the connection that needs to be made about davids "methodology" of telling the "biblical truth".

i asked him about adultery, and if that was "biblically" right, and he provided a bunch of scriptures condemning it.

for face value, it "appeared" he handled his business, but he DIDN'T.

you see, my goal is to demonstrate intent to show whether or not a person actually IS willing to both tell the truth, or gravitate TO IT.

in this case, david underhandedly SIDESTEPPED it ON PURPOSE, "thinking" he was going to squeeze it past me.

not so fast david.....maybe you can "explain" to the reading audience about "why" you PURPOSEFULLY EXCLUDED new testament references about adultery as well, to demonstrate the FLOW of Gods ordinances OVER TIME, and how those MORAL LAWS have not changed?

willful exclusion is what? honesty?

"we" were debating Gods laws concerning man NOW------you insinuated that O.T. "LAWS" were antiquated, and yet you ONLY replicated adultery edicts FROM the O.T., while purposefully leaving out N.T. references

tell everyone why you PURPOSEFULLY did that?

dear-girard-and-acampo_mom.......now-you-can-see-"why"-i-do-what-i-do,....so-that-NO-ONE-can-highjack-the-REAL-truths-Of-God.......eternity-is-at-stake-you-know "

real facts wrote on Jan 5, 2009 12:27 PM:

" David Nielsen wrote on Jan 4, 2009 6:22 PM: God is LOVE. And what you do to your brother you do unto Christ").

true, but only a HALF representation of HIS character.

God "hates" as well as HE "loves", in that God DOES NOT EVER tolerate or give place to sin. EVER

while God may "lovingly" be patient with a person who STRUGGLES with sin (like EVERYONE does), he DOES NOT TOLERATE willfull-disobedience-on-purpose-haters OF his righteousness (HE-calls-them-his-"enemies"), and if you actually DID read Gods word ON YOUR OWN instead of what was thrown at you in church, you might have noted that at times God has shall we say...."been very angry" at HIS creation, and made them pay FOR them shaking their fist at HIM as they mock HIS standards.

since you are so "biblically resourseful" david, why don't you take the time to ACCURATELY replicate the OTHER side of God that you biblically/purposefully "forgot" to mention

here is another question that will squash the "God is only love mantra".....what does the entire book of revelation contain ABOUT man?

that-makes-three-questions-YOU-need-to-answer "

real facts wrote on Jan 5, 2009 12:14 PM:

" ("David Nielsen wrote on Jan 4, 2009 6:22 PM: And the ever popular Leviticus 18:22 (Homosexuality is an abomination) is also Jewish law and most misquoted and misused to justify modern day hatred by "Followers of Christ").

i know, i have a way, being the ever so get-down-to-business-straight-to-the-truth-efficient type of guy that i am.......does Gods word actually condemn homosexuality as "sin" david nielsen, or if within your "theology", is it "ok"?

that question alone ought to streamline our "conversation" real quick

i also realize that people come in here ALL THE TIME thinking they have the ability to set the biblical record straight, but EVERYONE OF THEM when pressed REFUSE to be under the same "biblical truth spotlight" they put me under.

i cannot count by now the BUSLOADS of people that have attempted this and EVERYONE OF THEM has left the building after i started asking them challenging questions. questions that will float the REAL truth to the top QUICKLY.

so, in that long winded "explanation", YOU have (2) questions to answer.
(1) is homosexual sex biblically condemned?
(2) can ANYONE have sex-with-anyone-else-outside-their-marriage-"biblically"?

now-we-will-see-the-real-"motives"of-david-nielsen.....another-hit-and-run-artist?......"they"-ALL-have-been "

real facts wrote on Jan 5, 2009 12:00 PM:

" ("Robb wrote:
Nope, that would be Real Freak, it is showed over and over, if one was to believe what you preach, then god is hate... ").

nope. wrong again robb

what i actually "do" is demonstrate that there ARE actual standards while people like you work ever so hard at making them "disappear", and if that "process" of defense includes the harsh aspects OF defense by sending people like you the message that you won't get away with it, up to and including calling you what you are "when" you are, then i am by GODLY definition being "loving"

love conquers ALL things, and "love" DOES NOT allow for sin to steamroll past righteousness.

i LOVE God enough to not let people like YOU bully/intimidate people like "us" any longer.

for a long time now, Christians have been bullied into silence under the psuedo flag of "PC".....NOT ANYMORE

my game is......i will start out defending Christ and HIS word. maybe in a narrow/strict straight up way, but still respectful....that is until someone tries to play me or lie about me, then it's "on" "

real facts wrote on Jan 5, 2009 11:51 AM:

" EXACTLY acampo_mom, that's the partial point i am making in these blogs.

since eternity can be had NOW contained in a decision, THAT is why i defend ever so staunchly the truths of God against those that would change it, so that they could make Gods standards "disappear".

the "message" i am sending is two fold.....(1) if you ARE a person in here that thinks you are going to get away with bastardizing Gods word for self justification purposes, your not. and your not, because i happen to be a Christian who actually gives a rip that Gods standards ARE represented instead of daily "steamrolled"

IN HERE, how many Christians do you ever see even countering these people on ANY level? it's virtually a ghost town in here that way. someone has to do it, and by me doing it, that lays the groundwork for my 2nd intent.....to get people to choose. Godly truth devides a room, and forces a person to make a choice about their life and THAT IS the benefit of those "on the fence" "

Acampo_Mom wrote on Jan 5, 2009 9:58 AM:

" I'd have to agree with Robb...
If a person is on the fence...which way is real facts' "truths" going to push that person?

A non-believer will just keep not believing...
A Christian will just keep believing the way they have been, secure in their own faith...
But that someone who isn't sure...
They will teeter over to one side or another of the fence eventually. "

Robb wrote on Jan 5, 2009 8:57 AM:

" your actually/inadvertently working against God

Nope, that would be Real Freak, it is showed over and over, if one was to believe what you preach, then god is hate... "

Audi 5000 wrote on Jan 5, 2009 8:29 AM:

" David Nielsen said " I attended church all my life & have studied the Bible accordingly"

that in and of itself means nothing. "

Lodian wrote on Jan 4, 2009 9:25 PM:

" Billy Rubin wrote "Hey Reverend Fruitcake... I understand why they flipped you off at your old church and sent you packing."

Yes, we all know exactly why that would happen.

Happy New Year! "

David Nielsen wrote on Jan 4, 2009 6:22 PM:

" Jeremiah 3:8-10 (in Context)
Jeremiah 3 (Whole Chapter)
Jeremiah 5:7
Jeremiah 7:8-10 (in Context)
Jeremiah 7 (Whole Chapter)
Jeremiah 23:14
Jeremiah 23:13-15 (in Context)
Jeremiah 23 (Whole Chapter)
Jeremiah 29:23
Jeremiah 29:22-24 (in Context) Jeremiah 29 (Whole Chapter)

And the ever popular Leviticus 18:22 (Homosexuality is an abomination) is also Jewish law and most misquoted and misused to justify modern day hatred by "Followers of Christ". God is LOVE. And what you do to your brother you do unto Christ.
This is my last post on this letter thing.
It was fun blogging! And please have your church group clean up the East Side- since u have time to blog. "

David Nielsen wrote on Jan 4, 2009 6:21 PM:

" I attended church all my life & have studied the Bible accordingly
( I do not wear it on my sleeve the way some feel obligated to). But- for Real facts- I will respond to his question.

Exodus 20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exodus 20:13-15 (in Context)
Exodus 20 (Whole Chapter)
Leviticus 20:10
Leviticus 20:9-11 (in Context) Leviticus 20 (Whole Chapter)
Deuteronomy 5:18
Deuteronomy 5:17-19 (in Context) Deuteronomy 5 (Whole Chapter)
Proverbs 6:32
Proverbs 6:31-33 (in Context)
Proverbs 6 (Whole Chapter)
Jeremiah 3:8
Jeremiah 3:7-9 (in Context)
Jeremiah 3 (Whole Chapter)
Jeremiah 3:9 "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 5:55 PM:

" David Nielsen wrote on Jan 4, 2009 3:56 PM: " Real Facts- I am not trying to challenge any Christians here").

well that certainly wasn't a "factual" statement "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 5:54 PM:

" not many opportunities to show "grace" when people are either directly being evil and purposefully mocking God, or underhanded-under the door swipes like you did.

you didn't just "ask questions".
you came at me in a mocking sarcastic bent, and i responded as per your angle.

as far as what the bible says "literally" about sexual definitions, those are clear as sexual MORAL LAW never changes.


the other "scenarios" you pointed out revolve around JEWISH ceremonial/civil laws aimed at insuring that the jew could NEVER become righteous on their own thru "good works", thus the pile-on-scenario

there is a complete difference between ceremonial/civil law, which Christ fullfilled so that BOTH jew AND gentile could only become righteous before God thru the FINISHED work of Christ.

there is not one time where sexual-moral law has ever changed, and since YOU mentioned homosexual sex specifically, and Gods word condemned it outright, there is no "selective-interpretive" problems.

the "problems" always come when a man refuses to accepts Gods laws as they WERE laid out, including their intent, and that's why i noted that it is NEVER appropriate-for-a-man-to-have-sex-outside-his-marriage.....a-question-you-avoided-that-DID-answer-your-"questions" "

David Nielsen wrote on Jan 4, 2009 3:56 PM:

" Real Facts- I am not trying to challenge any Christians here. I am merely pointing out- that you can take the Bible literally--- Or you can pick and choose through it to suit your needs and lifestyle. I believe you are the latter-- because you haven't answered any of the questions in the letter. The letter contains literally God's words and punishments. And clearly no one is killing anyone because they cut their hair to the temple-- for obvious reasons. So why is everybody so hung up on a literal translation on homosexuality and yet willing to give themselves wiggle space on God's other laws? Instead of Chastising-- how about answering a few of those simple questions. And just for the record- You show NO GRACE... and I know GOD has quite a few words regarding Righteousness. Remember- we are all brothers. "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 2:12 PM:

" Proverbs chapter 12 (NLT)

23 Wise people don't make a show of their knowledge, but fools broadcast their folly. "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 2:08 PM:

" this would be a good time to bring bobby's responsibility back front and center.

hey bobby, would you like to "expound" more on your concept (lie) that God provided certain biblical characters with what YOU called "the gift" of mutiple wives.

what you inSINuaHATED was that God said ABSOLUTELY NOT to sex with anyone other than your wife and husband thru strict biblical standards outlined in leviticus, then according to your lie, God not only looked the other way when it came to certain people being sexually out of bounds by obtaining multiple wives, but he looked at it as a "gift" (your words) TO man.

so lets take a look it your twisted methodology world of self justification by PURPOSEFULLY fading in and out of truth likes it's nothing.

first God condemns ANY KIND of sex outside marriage between a man and a woman, then YOU STATE God "changed his mind", and actually GIFTED men WITH multiple wives.....and finally, God "changed his mind" (again) in the new testament and made it a no no again.

you should write "scriptures" for the mormons

that-was-a-great-example-of-just-how-your-self-justification-"biblically"-really-works......you-MANUFACTURE-your-"truth" "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 1:41 PM:

" well, you didn't learn your lesson from your last trip thru these blogs, and despite my fair warning of the actual FULL aspects of Gods word, you continue your quest to undermine what IS happening in these blogs, so good luck with what you will be judged for, in regards to your ill-placed efforts.

you see, i have this knack in life of being able to establish someones motive quickly, and what YOUR attempting actually ISN'T Godly (entirely), because what you ARE attemting to do is silence my voice in here about sin, and those that would highjack Gods word for self-justification.

everyone else will get sucked into your "attempt", because afterall your USING Gods word against me. they too ONLY LIKE the "fuzzy" aspects, and so you are gathering "fans"

you forgot it didn't make a difference the last time you did this, and my "mission" in here will be the same

all you will do is insure that i will UP my game by replicating even more about the "judgement of mans sin" aspects of God.

that's not what you had hoped for "

Billy Rubin wrote on Jan 4, 2009 1:40 PM:

" Hey Reverend Fruitcake, how come you, like all the other lying hypocrites who tell everyone how godly they are, don't like it when others use your trick of selective scripture reading?

I've never understood that.

All of the loudest-yelling, bible-humping, Jesus-screamers are ALWAYS the biggest lying hypocrites and you, Reverend, are the worst.

Why is that? Why is your own belief such a tortured and convoluted mess of contradictions and lies?

Hey, remember when you said to beware of cultists because they won't tell you what they believe?

I get it now. I understand why they flipped you off at your old church and sent you packing. "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 1:25 PM:

" God is love,

and all who live in love live in God,

and God lives in them.

(NLT, 1 John 4:16) "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 1:24 PM:

" TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 1:14 PM: " Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself.

I am the LORD.

(NIV, Leviticus 19:18) "
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you "forgot" the parts of leviticus where God kills people that sin.

"memory loss"?

how could that be? you were just in "leviticus"

here is a way to test your "biblical honesty", how much of leviticus is steeped in the judgements of God, and how much contain what you are trying to sell as the "only" aspect of Gods character?

half truths DO NOT represent God, they only serve to undermine who he really is

God job "undermining" God

so far, you have only presented HALF TRUTHS "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 1:18 PM:

" therealfacts, just to allow you a peak into what happens to a person who willfully omits half of the character of God, so they too can sell the notion to others that they can sin WITHOUT retribution before God and manufacture thier own "standards", i have re-posted the warnings from Christ's own mouth in revelation.

Jesus Christ gives a stern warning of the fate that awaits someone who "plays" HIS word for self justification.

take notice, because Christ isn't being "fuzzy-wuzzy" about his creation.

he WILL smite evil
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Revelation 22
18I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. 19And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

20He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon."
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 1:14 PM:

" Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself.

I am the LORD.

(NIV, Leviticus 19:18) "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 1:08 PM:

" TheRealFacts wrote: " "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned, forgive, and ye shall be forgiven."

~Luke 6:37~ "
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whoops. maybe you can post the ENTIRE portion of the CONTEXT of that scripture to see if Jesus Christ condemned the judgement of the motives of others, or high fived it thru "judicious judgement".

while it IS nice to see the loving aspects of Gods word that draws men to HIMSELF, rather than the all the times i have to "flyswat" all these people in here as they attempt to bastardize Gods word FOR personal justification, what you ARE doing "therealfacts" is you are inadvertantly swimming in dangerous territory by purposefully NOT representing ALL the character of God, especially the portion whereby God holds man accountable FOR sin, and God calls US as "voices" of those standards.

especially poinant of your purposeful "half truths" is your only "partial" representaion of luke 6 on judging - where judging others is MANDATORY for which standards actually CAN be held

your actually/inadvertantly working against God

you-already-know-the-fact-your-purposefully-omitting-the-other-half-of-Gods-character,....as-this-is-your-2nd-trip-around-the-blogs-attempting-this "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:57 PM:

" ("Robb wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:33 PM:
" There it is, that proves RF is a liar.. ").

laughing

what part of "behavioral health" therapy is that statement culled from?

skip behavioral health.....and run straight to "behavior emergency modification" because as weird as you have allowed yourself to become, you are in desperate mode for help.

didn't you read my dissertation on a person that lies, and how that ILLustrates a weak position in life?

your still the weirdest person on these blogs robb

your "multiple friends" will tell you that's an accomplishment "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:55 PM:

" "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned, forgive, and ye shall be forgiven."

~Luke 6:37~ "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:43 PM:

" dear David Nielsen, the next "contender"

you weren't around before when your "concerns" were easily flyswatted?

that's a shame, because now all you have done is provide me ANOTHER opportunity to "teach", and of course if after i am done, and you STILL won't align with Gods word, you will only become MORE "accountable" TO HIM as a result of what you thought you were going to hand it to me.....bad-news-huh?

now, given your "style", this is another copy/paste job culled from Christian hater cites, so we will proceed right ahead with displaying you really don't posses "biblical knowledge", that your just a "sheeple" who doesn't like Gods true standards.

out of all your posts, i can unravel your "concern" with one statement/challenge, and that will test your "biblical accumen"....

is it "lawful" for a married man or woman to go have sex with ANY OTHER outside thier marriage as per biblical standards?

he won't answer it, and that will be the end of david neilsens "attempt"

david, i know you are used to playing Christians, but this is the big leagues

your wasting your time

but, if-you-feel-you-must... "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:43 PM:

" Be humble and gentle in every way. Be patient with each other and lovingly accept each other.

Ephesians 4:2 "

Robb wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:33 PM:

" There it is, that proves RF is a liar.. "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:29 PM:

" TheRealFacts, here's a verse...
"arm-that's not so-strong"
1st real facts chapter 2 verse 3 "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:27 PM:

" 1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:27 PM:

" flamerinlodi, i am only "insensitive" when the time for telling the blunt truth about people calls for it.

actually, i could care less if a person is gay or not. it's YOUR LIFE to win or lose, not mine. as long as a person is respectful, I AM.

the-"bobby's"-of-the-world demand that i get a little "downtown" because of the games they play, and the stakes at hand.

bobby and i WERE "respectful", until he changed that by lying about me way back when, when he could no longer defend against the hard questions i posed to him about his "biblical" position.

it's what always eventually happens in here with these people

my questions were confrontive and straight to the point, but they were not disrespectful.

when people lie, that changes EVERYTHING, as that reveals intent

look at the current "contender" david neilsen. now he thinks he is going to be the latest one to hand it to me, while trying to sell to the blogs he is "inquisitive/nice". he's out to try and play me like the busloads have for 3yrs straight

ummmmmm-not-quite "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:26 PM:

" God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. (NLT, 1 John 4:16) "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:25 PM:

" 8 Love never fails. . . .

--1 Corinthians 13:1-8a "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:25 PM:

" 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:24 PM:

" 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:24 PM:

" 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:23 PM:

" 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:16 PM:

" David Nielsen wrote: And Bobbyg- Thank you for reminding us all that FREE THOUGHT is a GOOD THING! ").

"free thought" is a GREAT thing......until it takes a willful detour from Gods KNOWN OBVIOUS standards so that one "attempts" to justify thier gathering steam perversion, ala bobbyG's "example"

so no, bobby ISN'T a "beacon of hope" for those that desire to ditch Gods standards so they too can justify living outside them, so bobby isn't the "free thought savior" you held him up to be.

what bobby really is, is the EXACT representation of what a person DOESN'T DO.....both in his OWN life, and selling to others what they can do also.

it's too bad you cannot actually witness what happens eventually to people that do these things, because "maybe" then you wouldn't be so quick to high five bobby's "efforts".

to be blunt, at bobby's current rate of speed.....bobby has NO "future"

not in this life OR the next.

BUT, bobby does have a way of escape, as he still draws breath

he knows fully what "it" is

but will he CHOOSE "it" ? "

flamerinlodi wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:13 PM:

" I think Dave Nielsen made some good points.

I do not "lie" when I'm out in public; ask me if I'm gay-I would tell you. A little bit insensitive, but I've seen enough of your writing style to know yor're an insensitive person. Or someone who likes wearing the blinders of society to fit in with everybody else. I guess high school doesn't end for some people. "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:06 PM:

" bobbyg wrote on Jan 4, 2009 11:29 AM:
"he has stalked the young teenage "homosexual" boy at the fast food restaurant" "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 12:04 PM:

" i forgot, your not the first "integrity giant" that made that lying accusation because you are too weak to defend against me...

lodian said the same thing. so did billy rubin and leonard....and a couple other "aint's". big whoop. just plays into my hands about what's really true in life

i just cruise along in life right over the top of you people as you squirm trying to defend yourselves. all i have to do, is stick to the truths of God and watch the busloads of people line up to take thier shot

here is a news flash (again)......lying about your opponent ISN'T a defense, it's a tell-tale sign of supreme weakness.

your lies WERE mostly contained to the context of Gods word, but now your desperation AND perversion have demanded of you to "up your game"

congradulations bobby, you are caving into the abyss of life you want others to "believe" you aren't headed for, but i already "forewarned" them you would up this part of your game

i am good at this huh? "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 11:54 AM:

" see bobby, i told the blogs now for awhile that your "nice guy" act was just that, and act. that your 'act' was a cover for your perversion so you could sell the world your "thinking" was "normal"

i also told them that i have yet to encounter a homosexual that DOESN'T lie.....because their lifes position is built on the premise OF a lie, and so they have to keep on lying in order to justify their life in their own mind.

people who are weak in their position(s) in life ALWAYS resort to lying about others when they no longer can righteously defend their OWN position, as evidenced in your last perverted post.

i want to THANK YOU for fleshing out my previous accurate accusations about you to demonstrate that when it gets right down to it, YOUR LIFE gravitates TO perversion

you know for a fact i have ZERO inclinations that way, and yet you lied straight about me anyway. it just proved i was right about you.

you going to get "reinforcements" now because you can't defend YOUR life any longer?........figures "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 4, 2009 11:29 AM:

" Ah david, looks like real facts is smitten with you, perhaps he is on his way out of his own closet.

Lets see, real facts has been smitten with me and now with you, he has stalked the young teenage "homosexual" boy at the fast food restaurant (he keeps it private as to which restaurant, but he probably takes his lap top and blogs from there!). So yes he is probably a closet case. "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 10:43 AM:

" 3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 10:28 AM:

" David Nielsen, i will be back later to handle your fumble, and take it into the end zone a little later when i have some more time.

and no, you won't be able to "exceed" bobby's attempt

sorry for the bad news upfront

love, real facts "

real facts wrote on Jan 4, 2009 10:24 AM:

" ("Lodian wrote on Jan 3, 2009 11:03 PM:
" TheRealFacts: Welcome to the LNS boards. I like your style. :-) ").

i bet you do

i guess we are going for round #2 "

Robb wrote on Jan 4, 2009 8:06 AM:

" Nope, wrong, I said NOTHING towards bobby, just you.. "

David Nielsen wrote on Jan 3, 2009 11:41 PM:

" Dear Real Facts:

My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? - Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)

I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

And Bobbyg- Thank you for reminding us all that FREE THOUGHT is a GOOD THING! "

David Nielsen wrote on Jan 3, 2009 11:39 PM:

" Dear Real Facts:

I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?

Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?

I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? "

David Nielsen wrote on Jan 3, 2009 11:36 PM:

" Dear real facts:

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from you, and try to share God's knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.

I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow them:

When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15:19- 24. The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 3, 2009 11:26 PM:

" real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 4:38 PM:
"ok, well lodian is not "man enough" to come clean about her lie in another blog, that i am the one that starts this blog-clog garbage"

Bwaaaaahahahahahaha

Real facts you are obviously delusional an the facts are listed directly below! "

Lodian wrote on Jan 3, 2009 11:03 PM:

" TheRealFacts: Welcome to the LNS boards. I like your style. :-) "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 8:32 PM:

" And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 8:07 PM:

" 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 8:00 PM:

" ok, we will play the game your way.

i understand you ripped these passages out of your bible thinking if you did, that somehow they didn't "apply" to you any longer, but they do. they are nearly two thousand years old (the words of Christ), and they are the fulfillment OF Gods already spoken position on intended evil.

revelation 21
verse 8......"but the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolators, and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire nd brimestone"

your bible doesn't include THOSE aspects of how God will deal with those that willingly fight against him?

it does, and your "exclusion" will cost you, not me

strong and arm "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:48 PM:

" 1.Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:43 PM:

" go ahead therealfacts, expound on what the bible says about hell, and even judgements NOW on this earth concerning evil intent.

or did you rip those pages out of your bible?

seems the"real"facts suffers from "biblical loss of memory", as she only posts the "fuzzy/wuzzy" aspects of Gods character.

i know, maybe we can expound on the judgement therealfacts WILL face for purposefully leaving OUT the other character aspects of God that God gave man as an incentive NOT to sin.

therealfacts aren't so "real", now that therealfacts desires to be a party TO sin, and make allowances so that sin flourishes

you actually may not know it "therealfacts", but you are inadvertantly digging YOURSELF into a spiritual hole.

if you attempt to silence voices against Godly evil, you WILL be judged of God for doing it.

don't believe me, fine, read the accounting of how harsh Christ was with peter when peter "suggested" Christ NOT go to the cross

as far as you thinking your going to use scripture against me to silence me, you won't

unless you can use ALL OF IT, your-wasting-your-ego-fed-mind "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:33 PM:

" John 8: 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:32 PM:

" But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8 "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:30 PM:

" TheRealFacts, i am a get down to business sort of guy, so we will do a motive check to reveal who you are and what your REALLY about.

(1) do you personally know the blogger sam?

(2) are you related to her by family tie?

(3) are you a friend of HER family

(4) did sam put you up to this?

(5) are YOU sam?

now remember, i am good at this

now, just to give you some incentive HOW good i am at EVENTUALLY establishing "who" tries to play me, i will throw out the code words "green and belt". she will know what that means

bare with me people, i am on my way to extracting motive, because all this bloggers wish is to silence me. it comes in various forms "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:21 PM:

" Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.

It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end... And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three;

and the greatest of these is love. (NRSV, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13) "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:20 PM:

" geeze, sounds like the reincarnation of sam and her "she's a longtime friend of the family", or "she is a family member", for which sam NEVER came clean on, because she couldn't keep her story straight.

repeat performance sam?

sure looks like it. it's the EXACT same methodology as the last circus that came thru blog town

who are you getting to do your bidding this time? "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:15 PM:

" TheRealFacts wrote: " God values everyone of His Children").

HE DOES.......until they WILLINGLY pick evil God opposing intent over HIM, then they BY CHOICE become HIS enemy.

your only replicating HALF of Gods word

what about the other half where God sends people to hell, and the WHOLE BOOK of revelation is filled with the brutal accounts of Gods judgements against man?

you can either replicate the WHOLE truth, or you can provide another opportunity for me to "teach" the ENTIRE aspects of God, including how he really deals with evil.

people like you don't come on here "suddenly".

you have been watching for while, so you know i RARELY have ever mention "hell"

why is that?

this is how it will go down.....you either educate yourself on the FULL character of God, where God HATES evil intended people, and will judge them in this life OR the next, or your completely out of your league in here if you think your going to "silence me" about evil intent aimed at God

i KNOW my role,,,, and NO ONE dissuades me "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:13 PM:

" You have heard that the law of Moses says, "Love your neighbor and hate your enemy." But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. (NLT, Matthew 5:43-45) "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:06 PM:

" Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.

The commandments, "Do not commit adultery,"

"Do not murder,"

"Do not steal,"

"Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (NIV, Romans 13:8-10) "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 7:06 PM:

" ("TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:52 PM: " Those who say, "I love God," and hate their brothers or sisters").

ahhhh, who i am dealing with in here are NOT "brothers and sisters"

brothers and sisters by biblical definition are ONLY those who FOLLOW Christ.

these people are God haters who lie about Christ ON PURPOSE, the antithesis OF God

since your the latest "biblical expert", maybe YOU can expound on what the bible calls someone who lies without conscience

it is the exact opposite of "brothers and sisters"

use a concordance and look up the word "liar" and see what you find about your concern

the last time someone pulled the "real_facts" debacle and coupled it with scriptures that they really had no idea of peripherally, they didn't fare too well then either.

could this be a desperate repeat performance of the same perpeTRAITOR?

my "radar" is on

come ahead "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:59 PM:

" God values everyone of His Children.

Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten before God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows. (NAS, Luke 12:6-7) "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:58 PM:

" The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. (NRSV, Mark 12:31) "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:57 PM:

" i always work my way from the top of the blogs downward, and i don't have the time tonight to address your lying circus, but we cannot forget this ever growing FACT...

to this post, you have YET to provide ONE PASSAGE where homosexual sex is high fived in Gods word, and you have yet FAILED to provide proof that YOU can qualify your CURRENT sexual choice before God.

those two FACTS kill any possibility of you being able to "teach" others that homosexuality is "biblicaly acceptable"

all your position in these blogs and your OWN personal life HINGE on those two facts.....AND YOU REFUSE

game over bobby "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:52 PM:

" Those who say, "I love God," and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. (NRSV, 1 John 4:19-21) "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:51 PM:

" bobby, to highlight your purpose bastardization of Gods word so you can kick dirt over it so you "think" you can biblically justify your sin, how are you going to weazel your way out of your previous comments in these blogs about mormon POLYGMY?

you were all over that as being "unbiblical", and now you attempt the lie that God "used to" high five it and ordain it as a "gift" to men

it takes patience, by unraveling your lying popsition is a walk in the park for me

all i have to do is show where you attempt to FORCE homosexuality biblically, and then call you on your consisten lying position where you MANUFACTURE (lie) "truth"

go ahead, keep spitting your "nuggets" of "biblical truth" "

TheRealFacts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:49 PM:

" Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. (NIV, Leviticus 19:18) "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:45 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 10:40 PM:
I know its hard for you to read and comprhend your Bible and you only live on the so called truths that you have heard or been taught. But as you are well aware there are many examples in the Bible of men having many wives or wives and sexual servants/slaves. But current belief is that a man should only have one wife. Why dont you ask yourself why and how that changed as the Bible clearly shows examples and "gifts from God" of multiple wives. If we now believe that that is what God wants (one wife) how did we come to that conclusion now? How did we evolve to this understanding?").
**************************************
not at all, i read it as it's presented, all you do is lie about it

"current belief" is an outright lie

it's called an always stated biblical fact, starting with adam and eve.....ONE WIFE ONLY.

"multiples" were a sin, and where eventually punshished by God FOR obtaining multiple wives thru sexual greed. it was NEVER high fived by God


once-again,....you-lie-about-scripture-to-justify-your-sin

"gifts_of_God".....your-a-sick-liar-that-God-made-allowances-FOR-sin "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:37 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote:
and seriously, why dont you tell us were it says that as Christians we are supposed to be combative and abrasive such as youhave been with everyone that has a different oppinion about religion than you! ").

sure, not a problem

what kind of "language" did Christ use at the money changers table when he discovered evil?

what is the verbage and tone of Christ when peter told Christ to "not go to the cross"?

what did Christ say about the pharisee's?

what was the varied accountings of paul about his dealings with evil men?

the WHOLE book of revelation is filled with condemning tones aimed at evil.

shoot, david the psalmist wasn't exactly "nice" towards purposeful evil intended people in the psalms and proverbs.

sorry bobby, i am not "in trouble" for giving you people what you deserve, based on your attempted agenda

ever noticed that in the 3+ years i have been in here, i haven't ratched it back a notch?

that's because i am "committed" AGAINST known God-opposing evil

it's what i do

bad news for you huh? "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:27 PM:

" ("Lodian wrote on Jan 2, 2009 11:15 PM:
" ...and our control continues. ").

you keep thinking that, and see how far that gets you.

the trouble is, delusion paves the way for ALOT of voices in peoples heads, and one of those "voices" keeps telling you to follow the path you have trampled for 3 years that i know of

what do you think your future includes lodian? good things? "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:21 PM:

" ("flamerinlodi wrote on Jan 3, 2009 2:39 PM: All the bible banging, religious right propaganda I've seen have been misrepresentations and half truths").

well then, it's simple, you can teach "us" what is "off" about it then

go ahead.... "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:17 PM:

" Billy Rubin wrote on Jan 3, 2009 3:46 PM: I'm not surprized no gay couple has had their wedding announcement published. We didn't. ").

baWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

sure billy "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 6:10 PM:

" poor bobby, your whole life is now predicated on "near truths", and "half truths".

that's-a-position-of-"strength"-huh?

at least you were dumb enough to include the WHOLE portion of my comment aimed at billy, instead of the PARTIAL part you culled to make it appear that you could discredit me.

the-ongoing-fact-remains, your life demands you keep lying, because your life is built on one

all i have to do is repeat truth ALREADY given by God

i suppose you will claim "gays are victims of hostility" with billy rubin AFTER you purposefully lie about people

like billy, albeit on a different level, you deserve everything that comes your way in here based on what you try and pull.

this may or may not make you happy, but i actually "like" you more than billy.

by "like"....i mean that billy is a disgusting human toilet, so he is nothing to "oppose"

to me, your the "bigger fish", because of your "ability" to create a smokescreen that teaches others they can sin by USING Gods word.

to me, that's WAAAAAAY more evil, and you will forver be my "favorite"

until someone exceeds you "

real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 5:55 PM:

" Billy Rubin wrote on Jan 3, 2009 3:46 PM: " The religious hostility that resides in Lodi").

you mean as opposed to your hallmark card life where you "lovingly" opine in the blogs, and say nothing but encouraging things towards others that "differ" from you blog after blog.

all those "nice" comments about how i should "go have sex with my own daughter", because you said "the bible says so"

and all those warm and fuzzy discussion board posts filled with "respectful posts"

gee, i almost forgot the one time where you "lovingly" stated that "Christians should roam galt and lodi looking to shoot queers", and your recent "truth" where "Christians should stone adulterers at hutchins street square", etc

there isn't enough space on these blogs to print your "truthful/warm/fuzzy" accolades that come from your corner

straight up billy, you deserve the "hostility" you feel, because your revolving door, and your trash can of a life precludes ANY aBILLYity of you "demanding" respect

you bring this garbage on YOURSELF, and NO.....your not going to claim your a "victim" again

you deserve it "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 3, 2009 5:51 PM:

" real facts wrote on Jan 3, 2009 4:58 PM:
"i don't want to be labeled "judgemental".
http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2009/01/03/religion/letters/ltr_lee_090103.txt


Now that is proof that you are a LIAR!

And also the funniest thing I have ever read in these blogs. "

Billy Rubin wrote on Jan 3, 2009 3:46 PM:

" The religious hostility that resides in Lodi (and featured regularly in this very paper) keeps most of us under the public radar. After the comments from "Lock and Load" Gator, Reverend Fruitcake who wants gays rounded up and thrown in prison and executed, and other loving self-proclaimed christians who have made comments ranging from gays should have been aborted as fetuses to gays should be fired from their jobs and run out of town, I'm not surprized no gay couple has had their wedding announcement published. We didn't. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 3, 2009 3:12 PM:

" Lodian, He (HWSNBN) has made a comment to you in another blog that you havent even made it to yet. http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2009/01/03/religion/letters/ltr_lee_090103.txt

you really do know how to control him... you are the puppet master! =) "

flamerinlodi wrote on Jan 3, 2009 2:39 PM:

" Back to the original letter. Rich Hanner has stated that no same-sex couples have wanted announcements thus far. Kinda makes ya think what kind of town Lodi is that couples from all demographics don't feel comfortable enough to say anything. And I know couples who've been together for years. And this in bad taste I know, but as someone I know puts it; "You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a church". All the bible banging, religious right propaganda I've seen have been misrepresentations and half truths.
On marriage in schools, I don't remember ever having any of my teachers talk about in class. As it stands now, permission slips go home with students when discussing anything parents might find questionable. Seeing how much out of state funds came into this is abhorent. Why was a Ca proposition getting money from Focus on the Family and the Church of Latter Day Saints. (In Utah mind you) The passing of Proposition 8 will be short lived. The state of California cannot promote descrimination on any class of persons. Not to mention, separation of CHURCH AND STATE. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 3, 2009 2:08 PM:

" Rhodie wrote on Jan 2, 2009 11:40 PM:

" BobbyG wrote: "I believe that team that led the No on 8 campaign failed the voters of California by not doing their job and informing people properly.:

Actually I kind of thought the passing of 8 was due largly to two poorly times media events. First was when w school bussed a class to see their teach have a same sex marriage (It would be inappropriate to bus kids to see any marriage ceremony). I know that one made the rounds with the "see, it's starting in the schools already".


Rhodie, I completely agree, and what was not told in the media or by the No on 8 campaign was that the School that took those kids was a PRIVATE School, NOT A PUBLIC SCHOOL!!! "

Begsbelief wrote on Jan 3, 2009 4:24 AM:

" bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 10:32 PM:



actually we already discussed this with dictionary terms and you found out that the word Homosexuals is not in that part of the Bible. It does specifically mention many sexual acts but specific terms but not once does it mention homosexuals. Again this is your attempt to FORCE homosexual predjudices into the Bible. "

~~~~~~~~~

To correct a misconception. Homosexuality is not mentioned in modern day terms but it does clearly state. For a man to lie with a man as he would a woman is an abomination.
Which means hated by God.
The problem is that this was classed as such an abominable act that they did not even talk about it. Men were killed instantly for this breaking of the levitical law.

We cannot write off truth because we do not like what it says. We have to consider everything when considering what is in the bible.

However, the bible does not condone abuse of people who believer contrary. "

Begsbelief wrote on Jan 3, 2009 4:18 AM:

" real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:12 PM:" ("BegsBelief wrote on Jan 2, 2009 3:06 PM: The bible doesn't mention Lesbians-does that mean I am okay. My girlfriend is gay but I am not.LOL. ").

looks like it's time for you to get busy with your life, by making the priority of TRUTH your ultimate goal instead on relying on others FOR your "truth", because the bible absolutely says something about "lesbian" sex.....in romans chapter 1 verse 26. read it YOURSELF

begsbelief, you need to make up your mind.

first you chastize me for things i say to people while i am taking people to task FOR playing me, then you pull posts like this one

there is a "fence" in life. you really should decide what "side" you are on, because after your life is over, you CANNOT jump back onto the other side.

by then, it's too late "
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Christians I know they are genuine.
I said my girlfriend was gay I never said I was. void of humour?

The point is you allow people to play you. You pray for help but you certainly won't accept it. "

Lodian wrote on Jan 3, 2009 12:10 AM:

" Anyone that would vote to take away the rights of their fellow law abiding citizens due to the two events that Rhodie mentioned are just plain ignorant. Unfortunately ignorant people still get to vote. "

Rhodie wrote on Jan 2, 2009 11:56 PM:

" "why dont you tell us were it says that as Christians we are supposed to be combative and abrasive such as youhave been with everyone that has a different oppinion about religion than you!"

I don't know about the "combative and abrasive" aspect but ephesians 6: 10-20 clearly tells us that we are at war. Even so much as to tell us what our armour is and how to engage the enemy, "that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak". And the Enemy is defined in John 19 "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." And the light is clearly defined as well "Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, (L) "I am the light of the world." "

Rhodie wrote on Jan 2, 2009 11:40 PM:

" BobbyG wrote: "I believe that team that led the No on 8 campaign failed the voters of California by not doing their job and informing people properly.:

Actually I kind of thought the passing of 8 was due largly to two poorly times media events. First was when w school bussed a class to see their teach have a same sex marriage (It would be inappropriate to bus kids to see any marriage ceremony). I know that one made the rounds with the "see, it's starting in the schools already".

Second was another school passing out the pledge cards to kindergardeners making them promise to be an ally to the gay life-style as well as "Gay Day" at the school.

I think both events just before the election made people think that the defeat of 8 would only promote the percieved educational systems endorsment of Gay issues. "

Lodian wrote on Jan 2, 2009 11:15 PM:

" ...and our control continues. "

Lodian wrote on Jan 2, 2009 11:14 PM:

" he said (Jan 2 @ 9:00pm) "i pick Godly truth over people"

What he ("hwsnbn") doesn't seem to realize is that every time he posts his nasty comments to people here he is in fact picking "people" over "Godly truth". Ironic, isn't it? (chuckle) "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 10:44 PM:

" real facts wrote:"it's pathetic that Christians think their only response TO evil is to send it flowers and a box of chocolates."

and seriously, why dont you tell us were it says that as Christians we are supposed to be combative and abrasive such as youhave been with everyone that has a different oppinion about religion than you! "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 10:40 PM:

" real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:53 PM:
"is it acceptable for me to go have sex with any woman i see walking down the street, even though i am married? "


I know its hard for you to read and comprhend your Bible and you only live on the so called truths that you have heard or been taught. But as you are well aware there are many examples in the Bible of men having many wives or wives and sexual servants/slaves. But current belief is that a man should only have one wife. Why dont you ask yourself why and how that changed as the Bible clearly shows examples and "gifts from God" of multiple wives. If we now believe that that is what God wants (one wife) how did we come to that conclusion now? How did we evolve to this understanding?

On that same premise how did religion go from supporting slavery to being against it? How did religion go from oppressing women and minority to being against those as well?

Got an answer or will you deflect again? "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 10:32 PM:

" Real facts wrote:"read the accounting JUST BEFORE the end of the world where God says homosexuality will STILL be "unacceptable"

actually we already discussed this with dictionary terms and you found out that the word Homosexuals is not in that part of the Bible. It does specifically mention many sexual acts but specific terms but not once does it mention homosexuals. Again this is your attempt to FORCE homosexual predjudices into the Bible. "

real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 9:00 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:23 PM:
" real facts, why is always an "US vs THEM" mentality with you?").

i pick Godly truth over people

i don't get sucked into a "PC" situation, and mold my response around that.

it depends on how people come at me, that determines how i deal with them

you changed the "me and you" deal when you resorted to lying about Gods word, and about me.

up until then, "we" had a congenial "discourse"

once i see evil, i am all over it

it's pathetic that Christians think their only response TO evil is to send it flowers and a box of chocolates.

or maybe, they just leave it to run amok and unchallenged "

real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:53 PM:

" i know bobby, here is another "truth hurdle" for you to jump over...

is it acceptable for me to go have sex with any woman i see walking down the street, even though i am married? "

real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:51 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:38 PM:
I think you should tell people how you manipulate the Bible into what you think people are supposed to believe").

nope. that's YOUR game, and as it turns out, you have ZERO conscience about it.

the complete difference between you and me is that i only have to replicate already proven 5,000 years of RECORDED history, whereas YOU have to "change it" (lie) to FORCE it to fit your justification parade.

if i am so wrong about my "interpretive skills", all you have to do is provide ONE pro homosexual passage, and then my game is over in here.

the bible speaks ALOT about married herterosexual love/sex......where are those "scriptures" about homo-sexual "love"?

THERE ISN'T ANY

gee, i wonder how many wishful thinking individuals down thru history convinced God to change his mind to "accept" sin?

read the accounting JUST BEFORE the end of the world where God says homosexuality will STILL be "unacceptable"

you have no conscience about Godly truth. all you want to do is justify your sin, so i just use your life to "teach"

what-your-attempting-to-do-is-evil-before-God-bobby "

real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:41 PM:

" bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:38 PM:
out right lies about the people in here").

ok, where did i ever "lie" about anyone?

unlike you, i am a man with a position of strength where i don't have to lie.

that's YOUR life

but to just to demonstrate again that YOUR the one that lies.....where did i lie about ANYONE?

you will skate from this one, because YOUR the liar, not me "

real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:38 PM:

" bobby, just be a man for once that can actually back up your position in life.

for a guy that claims God thinks homosexuality is "good" and "biblical", what's your deflective problem that you cannot show one definitive scripture about homosexuality where God high fived it?

according to you......God "made" homosexuals, in that you claim that when a gay person states "i was born this way", YOU piggyback that by saying God "did" create a person that way.

if that actually was the truth, given a 5,000 year accounting by 40 authors in 66 books and not ONE pro-homosexual passage/inference, then you have no position, only a wishful thinking agenda where the ONLY way you could hope homosexual sex IS 'acceptable' by God.....is if you FORCE it into the context-by-lying-that-it's-"there"

bobby, your not the "criss angel" of homosexuality. i know that hurts your ego, but even you can't FORCE God to accept something HE spoke against.

two facts remain about you.....you have NEVER provided ONE PASSAGE....nor can you qualify your OWN sexual life.

your hope of pulling that in here is OVER "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:38 PM:

" I think you should again tell us how you refuse to read the Bible in its full context and only read certain verses that then changes the entire story.

I think you should tell people how you manipulate the Bible into what you think people are supposed to believe.

I think you should stop pushing people away from God.

I think that you need to repent about your ugly agression and out right lies about the people in here.

AND I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD TELL US ALL ABOUT YOUR ARGUEMNTS ON THIS SUBJECT. instead of avoiding it as you have done for the last three blogs now.

So how about it, put up your arguements, lets have some dialogue rather than your deflection and name calling. "

real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:29 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote:
" real facts, I have answered you many times in other blogs and you choose to ignore those posts...").

your-such-a-liar-it's-sickening

your the one that screams on multiple blogs that God "approves" of homosexual sex, yet to this day you have NEVER provided ONE SINGLE PASSAGE of pro-homosexual accounts, nor can you qualify-your-OWN-life-sexually

all you have ever "done" is lied that certain accounts "contained" hints of homosexual sex where there was absoloutely NONE.

NONE in ruth/naomi

NONE in jonathon/david

NONE in the centurion account

NONE in the eunuch account

NONE in the daniel account, for which you completely ran away from when i challenged you to provide "proof" of daniel, because your whole "justification" game is built on hit and run lies.

NONE-IN-GODS-WORD-ANYWHERE

drop the lies off at the curb, then run to the next one. that's-your-"position"

what i did with you was a fast and efficient way of demonstrating that your whole position is built on ONE lie....that God "approves" of homosexuality.....and the subsequent lies you HAVE to manufacture to FORCE it into "acceptability".

what do you think i should call you then?......a-man-of-"truth"? "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:23 PM:

" real facts, why is always an "US vs THEM" mentality with you? Cant you just read someones point? "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:21 PM:

" Gator, I did see where Obama was flip floppy on the Same gender marriage issue. He was pandering for the votes, he said religiously he is against it and then he turns around less than a week later he said he was against prop 8 (BTW I voted for McCain). "

real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:15 PM:

" ("Robb wrote on Jan 2, 2009 12:31 PM:
" Let it go bobby, RF will never tell the truth, and will continue to hide behind his false idols. ").

you mean the one that HISTORICALLY raised HIMSELF from the dead?

the one that the record of your life is built around?

because your just a little blinded by your penchant to steer clear of ANY ultimate truth, you just inadvertantly ALSO dissed bobby, as bobby says he "believes" in that "false idol"

way to go robb

behavioral health huh?
laughing

maybe as an outpatient "

real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:12 PM:

" ("BegsBelief wrote on Jan 2, 2009 3:06 PM: The bible doesn't mention Lesbians-does that mean I am okay. My girlfriend is gay but I am not.LOL. ").

looks like it's time for you to get busy with your life, by making the priority of TRUTH your ultimate goal instead on relying on others FOR your "truth", because the bible absolutely says something about "lesbian" sex.....in romans chapter 1 verse 26. read it YOURSELF

begsbelief, you need to make up your mind.

first you chastize me for things i say to people while i am taking people to task FOR playing me, then you pull posts like this one

you demand of others, what you are unwilling to do YOURSELF.

there is a "fence" in life. you really should decide what "side" you are on, because after your life is over, you CANNOT jump back onto the other side.

by then, it's too late "

Gator wrote on Jan 2, 2009 7:19 PM:

" Pop a Vain, surely you jest, I was just pointing out why Prop 8 lost !!
I could Give a S*** lessI said if its approached in a cool, polite
manner you might get what your after, but if you try and shove it
down peoples throats it will never happen. Simple!! But by the way
you come across you dont sound all that smart!! I guess you must have
missed the debate where McCain and Obama were both asked
about same sex marriage, both replied they apposed it!! The Question
was asked by Charlie Gibson of ABC, sorry!!! "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 5:46 PM:

" wow gator, maybe its you that needs to back a-w-a-y SLOWLY from the computer. you seem about ready to pop a vein. "

Gator wrote on Jan 2, 2009 5:26 PM:

" lodibound I will say it again the radical Gays picked on the Mormon church because it was a soft target. Next Your new President is against
gay marriage.. Blacks and Latinos overwhelmingly voted for Prop 8
While the majority of the no vote was white voters. And you conveniently
left what I said about the Mosque!! The Koran makes no bones about it..
Under Shira law the life span is very short if they are found out. And you
also disregard what I said about letting it cool off and then go about quietly
and peacefully making your change. "

BegsBelief wrote on Jan 2, 2009 3:06 PM:

" "real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009
the fact that you can't produce ONE PASSAGE containing pro homosexuality, and you can't qualify your own life sexually against biblical standards.....those two FACTS seal your fate in here, no matter how many times you post."

The bible doesn't mention Lesbians-does that mean I am okay. My girlfriend is gay but I am not.LOL. "

Robb wrote on Jan 2, 2009 12:31 PM:

" Let it go bobby, RF will never tell the truth, and will continue to hide behind his false idols. "

Robb wrote on Jan 2, 2009 12:24 PM:

" That is completely false "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 12:03 PM:

" real facts, I have answered you many times in other blogs and you choose to ignore those posts, why should I keep answering your deflection questions when you cant even make a point here in this debate by giving us any facts, sources or reasoning for your thought basis. You just claim that anyone that doesnt agree with you is a liar and then you going a babbling spree of deflection rather than giving us any reasonings for your acusations. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 11:55 AM:

" Tanner,,,, Threat? where is this so called threat.

And it was more than so called black voters, it was religious voters. There is evidence that the backers of prop 8, specifically targeted minorities and used very specific "scare tactics" in these churches to get them to vote. They also falsified voter hand-outs to say that Obama was for Prop 8 when in fact Obama spoke out against prop 8!

Now i dont blame the Churches per say, I do believe if they or anyone else broke the laws (as has been implyied) that they be held accountable for it.

I believe that team that led the No on 8 campaign failed the voters of California by not doing their job and informing people properly. examples, they spent a majority of advertising dollars in places that were already voting against 8 (SF,LA, coastal). Infact all of the no on 8 signs, adverstising that you seen here in S.J. county was specifically bought and paid for by locals. There were no marketing plans to go out and show who gay people really are, The Valley is what made the difference and there was no fight here. "

real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 11:54 AM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 11:39 PM:
" real facts I am still waiting for your arguments and facts or is it just what you do to think you "win" to call people names with no facts or basis for your name calling.... ").

do you really think that you not answering two honest questions that that i have asked you for MONTHS would either vindicate you completely, or completely squash your position, that the truths OF those questions will go away just because OF your refusal?

your refusal is the supreme indicator that you have no position to defend in the 1st place.

the fact that you can't produce ONE PASSAGE containing pro homosexuality, and you can't qualify your own life sexually against biblical standards.....those two FACTS seal your fate in here, no matter how many times you post.

not to worry, for as long as you are in these blogs, i will make sure those two "facts" will follow you into every future blog

tell us again about your C_BFF? "

real facts wrote on Jan 2, 2009 11:48 AM:

" ("Robb wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:04 AM:
" There are allot of things that are true and are also NOT in your bible.. ").

true

like GRANITE that covers the planet "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 2, 2009 11:41 AM:

" Actually gator, we live in a Republic not a democracy, democracy is part of the process. Remember we have 3 sperate bodies that govern us. Part of that is to verify that what the majority of voters wants is legal in the republic. Therefore when you have people like SCOTUS who are charged with interpreting laws they are the final say. Now when people decide that they dont like what they say they put it back on the ballot with the EXACT same wording EXACT. Now what do you think they are going to rule???? "

Billy Rubin wrote on Jan 2, 2009 10:54 AM:

" real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 6:29 PM:
"...you sit there and watch as bobby clogs the blogs with his willful lies about God..."

OK, show of hands; how many busted out laughing when they read this? "

tanner b wrote on Jan 2, 2009 10:24 AM:

" lodibound's threat to gator just proved gator's point. "

lodibound wrote on Jan 2, 2009 9:13 AM:

" Gator-Everyone has their own view. I'm a gay woman and I have nothing against thw Morman Church. But, to sit there and say (go into a Black nieghborhood and protest and you will see the end result)was STUPID.. Think about what you say before you write it.. Watch out (I'M BLACK) "

Gator wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:43 AM:

" What I find most interesting is there was a vote of the people, I believe that is what Democracy is all about!! Correct me if Im wrong!! Now we want to
legislate from the bench, That is not what Democracy is about!! Also we
Have a bunch of radicals from the Gay community going after the Mormon
Church, which by its self is a soft target and they know it. Now on the other
hand if they had any Cajones they would go after the local Mosque or have a wild trashing protest in a Black neighborhood but that wont happen because they know what the outcome would be!! Its best to let this cool
Down and then quietly and peacefully go about making the change you want "

Robb wrote on Jan 2, 2009 8:04 AM:

" There are allot of things that are true and are also NOT in your bible.. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 11:39 PM:

" real facts I am still waiting for your arguments and facts or is it just what you do to think you "win" to call people names with no facts or basis for your name calling.... "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 9:12 PM:

" Lodian, Sam, FlammerinLodi, Audi, happy New years to you. hope all if well for you in the new year! "

Lodian wrote on Jan 1, 2009 9:08 PM:

" lodibound wrote on Jan 1, 2009 7:24 PM:

" Realfacts- You always sit there on your computer and judge people. You seem to talk horrible about gay people.. I'm really wondering if your hiding in the closet..."

Lodibound: Many of us here have long thought that he is still in the closet, and very frustrated. You seem to have hit the nail on the head. Welcome to the blogs. You're very observant. :-)

Happy New Year! "

lodibound wrote on Jan 1, 2009 7:24 PM:

" Realfacts- You always sit there on your computer and judge people. You seem to talk horrible about gay people.. I'm really wondering if your hiding in the closet.. Coming out is the best thing for you.. TRY IT... Your in every blog acting as if you just know everything.. Please get a life.... "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 6:47 PM:

" one thing that's a disgusting disease in this world is political correctness, it is crippling people from telling the actual truth in life, and it is metastasizing at a record pace.

equally disgusting is those that play off of that, as a tool that they use to silence truth

God never had a problem calling evil, evil

you will have to figure out where that takes you.....i already have "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 6:40 PM:

" bobby, you can't use your "literalist" arguement to make ANY of your case, because if biblical scholars couldn't LITERALLY know what the textual components of the text were, there is no way God could have preserved his word on any level, on any subject matter.

you just attempted to create another smokescreen, by attempting to lay down an anything-goes 6 lane freeway of thought vs actual interpretation so you can justify your sin against those not equipped to defend against that lie

try as you might, scripture is clear throughought, the ONLY SEX high fived in scripture is between a married man and a woman. anything else by scriptural definition is either adultery or fornication.

so for you to LITEARLLY make your case, you would have to provide ONE PASSAGE that high fives homosexual sex

who knows, since girard is content with watching you pull this garbage while sitting on the fence, maybe HE can find you one

ask him

because one things for sure about you, you STILL cannot provide ONE PASSAGE that high fives homosexuality, nor can you qualify your OWN sexual choices "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 6:29 PM:

" girard, some day you might be man enough to call things what they are just like God does.

i wonder what your "reward" will be when you sit there and watch as bobby clogs the blogs with his willful lies about God high fiving homosexuality "biblically", and you say NOTHING?

being honest, i am the only Christian that even contends with this guy. how pathetic is that?

straight up - bobby is not a "seeker" by biblical definition, he is a "destroyer"

since your so steeped in knowledge of how you should treat willing destroyers of Gods authority over men, maybe YOU can give us some bible passages on God (or anyone else that served HIM) just sitting there and watching these people do it un-opposed?

when it does come crunch time, your desire to be viewed as only a "nice guy" could become your complete undoing

your so "unconcerned" with evil and sin ratcheting up, it's pathetic girard

high five for being a "nice guy" "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 6:17 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 5:26 PM:
Yet rf pushes people away from God by his words and then chastises them for not being closer to God! ").

you have no idea who i really am, except what you experience in here.

i would NEVER "push away" a person who seeks after God, but struggles with sin or "lack of belief"

what i do in here with people like you is what i am called to do, and that is call evil what it is, and fight against it.

your not a "seeker" bobby.
your a person who seeks to fight against the standards of God in order to justify your sin, and worse yet, you seek to teach others they can as well.
God calls that evil

lodisafeway can play the "nice guy" all he wants, as he was always worried about his "image" in here first anyway, but God views your motivation/intent as being evil, and i will call it what it is.

you continually lie about scripture to justify your sin, and i am supposed to be "nice" while you do?

that will never happen "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 5:26 PM:

" LodiSafeway, I agree whole-heartedly with you. And research shows the same. In fact a recent and on going study being done at USF shows that gay young people 15-25 that are not shoved or pushed away from their churches and/or famlies are much more healthy mentally and make better life decisions. Meaning those that are able to continue in their church and not be kicked out of the family (as many religions push for) are not subject to make bad decisions about unsafe acts such as drug abuse, alcoholism, unprotected sex and so on and on and on.

You cant push people away and take away their base of morals (friends, family and religion) and expect them not to fall into bad habits.

Yet rf pushes people away from God by his words and then chastises them for not being closer to God! "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 5:18 PM:

" Your attempt at being a litteralist is facinating. But being as such you put yourself in the group that believes that women are not equal to men and shouldnt vote or have rights and should be treated as property. You put yourself with the people that believes that Africans were cursed (through Ham) and deserved slavery both for their nature and willful sin. Literalist believe as you do that the Bible is as it is written verse. Not as it is written in contextual meanings, therefore particular scripture takes precidence over general principles of the Bible and its interpretation. Literalist like you assumed that Africans were direct decendents of Ham, by nature were inferior to whites and therefore assigned to the status of slaves, just as you asume that homosexuals are inferior to Heterosexuals.

Literalist such as yourself also claimed that Christians could only support slavery and anyone that believed that slaves should be freed were labled as atheists, Socialist, heretics, Communist, Red Republicans and so on.

So if you want to put yourself in that boat which you now have, go ahead! "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 5:17 PM:

" real facts it seems that it is you that is so concerned with peoples back doors. Perhaps you need to check yourself! "

LodiSafeway wrote on Jan 1, 2009 5:10 PM:

" Where I continue to be concerned with you, Real Facts, is your talent for actually pushing people away. As long as you only push them away from you, there's really no problem. But if your words here in any way keep someone from believing in God and Jesus, then there is a very big problem indeed.

While you are free to rant on about virtually anything you desire on these blogs, your attitude about people not as "superior" as you believe you are is unsettling. Your approach does nothing to bring glory to God; for someone who has not made the decision as to whether or not to follow Christ, your continued harshness will do little to convince them that the God you purport to worship is unlike you.

I know you've read these words before at various times, and still you continue. As a believer I understand that we will all face judgment one day; I believe the worst that I could ever do while here is to keep someone from choosing God over the myriad other "choices" that will lead to no where. You seem to not care much about that. Pity. "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 5:06 PM:

" like what facts bobby? that God didn't destroy sodom for various reasons including homosexual sex? that's easily done

all you are doing is deflecting from a responsibillity that YOU have had for MONTHS.....

(a) that you give us ONE PASSAGE from Gods word that high fives homosexual sex

(b) you tell us how you can have sex with your unbelieving boyfriend and call it "justifiable" before God.

both of which i have been asking you to do FOR MONTHS, and for months you have REFUSED, and now your deflecting again because your a man that CAN'T qualify your own position.

do it bobby

when you qualify those two things i have been asking of you, you can ask me anything and i will answer you

once again, you will lie, deflect and attempt to skate because you CAN'T answer those two challenges...

two challenges that would actually VINDICATE who you are, and solidify your position.

but you won't, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:58 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:26 PM:
And what are your credentials real facts? ").

no "paper" tacked up on the wall, just a calling to defend Gods word against those that want to bastardize Gods word for personal justification purposes.

since i don't get sucked into things by emotion or "paper on the wall", the Holy Spirit gives me the ability to determine rather quickly who is or isn't, thus my easily done exposure of dale martin.

dale martin high fives aspects of homosexuality, and that fact alone strips him of being a "voice" that echoes God, i don't care how many books he writes or where he gets his "professor" degrees from.

if martin doesn't "profess" biblical accuracy, those "degree's" will haunt him in eternity

shall we google the different "degree's" people hold in positions of power who oversee cults?

once again, you "thought" you were going to sneak your lie under the back door

not while i am around "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:55 PM:

" Real facts you are still not giving us any facts. You keep spewing your phsyco-babble with out any facts, sources or anything else. Why dont you start answering the questions start conveying your facts we're all waiting for your wise words.....

facts and you dont seem to go hand in hand, perhaps you need a name change. I would ask you again to put up some facts but you won't because you can't! "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:48 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:08 PM:
Marriage is about love and commitment, but evidentially you are unaware of those. ").

so, is this were you justify your life before God by stating your "married" or "committed", and thats why it's ok for you to have sex with your C-BFF?

you just stepped on your own tongue, because you just admitted that the ONLY relationship that includes the sexual element that God DOES accept is a marital one

so go ahead, tell us all about your current sexual foray, and how that qualifies your life.

not the disgusting details, but just the fact that your neither "married" OR "committed".

i sure didn't have a problem being forthright about my life's choices, and how they line up with Gods design.

what's the holdup bobby?

what if your C-BFF is watching, and he inteprets your "unwillingness" to be plain about it as an "un-committed" stance. then what? you will have to explain why your having sex with THAT "c-bff"

like i said, you have no position to defend, because you can't even qualify your OWN life "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:39 PM:

" bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:08 PM:
Real facts, in your world does everything revolve around sex? Because in a marriage, that is just one small aspect of the relationship. Marriage is about love and commitment, but evidentially you are unaware of those. ").

remember when you attempted to justify YOUR life sexually by stating you were "committed", and that was your premise you built your current lie on?

tell us again how you are "committed" to your C-BFF, and how THAT justifies you before God.

your right, it isn't all about the sex, but God gives sexual parameters to follow IN a God-directed relationship, and the fact that you can't rectify your OWN sexual realtionship proves your entire position is built on a lie.

your game is over bobby, and you are free to babble on about it and embarrass yourself all you want.

you won't - because you can't

tell us all about your warm and cuddly "committment" stories while acting out homosexually.

you have made ZERO headway in here on justifying homosexuality "biblically" "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:30 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:12 PM:
" now would you actually like to debate some of your facts or do you have any? ").

i do have the facts......5,000 years worth of unchangeable truth against homosexual sex of ANY kind biblically, and now i am waiting for you to provide proof that Gods word actually high fives homosexual sex

where is that ONE PASSAGE?

oh yeah, i forgot, you were the guy that for months has tried to sell the notion that the bible actually does high five homosexual sex, but can't find ONE PASSAGE that does, and then turns around and tells everyone today "the bible doesn't have to".......which is code for your homosexual-speak which means it doesn't have to, "because I will force it to say so, because i want it to so i can tell myself my choices are justifiable before God"....by bobbyG

"truth" by FORCE bobby, is that how it works? do you realize how many books you can sell based on that premise?

JUST ONE PASSAGE BOBBY "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:23 PM:

" bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:08 PM:
What I notice is that you cant say "gay" or Homosexual" with put also using the word "sex" in front or behind those words").

oh geeze, here we go with the lie "it's not about sex" - homosexual justification garbage.

your that desperate that you want to embrarrass yourself that bad bobby, that now you going to sell the notion that it isn't about sexual definition?

sidetrack garbage tactics.

God doesn't have "parameters" about who we can have a non-sexual realtionship with (unless it's gets unGodly enough to drag us away from HIM), but we are talkng about sexual defintions and you know it.

another strike against you in your war on legitimizing your UNjustifiable life

"it's not about sex"......laughing "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:16 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:08 PM:
" I am not the one that is trying to forcefully put homosexuality into the Bible").

that's a laugh.

it isn't there, ANYWHERE, in the pro-forma. the only way it IS "pro" is when you force it into the text by lying it is there. what, you forgot about your lying ruth/naomi, david/jonathon, the roman centurion and daniel the prophet lies that something "homosexual" took place.

your a liar, as NONE of those recordations even hinted at homosexual sex - YOU FORCED IT THERE

where is it bobby?

to this date you have yet to provide ONE passage where homosexuality IS high fived

put up or shut up, because you keep saying it is.

if it was, you would have by now.

the supreme fact that you can't, squashes your position faster than a maddof meltdown

tell us again about your loving committed relationship.

gee, if it is so "good", why can't you qualify it?
laughing "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:12 PM:

" now would you actually like to debate some of your facts or do you have any? "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:09 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:40 PM:
God has put me here as a gay Christian to show you how wrong you are").

laughing

there is no such thing as a "gay Christian", in that there ARE people who struggle with sin (including homosexuality), but there is no such thing as a "gay Christian" who practices homosexual sex without conscience and tells other people that they can too because God high fives homosexual sex biblically.

that's a full on lie, and a person that attempts that is labeled biblically as a liar, a wolf in sheeps clothing, looking to steal the souls of others by teaching them it's ok to sin.

the bible is clear.....any person who lies without conscience is NOT a true follower of Christ

gee, what club can a person join to become a "gay child molester Christian" or a "gay adulterer Christian".....i know, the one you belong to....."the gay fornicators Christian club" because of your OWN sexually daliances with your C-uncommitted BFF.

your position is a joke

bobby, homopsexual sex is biblically condemned......PERIOD

take your marbles and "play" somewhere else "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 4:08 PM:

" I am not the one that is trying to forcefully put homosexuality into the Bible, that my ill-informed blogger is you! You keep talking about how homosexuality is in the Bible and what you claim as your interpretation is. What I notice is that you cant say "gay" or Homosexual" with put also using the word "sex" in front or behind those words. Real facts, in your world does everything revolve around sex? Because in a marriage, that is just one small aspect of the relationship. Marriage is about love and commitment, but evidentially you are unaware of those. "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:57 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:40 PM:
" I have proven you wrong every time").

that's a laugh

ahhhhhh it's not "me" you are going against bobby, but the true replication of 5,000yrs of an uninterrupted historical fact that your lying desperation of a life dreams it's all of a sudden going to be "justifiable"

keep lying to yourself bobby, it's your life to lose, not mine. your the one that will pay for attempting it, not me.

BTW, the bad news is that with all that effort you have put into it, biblical history hasn't moved 1 millimeter.....homosexual sex of ANY kind is STILL sin.

now where are those passages that high five homosexual sex

there aren't any, right bobby?

there is no "victory" for you to perceive. in the past, today or in the future

you CANNOT justify an unjustifiable "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:49 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:40 PM:
" Real facts, Being gay doesnt have to be "high fived" by the Bible").

you know, plodded enough, the truth will eventually spill out...

the bible HAS to "high five" anything that is good FOR it to be good, and when it condemns it, it does so because Gods word IS the ultimate authority on all things, including you choosing to disobey him thru something he calls sexually reprehensible.

the fact that you made this statement proves you could care less what it DOES say, and your game is FORCEFUL INCLUSION at any expense

great job at exposing your own motives bobby.

you think your so crafty, but Gods word always hands the truth it's victory because people like you eventually always fall on their own sword

"Gods word doesn't have to high five homosexuality" by bobbyG

boy is that lying statement going to haunt you in these blogs from here on out "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:41 PM:

" tell us again about your life bobby, and why you CAN'T rectify IT sexually against Gods word

don't you people find it strange that a person bloviates day after day that the bible high fives homosexuality, but the guy CANNOT even rectify his OWN life sexually against Gods word?

if you let this guy have a free pass when he REFUSES to rectify that, than YOU could care less about Gods ultimate truth.......it's-a-straight-up-joke

the fact that he won't (and can't) proves he is lying about his assertion that God high fives homosexual sex of ANY kind

here's how it works bobby......i have been married to ONE woman, and we have sex within our marital bounds.

i do not have sex with other women, and therefore by biblical standards, i live a JUSTFIABLE life that way

ok bobby, your turn......go ahead and tell us how you have sex with an UNBELIEVER, with whom your not even living with, while selling the notion you can because you are "committed".
laughing

according to your "theology", anyone can have sex with anyone and call it a "committment"

nope, you have no biblical position "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:40 PM:

" Real facts, Being gay doesnt have to be "high fived" by the Bible. Your the one that sometimes claims that the "everytime it is mentioned" it is in a bad sense. I have proven you wrong every time which is why you refuse to put up any kind of fact, refrence or scripture. You know you wrong and thus the reason you refuse to actully put up any information. You think your actual bullying will get me to stop correcting you? No, I am here to show others how absurd you are in your antics and acare tactics. God has put me here as a gay Christian to show you how wrong you are.

Now again, for about the third or fourth time... Put up some facts and stop spewing forth your babble. "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:32 PM:

" i DID make my case scripturally, because everything i have said (including that homosexuality played a part in the destruction of sodom) is the historical representation down thru time of the actual contextual events.

true replicated history, so YOUR the one that needs to "prove" homosexuality contextual-wise, a feat you have REFUSED to do, and now you are deflecting your responsibility onto me so you "think" you can skate from it.

that won't happen

your the one that claims homosexual sex is "scriptural", and it is on YOU to demonstrate that is true

all these blogs and you haven't yet.....all your "proofs" have been outright lies based on "what if's" that aren't even there on ANY level to begin with, and that's a solid position to build your life upon? that' a joke bobby. you are building your life upon a bedrock of lies.....one to cover the previous one

come on bobby, where are those scriptures were homosexual sex is blatantly obviously high fived?

THERE ISN'T ANY "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:26 PM:

" Real facts wrote: "google proves your a liar"

You know you have said this a couple of times now, yet you include NO FACTS or any other reasoning behind what you say. If you goodle DALE B. MARTIN you will see he is a well qualified Theologian/Historian and Professor of the Bible. Thats what you find when you Google him.

Dale B. Martin
Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies

B.S., Abilene Christian University;
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary;
Ph.D., Yale University;

"Dale B. Martin specializes in New Testament and Christian Origins, including attention to social and cultural history of the Greco-Roman world. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1999, he taught at Rhodes College and Duke University."
Professional Positions:

1983-1987 Teaching Fellow, Yale Divinity School and Yale College

1987-1988 Instructor, Department of Religion, Rhodes College

1988-1995 Assistant Professor of Religion, Duke University

1995-1999 Associate Professor of Religion, Duke University

1999-2005 Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University

2002-2005 Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Yale University

2003-2007 Fellow, Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University

2005- Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University

http://www.yale.edu/religiousstudies/facultypages/martin.html


And what are your credentials real facts? "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:23 PM:

" bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 2:58 PM:
" You say Google this Google that but what is it you want us to find? ").

it's easy.....all i do is google all the "scholars" you pull on here, and i find the same thing EVERYTIME.....agenda based heretics that depart from Gods word for their liberal anything-that-they-think-goes-agenda.

googling them it takes little effort discovering WHO they really are comparatively

you can find the same garbage type "scholars" who depart from scripture on subjects like stealing money from Gods people for their OWN benefit....."scholars" who teach you can have sex with multiple wives, etc, etc.

the word "scholar" means squat initially, until a person actually demonstrates they really DO accureately replicate Gods word contextually..

what's evil about what you do is your "innocent act", whereby you "pretend" what you are doing is "noble" and of God, when in actuality, you KNOW your trying to FORCE homosexuality into Gods word to make it "fit", and thats evil by definition. "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:12 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 2:58 PM:
" So i point out several factors and history with the use of Historian, Theologians and more and you just want to come in and say, "Nope your a liar").

bummer for you huh?

your used to pulling this on unsuspecting people who cannot counter this garbage, and fall for the "labels" you fly your flag under.

"credentials" mean squat, and actual true reference OF scriptural edicts would trump a piece of paper on the wall everyday anyway.

google proves your a liar, because all those "scholars" you pull out of your back pocket are right away rejected as heretics by the HISTORY of scripture, and true biblical scholars that replicate ACTUAL context

like i said before, cults say the same thing in order to "legitimize" themselves, and they aren't scripturally accurate either, but are driven by agenda just like you

you are used to thinking you could pull the "but i just repeated what a scholar said", and everyone would just buy it like it was the gospel truth.

it's easily provable agenda based FORCEFUL "theology"....AKA a big fat lie

big whoop "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 3:02 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 11:17 PM:
History shows that when warriors would conquer their opponents they would destroy the villages, kill the women and children and rape the men. Yes the heterosexual men would rape men. Just do a little research its easy to find all this information").

ahhhh no, that's a full on lie, because there is ZERO textual proof where "heterosexual men raped men for dominance, or any other reason" (according to you).


instead of riding on the backs of people with a phony credential, how about you show EXACT references of "heterosexuals" raping men

you won't, because there is NONE

you need to stop including your "scholar" references, as google allows us the luxury of seeing these guys as nothing more than liberal minded biased "inclusionary scholars".

that's code for they could care less what scripture actually teaches, and they are bent on FORCING thier agendas into the text any way they can.

sound familiar bobby? that's who you are, and how you think your methodolgy will sneak you by. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 2:58 PM:

" So i point out several factors and history with the use of Historian, Theologians and more and you just want to come in and say, "Nope your a liar". real facts, why dont you put up some facts. You say Google this Google that but what is it you want us to find? Your basis of nothing still results in nothing. Stop beating around the bush and tells us, no give us your Facts, your proof give us something to work with.

Are you so affraid of your sources and facts that you wont even put them up? "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 2:26 PM:

" the other thing that completely squashes your trumped up position EVERYTIME that i couldn't fit into the last post......is your OWN personal life.

you bloviate for blogs on end, being the ever "resourceful" guy that you are by trumpeting blatantly false teachers, you STILL CAN'T qualify your OWN life sexually.

to this blog day, you have yet to rectify your OWN life sexually, and THAT is the nail in your coffin position-wise.

tell us again about your "realtionship" with your C-BFF?

the DAY you can rectify YOUR "relationship" sexually against Gods word, and you can find ONE pro-homosexual-reference biblically, THEN you can actually proclaim you HAVE a position.

until then, your a liar. a "resourceful" liar, but a liar none-the-less

(and no, i am not going away) "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 2:20 PM:

" bobby, no i don't have a problem (as you can tell by now) of calling you a liar when it comes to homosexuality and it's role "biblically", but two simple things completely squash your position in a new york minute, despite how many times you pull your lies about what the bible "really means"......is that there are ZERO instances where homosexual sex of ANY kind is EVER referred to in a positive tone. EVERYTIME it is cornered, it is in a CONDEMNING tone.

what you STILL have yet to do is give us ONE SCRIPTURE that gives a high five TO homosexual sex.

your justification game is built entirely on the backs of lies based on FORCEFUL inclusions into the text where NONE exists in the first place.

in EVERY instance you have ever tried to sell homosexuality "biblically", it's been on the premise of a "see it's there. no look, it's really there. what, you don't see it? i am telling you, it's really there"....by bobbyG

show us ONE pro-homosexual-passage bobby, because-THAT'S-what-soldifies-a-solid-biblical-position

YOU CAN'T, because NONE exists

bobbyG, the-king-of-FORCING-homosexuality-to-be-"justifiable" "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 2:10 PM:

" bobby------> you cited martin's "findings", yet there is ZERO inferring going on in ANY contextual aspect of both the sodom account, AND in the WHOLE of scripture (because God would have noted it ALSO bedides the sodom incident, and judged those people as well).

martin is another heretic in a now laundry list of heretics that you trumpet thinking there isn't anyone that can call you on your biblical lies now.

it is true, that most Christians out there cannot refute the garbage you sell, because they (a) either don't know scripture, (b) they are too lazy to KNOW what Gods word says, and think it not important enough to expose the lies of people like you, (c) they are imtimidated taking people like you on.

poor bobby. you were used to selling this stuff (probably unopposed) everywhere you went.

UNfortunately for you, there is google now.....a tool that can easily expose the liar that you are, in your quest to FORCE homosexuality into the biblical text where NO PRO HOMOSEXUAL SEX exists.

lie all you want, trump out your heretical joke "scholars", but-the-bible-strictly-condemns-homosexual-sex-EVERYTIME-it's-ever-mentioned.....and-you-know-it "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 2:00 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 10:43 AM:
" ...In that culture, the most humiliating experience for a heterosexual male, was to be treated like a woman and raping a man was the most violent such treatment. As Dale B. Martin, Professor of Religion at Duke University, says, To be penetrated was to be inferior because women were inferior. It is an expression of the ancient horror of the feminine").

THANK GOD FOR GOOGLE !!!!!

you know bobby, it's not like i already know your a weak-desperate man looking to justify your life by FORCING homosexuality into the biblical texts, as a quick cursory glance of Gods word reveals what a liar you are.

never heard of "dale martin" before your post, but i already knew that this was one more chump-card you pulled out of the air for your "justification" game, knowing in blogs past you cited proven heretical "teachers" with "credentials" in what you think is a game of appearing "legitimate".

after googling martin, he can be added to the heretic mess you attempt in here

con't-----------> "

LodiSafeway wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:50 PM:

" Wait a minute!!! You actually included me in one of your own promises to yourself?!? WOW!! What an impact I must be making upon you. I'm touched; deeply moved. I'd like to thank the Academy . . . "

real facts wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:50 PM:

" ("Billy Rubin wrote on Jan 1, 2009 10:35 AM:" Yes, heaven forbid either Danielh or Reverend Fruitcake should actually *open* a bible and read what it says - so much more expedient to condemn through ignorance. ").

sorry billy, although i know you were living in wishful thinking land again, while i cannot speak on behalf of danielH, i for one actually DO know what scripture says CONTEXT-WISE, and i have a backbone big enough to not sit there and watch as the bobby's of the world spew their personal justification lies.

poor bobby. maybe you can pray for him, because that guy is as desperate as it gets on FORCING homosexuality to "fit" scripture, while you are fully entrenched in your you-could-care-less choice, bobby squirms.

how funny, that a guy that absolutely hates God, would still be willing to piggy-back the likes of bobby so HE could justify HIS choices.

you two are case studies (albeit working from different angles) on the futility of attempting to justify the UNjustifiable

you two "undoing" 5,000 years of design history......that's a laugh "

danielh wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:47 PM:

" LodiSafeway: Keep on laughing. I already promised if just one of my projects does work, I'll be doing OK, and I'm not going to stop and think, "Oh my gosh! LodiSafeway never believed me." "

LodiSafeway wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:44 PM:

" That's all you've got, danielh - you're not "buying" it? All of a sudden the firmness of your stance appears to be weakening. Well, you should know that I wasn't trying to sell anything. Whether or not you choose to believe me is your absolute right; and I really don't care.

So once again, keep 'em coming!! You're very entertaining. "

danielh wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:37 PM:

" LodiSafeway: Nope. I'm not buying it.

there are plenty of absurd and clueless people, and I don't even pay attention to them.

for some reason, you looked. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:16 PM:

" Of course I looked at it Danielh; why wouldn't I? While I do find your stance absurd what is even more ridiculous is anyone who truly believes they are absolutely right about everything. There has been much discussion about the Bible on these blogs. I know where I stand, but as certain Scriptures are being bantered back and forth, it behooves me to review what I "believe" to be fact against those things others argue to be false. Arrogance is really not a positive characteristic for anyone.

Still, when I relayed to you what is on that birth certificate, you had the further audacity to intimate that I was lying. That goes way beyond absurd, wouldn't you think? "

danielh wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:06 PM:

" LodiSafeway: Nobody, and I mean nobody who is in any way absurd or doesn't know what they are talking about is going to change my path of daily living, not for one iota of a second.

You actually went into your file and pulled out your Birth Certificate and studied it.

You even said that your birth certificate was sitting on top of your desk.

This is very strange behavior for someone who claims he doesn't believe what I am talking about, or that it is absurd.

Thank you very much. "

danielh wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:00 PM:

" bobbyg and realfacts: Woops. I switched who said what. my appologies.

I'm glad that somebody has a story about what it says in there. I never found the time and energy to study the second half of genesis. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Jan 1, 2009 12:48 PM:

" DanielH - my comments were only made to emphasize the absurdity of your continued claims regarding how our government has claimed "ownership" over us throughout our lives. From the type of paper our birth/marriage or other certificates are printed on, to the cryptic messages contained within the borders of those documents to the use of capital letters (and on and on), you are indeed an exercise in futility. However, your entertainment value is priceless. Keep 'em coming!

Signed, LodiSafeway - Citizen (sans slave). "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 10:44 AM:

" The best available scholarship shows that these texts have nothing to do with homosexuality as such C.L. Seow, Professor of Old Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, points out that the sin of Sodom is mentioned several times elsewhere in the Bible, but never in connection with homosexual acts. In Old Testament references to Sodom, the sins of the city are variously described as greed, injustice, inhospitality, excess wealth, indifference to the poor and general wickedness. In the New Testament, when Jesus referred to the sin of Sodom, as recorded in Luke 10:12 and Matthew 10:15, he was passing judgment on cities that refused hospitality to his traveling disciples. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 10:43 AM:

" ...In that culture, the most humiliating experience for a heterosexual male, was to be treated like a woman and raping a man was the most violent such treatment. As Dale B. Martin, Professor of Religion at Duke University, says, To be penetrated was to be inferior because women were inferior. It is an expression of the ancient horror of the feminine.

In each of these stories, the host attempts to placate the threatening gangs by offering women of his household for the mob to abuse instead of his male guests. Notice the cultural emphasis on the superiority of men over women. As Old Testament scholar Martti Nissinen of the University of Helsinki notes, the critical issue in the ancient Near East was not sexuality but gender, and it was important that the superior position of men over women be maintained. In that culture, the hosts felt that it was more important to protect male visitors in their house that to protect women, even their own daughters or common-law wife! The host do not seem to think of the attackers as homosexual, or they would not offer women to them to abuse. "

bobbyg wrote on Jan 1, 2009 10:43 AM:

" daniel, Gods judgment on the men of Sodom in Genesis 19:1-29 and the parallel story of the rape of the Levites concubine in Judges 19:1-30. These texts take us into an ancient New Eastern world whose values are very different than ours. The central idea in these passages is the sacred obligation of hospitality for travelers (and the ways in which sinful people often violated this sacred obligation). In a desert country, to remain outside at night, exposed to the elements could mean death.

In both stories, a host invites traveling men into his house. Later an angry mob of townspeople surround the house and demand that the host turn his guest over to them. Foreigners are clearly not welcome, and the implication is that they may be raped or killed. Daniel Helminak, Ph.D., a Catholic Priest and Professor of Theology and Spirituality at Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, points out that in the ancient world homosexual rape was a traditional way for victors to accentuate the subjection of captive enemies and foes. "

Billy Rubin wrote on Jan 1, 2009 10:35 AM:

" Yes, heaven forbid either Danielh or Reverend Fruitcake should actually *open* a bible and read what it says - so much more expedient to condemn through ignorance. "

danielh wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:44 AM:

" bobbyg: I didn't want to get into an arguement about the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorah, and how the town was destroyed.

I thought I understood it, so I hope you knew what you were talking about when you corrected me. "

danielh wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:41 AM:

" LodiSafeway:

worst: "citizen"

In order to understand this one, consider a creator cannot be governed by its creation.

God created Man. Man cannot govern God.

Man created government. Government cannot govern Man. Conversely, Man governs government. Man can elect officers, and Man can create the rules and regulations for its public servants.

Government contains courts, and Man cannot be convicted and sentenced except by a judicial process in a republican form of government where the defendant receives due process.

Government created citizens. Citizens cannot govern government. Citizens can be employed, fined, and sentenced to prison without fair due process. "

danielh wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:33 AM:

" LodiSafeway:
I appreciate your responding to what I have written.
Your post at Dec 31, 2008 6:55 PM contains several words of art, and by that I mean that their definitions under the law are skewed away from their usage in common everyday conversation which uses Webster’s Dictionary.
According to Webster's, you appear to have written controversy, but
according to legal definitions which are different, your use of the words "employer" and worst of all, "citizen" are not as they appear.

[ You may recall that I wrote a letter about misleading legalese. ]

...continued "

danielh wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:23 AM:

" One only needs to give a SSN if they want to be an "employee," as defined under 26 USC 3401.

Looking at what it says, we see the definition is restricted to people who are providing services for the United States, or as an officer of a corporation.

Thus a word that we have used for all of our lives is defined under IRS code as something other that what we were told it really means.

We are horrified by the thought of not being able to work if we don't provide a SSN, but it only means that we cannot be an "employee" as defined under IRS code which is Title 26 USC. "

danielh wrote on Jan 1, 2009 1:20 AM:

" Title 26 US Code Section 3401:

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00003401----000-.html

(c) Employee
For purposes of this chapter, the term "employee" includes an officer, employee, or elected official of the United States, a State, or any political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing. The term "employee" also includes an officer of a corporation. "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 11:21 PM:

" real facts wrote:"the "go to" homosexual lie of the actual events of SODOM (aptly named) and gomorrah"

So your saying the they named the city after the "act"??? "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 11:17 PM:

" Real facts, when you choose to actually reasearch some history then maybe we can hae a discussion. Just because you want to call someone a liar does not make it so.

History shows that when warriors would conquer their opponents they would destroy the villages, kill the women and children and rape the men. Yes the heterosexual men would rape men. Just do a little research its easy to find all this information.

So stop the name calling, your just mad cause Huxley was transfered and now you have to find a new guy to support. And you have to wait again for the team to come back to play a few more home games. "

real facts wrote on Dec 31, 2008 10:02 PM:

" bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 1:44 PM:
It was the practice in those days to show ones stature by raping or penetrating other men. So to show these guests who was boss these heterosexual men would rape and torture strangers from outside this desert. To be left outside the city walls in this desert, surely meant death. ").

do homosexuals drop acid when they sit in a circle and make this garbage up?
because that would make TOTAL sense.

your so full of it, i "smell it" thru my computer, and i don't even possess the latest "smell-o-rama" technology.

men....(according-to-your-twisted-perverted-NON EXISTENT-"biblical"-version)....."penetrated" other men as a means to show intimidation or punishment? your out of your wishful thinking mind if you think for a moment that EVER happened contextually in the biblical recordings of what DID happen in sodom.

just like i stated, homosexuals lie, because their whole premise is built on a lie, and this is but another demonstration of your desperation of FORCING homosexuality into Gods word.

perversion demands it's "proponents" pervert MORE in lieu of the truth

sodom wasn't a "prison movie" bobby "

real facts wrote on Dec 31, 2008 9:50 PM:

" bobby, go ahead and name ONE civilization or group of people recorded in Gods word that was blacktopped for "inhospitality".

you couldn't name one, but how many times DID God deal harshly with those of the equal antics OF sodom = ALOT

sorry bobby, you CAN'T pull in here what you are used to.

bummer huh? "

real facts wrote on Dec 31, 2008 9:46 PM:

" ("bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 1:44 PM:
Daniel, Yes the town was destroyed. Yes Lots wife was turned to salt. I am not sure if you are implying that the city was destroyed because of homosexuality, it was not. It was destroyed because the city was inhospitable to guests and God was appaled at how guest were treated").

the "go to" homosexual lie of the actual events of SODOM (aptly named) and gomorrah.God destroys a city and group of people because they were "inhospitable"?
that's a lying joke

that's one of the most rediculous far-reaching excuses (lie) that homosexuals pull out of the sky in order to excuse away what actually DID happen.

was sodom and gomorrah destroyed solely because OF homosexuality? .......no. but it sure was a part of it as per textual reference. "destroyed because of a lack of hospitality".....is an innane assault on even common sense, because IF God destroyed man OVER a "lack of hospitality", what society WOULD be still standing?

bobby, find another lie that isn't so rediculous/obvious "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 8:05 PM:

" Whoa Nellie, there were way more than two, but I know one for sure. He actually lives about 5 houses down the street from me. Dont forget that there are many great gay business owners in this town as well. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 31, 2008 6:55 PM:

" And while optional, not applying for and receiving a Social Security number causes more difficulty for the person who doesn't have the number than for the government that requires it for certain transactions. Taxes still need to be collected and all employers will withhold what is necessary. Unless a U.S. citizen simply doesn't desire to work once they become adults, the number comes in quite handy.

I know of no above-the-radar employer who would knowingly employ anyone without first seeing, recording and then verifying the Social Security number for each prospective employee.

Does this make us "citizen-slaves" as Daniel Hutchins (admitted to be danielH) recently insisted in his letter-to-the-editor? No, it simply makes us responsible citizens. "

Billy Rubin wrote on Dec 31, 2008 6:40 PM:

" Danielh spends way too much time swatting away the imaginary black helicopters orbiting around his head.

Perhaps four or five more layers of tinfoil hat will shield his brainwaves from their listening devices and serial number scanners. "

Whoa Nellie! wrote on Dec 31, 2008 6:31 PM:

" oops, due to word limit that "both" comment did not come out write... "both that I know of..." "

Whoa Nellie! wrote on Dec 31, 2008 6:29 PM:

" Back to the topic people... What first strikes me a funny is that the Advocate says there are only 88 publications in the entire state of California.

Second, even with those 88 how can the Advocate be so positive that no other publication will not publish same sex marriage announcements?

While many will contend that our little village is still living in a time warp you cant tell me that there are other areas of this great state which lean much more right than Lodi. I can't imagine seeing a same sex announcement in a paper in Reedly, Placerville, or say King City.

The fact is that Lodi has had, and will continue to have, great gay citizens who make an impact in our community. Sure, 99.9% of them in the past were in the closet but depending upon your age you probably had one as a teacher at Lodi High. And the funny thing was, that BOTH were such great teachers no one ever brought up the fact that they were gay.

Lodi, we're lucky to still have a real local paper. "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 4:05 PM:

" Bobbyg: have you ever heard of IRS Form W-8BEN? "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 4:04 PM:

" Bobbyg: When we apply for a social security number, which is optional by the way, control over the foreign corporate trust JOHN MIDDLE DOE in ALL CAPS is transferred to the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. I’m pretty sure it’s foreign.

The foreign trust is non-indentured, because we didn’t know to put an indenture on it, so the UNITED STATES had no choice but to appoint their own trustees. These are:
(2) appointees of the president.
(3) Secretaries: Treasury, labor, and Health and Human Services
(1) Commissioner of Social Security
If we realize that JOHN MIDDLE DOE is a trust, we have authority to “fire” these trustees, and appoint ourselves as trustee of the trust, and establish a trust indenture of our own liking.

If we become the trustee, we have authority to approve or disapprove any contractual charges that are assessed against the trust, including traffic tickets, taxes, and fines. when we fire the trustees, we can also stipulate that they agree to accept a lien or other administrative remedy for any violations of the contract. "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 2:57 PM:

" Daniel, yes, when the card is turned over it states which authority issued it. And after having gone through the i-9 training courses is when i found out that different authorities or agencies issue the cards. I could not get an answer as to why when the applications are all sent to the same place supposably. "

Robb wrote on Dec 31, 2008 2:42 PM:

" Nevermind, I did not think you would understand, I guess that was just too much to ask.... "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 2:29 PM:

" Robb: Ditto: "abject filth" "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 2:28 PM:

" Robb: Nope. You said it. It's yours, not mine. You can't claim it is anyones statement other than your own. "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 2:24 PM:

" bobbyg: Are you sure that different agencies can issue the Social Security Card? on the bottom left corner of mine, it says "Social Security Administration, Form SSA-3000," and there are instructions about who owns the card, and where to return it if it is found by someone else.

FYI: The ambiguous serial number on the bottom right corner of the back pertains to a Federal Reserve Bank which holds our funds. "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 2:18 PM:

" bobbyg: Thanks for the education on this section of the bible. "

Lodian wrote on Dec 31, 2008 1:56 PM:

" ---

"...to be subjected to the abject filth and distortions by those who lack the intellectual fortitude to argue in a decent manner is equally bizarre."

---

Indeed. "

Robb wrote on Dec 31, 2008 1:48 PM:

" No danny boy, I am just doing as you do, I want to know how it feels to have an insane answer for everything. "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 1:44 PM:

" danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 12:05 PM:

" bobbyg: I think in story of Sodom and Gomorah, the whole town was bathed in orgy and was destroyed, and Lot lost his wife, because she couldn't get it out of her head.

I have heard of homosexuals using this story to justify their own behavior, but this story does not support homosexuality. Conversely, the town was destroyed and Lot's wife clearly died. "

Daniel, Yes the town was destroyed. Yes Lots wife was turned to salt. I am not sure if you are implying that the city was destroyed because of homosexuality, it was not. It was destroyed because the city was inhospitable to guests and God was appaled at how guest were treated.

If infact the city and the men that came to lots house were homosexuals why would lot have offered his daughters? It was the practice in those days to show ones stature by raping or penetrating other men. So to show these guests who was boss these heterosexual men would rape and torture strangers from outside this desert. To be left outside the city walls in this desert, surely meant death. "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 1:36 PM:

" Daniel, Having been an employer or a manager of a business for the last 20 or so years and having been required by law to fill out an I-9 form it asks the employer to verify status/right to work and the "c" section is one that the Social Security Card goes on if that is being used to verify eligibility for employment. In order to properly fill out the form you have to wrte down who issued the card. (I had always assumed it was the SSA) in fact they are just one of many to issue the card. Turn your card over to see who issues your card. I have seen, Health and Human Services, Social Security, Dept of Treasury, INS, and a few others in my time. "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 1:13 PM:

" LodiSafeway: The SSA sets up a trust account which does not have a trust indenture. People get into trouble through their trust, because it is not indentured. The government can do anything with it as they please.

It is possible to seize control of the trust. I have the documents and tools to do it, but I am still thinking about it, because it's a one-shot deal. can't be changed. "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 1:09 PM:

" LodiSafeway: I do not claim that the social security administration is committing any form of malfeasance.

I maintain that our contract with them is to donate for 40 quarters.

Is there a formula that takes into account how much we donated?

Probably. "

voter wrote on Dec 31, 2008 1:05 PM:

" Billy, it's probably just "School-yard silliness" on his part. "

Billy Rubin wrote on Dec 31, 2008 12:53 PM:

" LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 31, 2008 9:30 AM:"Even now, as a result of this very "conversation" going off-topic, the editors would love nothing more than to shut down discourse about Proposition 8. I don't want to be a part of that." "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 31, 2008 12:45 PM:

" Actually, a worker must have worked at least 40 quarters in order to be fully vested in the Social Security program. What I take this to mean is that at the point where I have worked a total of ten years, if I were to work no more I would be entitled to receive benefits under the system as I become eligible.

It is also my understanding that the formula used to determine the amount that I will receive is based upon the total period that I have worked, not just the first 40 quarters.

I still see no malfeasance or any other improper behavior on the part of the government in this regard. "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 12:10 PM:

" bobbyg: Please clarify: social security cards being issued by "8 seperate Government Agencies."

The only way I know to get one is through the Social Security Administration.

Are you saying that 7 other agencies of the federal government also issue SS cards? "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 12:07 PM:

" LodiSafeway: I believe your contract with the Social Security Administration only requires you to contribute for 40 quarters. Since you have contributed since 1970, I believe you have fulfilled your end of the contract.

Do I know how to stop the deductions?

No. "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 12:05 PM:

" bobbyg: I think in story of Sodom and Gomorah, the whole town was bathed in orgy and was destroyed, and Lot lost his wife, because she couldn't get it out of her head (she looked back).

I have heard of homosexuals using this story to justify their own behavior, but this story does not support homosexuality. Conversely, the town was destroyed and Lot's wife clearly died. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 31, 2008 12:04 PM:

" bobbyg- as far as the 8 separate agencies issuing Social Security Cards (or do you mean the actual "numbers?"), you mention something about them "...gathering the dollars for this new person." I'm curious as to what you mean by this.

Since I started working in the early 1970s, I have an accounting (through the Social Security Administration) of every dollar earned that was reported to that agency. My audit of those dollars reveals no hanky-panky or any other misuse of either my money or my Social Security number. The fact that I am required to contribute roughly 13% of my pay (one-half by me, the balance by my employer), also doesn't expose any wrongdoing or contractual malfeasance by the government. Clearly, if I live long enough I will be entitled to receive a monthly stipend to assist me in my golden years, although under normal circumstances that won't be enough to fully sustain me. Still, since I contributed to the program, I expect to receive my "fair" share.

The idea that I am somehow "owned" by the government through the issuance of that number borders on lunacy, although I realize you did not make this contention. "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 11:56 AM:

" LodiSafeway: he doesn't believe in god. he thinks he can say anything he wants. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 31, 2008 11:38 AM:

" Robb- what is the basis for your contention that "It is a proven fact that homosexuals are far more monogamous than heterosexuals?" "

Robb wrote on Dec 31, 2008 11:00 AM:

" It is a proven fact that homosexuals are far more monogamous than heterosexuals. "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 10:56 AM:

" And real facts you know there are many long term gay and lesbian relationships. They are not easy to do as we have people like you who try to turn the world against us. Some of our families are against us, some of our place of religion are against us (but there are many who support us). Our work places are against us. Its very hard to be a couple in the so called gay world, yet many people try and do succeed. Infact if you look at Massachusettes divorce rate you will find that in the many years since gay marriage was allowed in that state that the divorce rate has actually gone down. Same thing in the Netherlands, Spain and so on. Some of those countries have had same gender marriage for 15 years or more. Do your research before you spew garbage as so called "facts".

You complain that we are not monogamous, yet you wont allow us to make the marriage commitment. "

Robb wrote on Dec 31, 2008 10:51 AM:

" Yea, okay daniel, do you also keep a decoder ring under your pillow? "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 10:49 AM:

" Daniel, What do you suppose is the reasoning that Social Security Cards are issued by as many as 8 seperate Government Agencies? Is it because each issueing "authority" is gathering the dollars for this new person? "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 31, 2008 10:46 AM:

" real facts wrote on Nov 14, 2008 7:14 PM:
"you should tell bobby that, seeing how the guy has attemted to FORCE homosexuality to "fit" the bible, when there isn't ONE INSTANCE of homsexuality mentioned to begin with."

real facts wrote on Dec 31, 2008 10:31 AM:
" bobby, Gods word didn't explicitly say your "examples" were sin, whereas he did on homosexuality EVERYTIME it is mentioned, it is condemned.


Would you please make up your mind! "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 10:42 AM:

" sam: My understanding is that a living human being can separate from the contract by rescinding their signature, because the terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Any contract where the terms are not disclosed, is null and void. There is no statute of limitations on when a party can rescind a signature in a contract that does not have full disclosure. "

danielh wrote on Dec 31, 2008 10:40 AM:

" sam: civil "marriage" contracts are "marriage" according to the definition under the State of California statutes.

These are 3-party contracts between man-woman-state.

The state puts up no consideration for the contract whatsoever. They only take. A sane, well-informed human being would not enter into the contract.

The man and woman pledged their children into being property of the state, hence an agreement to register them into the Departments of Commerce, Transportation, and Treasury, where the life's earnings of the child are hypothecated and sold in international commerce. "

real facts wrote on Dec 31, 2008 10:31 AM:

" bobby, Gods word didn't explicitly say your "examples" were sin, whereas he did on homosexuality EVERYTIME it is mentioned, it is condemned.

interesting to note when i challenged you, that you didn't provide all those warm and fuzzy statistics about gays being a committed bunch.

why is that bobby? why can't YOU qualify your position of "gay marriage" by providing statistics about how gays are so monogamous?

it's because they aren't, and "gay marriage" is a joke.

it's nothing more than a smokescreen attempt at homosexuals selling their behavior as "legit"

maybe YOU can qualify your OWN "relationship" "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 31, 2008 10:20 AM:

" Okay, I misspoke. Mr. Hanner has referred to the LNS' "guidelines" (not "policy") regarding this matter. However, to ask them to print those guidelines (and the date that they were adopted) might help to alleviate at least a little concern regarding their handling of these types of notifications. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 31, 2008 9:47 AM:

" bobbyg- it wasn't a News-Sentinel "viewpoint" regarding the publication of marriage announcements; it is their "policy." Frankly, I don't care what The Advocate prints in their rag. That is not the issue as it pertains to this particular letter. What was easily determined was whether or not they will or will not publish announcements that include same-sex partners. Rich Hanner resolved the entire matter with his note that was published simultaneously with the letter itself.

If there is still doubt regarding the inclusiveness on the part of the editors/owners of the News-Sentinel, perhaps just a little further digging might satisfy those who are still experiencing that "chill." Ask the News-Sentinel to actually print the stated policy to include the date that it was adopted.

Regardless, had Mr. Gorman not relied upon just one source of information for his accusations against the News-Sentinel, he might have thought twice before submitting his letter. I'm in no way suggesting that he didn't have the right to write his letter; I've only commented on his foolish appearance that could have been easily avoided had he looked beyond the one article in The Advocate. Or was there another motive? "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 31, 2008 9:30 AM:

" Sam- while I appreciate your apology, I have to wonder why you make such statements in the first place. Can't you control yourself? This notion that the "blogs" are some sort of social knitting circle is preposterous. On the other hand, to be subjected to the abject filth and distortions by those who lack the intellectual fortitude to argue in a decent manner is equally bizarre.

I made a point (which I've clarified and won't waste my time re-posting); either people agree or they don't. THAT is supposed to be the intent of this forum. But to read about who you (or others) wish I was or used to be or other such nonsense has no value here (at least to me) aside from the comical.

Even now, as a result of this very "conversation" going off-topic, the editors would love nothing more than to shut down discourse about Proposition 8. I don't want to be a part of that. It is the regular cast of bloggers here (and they all know who they are) who will force them to restrict comments once more. And for what? School-yard silliness. Good luck! "

Audi 5000 wrote on Dec 31, 2008 8:27 AM:

" The Advocate's agenda to label the Michael Gormans of the world victims, is shameful. For the Michael Gormans of the world to be willingly used as puppets is sad. That chill you're feeling Mr. Gorman, is not the lack of acceptance of you by the community, it's the guilt you have from following a deviant and sinful lifestyle choice.

Sorry, you're not a victim because it's not about you personally, it's about behavior. "

begsbelief wrote on Dec 31, 2008 5:16 AM:

" Mad Dog wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:35 AM:

" I would like to take this opportunity to announce my engagement to my life partner. "Blackie" and I have been together for years. The fact that Blackie is a sheep should not matter to anyone. We have had to put up with jokes about me living with a Black Sheep but that's how it is when we have to hide in the closet..oops I mean barn. "
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mad dog had a little Lamb whose fleece was black as soot. And everywhere that Blackie went his sootie foot he put.

I hope you and your Lamb will be very happy together. Makes sure that Blackie doesn't fleece you and leave you. LOL. I think you could write a new book. 50 ways to eat or fleece your Lover. "

Lodian wrote on Dec 30, 2008 11:04 PM:

" sam: Many of us miss the old girard74. "

Lodian wrote on Dec 30, 2008 11:04 PM:

" Cogito wrote "In the end we all have a vote. That vote was taken. The people have spoken. "

The people (we) cannot vote to take away the rights of other law abiding citizens. "

Lodian wrote on Dec 30, 2008 10:45 PM:

" voter wrote "I would think that if your primary concern was protecting the sanctity of heterosexual marriage, you would be advocating and amendment to the constitution banning divorce."

Excellent, voter! The sad thing is that I don't see these same folks discussing divorce anywhere near as seriously as they campaign against gay couples and insist on denying them their rights. I don't think their desire is to preserve the sanctity of marriage at all. "

Lodian wrote on Dec 30, 2008 10:22 PM:

" Mad Dog wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:35 AM:

" I would like to take this opportunity to announce my engagement to my life partner. "Blackie" and I have been together for years. The fact that Blackie is a sheep should not matter to anyone. We have had to put up with jokes about me living with a Black Sheep but that's how it is when we have to hide in the closet..oops I mean barn. "

Mad Dog: Do you think anyone here is surprised at your private life? "

Lodian wrote on Dec 30, 2008 10:19 PM:

" dyan wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:59 PM:

" Give Billy a break. Gay marriage is insanity. Ask anyone from any culture from any generation (besides this one of course), throughout the history of mankind. "

You need to venture out of your own small little group once in awhile. "

Lodian wrote on Dec 30, 2008 10:17 PM:

" Wow! The LNS is the only newspaper in the state of California, out of 88, that has not announced same sex couples in the paper? That's incredible! "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 30, 2008 9:35 PM:

" real facts wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:44
"from all of history past until a handful of years ago, homosexual sex WAS an abhoration. now "liberal minds" have continually chipped away at solid principles in favor of self definement/justification.

it isn't "enlightenment" for which liberals have "arrived", it's called personal integrity flushing, trading what was once "off limits" in order to get themselves into a place whereby they can excuse away their OWN "trades"


Wow you are so right, it has only been a handful of years since most religions changed thier minds on slavery. Most religions were against not having slaves and used the Bible as the tool to try to keep it.

Its was only a handful of years that women have been able to vote (again religion was against it and used the Bible to oppress women).

It was only a "handful of years" since non-whites were allowed to vote. Again the Bible was used to oppress.

It was only a handful of years ago that mixed races were allowed to marry and religion using the Bible was also against that. "

dyan wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:59 PM:

" Give Billy a break. Gay marriage is insanity. Ask anyone from any culture from any generation (besides this one of course), throughout the history of mankind. "

real facts wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:51 PM:

" ("Billy Rubin wrote on Dec 30, 2008 3:22 PM: If you keep hanging around the schools you may find that teen you desperately seek; then will be the time to worry about how you will get around the legal tangles").

cracks me up how many people bust my chops for things i say to people.....but when billy rubin the human flushing toilet goes to the sewers of life to express his "opinion", NO ONE says squat.

tell us again voter what a "sane person" billy rubin is...

how about another proclamation from sam when she said billy was a "wonderful human being"...

disgusting semblances of human beings telling yourselves your good people

you people make me sick (literally) "

real facts wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:44 PM:

" ("sam wrote on Dec 30, 2008 5:28 PM:
What does beastiality have to do with love between two humans? ").

ALOT

it is the next natural progression of humanity NOT being willing to call perversion, perversion.

from all of history past until a handful of years ago, homosexual sex WAS an abhoration. now "liberal minds" have continually chipped away at solid principles in favor of self definement/justification.

it isn't "enlightenment" for which liberals have "arrived", it's called personal integrity flushing, trading what was once "off limits" in order to get themselves into a place whereby they can excuse away their OWN "trades"

liberals made those "trades" in the form of abortion, pornography and now homosexuality.

next on the "trade docket" is child molestation, sibling sex ans sex with animals under the auspices not being sold as an "individual right"

there is nothing "loving" about same sex - it is OUTSIDE design, on ANY level "

sam wrote on Dec 30, 2008 7:59 PM:

" Hey Safeway, my comment to you was rude, hurtful, and uncalled for. I do apologize.

I miss you and truthfuly, I do still read all your blogs.
I just miss the old you.

Happy New Year to you. "

Cogito wrote on Dec 30, 2008 7:36 PM:

" Hey you too Sam, and I hope the New Year brings peace, love, and prosperity to you and everyone. "

real facts wrote on Dec 30, 2008 7:35 PM:

" Billy Rubin wrote:...... the possibility of gays enjoying the same monogamous, long-lasting wedded serenity he purports to enjoy").

in your justification dream world

give the truth a break billy, since when are gays monogamous for any length of time?

the gay world is akin to the children jumpy-jumps, in that gays roam from "relationship" to relationship, and committed "long-term" relationships are about as common in the gay experience as a unicorn sighting at the lodi lake nature trail.

tell us again billy, how many gays STAY TOGETHER for any number of years.

that number (that homosexuals use) as a device for homosexual societal justifiction.....is a joke.

the talk about "gay marriage" is done so pure and simple as a marketing tool for homosexuals to be accepted by society, and their latest highjack "methodolgy" is "marriage"

maybe bobby can expound on "committed relationships", or both of you as the gay "experts" you claim to be on these boards can tell us about all those gay "relationships" where the two people involved stay together for ANY length of time

maybe-when-they-are-old,__and-have-run-out-of-other-"options" "

sam wrote on Dec 30, 2008 7:12 PM:

" Cog, I agree.

On a side note, Happy New Year to ya. "

Flamerinlodi wrote on Dec 30, 2008 7:11 PM:

" Thank you Sam. That's what it was suppose to be about. Equal rights under the law. We're not asking more than basic equality; that's why this letter was posted. The proposition did pass, but only by two or three percentage points. It's sad this has to go back to the supreme court again, it should've never been a hot button issue in the first place. "

Cogito wrote on Dec 30, 2008 7:05 PM:

" Sam, you know how I feel on this issue. I just like to see how others justify that their opinion is more valid than someone else. In the end we all have a vote. That vote was taken. The people have spoken. "

sam wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:56 PM:

" Cog, I have to chuckle and add that according to my parents definition of marriage, their parents were never "married."

What a weird world we live in. "

voter wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:53 PM:

" Cogito, Barack Obama seems a little too busy to be posting on LNS discussion boards, but let me assure you that if he showed up, I would not hesitate to "hold his feet to the fire" on this issue. "

sam wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:51 PM:

" Cog, we were married in a civil cermony, not a Catholic ceremony. Therefore, according to my parents, we are not married.

I respect Obama's view and Arnie's views, as well as my own. It matters not if I am for same sex marriages.

If two consenting adults, under the law, commits to a relationship, they should have the same legal rights as the rest of us. "

Cogito wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:42 PM:

" Voter, you earlier asked LodiSafeway if he could articulate why he is against gay marriage. Barack Obama is against gay marriage. Do you hold his feet to the same fire? "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:42 PM:

" Voter perhaps that is a question that needs to be asked of the Editor, Will Same Gender Marriages or Commitment ceremonies/Domestic partnerships contracts be published even though same gender marriages are, for now, not legally binding?

Rich are you there? "

Billy Rubin wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:36 PM:

" LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 30, 2008 5:54 PM:"My first comment was really the only point I desired to make..."

What point that might be was lost behind Lodi74's need to call the writer a fool and to call The Advocate "clearly biased" with absolutely no basis in fact except his own bias.

Girardway is apparently no longer in favor of open forum discussion - implying the writer was foolish to write directly to the source asking for clarification. Maybe Safeway74ASAF wants nobody but himself to write letters to the editor anymore or to blog. He says it would be simple to find out, but he resents the question being actually asked. Perhaps questions are done telepathically in the Safeway household of eternal marital bliss.

I wish, however, LodiSGT74 would tell us (before he flounces away again) why he is so bitter about the possibility of gays enjoying the same monogamous, long-lasting wedded serenity he purports to enjoy. Surely anyone celebrating so many happy anniversaries would cheer others' desire to do the same?

Or not? "

voter wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:27 PM:

" Maybe it's just me, but isn't this whole issue of whether the LNS prints gay wedding announcements or not a moot point? Same-sex marriages have been banned. If they haven't printed them before, they sure aren't going to be doing it in the near future. "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:09 PM:

" sorry my spelling needs some help today "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:08 PM:

" LodiSafeway, The artile claimes they called the offices of Newspapers in California in order to find out who did or did not offer same gender announcements, perhaps the person who answered the phones was ill-informed when the writter of the Advocate article called. Or perhaps the LNS changed thier viewpoint? at any point it is nice to know that if a same gender couple were to want to anounce it in LNS that they would print it. I have seen many in the Stockton Record. "

sam wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:07 PM:

" Hey Safeway, at one time you spoke and I listened. You added witt and intelligence to the blogs. I did not always agree with you, but when you wrote, I PERSONALLY listened.

Now you sound like a bitter, pontificating, lonely fool.

Blog on. "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 30, 2008 6:04 PM:

" Mad Dog wrote on Dec 30, 2008 5:12 PM:
I dont abuse animals...I merely add a touch of garlic salt and let them cook at 425 degrees for 25 minutes or so. "


Mad dog, if you are cooking them at that Temperature you are definately abusing the animal... no more than 350 please! "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 30, 2008 5:54 PM:

" Because I am certain that the editors of the News-Sentinel are watching very closely to reader comments about this specific topic, I will not allow myself to be dragged into any "conversation" that can be deemed by them to be off-topic or in any way in violation of their posted rules. For quite a few weeks I have argued against the closing of these comments on other LNS blogs; now that we are permitted to once again post our thoughts, it won't take much for them to take away the privilege.

My first comment was really the only point I desired to make; that by determining just what the News-Sentinel's policy was regarding the publication of marriage announcements, the author might not have had a reason to write his letter at all. By relying upon only one source for his information (in this case a clearly biased publication), it would have been very simple to find out the answer beforehand.

To the regular cast of characters who apparently see red whenever they see my screen-name, sorry, not this time. Responding to your drivel isn't worth the risk of them shutting me down. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 30, 2008 5:52 PM:

" Sam - do yourself a favor and read what others (in this case, Mad Dog at 8:35 a.m. today) wrote before posting your knee-jerk reactions. "

sam wrote on Dec 30, 2008 5:28 PM:

" Safeway, so sorry you do not respect your mate. You have sunk to a new low, G.

What does beastiality have to do with love between two humans? "

Mad Dog wrote on Dec 30, 2008 5:12 PM:

" Please no more baad baad jokes on this subject.

Voter: Me? abuse animals? nope...I belong to PETA (People for Eating Tasty Animals). I dont abuse animals...I merely add a touch of garlic salt and let them cook at 425 degrees for 25 minutes or so. "

BegsBelief wrote on Dec 30, 2008 5:09 PM:

" sam wrote on Dec 30, 2008 4:45 PM:

" BegsBelief, well we are celebrating 35 years of marriage .. having the "same sex". Works for us.

To all you reading this, love the one you're with. "

~~~~~~~
Hello Sam,

Congratulations on 35 years.
I am not married to my partner but been together for 15 years now. I was previously married but I have no complaints of loving the one I am with. "

loadeye wrote on Dec 30, 2008 4:59 PM:

" David Nielson, welcome back to the blog. As you can see, Lodi will never change. It's no wonder you left. We miss your help on the eastside and are sorry you were left stranded by the Blue Man group. All ethnic, religious or gay groups or organizations are always scrutinized by those who refuse to open their mind. I don't condemn them nor hate them for having their own opinion, as we have ours. Happy new year David, and it's always great to hear you're still concerned. You're one whom I envy and respect for overcoming your weaknesses and turning your life around. Happy new year to all! "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 30, 2008 4:52 PM:

" And Mad Dog - that goes for you, too! Love the one you're with! "

sam wrote on Dec 30, 2008 4:45 PM:

" BegsBelief, well we are celebrating 35 years of marriage .. having the "same sex". Works for us.

To all you reading this, love the one you're with. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 30, 2008 4:42 PM:

" Voter - of course you can assume anything you want - be my guest. However, my comment was to offer just one (of perhaps many) reason why people voted for Proposition 8; not just this assumed hatred against homosexuals as you more than suggested in your pithy post.

I point you once again to my recent statement that, ". . . Things are not always as simple as some would like, or need them to be." This singular mindset may be indicative of a severe lapse in our educational system (specifically LUSD?); or just individual lack of ability to see beyond their own feelings. "

BegsBelief wrote on Dec 30, 2008 4:33 PM:

" "Whether it was because couples didn't want their unions announced or the paper didn't bother with it at all is up to interpretation. I would like to think Lodi is a community that accepts people, gay or straight all the same, but I'm starting to feel a chill."

I have to admit I laughed when I read the article. I saw a card in shop yesterday. A woman and man in bed and the woman saying," I cannot understand all the fuss about same sex couples. We have been having the same sex as a couple for the last 25 years."
If only it was that easy. I do not think there is anything to worry about.
Maybe Lodi are just waiting for them to be together for 25 years having the same sex. "

voter wrote on Dec 30, 2008 4:16 PM:

" safeway, possibly you can clear up your position for me. You're suggesting that it was a desire to keep heterosexual marriages holy that drove people to vote for prop 8? A fear that "homosexuality will be taught in the schools" (as your primary news sources were droning around the clock) was not a factor?--because that would infer a certain prejudice, would it not? I would think that if your primary concern was protecting the sanctity of heterosexual marriage, you would be advocating and amendment to the constitution banning divorce. Am I correct in assuming this? "

Billy Rubin wrote on Dec 30, 2008 3:29 PM:

" Perhaps during his next bloviation, Gerardo74USAFSGTsafewaylodikind will bless us with HIS recipe for HIS sanctimonious marriage?

Tell us, Safelodimanderkind, how DO you do it? How do you keep the life in your sanctified marriage? So many, it seems, crumble in divorce. Or some just live grim lives of desperation, almost as brother and sister.

You, however, ALWAYS seem to have spot-on knowledge.

Pray tell us your secrets to success! "

Billy Rubin wrote on Dec 30, 2008 3:22 PM:

" Thanks for writing, El Rushbo.
Here again we see the most lovelorn are the deeply closeted conservatives such as yourself. We see it often in the LNS blogs.

My advice would be to not despair, Rush. 50 is not too old to come out and love will ultimately be where you find it. If you keep hanging around the schools you may find that teen you desperately seek; then will be the time to worry about how you will get around the legal tangles. It makes no sense to worry about it until you find someone who can tolerate your presence, does it?

And Flamer, please re-read my earlier comments. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 30, 2008 3:18 PM:

" Voter - of course your recent comment regarding Proposition 8 is merely your limited assessment of what the majority of Lodians believe, is it not?

For some I would suspect that their vote for the measure wasn't against homosexuals at all; but "for" the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman. Let's also no forget that it was the entire State of California that voted for the Constitutional Amendment - not just little ol' Lodi.

But this is precisely why this issue is so difficult to discuss in any rational manner. If one is for something, it is automatically assumed that they are against something else - and this is not always the case. Things are not always as simple as some would like, or need them to be. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 30, 2008 3:12 PM:

" Well Flamerinlodi, I'm afraid you weren't reading Billy Rubin's remarks as they were intended. His attempt at an insult was aimed at me. It was I who made the remark about you appearing foolish in my 9:31 a.m. post. As such, I will take your admonishment under advisement; although I do stand behind my original analysis. "

voter wrote on Dec 30, 2008 3:09 PM:

" David Nielson, check the November election results--the MAJORITY of Lodians are less than receptive to gay marriage, not just the few you envision crawling around the underbelly. "

voter wrote on Dec 30, 2008 2:49 PM:

" El Rushbo wrote on Dec 30, 2008 1:42 PM:
" Question: When gay mariage is finally legalized, will emancipated gay minors then be allowed to marry 40 or 50 year olds?"

I can't believe you are asking this. Can teen GIRLS marry 40 or 50 year old men? Yes, they can. Can teen BOYS marry 40 or 50 year old women? Yes, they can. Your lack of concern for heterosexual teens is telling. The rules for gays would be the same as they are now for heterosexuals. "

David Nielsen wrote on Dec 30, 2008 2:46 PM:

" Lodi's community is absolutley diverse and friendly. But we would be lying if we didn't acknowledge Lodi's underbelly does have a few citizens that are less than receptive to gay unions. If the Advocate singled out Lodi- it must have had some kind of fact based merit. I am glad to hear the LNS is willing to post ANY marriage announcements in the future. It makes me proud to know Lodi's only paper printed a letter from a gay man ( which means we have at least one in town) LOLLOL At least one besides the gay couple that donated Hill House to the City of Lodi. "

Flamerinlodi wrote on Dec 30, 2008 2:31 PM:

" I'm just glad that this is getting spoken about at all. The letter was based on the information I had at the time, and I appreciate Mr. Hanner getting some clarification so I know both sides of the story. However, in my twenty-three years of being alive, I would think atleast one or two couples would be comfortable enough to let their unions be known. And Mr. Rubin, you could atleast verify the information yourself before calling somebody "foolish". If you'd like, I could scan a copy of the article for your peace of mind. "

El Rushbo wrote on Dec 30, 2008 1:42 PM:

" Question: When gay mariage is finally legalized, will emancipated gay minors then be allowed to marry 40 or 50 year olds?? How young is too young exactly? Billy? "

El Rushbo wrote on Dec 30, 2008 1:39 PM:

" I just can`t wait to read what fine young man has finally met the Liberace type man of his dreams! It`s like a fairy tale... literally and figuratively! HAHAHAHA! "

Billy Rubin wrote on Dec 30, 2008 12:43 PM:

" Asking one's local paper if a story printed in a national magazine is true does not, as Gerardomesafeway74lodiman says, make one "appear very foolish indeed".

Stating that a male sheep is a "goat" does, however, make one appear very foolish.

Indeed. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 30, 2008 12:16 PM:

" Bobbyg - of course I ask questions. However, in this case I deduced that had he e-mailed the editor of the News-Sentinel with his question first, especially since his assumptions were based upon nothing more than a very biased publication that would like nothing more than to paint Lodi, California in a negative light, he might have spared himself some embarrassment.

Prior to submitting any letter to any newspaper, I attempt to thoroughly examine the issue about which I am writing. This would include finding out precisely what the policy is regarding the News-Sentinel's publication of engagement/wedding announcements. His lack of real curiosity is supported by his own conclusions that something must be wrong in Lodi - hence the "chill" that he describes he has felt based upon his own "interpretation" of the facts.

You also seem to think Lodi is a frightening place to live for homosexuals. Whether or not that fear is justified could not be based upon how the News-Sentinel announces local couplings, as their policy does not appear to discriminate. "

bobbyg wrote on Dec 30, 2008 11:09 AM:

" Mr. Gorman was correct and fair in asking the editor if infact they were biased in thier printings of Announcments. How else would a person know unlesss they ask and get clarification? LSW do you never need clarification of so called real facts? Yes the advocate has some what of a bias in that they offer media to a specific genre, as do all news sources. Being a conservative i actually find the advocate to be fairly equal in their telling of news, generally they just print facts and let the reader decifer what is being said.

Perhaps we need to know when Mr. Gorman wrote this letter? As the Advocates piece ran many many months ago. Did the LNS hold this letter until now or did the Writter on recently write this article?

You dont see a lot of Weddings/engagements announced in the LNS compared to the actual amount of those in this community. Same Gender couples are still scared of this conservative community, there have been several weddings of Same Gender couples, but most are of closeted people or people who just want to "blend in" and not make a scene. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 30, 2008 9:34 AM:

" Cogito - Mad Dog was very clear regarding the gender of his chosen partner. If it were male, he would have referred to it as a goat or a ram. "

LodiSafeway wrote on Dec 30, 2008 9:31 AM:

" Here is a prime example of someone accepting at face value an idea set forth by a very biased publication, The Advocate. Before writing his letter expressing the "chill" he was feeling, I would have expected that a quick question to both publications would have been in order.

Here, Mr. Gorman isn't just asking whether or not the News-Sentinel is behaving in a negative manner toward same-sex couples, as for whatever reason he left The Advocate's claim to "interpretation" (interpretation of what, exactly?); no, this letter was more of an accusation based upon nothing more than a self-serving sexually-based publication that itself already formed an opinion based on nothing but supposition. In the final analysis, Michael Gorman appears very foolish indeed.

Logically, the editor of the News-Sentinel put this matter to rest with the "Note" added after this Letter-to-the-Editor. "

Layla Bohm, reporter wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:50 AM:

" Acampo Mom: Wedding and engagement announcements are free of charge. The News-Sentinel does not seek out wedding announcements from specific people, but a notice frequently runs on the Panorama page, letting people know that the service is available to everyone. But it's up to the families to fill out the form and get a photo to us. "

Cogito wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:49 AM:

" Voter, I think Mad Dog was making an attempt at absurdist humor. We really can't judge since he never told us the gender of the mentioned sheep. "

voter wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:42 AM:

" So Mad Dog, are you merely admitting to abusing animals, or are you making some kind of bigoted statement in regard to same sex couples? "

Mad Dog wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:35 AM:

" I would like to take this opportunity to announce my engagement to my life partner. "Blackie" and I have been together for years. The fact that Blackie is a sheep should not matter to anyone. We have had to put up with jokes about me living with a Black Sheep but that's how it is when we have to hide in the closet..oops I mean barn. "

Cogito wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:18 AM:

" I wonder if the writer will take "The Advocate" to task, with the same kind of fervor used for the LNS, for making him look like a fool with their lies? "

T & C wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:14 AM:

" Oh Good Lord! "

Acampo_Mom wrote on Dec 30, 2008 8:06 AM:

" I really can't see why the LNS would "announce" same sex couples. Don't you have to pay for an engagement or wedding announcement article in the paper? LNS wouldn't take it upon themselves to go seeking out weddings would it? "

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