Rapture

They watched in anger as the pious crowd brutalized the young men while shouting vulgarities and invoking the Almighty. It was obvious that over the centuries the people's devotion had been perverted into this bloodlust. And they had finally had enough. Once they saw the ropes being strung up they broke their edict, showing themselves. They could no longer wait until death had come to do their task, they would end these atrocities now. As they descended from above, like birds of prey, some swooped the tortured youths from the clutches of their persecutors, carrying them off to safety, while others turned their attention to the fleeing mob.

I am not a religious person. Perhaps that is why, despite numerous suggestions over the years, I had never before been compelled to do an angel painting. That changed after hearing news of torture and public hangings of gays around the world, all in the name of God. Though not a believer myself, I cannot imagine anything more horrifying for a true person of faith than for their own beliefs perpetuating violence or instigating prejudice against others.

This Painting is from Michael Bryette ... it is his newest and one of his, in my opinion, best artworks. Please check out his site and enjoy some fantastic art!

The Good and the Ugly

First the Good....
Will Phillips is eleven. He wants to be a lawyer when he grows up. And he knows gay people.
it's because of his family's friendships with gay people that Will and his family have become straight allies for the LGBT community. They go to Pride parades, stand up for their LGBT neighbors and are upset that the right to marry and adopt are not available to the gay community.
With all that he's seen, Will saw a problem with the Pledge of Allegiance.
After asking his parents whether it was against the law not to stand for the pledge, Will decided to act, and on October 5th, when the other kids in his class stood up to recite the pledge of allegiance, he stayed seated. The teacher, a substitute that day, tried to get him to stand, but he refused. And he refused the next day, too.
“She got a lot more angry and raised her voice and brought my mom and my grandma up...I was fuming and was too furious to really pay attention to what she was saying. After a few minutes, I said, ‘With all due respect, ma'am, you can go jump off a bridge.' ”
He was sent to the principal's office, who called his mother. And when she learned that her son was being punished for refusing to stand for the pledge--something even the principal admitted was within the boy's rights--she demanded that the teacher apologize to her son.
The principal did not agree.
Well, word got around about the eleven-year-old Arkansas boy who won't stand until there is "liberty and justice for all."

And now the UGLY.....


The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington D.C. announced on Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn't change a proposed same-sex marriage law.
That's right. The Catholics will take away all the aid, both financial and otherwise, to homeless shelters, adoption agencies, and health care, if the gays in D.C. can get married. see, if marriage equality happens in D.C. the church might then be forced to work with gay people and they won't have that.
How fucking Christlike. But why else can we expect from a church that pays off victims of child abuse and hides away pedophiles in their own midst.
How dare they call themselves men and women of God, when they seek to punish innocent bystanders because of a law they don't like?

Thank You Mr President!

Thanks to a real President that cares enough to visit disabled veterans on Veterans Day. We finally have someone in the Whitehouse that recognizes and supports our Vets. I wish more people would recognize and understand what we go thru every day.

Just Because

Well it has been a very busy season.. and the new store has not opened yet... so I am still waiting on that. In the mean time I have been very busy with Dr's appointments. I have been going to either consults or for tests 4 out of 7 days a week. Oh and yes also PT. Havent got results from any yet but things seem to be improving.
I have made friends with some of the guys on CBL Tampa and one .. Josh .. has started his own site to help gay guys who are thinking of suicide. I am going to put a link at the bottom of my blogs for the site. If you are interested in helping or have thoughts leaning to that .. please check it out. He has been thru alot and is a really great guy... btw he is only 18. If you get time check him out on CBL or thru his site Just Because