Performance artist Maryam Farnaz Rostami has taken a novel stab at the search for the American dream and the experiences of Iranian immigrants in her new full-length show, "Persepolis, Texas" - a story told through the...
Monday, August 1, 2011
(14) Halloween Swinging! (1hr)
Questionable prank; Alix Olson?s, ?Cute For a Girl;? Lale complains about the prank, Some talk about swingers, Brit catches one of Tila Tequila’s TV suitors out at the local Halloween party, Loa sings ABBA and inhales second hand maryjane, Shelzy apparently wears too much costume at her local Halloween party
Appeals Court Rules Wal-Mart Has Right to Fire Employee for Anti-Gay Comments
A federal appeals court ruled in favor of Wal-Mart?s right to fire Tanisha Matthews from a Joliet store for telling a co-worker she would go to hell for being gay. Wal-Mart?s Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Policy, which Matthews violated, states that employees may be fired for engaging in conduct that could be reasonably interpreted as harassment based on an individual?s sexual orientation. The co-worker?s claim against Matthews was confirmed by five other employees, resulting in Matthews? dismissal. Matthews? claim of religious discrimination was struck down by the Appeals Court, which notably stated that ?if Matthews is arguing that Wal-Mart must permit her to admonish [gay people] at work to accommodate her religion, the claim fails.?Related Media Coverage:The Chicago Sun-Times - April 7, 2011"Appeals Court: Wal-Mart Can Fire Worker for Telling Co-worker Lesbians Go to Hell"http://www.suntimes.com/business/4699034-417/appeals-court-wal-mart-can-fire-worker-for-telling-co-worker-lesbians-go-to-hell.html
Microsoft is ANTI GAY, We know
MICROSOFT SWIFTLY REMOVES ONLINE STORE FROM ?CHRISTIAN VALUES NETWORK? AFTER CHANGE.ORG PETITION REVEALS CONNECTION TO ANTI-GAY GROUPS.
In a matter of hours, Microsoft decided on Thursday to remove its online store from the ?Christian Values Network? after more than 500 people signed Stuart Wilber?s Change.org petition asking the software company to stop allowing the funding of anti-gay ?hate groups? identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
?Microsoft's swift reaction to my Change.org petition demonstrates their strong support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities,? said Wilber, a Microsoft customer and resident of Seattle. ?Microsoft has a long tradition of being supportive of our community. I assumed they would be just as upset as I was that their brand was being used by anti-gay hate groups to raise money. I?m glad I was right.?
Stephen Baldwin and Michael Lohan helped launch the Christian Values Network, an online service that raises money for various religious groups from the purchase of goods and services. More than 600 companies are listed at www.cvn.org, the Christian Value Network?s domain that hosts links to various corporate online stores. Among the groups using the Christian Values Network to raise money are Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, Summit Ministries, Abiding Truth Ministries, and the Liberty Counsel. Each organization has been identified as an anti-gay ?hate group? according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Dozens of major companies like Netflix, Target, Best Buy, REI, Delta, and even Sesame Street participate in CVN?s service. When customers make purchases through CVN, a donation is made to the charity of the customer?s choice. For example, Wells Fargo gives up to $300 per loan made through CVN and 2.5% of the purchase price for products bought through Apple iTunes store can be donated to groups like ?Focus on the Family.?
?I wonder if Apple is even aware they are being used to raise money for these homophobic groups,? said Ben Crowther, a Washington State University Student who started a new petition on Change.org asking Apple to remove their store from the Christian Values Network. ?It is so out of character for Apple to be associated with groups like Focus on the Family. I hope Apple acts quickly to remove their store from the Christian Values Network.?
?No respectful company or organization should do business with CVN as long as it helps fund these anti-gay organizations,? said Wilber. ?Focus on the Family and other groups like it knowingly spread lies with deadly consequences for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.?
Stephen Baldwin and Michael Lohan, Lindsay Lohan?s father, worked together to help launch the Christian Values Network. Both Baldwin and Lohan are outspoken about their anti-gay views. Stephen Baldwin told the Guardian in 2010 that he supports so called ?ex-gay? therapy, a harmful practice that falsely claims to ?cure? people of their sexual orientation.
Michael Lohan told reporters in 2008 he would not walk his daughter, Lindsay Lohan, down the aisle if she chose to marry her same-sex partner, ?I don?t think she?d ask me to walk her down the aisle,? says Michael. ?She knows about my (Christian) faith ? she just wouldn?t ask.?
Former Governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is a Christian Values Network advisor and spokesperson. In the past, Huckabee has equated being gay with bestiality, necrophilia, and pedophilia.
Microsoft is a leader in the corporate world for their internal and external policies to both protect their LGBT employees, and to advocate for better laws to protect all LGBT people under the law. Recently, Microsoft publicly endorsed the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a law that would allow gays and lesbians to sponsor their loved ones for American citizenship, just like married heterosexual couples. During Washington's Referendum 71 campaign, Microsoft contributed $100,000 to help protect the right of lesbian and gay families to a domestic partnership. * This is NOT Microsofts first dance with this issue. In the past, they have supported anti-gay legislation, and with their Xbox game, they have much controversary.
In a matter of hours, Microsoft decided on Thursday to remove its online store from the ?Christian Values Network? after more than 500 people signed Stuart Wilber?s Change.org petition asking the software company to stop allowing the funding of anti-gay ?hate groups? identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
?Microsoft's swift reaction to my Change.org petition demonstrates their strong support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities,? said Wilber, a Microsoft customer and resident of Seattle. ?Microsoft has a long tradition of being supportive of our community. I assumed they would be just as upset as I was that their brand was being used by anti-gay hate groups to raise money. I?m glad I was right.?
Stephen Baldwin and Michael Lohan helped launch the Christian Values Network, an online service that raises money for various religious groups from the purchase of goods and services. More than 600 companies are listed at www.cvn.org, the Christian Value Network?s domain that hosts links to various corporate online stores. Among the groups using the Christian Values Network to raise money are Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, Summit Ministries, Abiding Truth Ministries, and the Liberty Counsel. Each organization has been identified as an anti-gay ?hate group? according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Dozens of major companies like Netflix, Target, Best Buy, REI, Delta, and even Sesame Street participate in CVN?s service. When customers make purchases through CVN, a donation is made to the charity of the customer?s choice. For example, Wells Fargo gives up to $300 per loan made through CVN and 2.5% of the purchase price for products bought through Apple iTunes store can be donated to groups like ?Focus on the Family.?
?I wonder if Apple is even aware they are being used to raise money for these homophobic groups,? said Ben Crowther, a Washington State University Student who started a new petition on Change.org asking Apple to remove their store from the Christian Values Network. ?It is so out of character for Apple to be associated with groups like Focus on the Family. I hope Apple acts quickly to remove their store from the Christian Values Network.?
?No respectful company or organization should do business with CVN as long as it helps fund these anti-gay organizations,? said Wilber. ?Focus on the Family and other groups like it knowingly spread lies with deadly consequences for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.?
Stephen Baldwin and Michael Lohan, Lindsay Lohan?s father, worked together to help launch the Christian Values Network. Both Baldwin and Lohan are outspoken about their anti-gay views. Stephen Baldwin told the Guardian in 2010 that he supports so called ?ex-gay? therapy, a harmful practice that falsely claims to ?cure? people of their sexual orientation.
Michael Lohan told reporters in 2008 he would not walk his daughter, Lindsay Lohan, down the aisle if she chose to marry her same-sex partner, ?I don?t think she?d ask me to walk her down the aisle,? says Michael. ?She knows about my (Christian) faith ? she just wouldn?t ask.?
Former Governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is a Christian Values Network advisor and spokesperson. In the past, Huckabee has equated being gay with bestiality, necrophilia, and pedophilia.
Microsoft is a leader in the corporate world for their internal and external policies to both protect their LGBT employees, and to advocate for better laws to protect all LGBT people under the law. Recently, Microsoft publicly endorsed the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a law that would allow gays and lesbians to sponsor their loved ones for American citizenship, just like married heterosexual couples. During Washington's Referendum 71 campaign, Microsoft contributed $100,000 to help protect the right of lesbian and gay families to a domestic partnership. * This is NOT Microsofts first dance with this issue. In the past, they have supported anti-gay legislation, and with their Xbox game, they have much controversary.
Pop Up Chapel Will Bring Wedding Bells to Central park This Weekend
This weekend's regional news cycle was consumed by warm and fuzzy reports of New York's first official gay marriages. This coming weekend brings the Pop-Up Chapel in Central Park, a temporary wedding pavilion for 24 couples to get hitched in the city's most sentimental wedding locale. The two winners of the architectural design competition beat out 54 other designers with rainbows (natch) and a swirling pile of recyclable cardboard, both of which will be incorporated into the Pop-Up Chapel site at Merchants' Gate. ICRAVE designed a boxy chapel made of a metal frame enclosed with white ribbon, whose mesh ceiling is hung with a rainbow's worth of ribbons, later handed out to the married couples as keepsakes. Z-A Studios took a more parametric approach, designing stacked modules of cardboard that can be combined into a tulip chapel structure, plus benches and tables nearby. Catch the chapel edition of Rendering vs. Reality, and all the wedding action, this Saturday July 30 from 10am-8pm. READ MORE.
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