A Great Cartoon - Bob Geiger.com

Talk about divine justice. Of course, there could be Heaven, and God is a feminist lip stick lesbian. Either way, Falwell's screwed.

Majority of Americans Favor Expanded Hate Crimes Act

The Gallup Poll (http://www.galluppoll.com/content/default.aspx?ci=276130 is reporting as follows:

May 17, 2007
Public Favors Expansion of Hate Crime Law to Include Sexual Orientation Majorities of Republicans, conservatives, and frequent church attenders in favor.
by Frank Newport

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, NJ -- A substantial majority of the American public favors the expansion of federal hate crime legislation to include crimes against people based on their gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed such legislation, which is now being considered by the Senate. Republicans, conservatives, and religious Americans are slightly less likely than others to favor the expansion of hate crime legislation, but a majority of those in each of these conservative and religious groups favors the proposed legislation.

Here's how the opinions broke out:

There is a proposal to expand federal hate crime laws to include crimes committed on the basis of the victim's gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Would you favor or oppose expanding the federal hate crime laws in this way?

Favor Oppose

% %

TOTAL 68 27
Republicans 60 34
Independents 69 27
Democrats 75 21
Conservatives 57 37
Moderates 74 22
Liberals 82 15
Protestant and other non-catholic Christians 65 30
Catholics 72 23
Other religion 74 23
No religious identity 74 25

Jerry Falwell must be gnashing his teeth in Hell over this poll. Too bad Chimperator Bush will probably ignore the desires of the American people. I hope he continues to lead the wing nut controlled GOP to electoral disaster so that the GOP can someday again be what it once was.

Wayne Besen on Falwell

Here are my friend Wayne Besen's comments on Falwell's passing. Wayne and I worked together in exposing Falwell's ex-gay protoge/poster boy, Michael Johnston, as a fraud. The details of Michael Johnston's story of fraud and deception can be found here: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2003/8-8/news/national/exgay.cfm I fully understand Wayne's feelings:

Fundamentalist preacher Jerry Falwell was found unconscious in his office today and rushed to a hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, but later died, according to various media reports. Falwell made his fortune on the backs of GLBT people. He degraded them and formed the Moral Majority in an effort to ruin America and turn it into a fundamentalist nation. Before he turned his wrath to gay people, he was a staunch opponent of interracial marriage and was pro-segregation. He certainly was a busy man.Won't the good preacher be shocked when he finds himself at the gates of Hell this morning! Man, I would love to post that video on YouTube. I must go now and mourn, as I can hardly contain my sorrow.