While the rest of the country debates same-sex marriage, in Jacksonville, FL (my home town of 900,000 people) we can't seem to loosen our local bible belt. Of the top 40 cities in the country with inclusive gay rights ordinances, Jacksonviulle is still debating whether gays should have the same rights as anyone else. We're the only major city in Florida without that protection. The council votes next week and it's going to be close. Very close.

Posted by: Julian Earl Farris | Aug 10, 2012 6:12:06 PM

Hi DAvid!

Let me quote you some Scripture, okay?

1) David meets and falls in love with Jonathan.
1st Samuel 18: 3:'Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul,"

2) Then Jonathan takes all his clolthes off and shows David his naked body.
1st Samuel 18: 4:
"And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword and to his bow, and to his girdle."

3) Saul accuseds his own son, Jonathan, of being Gay and having sex with David. And Jonathan doesn't deny it.
1st Samuel 20: 30-32:
"Then Saul's anger was kindled agasint Jonathan and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou has chosed the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unbto the confustion of thy mother's nakedness? Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me. for he shall surely. And jonathan answered Saul his fater, and said unto him. Wherefore shall he be slain? What hath he done?"

4) David and Jonathan laid in the field having sex until David climaxed.
1st Samuiel 20: 41: "And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times, and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded [climaxed]"

5) Dvid and Jonathan pledge their undying love to each other.
1st SAmuel 20: 42:
"And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuchh as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever..."

And finally 6)
At Jonathan's eulogy David said he preferred Jonathan over women,
2nd Samuel 1: 25-26:
"How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle. O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. I am distressed for thee, my borher, Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women."

All of these Scripture verses came right out of the King James version of the Holy Bible.

Is it any wonder that the Southern Baptists are keeping very very quiet about the issue of Gay marriage?

Rev. Dre. Thos. F. Krahn, ddl hon ret
"World';s Leading Gay Biblical theologian Who Is Gay!"

Posted by: thos f krahn | Aug 11, 2012 10:53:54 AM

Freedom Ohio is building a movement to remove a marriage ban placed in the Ohio Constitution in 2004,and replace it with an amendment that recognizes the right of every adult to marry the person he or she loves, while respecting the freedom of religious institutions to make their own decisions on performing or refusing to perform a marriage. Our grassroots campaign talks to voters every week about what civil marriage means to LGBT people in our state. We have collected tens of thousands of signatures and registered over 3,000 voters, and will be continuing throughout 2012 and 2013. We hope to be on the ballot as early as November of 2013.

Posted by: Mary Jo Kilroy | Aug 13, 2012 4:51:11 PM